I got called a transphobe today and I gave a response that left the person without anything to say.

This is stupid. But coming from UV, what else is new?

As I stated below, Ben Shapiro can call Caitlyn Jenner a man because of the same reason Caitlyn Jenner can call Ben Shapiro a woman. There's no mechanism to force an individual to refer to him as a man.

Is Ben Shapiro calling Caitlyn Jenner a man is stating fact without any intention of insult, while Caitlyn Jenner calling Ben Shapiro is an insult. That's the difference. But because UV and others like him are snowflakes steeped in identity politics, they take it as a slight.

The right to identify someone does not come from what that person looks like. That right comes from the US government.

Where is it stated that gives the government that right, pray tell? Is that what you want? You want compelled speech, don't you? Just like Canada and exactly what Jordan Peterson is fighting against. Once again, you've PROVEN you're a socialist or even a goose stepping fascist. In this country, there a big green statue in New York harbor. What's it called again? I know it's not called the Statue of Socialism, that's for sure. Why don't you move to Venezuela? 🤪🤪🤪

"You didn't even read the post with that quote in it."

Didn't I? That's funny, I could have sworn I did.

"The right to identify someone does not come from what that person looks like. That right comes from the US government."

So now you're citing the US government as the ultimate arbiter of what's "right". You sound like the quintessential sheep.

"I have the right to identify you as a mental midget. I don't have to see you to have that right."

You must be an easy mark on dating sites. Better watch out for those 65 year olds who tell you they're 25 and hot. You'd believe it in a second.

"So yes, it is a misconception. You stepped right into it. Because you are a mental midget. Just like all Trump supporters :)"

The smiley at the end of that suggests that you don't even believe it yourself. It's as I figured. You only posted this poppycock to rile people.

I don't have to see you to identify you as an angry loner.............. with issues.....

Well, talking to you is starting to get boring. Your kind of deliberately "outrageous" posts do become stale after a while, you know.

But you're like a bad accident; we all stop to gawk. Afterwards, we feel a bit annoyed with ourselves.

Anyway, tell us, what do you identify as? Pick one:

Male, man, female woman; woman-with-testicles, man-with-uterus; little boy, little girl; old man, old woman; Gentleman, Lady... or which of the 500 fictional characters are you???

"Science can only say a male is a male and a female is a female. It cannot say a male must be a man or a female must be a woman. Man and woman are terms defined by society. For example, no male is born a man. It is something the male has to grow into. When does it happen? It's up to society. Science has no clue."

Seriously, what the hell are you rambling about here?

There are two genders, the rest are mental disorders.

You missed the point, which was that "man" and "boy" are both words for male humans, a biological distinction from females that doesn't change with time. Traditional masculine and feminine pronouns are useful and arguably vital to society in dealing with this scientific reality. You apparently wrongly feel they're frivolous. And of course even your off topic remark is wrong since biology says a great deal about puberty, growth, aging etc., regardless of precisely when you feel like demarcating adulthood. Not that it matters since even adult men are often (usually playfully) called "boys" while women are often called "girls". You're bizarrely trying to divert a debate about scientific sex categories onto one about life stage.

LOLOL!!! You just proved that you have no more grasp of the meaning of "rhetoric" than you do of "gender"!!!

When did science say Bruce became a man then?

I am responding to what you said in your original comment. There has been no REAL transphobic comments kicked off here in this post. And yes, it was posted to stir the pot. I personally wouldn't care less if people refused to call me male if I changed identities because I'm not a SJW fanatic and can comprehend that even though I'd be dressing and living as male that I wouldn't actually be one. And I don't see anything here that should cause a transgender to feel bad about themselves at all. As far as judgement, that's part of human nature that can never be changed. No matter what the subject. We judge people *Every* *Single* *Day*. Whether it be a friend, a neighbor, the person walking down the street, the person in the car ahead of us, a coworker, the cashier at a store, an actor's performance in a film etc etc etc etc. We, meaning everybody, judge people every day of our lives. That will never change because that's part of being the species called homosapien.