For what it is worth, I am a trans person. I believe Babylon Bee should've been suspended not because of any moral issue but because Twitter was not a governme

For what it is worth, I am a trans person. I believe Babylon Bee should've been suspended not because of any moral issue but because Twitter was not a governmental entity, and thus had any right to set policies as preconditions for its users' use of the service. No existing social media company is a public communications carrier. I wouldn't argue for the DNC having a right to have a Parler account, either. I'm a poor choice to defend being transgender to those who choose to be biased against it, because I dislike being placed in the position to argue. I just don't see it as fruitful because recent science seems to suggest it's useless: people don't change their mind about things they view as political unless personally affected by a one-on-one interaction. I found these [1][2] to be a far better argument scientifically. Sociologically, I find the concept's existed forever and a day, such as one of the Roman emperors, the historical role of eunuchs and two-spirits, or even more quiet acceptances in families. It's not new. What's new is that the focus that was first on black people and then on gay people has been shifted to transgender people (although certainly the first two groups still suffer persecution - but are not now the continual topic of the Republican Party's admonitions and legislation). As for a lot of what's controversial, it's never been before. Name changes have been a routine legal process for decades now. And, honestly, it's not a matter of asking for anything special in 99.9% of situations, it's just a matter of treating someone with respect and kindness, or at least with the absence of hostility. My own personal feelings are not really relevant, but I will say briefly, for what it's worth, that everything inside me tells me I am a woman - and I am a self-perceptive person and have done a lot of self-questioning since I realized. The phrase 'misgendering' is a nice, obscure term - what it is, is actively, hostilely choosing to call someone something that hurts them. If you were a male and not the epitome of machismo, do you remember being a child and being called the feminine version of your name on a playground as a taunt? In many cases, most found that effective in hurting them. Why? You were being misgendered. I'm merely presenting all of the above because no one else trans has appeared in this thread yet. I don't really wish to "fight" the position but I do feel responsible for presenting a viewpoint alternate to everything that's been discussed here already. [1] - https://pastebin.com/raw/ZTZN6MwV https://pastebin.com/raw/ZTZN6MwV [2] - https://pastebin.com/raw/19PJDsXc https://pastebin.com/raw/19PJDsXc