I got as far as this, about half way through:
My whole thing has been - if someone has said something I can't answer I need to go away and think about it. But if I've thought everything through and I've genuinely provided an answer for everything and I still can't figure it out, and I don't think even you can figure out what your issue is, what do you want me to do with that?
I think this automatic assumption that because I am a woman therefore my opinion is more accurate than anybody elses on this: well no, not if you're an uninformed woman. I mean if you're a woman who has never met a trans person in your life, or who's never taken the time to actually understand things then you know, you're failing at it. It's the same way where, you know, people think that racism has to come from a place of hatred or homophobia has to come from a place of hatred - and that's where we see a lot of people getting upset that they're called transphobe because 'I'm not being hateful, how am I transphobic?' Well, in actual fact, you can be racist without being hateful and that's a part of the whole practice of listening.
I'm not an expert on this but see if loads of BAME people were telling me, 'By the way Mhairi, I think you're a bit out of line with that' or 'do you realise that when you say these things it actually perpetuates myths and things?' If I choose not to listen to that then I'm the one choosing to stay ignorant. And I think exactly the same thing is happening with the trans community just now, with people saying that that's transphobic. I'm not calling you a transphobe I'm just saying have some self awareness. And if people are sitting there genuinely going, 'I can't see for the life of me where I've been a transphobe,' then you need to do work, because that person isn't making it up.
Hey Mhairi Black - YOU are an uninformed woman. You haven't answered anything, you've just ridiculed women for raising issues affecting our safety and our rights. You 'still can't figure it out' and by now that looks wilful. You have deliberately avoided taking the time to understand things. You, Mhairi Black, are failing at it. You can be misogynist without being hateful and that's a part of the whole practice of listening.
if loads of women (cunty sort) are telling you, 'By the way Mhairi, I think you're a bit out of line with that' or 'do you realise that when you say these things it actually perpetuates myths and things?' If you choose not to listen to that then you're the one choosing to stay ignorant. And I think this is exactly what's happening for women and girls just now, with people saying that that's misogynistic. I'm not calling you a misogynist I'm just saying have some self awareness. And if you, Mhairi Black, are sitting there genuinely going, 'I can't see for the life of me where I've been a misogynist' then you need to do work, because we're not making it up.
By the way Mhairi, I think you're a bit out of line with that.
Love from a woman who's been mixing with trans people since before you were a foetus and has been growing increasingly alarmed since you were about 16.
Hate to do the age rank thing and I'm only doing it now because I still have hope you'll grow the fuck up and be fantastic.