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Someone will be along in a moment to tell you that's "tactically sensible" rather than abhorrent.

I think the contention of this comes from something else. Reading you write this is not troubling, because I know you're acting in good faith. The problem is that when the likes of a Matt Walsh or a Ben Shapiro say "Trans women aren't women", they're not trying to be definitionally accurate, or biologically accurate, or semantically accurate... they're trying to find a way to discriminate. Are they biologically different from women? Yes. But the only people who should really give two hoots about that are doctors and biologists. When people outside those groups appear to be getting very het up about defining them as different, it's usually for a nefarious reason. Neil DeGrasse Tyson pinned Shapiro down on this, and I think he sums up the reason it's contentious to hear people arguing about whether trans women are women pretty well here. The whole thing is worth watching, but I've linked a timestamp for the most salient bit.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-says-hamas-has-replaced-almost-all-killed-fighters-gaza-new-recruits Yeah, so fucking pointless then. As everyone pointed out over a year ago.

Same deal that was rejected by Israel 8 months ago. 8 months of pointless slaughter.

If traffic is slow and there's a large queue behind me I might, otherwise no. But if you have trouble stopping for unexpected reasons you shouldn't be driving a car.

They're not baffled though are they, they just think you're a moron.

If he contributes nothing else of value, Elon Musk is at least an incredible barometer.

Foreign muck, obvs.

That's a fairly alarming amount of sexual language to use when talking about children.

Don't forget the bookies!

What's the cost of supporting a person made homeless by the council? Evicting people from council housing who can't (which is different from won't) pay rent doesn't seem like a money saving idea.

The only thing lazier than the person on benefits imagined in this sort of stereotype is the stereotype itself.

So far it's been fuck all net good, which hasn't surprised me at all.

Twitter probably has more influence over global perceptions than the vast majority of Governments. And Elon is about to be the Government.