I'm not so sure. Lots of people really don't consider the far-ranging consequences of gender ideology, but when you point out some of those consequences--men in women's sports teams or in women's restrooms--they often become more reluctant to sign on. After all, the vast majority of Americans never knowingly encounter a trans person in t…
I'm not so sure. Lots of people really don't consider the far-ranging consequences of gender ideology, but when you point out some of those consequences--men in women's sports teams or in women's restrooms--they often become more reluctant to sign on. After all, the vast majority of Americans never knowingly encounter a trans person in those situations, so it makes sense they don't think about it very much.
Now I agree that the activists will never be convinced of anything they don't already believe, but they're not the people we need to convince.
Good pair of posts, TN. The vanguard of today's extreme left wing is saddled with two primary weaknesses (which, of course, become perfidious if they aren't properly exposed and exploited as they often are by the BAR): shit marketing and nincompoop-grade reasoning.
Refusing to respect the gendered terminology that matches a trans person's desired and -- **visually rational** -- expressed gender identity surrenders the high ground on both counts.
Regarding shit marketing, it makes YOU look mean and petty and potentially those with whom you ally most manifestly.
With respect to reasoning, wanton pronoun refusal grants the claim of the vast illiberal proto-Maoist nincompoopery that gender is inextricably linked to sex. Furthermore, it makes it damn hard to argue that the concept of mis-gendering is bogus -- except as a means to forestall disagreement and deify motivated self-actualization -- IF YOU are explicitly engaging in it.
NB: Referring to your opponent as nincompoops and proto-Maoists is probably not smart marketing either, at least in mixed company.
I'm not so sure. Lots of people really don't consider the far-ranging consequences of gender ideology, but when you point out some of those consequences--men in women's sports teams or in women's restrooms--they often become more reluctant to sign on. After all, the vast majority of Americans never knowingly encounter a trans person in those situations, so it makes sense they don't think about it very much.
Now I agree that the activists will never be convinced of anything they don't already believe, but they're not the people we need to convince.
Good pair of posts, TN. The vanguard of today's extreme left wing is saddled with two primary weaknesses (which, of course, become perfidious if they aren't properly exposed and exploited as they often are by the BAR): shit marketing and nincompoop-grade reasoning.
Refusing to respect the gendered terminology that matches a trans person's desired and -- **visually rational** -- expressed gender identity surrenders the high ground on both counts.
Regarding shit marketing, it makes YOU look mean and petty and potentially those with whom you ally most manifestly.
With respect to reasoning, wanton pronoun refusal grants the claim of the vast illiberal proto-Maoist nincompoopery that gender is inextricably linked to sex. Furthermore, it makes it damn hard to argue that the concept of mis-gendering is bogus -- except as a means to forestall disagreement and deify motivated self-actualization -- IF YOU are explicitly engaging in it.
NB: Referring to your opponent as nincompoops and proto-Maoists is probably not smart marketing either, at least in mixed company.