Misgendering’s Bad, k. But What About Mistranny-ing
Is it OK if I ask if Symone Sanders is transgender? She (he?) looks to have the shoulders of a linebacker.....
How To [ultimately fail to] Reason With a Loony Leftist
Two things bug me the most in discussion; undisclosed loyalties, and poorly-defined terms. The former makes for dishonest interactions because whereas one side is having a debate with a peer, the other side might be seeking to win ground in a battle as part of a larger war, and the latter makes for what-amounts-to an idiotic bought between children. In this essay, I shall seek to offer a way out of such frustrations. I’m bothered when called-for concessions aren’t made, and specifically at how religious the multicultural left is. Like a wife approaching her golden anniversary, I find it terribly galling at how stubborn my mate can be. You can lead a lefty to a conclusion, but you can’t make him stop emoting. I can’t explain why, but I feel driven to carve out of thought narrow-bands of hypotheticals and reasoning that might, given the most gracious loony-lefty interlocutor (if such a creature exists), cause a moment of ideological insecurity. I seem to be the onl
Transgender is no longer an acceptable term used for those who have changed their gender. If she is Symone then she is female. She wears the name that bears her sex identify. She identifies as female and has a female name. And does it matter if she is a woman that has the shoulder of a linebacker? Does it matter. If so why so?
ReplyDeleteAre you in the habit of not giving factual answers to straightforward questions? At the moment, I ask because I want an answer to my question. Is this alright with you?
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