I think I see what you mean, but I see two problems with it:
1. All those discussions of whether the sky is blue were taking place within the specific context of examining Andy Blake's words. You can't take this context out of the discussions, because the topic of the discussions is Andy Blake himself.
2. The statements being "attacked" are not akin to "the sky is blue", quite the contrary. They are akin to someone saying "the sky is pink" when it is clearly blue to 99.99% of the rest of the population. I can accept that they might have a very good reason to say that, but unless their explanation makes sense, I have no obligation to accept it. Words have defined meanings, and if a trans person is going to say that they are cis, for example, then they better have a more convincing explanation for it than just, say, "I feel this way". Because someone can feel all they want that the sky is pink, but that doesn't change the FACT that it is blue. And if they really see it as pink, then there's something not functioning properly either in their eyes or their brain, and indulding their mistaken impression is not going to help them in the long term.
Re: DIscussion of Facebook messages: Carlanime/Necromommycon and Andy
I think I see what you mean, but I see two problems with it:
1. All those discussions of whether the sky is blue were taking place within the specific context of examining Andy Blake's words. You can't take this context out of the discussions, because the topic of the discussions is Andy Blake himself.
2. The statements being "attacked" are not akin to "the sky is blue", quite the contrary. They are akin to someone saying "the sky is pink" when it is clearly blue to 99.99% of the rest of the population. I can accept that they might have a very good reason to say that, but unless their explanation makes sense, I have no obligation to accept it. Words have defined meanings, and if a trans person is going to say that they are cis, for example, then they better have a more convincing explanation for it than just, say, "I feel this way". Because someone can feel all they want that the sky is pink, but that doesn't change the FACT that it is blue. And if they really see it as pink, then there's something not functioning properly either in their eyes or their brain, and indulding their mistaken impression is not going to help them in the long term.