@realcaseyrollins Is this a knock against trans people?

@hrisskar What makes you think it's a knock on trans people?

@realcaseyrollins Sounds like you're mocking them to me, especially your sarcastic "magic trick" & "I thought that was all I had to do to change my chromosomes" remarks. 💢

@hrisskar I'm not mocking trans people, I'm mocking the culture at large for deluding themselves when they should know better.

I'm pretty sure that you see that I'm right, else you would probably be arguing on the merits of my point.

@realcaseyrollins You present neither a merit nor a point, therefore there is nothing for me to do but roll my eyes at your #transphobia and walk away, shaking my head.

@realcaseyrollins

Is your pint here that people who transition from men to women through hormone, surgical or other steps do not deserve the respect of being called by their gender and should be instead called by their sex at birth?

What is your point here exactly?

@hrisskar

@freemo @hrisskar My point is that you can't truly change your sex without changing your chromosomes.

@freemo @hrisskar Calling somebody by preferred pronouns doesn't necessarily have anything to do with respect; I wouldn't lie and call somebody a woman if they're a man, even if they told me to.

@realcaseyrollins

Wait, how are you able to pick what pronouns to use then since you cant tell what chromosomes they have?

@hrisskar

@freemo @hrisskar How can you tell if someone is trans?

@realcaseyrollins

You don,t you dont need to, thats the point. No one has ever asked to inspect someones genitals or their DNA in order to decide what pronoun to use. Because thats not how we have ever picked pronouns. We pick pronouns by if someone presents male or female.

@hrisskar

@freemo @hrisskar I'm always going to give people benefit of doubt and if they present themselves as male I'll probably call them male, unless they tell me they were born female.

But am I running around asking people their chromosomes? Heck no. That's ridiculous, and none of my business.

@realcaseyrollins

Why would how they are born matter, you literally dont know how anyone else was born when you pick their pronouns, so why should knowing in an individuals case all of a sudden change what language you use if not for the purpose of bigotry

@hrisskar