I mean that's what we're doing, having the conversation. I in no way think that my position is the popular or majority one. But that doesn't inherently make it wrong.Right, so-first of all, this civil rights movement is unique in its vagueness; skin color isn’t a choice, and most feel sexual orientation isn’t, either. The issue with trans rights is that simply asking that they not be denied housing, jobs, or a life free from harassment isn’t enough; they want to slide into the “cracks” in the foundations of society-the social standards that aren’t quite law but are essentially treated as such-women having their own male-free spaces and having their own sports division (ya know, the whole reason for Title IX-the same law that gives women a fair shot in sports and keeps men from being able to knock women out of scholarship opportunities simply bc they’re better at sports).
We’re not going to agree on this-I feel there is such a thing as a bridge too far, and I believe that your rights end where mine begin. Therefore, instead of forcing unpopular policies down Americans’ throats, perhaps we need to have an actual discussion about the ramifications of these policies, so people can find some common ground. We are a pretty tolerant country. Let’s allow people to really talk about this, whether at town halls or televised town halls; far too often, what is best for a small number of people supersedes what is best for a much larger group of people in America, and it’s been going on a long time. All I’m asking is that we debate these issues.
"I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White citizens’ “Councilor” or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can’t agree with your methods of direst action” who paternistically feels that he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a “more convenient season.” Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."