Yeah. That’s why no amount of appeal-to-morals arguments is going to convince them. Nor will facts.
The reason why we should argue against their world view is to convince those still on the fence, those who are at the beginning of the pipeline and can yet be saved.
If someone is on the fence between “trans women are rapists pretending to be women to gain access to women” and “please don’t be mean to us”, then the latter is going to look like a weak argument and the former is going to look “reasonable”. Hence the “facts versus feelings” narrative.
We constantly need to reiterate the central point: that gender is entirely fluid and a social construct not set in stone. Because that’s a genuine argument that could convince people.
Yeah. That’s why no amount of appeal-to-morals arguments is going to convince them. Nor will facts. The reason why we should argue against their world view is to convince those still on the fence, those who are at the beginning of the pipeline and can yet be saved.
If someone is on the fence between “trans women are rapists pretending to be women to gain access to women” and “please don’t be mean to us”, then the latter is going to look like a weak argument and the former is going to look “reasonable”. Hence the “facts versus feelings” narrative.
We constantly need to reiterate the central point: that gender is entirely fluid and a social construct not set in stone. Because that’s a genuine argument that could convince people.