That Trans Thread

[Charlie Boy]

Of course, the usual crowd will scream “bigotry” and “oppression,” throwing around their emotional buzzwords like confetti.

Says a guy who is throwing around emotional buzzwords like "something as fundamental as gender" and "identity politics".

Your objection is noted, though I fear it rather misses the mark. “Something as fundamental as gender” is not an emotional buzzword, but a recognition of biological reality—a concept that, until very recently, was not remotely controversial outside the seminar room.

Likewise, “identity politics” is a term so widely accepted that it has its own Wikipedia page, academic literature, and enthusiastic champions on your side of the aisle. If its mention causes discomfort, I suspect it has less to do with the phrase itself and more to do with what it implies when held up to scrutiny.

But do proceed—if there’s a more precise, less "emotional" vocabulary you’d prefer, I’m quite happy to oblige. Words, after all, are tools. I merely ask that we use them honestly.