About trans rights:

They're a wedge issue. If you think it's okay to deprive trans people of the right to exist in the public sphere then you're saying human rights are conditional and/or can be withdrawn. Which puts you on a slippery slope to no human rights for anyone.

When you trace the roots of the modern anti-trans movement they boil down to some combination of bigotry and billionaire bullshit— the oligarchs think rights are for the rich.

So: trans-rights are human rights. No exceptions.

@cstross The #CultureWars are a distraction from the real problems: rapidly rising #inequality & a diminished democracy, ruled by #bigtech. These #techbros rather have #fascism with no restrictions on their business than a democracy with #privacy laws & consumer protection.