i think it s bigger than twitter and bigger than this book. this is a conversation i think my country is going through a lot in terms of our culture on transissues and how then do we report on these lives without sensationizing, without enticing, without warning and throwing definitions and labels on people who have the capacity and the know how and the experience to claim their lives. and i think our exchange was good. you compared me to beyonce and i live for her. but it was also bad in the sense that it further showed other people in my community that if janet mock can be misgendered, if she can be labelled something that she is not, then what does that mean for me? and i m only out here doing this work for these girls that grew up like i did. i wanted to give them a story that reflects them, a story that is sensitive and full of nuance and love. okay. janet, i get it. my advice to you in return would be i don t needed an advice but i will take it. you ve just given me advi
and bigger than this book. this is a conversation i think my country is going through a lot in terms of our culture on transissues and how then do we report on these lives without sensationizing, without enticing, without warning and throwing definitions and labels on people who have the capacity and the know how and the experience to claim their lives. and i think our exchange was good. you compared me to beyonce and i live for her. but it was also bad in the sense that it further showed other people in my community that if janet mock can be misgendered, if she can be labelled something that she is not, then what does that mean for me? and i m only out here doing this work for these girls that grew up like i did. i wanted to give them a story that reflects them, a story that is sensitive and full of nuance and love. okay. janet, i get it. my advice to you in return would be i don t needed an advice but i will take it. you ve just given me advice i perhaps also don t feel i ne
was. so i asked two of the folks that came with her to the interview. and i said, basically the contention is that janet never wants to be referred to as ever having been a boy because from her point of view, she was always a girl. and the answer was, correct. but it seemed like it was really more of a semantic issue here. because the one and only reason why she s on this show, has written a book, is getting national attention was because she was born with male genitalia, went through surgery and is now female. and that s frankly a pretty sensational thing to go through in life. mark lamont hill you tweeted glad to see my sister janet mock holding it down, salute. this is an important moment for tv. i agree with that, it is an important thing to debate on television. but i still feel pretty aggrieved that i went from being a loud and vocal supporter of the transgender community to the greatest villain in the history of the transgender community within 24 hours. i don t really underst
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i said why would you say that? they said, he s a democrat. i said wait a minute, this man is the president of the united states of america and he s coming here to help us. i have to balance the budget as governor. it was a difficult time. people will remember it was the throes of the great recession. people were freaking out and frightened. so at the time i thought it was important to be with him, show bipartisan support. it was going to save tens of thousands of jobs in florida for teachers, firefighters and law enforcement officers. so i was happy to be there, and it was a privilege and honor to do so. i m still grateful to him. in the book, it s a little fascinating. you call karl rove a jerk after he berated you on a phone call for not appearing with president bush in 2006. do you want to elaborate on his jerkiness? sure. what happened is president bush, the younger bush was going to come to florida the evening before the election for governor in 2006 when i ran the first time.