Hey friends, welcome to my second quick response episode in which I respond briefly to popular

claims I see online that sound good and draw in a lot of Christians but fail from a biblical

and or logical perspective. Today I'm addressing the following tweet from someone who is

clearly troubled by Christians and others who are concerned about public policy related to

transgender issues. Here's the tweet. Quote, for all those who are terrified of trans people

and believe this is more important than any other issue, can you please let me know just once when a trans person harmed

you, one personal specific story, please? End quote. Well, first, note that it's a common tactic

of progressives to assign a motive of fear to any kind of moral disagreement. So if you're concerned

about transgender ideology and its impact

on society and individuals, then it must be because you're, quote, unquote, terrified of trans people.

Or if you hold to a biblical view of sexuality, then you're, quote, unquote, homophobic. So the first part of

this statement is pure rhetoric, meant to shame those who don't accept transgender ideology,

this idea that gender can be separated from biological sex. But once you get past the emotional

language accusing people of being terrified, what's the core claim here? Why did the person take

the time to say what they're saying? Under every statement is a point that someone is trying to make,

whether that's explicit in what they say or not. So as you listen to episodes in this quick

response series, I want you to always try to identify before you listen to my response,

what is the point that this person is really trying to make? In this case, the commenter is

asking for personal examples where a trans person has harmed you.

Now, they don't explicitly say why they're asking, but it's clearly not just out of curiosity

given the context. There's this implied pre-supposition here that we should only be concerned

with trans issues in public policy if trans people are harming others.

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