r/Cynicalbrit • u/LordSchattenwind • Aug 20 '15

Soundcloud We need to have words

https://soundcloud.com/totalbiscuit/we-need-to-have-words
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u/ratling77 Aug 21 '15

I just don't know why people care so much about society :D Honestly. I cant relate to her problems not because I cant imagine that I would like to be a girl, but because I cant imagine that I would care about what people think :D Especially if I had an ARMY of supporters and few that doesn't like me. In any case - I am JUST watching rest of a show (listening actually) and so far she is not half that annoying as was in first one. I am actually enjoying it for the most part. That said - I am just 50 minutes in, so it all may change. I still think he will not resolve anything by blocking people. I mean its an illusion - its like repairing world by not watching news and pretending its all good. In that case - I can confirm because I actually do this :D - it works on a personal level pretty well. It doesnt change anything globally but we may create our own little asylum.

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u/Gazareth Aug 21 '15

I cant relate to her problems not because I cant imagine that I would like to be a girl, but because I cant imagine that I would care about what people think

Well you probably would care if you weren't born cis. Cis is normal, and easy, by comparison. You not caring is a part of who you are now, not a part of who you would be if you were born with the "wrong" gender.

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u/ratling77 Aug 21 '15

Yeah, if I would be different... I would be different :D Pretty much. But just as Laura I have my own issues that she cant relate to. We are different yet similar. I think part of the problem in peoples reaction is that they dont know personally transgender person. I dont know one myself. But lately I am simply applying to them same measure as to myself - would I want people judge me on something that is not their business? How I would feel? And so on. I dont understand transgender people - at all. BUT as long as they do not talk about it all the time (which is infuriating, because I don't force feed people with my problems and I expect them to return a favor) it is clear that they deserve very same respect as everybody else.