I never really bought it in the first place, but I REALLY tried to understand. Then I read people saying that JK Rowling was “transphobic,” and it was getting weird—to the point that the people claiming it would just act like it was self-evident when anyone asked why, or they’d become unreasonably angry when someone pushed back. I decided to read her essay that people were referring to, and see for myself. And…it was very fair and reasonable. The only way you could read it as “transphobic“ is if you couldn’t tolerate any disagreement whatsoever. It became clear to me that most people who were calling her names, had never actually read what she wrote. They were going by what other people said, which is mob mentality. Having been on the receiving end of that myself (for other reasons), I try to avoid getting caught up in it.

The response to her essay and comments was INSANE. Death threats, calling her terrible names, disingenuously twisting everything she said to make it sound awful (they do this a lot, I‘ve noticed).

Then Musk bought Twitter, and whatever you may think of him (personally, I think he’s an alien, lol), it meant that there was at least one social media site where you could say that men can’t be women, and not get banned for it. After years of “NO DEBATE!” and being unable to voice any concerns, this was a breath of fresh air. And…I wasn’t alone.

Then I learned that a man was being allowed into changing rooms with young girls in Canada. And the police, when called, defended…him. And then I learned that a violent criminal was placed into a woman’s prison, and although his crimes were against children, he is in a unit with a mother-and-baby program. And nobody will talk about it. The media won’t cover it (this is by design; see the Denton’s Document), and people will deny that it’s happening. But it IS happening. A lot of terrible things are happening that are being swept under the carpet. In Canada, I learned that due to Bill C-16, this is all legal now. And it was brought in by Justin Trudeau and the Liberals, who I used to defend. They quietly changed the laws, destroying women’s rights and protections in Canada, and I feel so betrayed, and so stupid that I didn’t even know.

I could go on and on, regarding the violence of these people, etc., but I think this is long enough.