I appreciate the thoughtful response. I’m in the go so I will try to make a quick reply. > The parties to the debate are different ideologies, not different tr

I appreciate the thoughtful response. I’m in the go so I will try to make a quick reply. > The parties to the debate are different ideologies, not different trans/non-trans identities. I think the concept of intersectionality is useful here. Ideology is one component but identity is another. If we treat this like a simple ideological debate the potential trauma of the marginalized group could be ignored, potentially causing the mere act of the debate to re traumatize people in that group. > No doubt you mean well, but black people and white people are equal, and race doesn't confer anyone with either authority or fragility with respect to having their positions criticized. Respectfully I think this is a misunderstanding of my view. I learned to keep my mouth shut not because people in marginalized groups are fragile. I learned to keep my mouth shut because I learned that my outsider status means a lot of things marginalized people say night not make immediate sense to me. Trying to interrogate (neutral sense) their reasoning can be a traumatic experience for them. I learned this when I asked women at Google to explain their sexual harassment to me. A female friend took the time to explain to me that even asking the question could cause distress in women. Now when someone says something I disagree with I stay silent and I go and google the thing and learn more about it on my own. Certainly in some cases the person wants to discuss the thing with me, but I don’t assume that to be the case. I also learned this from a person of color who did not appreciate similar questions from me. While there is a LOT of worthwhile criticism of Robin DiAngelo, her talks helped me understand that concept better.