Originally Posted by Lorekeep
I figure if I was going to respond to liveordie via e-mail, I'd post it here. Once anything you write is online, it's there forever. Best be the original source than someone else!
First off, Bosch's response went over the line. When you need to use words like mother fucking nigger to make a point, you're not really making a good point. Bosch's banning was a capstone on a history of posts. Not a perma-ban but I'm willing to bet if I went through his 8,000 or whatever posts he had, I wouldn't really find anything that contributes positively to the forum.
Second, the fact I responded in the thread rather than deleting it outright should give you an idea that I view the post to be in the right forum.
Third, if you've been paying attention, I'm a big fan of shining a light on people who are being deceptive. It's all well and good until you put yourself out there and give people a false impression as to what you are. If you're a transgendered person, I'm totally cool with that. But telling someone you're a man or a woman, especially when offering services, gives an indication that you've ALWAYS been a man or a woman, and when people find out otherwise, the reaction tends to be much more violent and aggressive than if you had just been upfront about it.
If Eve is transgendered, she's being deceptive, even if the reality of her current situation is true to her and those around her, because she knows if she tells the truth, which matters to some people, and the fact that it matters should not be discriminated against... if she tells the truth, it'll hurt her business. She won't be able to make as much money. So she glosses over details that would be extremely important to potential customers and fans.
She knows it's a societal perception that calling herself a woman is a more acceptable label than the more accurate one.
I don't want to hear "RAH RAH RAH LOREKEEP'S A BIGOT!" I'm being more open minded about it than anyone who says we should accept Eve as a woman. I do; but when we reach the borders of sexuality and attraction, I want to have faith that the feelings I have are genuine. I am NOT attracted to women who were once men, despite an obvious attraction to women in men's clothes!
We can go into the psychology of this as you guys try to prove me wrong, or we can be open-minded, accept my views, and move on... as we should with most reasonable, non-confrontational viewpoints. (Fascism, for instance, is a confrontational viewpoint. Prefering Asians is a non-confrontational one.)
Some people like Eve regardless of her past. Great! But keep in mind... they probably have the truth of the situation before coming to that state.
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01-26-2010
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