“As my mother — probably not yours, since you likely come from a different generation and class/cultural background than I do — always said, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” Rules to live by…”
Yeah, my mom did say that. So does my wife from time to time. And I like to point out that those who use the phrase usually don’t have an actual argument to whatever one has just said to bring it about. You wrote a novel above and never actually refuted my argument.
Ms. Escobar wrote a piece out of; delusional belief, attention seeking, or a combination of each, and I disagreed. Easy peasy. And you referred to her as “her and she” in your response! AHHHH! Fantastic. So you genuinely agree with me then, that she is a ‘she’ and not a ‘they’ as she’d so (out of the blue) like us to believe and say.
If what I wrote was stressful to you or anyone else, life must be a constant barrage of artillery raining down on your head. How do you live? The butthurt must be strong with you.
I’ll wrap up with specific answers to your points as that’s what rational agents do, as opposed to consistent ad hominem attacks:
- I didn’t write it for no reason, or out of spite. I wrote it because I genuinely disagree with her argument and found it disingenuous. Easy.
- I don’t think I made a case for public safety, merely that I was correct in saying if she worries over what people say when she’s not around and believes that she doesn’t have a gender then she’s delusional. Not clinically, I wouldn’t purport to make an official diagnosis.
- It’s not my duty to restrain anyone and I wouldn’t make such an attempt. Say whatever you like. Seriously. You can be wrong while doing so and I’m happy to point that out. But it’s totes cool with me.
- Ad hominem, ad hominem, ad hominem. Nothing to really say there. Sorry you’re so butthurt?
I’ll close with this: I don’t ultimately think Ms. Escobar is actually going through some crisis of identity. As I pointed out in other responses, between her snapchat handle, other writings and tweets, etc… it’s clear that Ms. Escobar has never been anything but female.
There is cache to be had in certain circles by embracing imagined victimhood and classing oneself as “other” and then presenting the rest of society as the “oppressor.” No one gives a shit. And maybe that’s what was most irritating about my response. It would have been wonderful if I was a rube or a (gasp) Trump supporter, or a perfect Indiana Jones villain, but I’m just a dude. Double gasp.
If Ms. Escobar is so thin skinned as to be actually hurt by my response she should toughen up. I think what’s actually happening is she’s getting exactly what was hoped for, tons of people rushing to tell her how brave she is and how I’m the worst for disagreeing. Meh.
What’s for lunch?
