The "yokel" portion was unnecessary.You aren't doing violence, it's clear that didn't apply to you.
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The "yokel" portion was unnecessary.You aren't doing violence, it's clear that didn't apply to you.
I've good arguments.If you had good arguments, you would not need to mischaracterize what I've said.
I don't think he proposed making them simplistic.Einstein said something like: "Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler".
There you go...making me part of some "team",Some topics cannot be reduced to sound bites. What I notice happens a lot is that people on your team put words in my mouth. That seems to me to be a symptom of someone who cannot think past sound bites they've heard.
I agree that SJWs are usually well intended. But the devil is in the details. Can you explain what you mean when you say "equity"? Is it the same as equality or something different.
That's interesting. Initially she was a target for the far right, and then she became a target for the lefties. (BTW, I'm not attached to any particular label for the SJW / VS set of ideas we're discussing. If you have a better term, lmk.)
Recently I asked everyone on this forum if they could explain exactly what she said that made her a target for the lefties. A few posters pointed to a few tweets of hers, but on one could explain why the tweets were actually transphobic. The best I can tell is that refused to repeat the exact trans activist chant she was told to repeat?
I wouldn't put it in such black and white terms. Of course there is a spectrum of people and behaviors we're talking about.
As for the struggles of trans people, I agree that they are real and ought to be fixed. I just think that many of the solutions we see on offer are destructive and divisive. I suspect that some of the TAs have wider "burn it all down" goals (common with lefties), and trans activism is seen as a good vehicle to achieve those ends.
For example, much of the TA playbook is exactly Orwellian doublethink.
Is it necessary to bring that up when the wording used was "jackwad yokels" and the context a clear indication it's not about you?The "yokel" portion was unnecessary.
I'd like to see an example of RWers, Conservatives, or other such types actually use terms like Orwellian and doublethink correctly.Examples?
Yokels are me people.Is it necessary to bring that up when the wording used was "jackwad yokels" and the context a clear indication it's not about you?
As I've said, my policy is to not INITIATE personal attacks. But I will respond in kind. And this is not to say I have a perfect record, but I think I have a pretty good one.If your posts had less hostility, you'd receive less
in return. This is good advice. Consider it.
I've experienced the failure of your policy.As I've said, my policy is to not INITIATE personal attacks.
As I understand the two words these days there is an important difference:Equity is making sure that equal opportunities are fair. This makes sense in a country whose ethos is "liberty AND justice for all.".
So the question I'd have is this: if your goal is to further trans rights, is it really productive to respond in emotionally intense ways?Of course activists are going to respond in emotionally-intense ways when outing people over how they dress and identify leads to stigmatization, violence,and self-harm.
I tend to shy away from the Rowling stuff just because it's too ambiguous and I don't see any practical value in it. I see your perspective: she has tweeted support for transfolk but has also called into question medical interventions and equates "women" and "female" without differentiating between gender and sex, something that provides a practical solution to some of the problems transgender folks face.
This is where I really feel the need to hold my tongue lest I am accused of virtue signaling or being an SJW. Doublethink? Doublethinking what?
That a person was outed against their will took their own life and maybe, just maybe they shouldn't have felt the need to is something to strive for? That an individual should feel free to explore their life in a way that harms no one else should be supported, or at least not stigmatized, socially in a country whose virtues signal that?
The news organization that outed them has some very nice thoughts on rights and compassion on their about section of their website. That they can simultaneously believe this and do what they did is a great example of doublethink.
I strongly suspect you've initiated far more personal attacks against me than the other way around.I've experienced the failure of your policy.
That one tweet of hers that I posted created a firestorm of hate directed at her.I guess it all depends on application and interpretation.
Of course you do.I strongly suspect you've initiated far more personal attacks against me than the other way around.
Well we can keep a journal going forwardOf course you do.
You could review your prior posts to many others.Well we can keep a journal going forward
You could count how many vowels you've used in your RF postsYou could review your prior posts to many others.
I just figured your self reflection couldYou could count how many vowels you've used in your RF posts
As could yoursI just figured your self reflection could
begin using past posts, rather than
waiting for new ones.
No one's complaining about my hostility though.As could yours