This part, "But I don't fuck with the very identity of a person. It's happened to me and people I care about far too much. Even if you make a case that, "Yes, this person actually deserves it," the more people who care about trans folks use the tactic, the more futile will be our condemnations of it when turned against the people we love." really hit home.
I'm going to stop calling Trump (and his minions, and his enablers) all of the deliciously pejorative nicknames I've developed and accumulated over the years, and pivot onto using his name, and deliciously pejorative adjectives to describe his behavior.
This part, "But I don't fuck with the very identity of a person. It's happened to me and people I care about far too much. Even if you make a case that, "Yes, this person actually deserves it," the more people who care about trans folks use the tactic, the more futile will be our condemnations of it when turned against the people we love." really hit home.
I'm going to stop calling Trump (and his minions, and his enablers) all of the deliciously pejorative nicknames I've developed and accumulated over the years, and pivot onto using his name, and deliciously pejorative adjectives to describe his behavior.
I love it.
Very very well said.
Thank you for this reminder.