Why Would You Do That?

Would you tell a contractor to build your house out of balsa wood? Probably not.

Would you tell a vintner to make your wine with horse piss instead of grapes? Probably not.

Would you tell a professional athlete to prepare for games by chugging beers? Probably not.

Would you tell a tailor to make your suit out of fiberglass? Probably not.

Would you tell a sushi chef to give you three-day-old salmon? Probably not.

Would you tell a lawyer to just wing the defense argument in your murder trial? Probably not.

You know why you would never do any of that?

Because even if you’re not a contractor, vintner, athlete, tailor, sushi chef, or lawyer, you know enough to know those suggestions are absurd.

So why if you're cisgender do you have no problem telling transgender people they’re confused?

And why if you're White do you have no problem gaslighting Black people?

And why if you're a man are you so comfortable mansplaining things to women?

Why do you use your privilege, power, and social capital to speak with such disparaging authority on the lived experiences of people you know little to nothing about?

What weird combination of hubris and malice has led you to dismiss with such confident disdain another person's truth?

And, most importantly, when are you going to change?