From: le@lekno.ws   
      
   Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   > Louis Epstein  wrote:   
   >   
   >>It should be noted that the person in question is what "trans rights"   
   >>advocates call a "trans woman" and "gender critical" types (I am one)   
   >>call a "trans-identified male"...genetically male and seeking to be   
   >>treated as if actually female.   
   >   
   > No, it should NOT be so noted.   
      
   You want the writer's usage,which does not comport with that   
   by people on either side of the issue and can only confuse,   
   to stand without comment?   
      
   > In another followup, you stated that no crime should be eligible for the   
   > death penalty. Well, I beg you to reconsider your opinion. There are   
   > people out there willfully using English as a blunt instrument to   
   > destroy all communication and create misunderstanding. The portion of   
   > the trans community that lectures everyone else that they must keep   
   > track of this massive taxonomy of groupings, classifcations, and   
   > variants, using them in every day speech, else someone else will   
   > officially take offense on behalf of another and shame the speaker for   
   > being trasphobic ARE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTING CRIMES THAT SHOULD BE DEATH   
   > PENALTY ELIGIBLE.   
      
   There can never be any justification whatsoever for   
   a government to kill an unarmed prisoner who is at   
   its mercy.   
      
   > I realized what was going on. When I hear "trans male", I sort of   
   > understand that someone has made the transition from female to male.   
   >   
   > But the media referred to the roommate as a trans male, apparently still   
   > male but considering transitioning but not having yet taken steps.   
   >   
   > It wasn't a mislabel because that's the ordinary use of language.   
      
   The "trans rights" types believe that whenever a Y-chromosomed   
   person decides he is a woman,he always has been one,and continues   
   to have always been one until he changes his mind.   
      
   > You used "trans woman" and "trans-identified male" in the same sentence,   
   > claiming they mean the same, and stated for a fact that the roommate   
   > wanted others to treat him as a woman.   
   >   
   > Well, for a fact, YOU don't know how far along he is and, given his age,   
   > may either be going through a phase or will really and truly pursue it   
   > all the way with medical and surgical treatment.   
   >   
   > I may defend to the death your right to say things I disagree with, but   
   > I will defend the English language itself against anybody and everybody   
   > who would use it to destroy communication and sew misunderstanding.   
      
   Would you rather misunderstanding be sewn than sown?   
      
   > Being transgender is an individual choice (and no, that there's   
   > some permanent biological condition that's impossible to treat with   
   > psychology under any and all circumstances is inapplicable to the vast   
   > majority choosing trans) and can be done successfully regardless of how   
   > anybody else uses trans terms that some in the trans community demand   
   > everyone else uses.   
   >   
   > This discussion of the roommate is the perfect example of why avoiding   
   > the use of English as intended created misunderstanding.   
      
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