J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues

[DonFerrari]

sundin13 said:

DonFerrari said:

You are right, well conservative pundits is also not something that is good to call people, but yes I do recognize freak out, but on the moment I read it formed as "conservative pundit freak", my bad on this.

I don't deny transexual people have their burden and that there is a significant number of them in the world. But when you try to put it as sport discussion for trans isn't important because there are few of them that is exactly the type of thing most minorities complain, that they are oppressed because their issues are considered out of importance because they are a minority.

A "conservative pundit" is just someone who gives their opinion in the media. I've never seen anyone consider either "conservative" or "pundit" to be pejorative. 

As for why I led off with saying that it is a tiny issue that doesn't really matter, it is because I don't want this to be used as a stand in for trans rights in general. Flashpoints often serve that purpose. It is something that individuals (predominantly in politics or the media) know will get people riled up and serves as a means of polarizing people. If you can get people to really dig in their heels about a topic like this, they will be less receptive to other aspects of trans rights. I am fine with having a conversation about this type of thing, despite its relatively tiny importance, but I want to keep the discussion in context. This is a fringe issue that has very few larger implications for the topic as a whole. To me, it is equivalent to discussing a rule change in cricket. Like, I'll discuss it as long as we all agree that rule changes in cricket shouldn't impact how we treat people and think about people and what rights we give to people outside of cricket. Probably should have made that clear from the outset, but I didn't expect my comment to be such a sticking point for people. 

Understood and acknowledge.

Yes I do agree that on the order of relevance of what is possibly important for majority of transexual people the discussion on sports is probably minor.