"X-ists tend to wear a thicker veil when not behind a keyboard. "
Yeah, definitely. People are certainly "braver" when they don't have to stand behind their words with their face and name. But it's not the name-calling that's the issue. That's the least of the concerns as far as I'm concerned. It's the speed with which lies and bad inform…
"X-ists tend to wear a thicker veil when not behind a keyboard. "
Yeah, definitely. People are certainly "braver" when they don't have to stand behind their words with their face and name. But it's not the name-calling that's the issue. That's the least of the concerns as far as I'm concerned. It's the speed with which lies and bad information can spread and become absolutely, unquestionably true in the minds of some people.
Ten years ago, say, how many people do you think were seriously arguing that trans women are women? Not just that they should be thought of as women in most cases, or that the decent thing to do was treat them as they wished to be treated, but that they literally are women. Female even.
Today, a significant number of people, some in positions of power, genuinely believe this. Or, at least, are willing to go to their graves pretending that they do. We live in a different reality to the compulsively online. And it's not clear at all which side is going to win out.
Another instance of what I'm calling the Epistemological Crisis.
It's a lot worse than virtue signalling, which ultimately boils down to pretense, conformity, and conceit. If you've seen "What is a Woman" you can see how addled some of these people are.
"X-ists tend to wear a thicker veil when not behind a keyboard. "
Yeah, definitely. People are certainly "braver" when they don't have to stand behind their words with their face and name. But it's not the name-calling that's the issue. That's the least of the concerns as far as I'm concerned. It's the speed with which lies and bad information can spread and become absolutely, unquestionably true in the minds of some people.
Ten years ago, say, how many people do you think were seriously arguing that trans women are women? Not just that they should be thought of as women in most cases, or that the decent thing to do was treat them as they wished to be treated, but that they literally are women. Female even.
Today, a significant number of people, some in positions of power, genuinely believe this. Or, at least, are willing to go to their graves pretending that they do. We live in a different reality to the compulsively online. And it's not clear at all which side is going to win out.
Another instance of what I'm calling the Epistemological Crisis.
It's a lot worse than virtue signalling, which ultimately boils down to pretense, conformity, and conceit. If you've seen "What is a Woman" you can see how addled some of these people are.
And how dishonest.