TERF Rhetoric 

The phrase "You cannot identify out of oppression" confuses me, especially when it's contracted against "gender ideology". I have not seen anyone claim you can identify out of oppression, and that is not even a stated goal of any activist organizations.

Furthermore it implies a perspective on oppression that I have seen nobody take. It implies the belief that oppression is internal, and by changing parts of yourself, you can become free from oppression.

TERF Rhetoric 

I know it's rhetoric based on bigotry, therefore it has more use appealing to emotion than any rational discourse, but I still have no idea where this line even came from in the first place.

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