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To think Rachel Dolezal is an utter charlatan

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MercyMyJewels · 28/03/2017 10:23

twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/status/846410886671732736

Apparently there is a thing called transracial now.

What next, transbeastial?

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NotCarylChurchill · 28/03/2017 10:45

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AYankinSpanx · 28/03/2017 10:45

He's actually a wood pigeon trapped in a pasty

I know that sodom's sentence added more, but this is as far as I got, thinking how niche that was as trans ambitions go. A wood pigeon trapped, live, in a pastry case.

Anyway.

NotCarylChurchill · 28/03/2017 10:46

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egosumquisum1 · 28/03/2017 10:46

I wonder how it manifested itself. Did she self harm, hate herself, hate her body, buy drugs off the internet to change her body and self medicate knowing that the drugs could kill her, feel suicidal, wake up everyday knowing the body is wrong and then finally fine peace after a risky operation?

MorrisZapp · 28/03/2017 10:46

Hilarious. Now watch the liberal world implode with the meta-ness of defending transgender while denigrating transrace.

MercyMyJewels · 28/03/2017 10:47

I have seen reports of many transwomen committing crimes. Does that delegitimise their gender identity then?

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MercyMyJewels · 28/03/2017 10:48

Please don't report that post of NotCaryl's. Let it stand.

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DaemonPantalaemon · 28/03/2017 10:49

I have seen reports of many transwomen committing crimes. Does that delegitimise their gender identity then?

Indeed.

QueenOlivine · 28/03/2017 10:50

She does seem like a troubled person with a history of making a lot of stuff up, and an abusive childhood which could be behind some of her problems.

But, I do find the interviews and debates around her very interesting because she kind of does have a point - race is less biologically distinct and defined than sex. That's a scientific fact - race is much more blended, varied, and complex than sex. When you think about how bizarre and unacceptable it seems to most people to say you identify as a different race, it's really strange that we increasingly don't react that way about gender.

So I think she does cast a very interesting light on the trans debate. If you are born white and can't genetically become black and therefore can't be black, then arguably the same does apply to gender. It's inevitable that that will come up as a response to what she's saying, among other responses.

Klaphat · 28/03/2017 10:50

Oh, look. NotCaryl is doing their nazi thing again and ego is again pretending that every trans person had exactly the same experience as they did and that we're therefore making fun of real mental suffering and hardships.

NotCarylChurchill · 28/03/2017 10:51

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egosumquisum1 · 28/03/2017 10:52

Oh, look. NotCaryl is doing their nazi thing again and ego is again pretending that every trans person had exactly the same experience as they did and that we're therefore making fun of real mental suffering and hardship

I think you know what you are doing.

Sodomeyes · 28/03/2017 10:52

watch the liberal world implode with the meta-ness of defending transgender while denigrating transrace

Exactly.

Klaphat · 28/03/2017 10:53

I know what I am doing, I don't know what you think I am doing though, ego.

BigDeskBob · 28/03/2017 10:53

Of course transrace is nothing like transgender. One is males living in a patriarchy, doing whatever the fuck they want. The other is the media shaming a woman.

SocksRock · 28/03/2017 10:54

www.facebook.com/groups/1722756661380462/permalink/1826831820972945/

Some interesting statistics on how likely trans people are to be murdered.

IAmNotAWitch · 28/03/2017 10:54

watch the liberal world implode with the meta-ness of defending transgender while denigrating transrace

Yup.

LookAtTheFlowersKerry · 28/03/2017 10:55

Bigdeskbob has nailed it.

Klaphat · 28/03/2017 10:56

Every single trans person I have ever known has worked as a prostitute in order to pay for their gender reassignment. Trans people are at constant risk of attack and the number one cause of death is murder.

Goodness. All that exposure to prostitution won't have skewed the rates of such trans people being victims of violence and mental health issues, will it?

SeekEveryEveryKnownHidingPlace · 28/03/2017 10:56

'Actual literal nazi' - that's quite impressive, three words in a sentence and every single one used incorrectly, Caryl

IAmNotAWitch · 28/03/2017 10:56

I wonder how far a black woman would get if she insisted she was a white man?

NotCarylChurchill · 28/03/2017 10:58

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egosumquisum1 · 28/03/2017 10:59

Goodness. All that exposure to prostitution won't have skewed the rates of such trans people being victims of violence and mental health issues, will it

I believe you've got it. Trans people are more likely to end up in situations where they resort to areas such as prostitution and the associated violence, drugs and mental health issues associated with such a lifestyle.

Glad you've acknowledged that.

NotCarylChurchill · 28/03/2017 11:00

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SeekEveryEveryKnownHidingPlace · 28/03/2017 11:01

What are these "rallies" Caryl? Do you mean threads? because that's a different thing.

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