--- title: "1 Thinks Polls Quotes By ContraPoints" description: "1 Thinks Polls quotes by ContraPoints. Plus more from ContraPoints and more Thinks Polls sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/contrapoints-21760_hope_as-a-prominent-trans-person-you-hope-tha_358237.jpg" --- > [As a prominent trans person, you hope that someone feels they know you and then thinks of you at the polls; you hope to impact the way they act when they encounter a trans person in real life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/as-a-prominent-trans-person-you-hope-that-someone-feels-they-know-you/) ContraPoints [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/contrapoints-21760_hope_as-a-prominent-trans-person-you-hope-tha_358237.jpg) ## More by ContraPoints > [There are things you can say in the voice of a fictional character that you could not explore any other way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/there-are-things-you-can-say-in-the-voice-of-a-fictional-character/) ContraPoints > [More than 40 per cent of my viewers are female. When I do meetups and events, oftentimes the majority of people who show up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/more-than-40-per-cent-of-my-viewers-are-female-when-i-do-meetups-and/) ContraPoints > [When I was a prepubescent child, I never really had experiences of gender dysphoria. This is not something that started until adolescence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/when-i-was-a-prepubescent-child-i-never-really-had-experiences-of/) ContraPoints > [I carry with me from my male upbringing a sense that femininity is forbidden. So when I appear on YouTube with forty butterflies glued…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-carry-with-me-from-my-male-upbringing-a-sense-that-femininity-is/) ContraPoints > [I watch a lot of YouTube makeup tutorials. I also watch a lot of channels where all they do is eat inhumanly huge amounts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-watch-a-lot-of-youtube-makeup-tutorials-i-also-watch-a-lot-of/) ContraPoints > [As a prominent trans person, you hope that someone feels they know you and then thinks of you at the polls; you hope to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/as-a-prominent-trans-person-you-hope-that-someone-feels-they-know-you/) ContraPoints > [It's quite difficult to get through to the people who are really committed to these anti-progressive beliefs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/it-s-quite-difficult-to-get-through-to-the-people-who-are-really/) ContraPoints > [A debate is a very specific kind of performance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/a-debate-is-a-very-specific-kind-of-performance/) ContraPoints > [It's going to take me less time to wreck Ben Shapiro than it took me to curl my hair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/it-s-going-to-take-me-less-time-to-wreck-ben-shapiro-than-it-took-me/) ContraPoints > [I dropped out of my Ph.D. philosophy program at Northwestern in the summer of 2015, in my mid-20s. I kind of had the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-dropped-out-of-my-ph-d-philosophy-program-at-northwestern-in-the/) ContraPoints > [There's this artistic drive or something in me that impels me to sympathize with villains, but it's maybe not a great impulse as someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/there-s-this-artistic-drive-or-something-in-me-that-impels-me-to/) ContraPoints > [I kind of hate the fact that I feel like people expect you to announce what you are, and then you become it. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-kind-of-hate-the-fact-that-i-feel-like-people-expect-you-to/) ContraPoints > [What really excites me is the prospect of making people actually enjoy thinking about difficult topics, to laugh even while seriously engaging these very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/what-really-excites-me-is-the-prospect-of-making-people-actually/) ContraPoints > [I listen to a lot of standup comics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-listen-to-a-lot-of-standup-comics/) ContraPoints > [I've been harassed. I've been stalked. I've had every public pre-transition photo of me compiled alongside my deadname with the purpose of never letting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/i-ve-been-harassed-i-ve-been-stalked-i-ve-had-every-public-pre/) ContraPoints ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinks-polls/contrapoints/#itemlist", "name": "1 Thinks Polls Quotes By ContraPoints", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As a prominent trans person, you hope that someone feels they know you and then thinks of you at the polls; you hope to impact the way they act when they encounter a trans person in real life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ContraPoints" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/contrapoints/as-a-prominent-trans-person-you-hope-that-someone-feels-they-know-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/contrapoints-21760_hope_as-a-prominent-trans-person-you-hope-tha_358237.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/contrapoints-21760_hope_as-a-prominent-trans-person-you-hope-tha_358237.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/contrapoints-21760_hope_as-a-prominent-trans-person-you-hope-tha_358237.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As a prominent trans person, you hope that someone feels they know you and then thinks of you at the polls…” — ContraPoints", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinks-polls/contrapoints/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinks-polls/contrapoints/", "name": "Thinks Polls Quotes by ContraPoints", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinks-polls/contrapoints/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/contrapoints-21760_hope_as-a-prominent-trans-person-you-hope-tha_358237.jpg" }, "description": "1 Thinks Polls quotes by ContraPoints. 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