Whats with the transphobia and the defense of transphobia on du today?

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95. if that's the case, they seem to have researched the part

The performance was persuasive enough to be defended on DU (assuming the defenders weren't in on the joke), but I'm open to the idea of disruptors inhabiting a role merely to ingratiate themselves with their erstwhile foes. Still, this poster's line of thought appears to be consistent with a particular sub-strain of feminist theory, one which uses "FAAB" as an anti-TS shibboleth (and sincerity isn't an excuse for prejudice, in any event):

so regarding the question, “if FAAB were removed from the feminist game, what would change?” the answer appears to be this: MAAB would also be removed from the game. and with it, the fact that THE crucial line drawn in the sand for millenia has been based on the known dangers to women of the penis, and the creation of a master class based solely and demonstrably on the ability to cause female-specific harm, would become invisible.

it would signal the end of radical feminism, in other words.

http://factcheckme.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/decoding-faabmaab/

If trans activists have any confidence whatsoever in their own agenda and the assumptions listed above, then I believe they should be able to handle critique and analysis without resorting to blanket accusations of transphobia.

http://fabmatters.wordpress.com/trans/ ("FAB Matters&quot

versus:

The vast majority of feminists are perfectly accepting of trans people. As far as I can discern, the transphobia comes from a small, though noisy minority. Unfortunately, this minority seems to be influential, and still get the platform to speak: I write this post after seeing that people are still paying attention to Julie Bindel, who spouted transphobic thought in an Oxford student newspaper today.

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Transphobia has no place in feminism. None whatsoever. You can dress it up in as much theory as you want, you can stick your hands over your ears and deny you’ve done anything wrong, you can wilfully twist the truth into lies, but if you’re transphobic, you have no place in feminism.

http://stavvers.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/transphobia-has-no-place-in-feminism/