This is like that but in the best of ways.
this deposition by a lambda legal lawyer to exclude a transphobic expert witness with bad qualifications is just.
I have no eloquent way to describe it: it's 307 pages of someone with no qualifications leaning on his statistician credentials, being nailed to a cross over and over again until there's only metal left
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i mean this asshole is getting absolutely dismantled in much more substantive ways but this just feels so good right here after having read 106 pages up to now of just substantiating everything this chuckle fuck has legally said in his quest to destroy the rights of queer people across the world, for the sake of completely annihilating his ass in a fucking deposition.
transcript:
(Q.) Jennifer Altman (lambda legal): Do you believe gender dysphoria exists?
(A.) Michael Biggs, PhD: Yes.
(Q.) JA: Do you believe people can be transgender?
(A.) MB: Yes.
(Q.) JA: Do you believe that being transgender is a choice?
(A.) MB: I'm struggling to answer that question
(Q.) JA: Why?
(A.) MB: Because in some ways, everything is a choice, isn't it?
(Q.) JA: No. Do you have an answer for the question, sir?
now if only i could convince myself that the court actually cares that these asshats have no qualifications whatsoever...
so, just to clarify abstract strategy here, the reason to do this isn't because you think the courts will punish them (or ignore them in other places once revealed), but to:
- prevent their testimony for the case being entered into the court record as fact
- and
- help journalists build a case by having them admit it on the public record, as something you can cite, instead of just posts on the internet or leaked emails, both of which can be easily dismissed to an audience unfamiliar with their behavior and reputation.
- but also
- stress their command structure so they've got reduced planning capacity and remain on the back foot.