It’s ridiculous how many times I’ve had to quote this recently.

I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says, “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can’t agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically feels that he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by the myth of time; and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a “more convenient season.” Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.

I’m not calling you transpbobic, I’m calling your rhetoric transphobic apilogia. Trans rights ‘not being popular’ is not a valid reason against defending trans rights. It’s not simply a matter of legislation: by avoiding the topic it gives legitimacy to its controversial nature that was completely manufactured to begin with. The longer it goes unchallenged the more states will continue passing anti-trans legislation and further disenfranchise

You’re not helping by telling people to shut up about it, you’re making things way worse.