The Honesty Conundrum

[ReineD]

I place it here to stand the test of others reasoning. And it should be tested and re-tested and there will never be a time when it is not apt to raise a challenge to it. It is true so long as it cannot be shown to be in error. When it can we refine it or discard it in favour of a new hypothesis. Just like in any science or higher-reasoning.

Publishing a formal argument is a good idea, and including it in your blog in layman's terms is an even better one! There is no need for any further testing! We all agree with your hypothesis. No one is arguing with you regarding the right and the wrong things we SHOULD aspire to do. Most people have responded emotionally because they believed you were telling them their best efforts or their next best efforts were not good enough. So again, to paraphrase the core issue, [SIZE="2"]the right thing to do is to move forward (however each person CAN) in overcoming their internalized opression so that we can help society rid itself of transphobia.[/SIZE]

ReineD, your spot on about the statements I'm making, though it's not as such to make a mission-statement but just to explore the right and wrong of the situation, to test my conclusions against the reasoning of others to see if it's right and to increase peoples consciousness of it if it is right. But if it is right, and so far there's no reasons mentioned yet why it isn't, the a mission-statement is a good idea to take from it. And you raise very good points about ways to move on from that conclusion.

So let's do that then. Who wants to begin? I challenge the next person in this thread to post what they feel they CAN do, or post ideas on what they feel they COULD do. Better yet, let those who have concrete ideas on how they feel they can themselves move forward begin a new thread and let others join in to relate what they already do.

Let's just move on, shall we?

If fact, I'll begin. I challenge myself to look at the next person who stares at my SO and I the next time we are out in public and (with my SO's permission), ask them politely, with a smile if they have any questions.