Exactly! "Inclusion" means acknowledgement of differences. Otherwise there would be no need to "include" somebody who already belongs to the group. But what most TRA push for is, in fact, not merely inclusion, as erasure of the host group. They want us to pretend there is absolutely no difference between women and transwomen (I hate this…
Exactly! "Inclusion" means acknowledgement of differences. Otherwise there would be no need to "include" somebody who already belongs to the group. But what most TRA push for is, in fact, not merely inclusion, as erasure of the host group. They want us to pretend there is absolutely no difference between women and transwomen (I hate this word, it is already hijacking womanhood - imagine if white people started calling themselves "transblack"), and that everything that's ours is theirs too. It is not only unrealistic, but also very dangerous (as Steve's examples demonstrate).
Yes. It also just feels problematic for acceptance to lie on a foundation of pretending.
And it’s not just trans activists. I feel like progressives are frequently asking us to pretend lately. It’s not a sustainable path to the progress we seek.
Hmm. It might surprise you to know that I don't hate Trump. I think he is a symptom of a much larger problem that no one on the left is willing to talk about - the complete abandonment of the little guy in national politics. I don't think the people who support him are pretending. I think they simply prioritized a guy who appears to speak their language over someone who openly scorned them (deplorables? Really? what a way to talk about the citizens of a country you wish to govern.)
When the elites get it through their head that the little guy will fight them, even if it means voting for someone like Trump, then maybe they will pay attention. I see very little evidence of any kind of elite epiphany happening. If anything, they are doubling down on their snobbery and self-righteousness. They are so convinced that their shit doesn't stink that they are digging their own graves. I want the Dems to lose and to lose hard in November.
The only way in which Trump "speaks the language" of the little guy is that he has the vocabulary of a fourth grade dropout. His contempt for working people is boundless. And unhidden.
Your post is an unfiltered recitation of right wing tropes and I will not be reading you anymore.
I said "appears to speak", but your amygdala was in gear before you even finished reading my post. I don't bow to purity tests, my friend. Ignore away...
It's no skin off my nose if they lose, I don't live there anymore either. But I'd rather not see my mother country destroy themselves. I hear what you're saying about Trump's 'deplorables', but it's not like he's doing anything to help them, either. The Republicans have been destroying their way of life for forty years and they bend over and say, like Oliver Twist, "Please, sir, may I have some moah?" I feel the same way about Trump's long-suffering deplorables like I do the 53% of American women who voted for Trump: You voted for it, bitches! Now STFU and enjoy your disappearing safety net. And keep your legs closed until menopause.
Exactly! "Inclusion" means acknowledgement of differences. Otherwise there would be no need to "include" somebody who already belongs to the group. But what most TRA push for is, in fact, not merely inclusion, as erasure of the host group. They want us to pretend there is absolutely no difference between women and transwomen (I hate this word, it is already hijacking womanhood - imagine if white people started calling themselves "transblack"), and that everything that's ours is theirs too. It is not only unrealistic, but also very dangerous (as Steve's examples demonstrate).
Yes. It also just feels problematic for acceptance to lie on a foundation of pretending.
And it’s not just trans activists. I feel like progressives are frequently asking us to pretend lately. It’s not a sustainable path to the progress we seek.
Pretending. What a powerful way to encapsulate the dynamic. And that's why I hate it. I hate pretending. Thanks for the insight.
Rather an awful lot like other side has to pretend an awful lot about an awful leader they support.
Hmm. It might surprise you to know that I don't hate Trump. I think he is a symptom of a much larger problem that no one on the left is willing to talk about - the complete abandonment of the little guy in national politics. I don't think the people who support him are pretending. I think they simply prioritized a guy who appears to speak their language over someone who openly scorned them (deplorables? Really? what a way to talk about the citizens of a country you wish to govern.)
When the elites get it through their head that the little guy will fight them, even if it means voting for someone like Trump, then maybe they will pay attention. I see very little evidence of any kind of elite epiphany happening. If anything, they are doubling down on their snobbery and self-righteousness. They are so convinced that their shit doesn't stink that they are digging their own graves. I want the Dems to lose and to lose hard in November.
The only way in which Trump "speaks the language" of the little guy is that he has the vocabulary of a fourth grade dropout. His contempt for working people is boundless. And unhidden.
Your post is an unfiltered recitation of right wing tropes and I will not be reading you anymore.
I said "appears to speak", but your amygdala was in gear before you even finished reading my post. I don't bow to purity tests, my friend. Ignore away...
It's no skin off my nose if they lose, I don't live there anymore either. But I'd rather not see my mother country destroy themselves. I hear what you're saying about Trump's 'deplorables', but it's not like he's doing anything to help them, either. The Republicans have been destroying their way of life for forty years and they bend over and say, like Oliver Twist, "Please, sir, may I have some moah?" I feel the same way about Trump's long-suffering deplorables like I do the 53% of American women who voted for Trump: You voted for it, bitches! Now STFU and enjoy your disappearing safety net. And keep your legs closed until menopause.