[nepeckman]

One thing I find very troubling about articles like this is the tendency to frame hot political topics as essentially academic, while they are in fact very practical. Across the US and England, trans people are being denied access to health care, medically necessary operations, and effective therapeutic treatment. But this article doesn't discuss those issues, it only discusses the ramifications of this political reality.

[mdoms]

This article also doesn't discuss the plight of the Uyghurs, bee colony collapse or the atmosphere of Venus. Because that's not what this article is about.

[nepeckman]

The plight of the Uyghurs does not relate to the political oppression of trans people. Political oppression of trans people is inextricable from the discussion of anti trans ideology on college campuses. To make an analogy, this article is like writing about the Uyghur genocide, but instead of discussing concentration campus or the Chinese government, focusing instead on one individual who wasnt allowed to speak because they said "China has done nothing wrong." Do you see the problem? Instead of focusing on actual tragedy, I have derailed the conversation by framing the plight of this poor pro China individual as the real issue. Now the comments are debating the subjects of academic free speech and cancel culture instead of the real issue at hand.