Am I freaking out?
Discussion
I used the pronoun "you" as a grammatical (not gender) plural
So you (singular) may not be freaking out about but there sure are a lot of RW's freaking out
It was exactly the same RW reactions back in the 70's when Gay people were finding their strength and freedom
Back then we used to say (especially to Xtian moralists) that if it bothers you (plural btw) then mind your own business
Do you see their points too, though?
There are externalities here, like what I mentioned with women's sports and prisons.
There's also the way we redefine all of society, not just the way we treat that single individual.
It does affect all of us when we teach children that gender is interchangeable without acknowledging the vast differences between men and women?
Back in the 70's RW's amplified their fears by claiming being gay meant our kids were going to be preyed upon. So they negatively socialized some kind of malevolence in gay people who just wanted to be left alone.
I personally don't agree with former men competing with physiological women or the compelling of pronouns - forcing people to change such fundamental muscle memory habits etc. Emergent change is far more sensible than top/down change
But the whole thing is easily solved by everyone (Reactionaries and gender benders) meeting in the same place in mutual respect. And if that's not possible, at least respect for privacy