@Sheril I mean, just leave at that point. :)

@Sheril One of my favorite T-shirts says on the front: “Lord, give me the confidence of a mediocre white man.”

@Sheril I think it's not real, honest confidence. More like entitlement.

@Sheril @SophiaFree It can hardly get more mansplainer than that…

@Sheril and hopefully expertise guides the conversation back to the truth of the topic

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The paradox a trans woman feels when she experiences this for the first time is: “Wow. I’ve totally arrived at womanhood.” alongside “Eew.”

@Sheril Oh dear; how true.

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Experts aren't the only ones gifted with critical thinking and the ability to research and form logical conclusions. Such over-confidence is close to arrogance.
“Truth has to be repeated constantly, because Error also is being preached all the time, and not just by a few, but by the multitude. In the Press and Encyclopaedias, in Schools and Universities, everywhere Error holds sway, feeling happy and comfortable in the knowledge of having Majority on its side.” ― John Wolfgang Goethe

@Sheril story of my life