He's "a straight cismale" according to him, and calling him a transman is "misgendering" him. Which, wtf?
It's taking advantage of the (normally admirable) rule on tumblr to accept people's identities. Blake has always been fond of making every conversation about what he FEELS, rather than what he IS or DOES. Feelings he can constantly change and claim were misinterpreted; facts are much harder. So if he IDENTIFIES and FEELS cis, then YOU'RE the transphobe for doing anything other than smiling and nodding!
It's a rhetorical advice intended to stop people with social justice leanings from thinking critically; it lets him define the discussion. That argument wouldn't work on your classic transphobe for a hot second, because they wouldn't CARE.
It IS very hard to discuss this in a way without slipping up--which I think is what he intends, because it makes a great distraction and shuts down discussion. Part of how I ended up on the fringe of all this was because I felt as a trans person that I'd be more likely to actually be able to SAY it without getting immediately dismissed as a cis transphobe.
Cis Andy
It's taking advantage of the (normally admirable) rule on tumblr to accept people's identities. Blake has always been fond of making every conversation about what he FEELS, rather than what he IS or DOES. Feelings he can constantly change and claim were misinterpreted; facts are much harder. So if he IDENTIFIES and FEELS cis, then YOU'RE the transphobe for doing anything other than smiling and nodding!
It's a rhetorical advice intended to stop people with social justice leanings from thinking critically; it lets him define the discussion. That argument wouldn't work on your classic transphobe for a hot second, because they wouldn't CARE.
It IS very hard to discuss this in a way without slipping up--which I think is what he intends, because it makes a great distraction and shuts down discussion. Part of how I ended up on the fringe of all this was because I felt as a trans person that I'd be more likely to actually be able to SAY it without getting immediately dismissed as a cis transphobe.
--LBL