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Patricia Jaeger's avatar

As a cis, white, old female (she/her) I am ashamed and horrified that you had to be exposed to such ignorance hiding in the guise of a "debate" of your right to exist happening on a college campus "the natural home for discerning ideas". As a retired academic the insistence that this would be a "discerning" event shows that this organization has no idea what the terms "debate" or "discerning" mean. Your reply is thoughtful and respectful, and you have shown far more humanity than you have received. I am no longer religious; I do believe in moral values and ethical values. I do know the New Testament gospels and epistles. What ever happened to love thy neighbor as thyself? I don't remember this being conditional. Thank you also for sharing this as we all need to keep in mind the hatred being hidden behind an "opinion" or a "position". It is hatred, pure and simple.

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Sabine Nolke's avatar

This is a brilliant response, Charlotte. The whole "debate me!" thing cultivated by right-wingers like Knowles operates on the premise that there is a "side" to debate - whether it's climate change, holocaust denial, or the "validity" of transgender humans. There is not. To accept that there is something to "debate" on these issues requires "alternative facts", let alone a level of intellectual dishonesty that defies rational discourse.

Your response was crystal clear perfection. Thank you.

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