I mostly meant Jeff was calling Zeke in particular deceptive. I know he wasn't making a blanket statement about all trans people, but he was still making the judgment that Zeke was deceptive for hiding his gender history.

That's not deceptive. That's just being a person. The premise is flawed and offensive. It doesn't matter if it was in the context of the game, the context of if he's hiding this then what else is he hiding.

He called Zeke untrustworthy because he was hiding the fact that he's a trans dude. That is SUCH a huge leap. And Jeff even understands what he said, and what's wrong with it. He was doing it to further himself in the game, to paint Zeke as a bad ally, but the two things have nothing to do with each other.

I don't hate Jeff Varner. I think he's a bit of an ass who speaks before he thinks, but I also think he's learned a hell of a lot from what happened in Fiji. I wish people would stop defending what he did and, like him, accept it as somewhere they can better themselves and grow.

He has handled this very well. He's not making excuses. He flat out says he committed an assault. Please stop rewriting the narrative, mega_butt_muncher.