Thread by @mattsheffield

As a convert from reactionary religion, I can say that this is a an unfortunate example of how converts should realize that our experience is atypical, and that emerging minorities need more help to be heard than a billionaire media mogul who can easily speak for herself.

https://twitter.com/meganphelps/status/1625465141046247425

People who have overcome fundamentalist indoctrination have a temptation to think that everyone is just as willing to do the same in their own lives with enough information.

Unfortunately, this is just not true. It's why there are far more evangelicals than #exvangelicals...

But if you were to try to engage in this persuasion effort, you would do it by highlighting the voices of trans people rather than the voices of people who hate them.

No one is perfect, but at the very least, this would be the way to start compassionate and rational dialogue.

I would also note, as @perdricofha has, that gender-affirming care is very common--but only for cisgender teens and adults. liberalcurrents.com/the-actual-ubi…

Additionally, @meganphelps also seems to subscribe to the reductionist notion of a "marketplace of ideas" thinking similar to Joe Rogan.

Advocates for this idea never acknowledge that all actual marketplaces are subject to rules and decorum, and must be to be useful and safe.

Finally, I would add that lies and rumors about allowing trans people to have full equality are the exact same tactics used against same-sex marriage.

Everyone can see that heterosexual people are still able to get married. We had nothing taken away by including others. /end

PS: I misspelled the Twitter handle of the author of the excellent @LiberalCurrents essay I linked above. It's @perdricof. Worth a follow!