I'd slip in a Stage 2.5, which is where we seem to be right now:
The differences between people based on their race, gender, etc form unbreachable chasms that define the people in question.
Black people think black thoughts, women/men think woman/man thoughts, (hence if you think you're a man/woman you are a man/woman) and any attempt to honestly discuss these issues is racism, transphobia, etc.
I'd slip in a Stage 2.5, which is where we seem to be right now:
The differences between people based on their race, gender, etc form unbreachable chasms that define the people in question.
Black people think black thoughts, women/men think woman/man thoughts, (hence if you think you're a man/woman you are a man/woman) and any attempt to honestly discuss these issues is racism, transphobia, etc.
I have a hard time distinguishing your 2.5 from my 2.
But thanks again for creating a forum where we can discuss these things without being called various kinds of bigots. If I post even watered-down repeats of what I've posted here on social media I'll at least be suspended; on Medium I will be banned (again). The repression of open discussion by what so many are (completely erroneously) calling "the left" is even more disheartening than the cretins who invaded the Capitol.
"I have a hard time distinguishing your 2.5 from my 2."
Hmm, maybe I misunderstood. You mentioned the belief for some corners that there *are* no differences and everything is socially constructed. I'm pointing to a belief that there not only *are* differences, but that they're fundamental. And that it's impossible to bridge the gap between them with empathy or our common humanity.
And you're welcome, though I should be thanking you. It's the input from you all that makes this place such a haven of honest, meaningful conversation. And guess what?! Nobody has been "traumatised" by encountering a difference of opinion or a fact that they didn't know before! Who'da thunk?!
I'd slip in a Stage 2.5, which is where we seem to be right now:
The differences between people based on their race, gender, etc form unbreachable chasms that define the people in question.
Black people think black thoughts, women/men think woman/man thoughts, (hence if you think you're a man/woman you are a man/woman) and any attempt to honestly discuss these issues is racism, transphobia, etc.
I have a hard time distinguishing your 2.5 from my 2.
But thanks again for creating a forum where we can discuss these things without being called various kinds of bigots. If I post even watered-down repeats of what I've posted here on social media I'll at least be suspended; on Medium I will be banned (again). The repression of open discussion by what so many are (completely erroneously) calling "the left" is even more disheartening than the cretins who invaded the Capitol.
"I have a hard time distinguishing your 2.5 from my 2."
Hmm, maybe I misunderstood. You mentioned the belief for some corners that there *are* no differences and everything is socially constructed. I'm pointing to a belief that there not only *are* differences, but that they're fundamental. And that it's impossible to bridge the gap between them with empathy or our common humanity.
And you're welcome, though I should be thanking you. It's the input from you all that makes this place such a haven of honest, meaningful conversation. And guess what?! Nobody has been "traumatised" by encountering a difference of opinion or a fact that they didn't know before! Who'da thunk?!