Wow! I might do a better job on responding to this if I hadn't spent all night in the hospital with stonebender, but let me give it a try.
First, the personal (which is political). BC, please call me out any time you think it's appropriate. I learn by making mistakes. I think about what you say (and what anyone else who calls me out says). Please dissect my posts. And as far as being That Friend, hell, I clearly need a friend (or ten) in that role. Maybe we'll find an arena where I can do the same for you.
Now, the political (which is personal). First, I want to be an enemy of transphobia, even as I know that I am occasionally subject to it. More important, I want to be an ally to transfolk.
Laurie and I wrote that post together, and she's traveling so I can't get her input just yet. The hypersimplification point was initially mine, however, and I do think it's an important one.
One way to read the cartoon is that the 'radical feminist' is somehow wrong-headed because she agrees with the 'conservative Christian.'
I agree that this paves the way for "of course, we don't think the radical feminist is wrong-headed." We should have added another sentence, making it clear that both of us believe that she is wrong-headed because of what she believes, not because of who agrees with her, which is the point Laurie and I were trying to make.
I know I need to write more about this, and to respond to some of the commenters above. Think of this comment as an "I'm here, I'm listening, and I want to both acknowledge the mistake and make myself clear" placeholder.
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regna
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Date: 2007-07-30 04:50 pm (UTC)First, the personal (which is political). BC, please call me out any time you think it's appropriate. I learn by making mistakes. I think about what you say (and what anyone else who calls me out says). Please dissect my posts. And as far as being That Friend, hell, I clearly need a friend (or ten) in that role. Maybe we'll find an arena where I can do the same for you.
Now, the political (which is personal). First, I want to be an enemy of transphobia, even as I know that I am occasionally subject to it. More important, I want to be an ally to transfolk.
Laurie and I wrote that post together, and she's traveling so I can't get her input just yet. The hypersimplification point was initially mine, however, and I do think it's an important one.
One way to read the cartoon is that the 'radical feminist' is somehow wrong-headed because she agrees with the 'conservative Christian.'
I agree that this paves the way for "of course, we don't think the radical feminist is wrong-headed." We should have added another sentence, making it clear that both of us believe that she is wrong-headed because of what she believes, not because of who agrees with her, which is the point Laurie and I were trying to make.
I know I need to write more about this, and to respond to some of the commenters above. Think of this comment as an "I'm here, I'm listening, and I want to both acknowledge the mistake and make myself clear" placeholder.
Thank you!