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Why did you invoke gender? The quote is generic enough to my reading it could mean any one of various mathematical minorities. Do we all join in with Trump fla

by itiro 3y ago

Why did you invoke gender? The quote is generic enough to my reading it could mean any one of various mathematical minorities. Do we all join in with Trump flag waving caravans of F150s? They were a whiny minority recently.

travisjungroth 3y ago
The article is about gender.
- itiro 3y ago
  No it’s about hypersensitive minority groups and uses one as an example.
  - travisjungroth 3y ago
    You’re being weird. I thought you hadn’t read the article when you asked “Why did you invoke gender?”. They’re just talking about the same thing the article is.
    - itiro 3y ago
      Oh I am? Ok, sure. Did not realize there was an obligation to avoid “being weird” to your sensibilities.
      - fsargent 3y ago
        That’s what the entire article is about. Trans people: “Please don’t be rude to me. This is how you can be nice” Dawkins: “My being rude to you isn’t the same as violence.” Trans people: “Ok… why would you feel the need to say that unless you wanted to be violent to us?” Dawkins: “You’re calling me violent! That’s policing my speech which is oppression!”
JellyBeanThief 3y ago
Only when you take the quote out of context. For the majority of the article he focuses on gender. And in the very same paragraph as that quote comes from he invokes J.K. Rowling. It is entirely reasonable to assume that transgender people are "the oppressed minority" he's specifically talking about.
- itiro 3y ago
  It’s reasonable to assume otherwise. My takeaway is it reads like a scientific publication; here’s authors premise, and author walks through an example of what they mean. The title and subtitle are generic enough to apply to any of the tribal bubbles bleating online about a sense of persecution; Gurner and the CEO class, right wingers, politicians. Hallucinations of persecution are not just coming from the trans community. It’s just easier to write a coherent article using one example.

by itiro 3y ago

travisjungroth 3y ago

The article is about gender.

itiro 3y ago
No it’s about hypersensitive minority groups and uses one as an example.
- travisjungroth 3y ago
  You’re being weird. I thought you hadn’t read the article when you asked “Why did you invoke gender?”. They’re just talking about the same thing the article is.
  - itiro 3y ago
    Oh I am? Ok, sure. Did not realize there was an obligation to avoid “being weird” to your sensibilities.
    - fsargent 3y ago
      That’s what the entire article is about. Trans people: “Please don’t be rude to me. This is how you can be nice” Dawkins: “My being rude to you isn’t the same as violence.” Trans people: “Ok… why would you feel the need to say that unless you wanted to be violent to us?” Dawkins: “You’re calling me violent! That’s policing my speech which is oppression!”

JellyBeanThief 3y ago

Only when you take the quote out of context. For the majority of the article he focuses on gender. And in the very same paragraph as that quote comes from he invokes J.K. Rowling. It is entirely reasonable to assume that transgender people are "the oppressed minority" he's specifically talking about.

itiro 3y ago
It’s reasonable to assume otherwise. My takeaway is it reads like a scientific publication; here’s authors premise, and author walks through an example of what they mean. The title and subtitle are generic enough to apply to any of the tribal bubbles bleating online about a sense of persecution; Gurner and the CEO class, right wingers, politicians. Hallucinations of persecution are not just coming from the trans community. It’s just easier to write a coherent article using one example.