Comments by "Aaron Rosenberg" (@aaronrosenberg6633) on "How to talk (and listen) to transgender people | Jackson Bird" video.

  1. Good. Glad you're offended.
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  2. "Just came to downvote this video." ...without watching it. I get it. "The very premise of this video (expressed in the title) implies that people should 1. Treat transgendered people differently from other people, which is unacceptable on principle." Again, having not watched the video, you can't possibly understand that a) the speaker's goal is to not treat transgender people differently, and that b) the title bespeaks the current situation, addressing the cis population who are still under-educated. "2. Suggests that people ought to negate the way they experience the world (their own lived-experience) to play along with someone who is clearly delusional." Ah, I see. You're feeling threatened, perhaps even inferior. What you lack is the faculty of empathy. Had you owned one, you'd understand that "lived experiences" are indeed not all the same. Labeling someone else's as "delusional" is only a result of your own ignorance, and willful ignorance at that. You're a sad little dutchman.
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  3. The talk is given by someone based on his personal experience of typical reactions to him. This does not mean it's assuming lack of audience empathy/sympathy. There may be some preaching to the choir regarding the TED audience in the room, but the larger Youtube audience—you, for example—does not constitute the choir. "The video is assigning special status to the ever nebulous "Transgender" brand" Wrong. That's only your "special" way of saying that you don't want previously marginalized groups to attain equal status because then you can't feel superior to them. You're transparent. It's pathetic how you attempt to put a negative spin on "social justice." It only goes further to explain your need to dig in your heels rather than do the work to develop a faculty of empathy, which you apparently sorely lack. "TED videos are supposed to trigger critical thinking" And they do. It's only not possible when people aren't capable of critical reasoning.
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  4. It's not about "knowing," but about "being." What you must understand is that other people are not you. So questioning is fine, but if you're denying the reality of others' brain wiring, you're on the wrong path.
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