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It is not narrowly scoped, it states that we need to stop another "wave" of "social justice piggishness" which would include challenging the gender identity fra
by r0p3 2y ago
It is not narrowly scoped, it states that we need to stop another "wave" of "social justice piggishness" which would include challenging the gender identity framework the author is using among other things. It also makes broad claims about social justice politics writ large.
Having read it carefully I found the hn thread interesting and it correctly criticized the essay's lazy reasoning.
- runjake 2y agoUnless pg just now edited it out, you're making false quotes and misrepresenting his words. I cannot find the quote "social justice piggishness" or the word "gender" in his essay. Every single mention of the word "wave" is attached to "wave of political correctness" or a close variation thereof. Edit: OP meant "priggishness". Got it.
- rexpop 2y agoIt's a typo. Paul's term is "priggish". And "political correctness" is a broad brush euphemism for, among other things, genderqueerness.
- runjake 2y agoThanks for this. I've always considered PC an entirely different thing, but after perusing the comments here, and given our new president's attitude toward the people affected, I can see your point.
- carabiner 2y agoI don't think pig and prig mean the same thing.
- r0p3 2y agoSorry my mistake I meant "priggishness"