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Inaccurate description of his stance

It would appear that Linehan's stance is best described as "anti-transgender-activist activism" (awkward as that sounds), and not "anti-transgender activism". He has not critiqued the act of being transgender or displayed any intolerance of it, but rather has criticized the behavior of a certain group of transgender activists. As much as those activists may wish to confound the two, they are vastly different things. It is analogous to the difference between being anti-Islam and anti-ISIS. It is very misleading to describe him as an "anti-transgender activist".— Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.119.234.107 (talk • contribs) 14:57, July 12, 2021 (UTC)

That's a common refrain of his and, as reliable sources show, no one believes this hair-splitting. His actions are against transgender rights in total, not just "anti-activism." — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 19:38, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How Linehan labels his stance, and what his stance actually is, are in fact two different things. He is active against transgender *rights*, not just transgender *activism*. Newimpartial (talk) 22:39, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This article seems to be extremely biased, even if he is an "anti-transgender-activist activist" I doubt he would self-identifies as such, isn't that what matters? He's primary well known for being a writer, after-all if he wasn't a writer it would be unlikely there would be an article here on him. 77.98.149.223 (talk) 11:34, 7 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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	: How Linehan labels his stance, and what his stance actually is, are in fact two different things. He is active against transgender rights, not just transgender activism. [[User:Newimpartial\|Newimpartial]] ([[User talk:Newimpartial\|talk]]) 22:39, 12 July 2021 (UTC)		: How Linehan labels his stance, and what his stance actually is, are in fact two different things. He is active against transgender rights, not just transgender activism. [[User:Newimpartial\|Newimpartial]] ([[User talk:Newimpartial\|talk]]) 22:39, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

	::This article seems to be extremely biased, even if he is an "''anti-transgender-activist activist''" I doubt he would self-identifies as such, isn't that what matters ~~these days~~? He's primary well known for being a writer, after-all if he wasn't a writer it would be unlikely there would be an article here on him. [[Special:Contributions/77.98.149.223\|77.98.149.223]] ([[User talk:77.98.149.223\|talk]]) 11:34, 7 August 2021 (UTC)		::This article seems to be extremely biased, even if he is an "''anti-transgender-activist activist''" I doubt he would self-identifies as such, isn't that what matters? He's primary well known for being a writer, after-all if he wasn't a writer it would be unlikely there would be an article here on him. [[Special:Contributions/77.98.149.223\|77.98.149.223]] ([[User talk:77.98.149.223\|talk]]) 11:34, 7 August 2021 (UTC)