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It comes across as offensive and discouraging to those that believe that "intersectionality" is in itself discriminatory, both towards the racial/gender classif
by teacup50 10y ago
It comes across as offensive and discouraging to those that believe that "intersectionality" is in itself discriminatory, both towards the racial/gender classifications being infantilized, and the racial/gender classifications who are assumed to be privileged.
As an extension, the entire presumption of the necessity of a "code of conduct" is in itself "problematic", in that it ascribes problematic behavior to what are in fact welcoming, professional, pro-actively inclusive communities that simply do not accept at face value the discriminatory precepts (racial, gender, or otherwise) of intersectionality.
- teacup50 10y agoThe downvoting demonstrates exactly why the article's well-poisoning is offensive; the tautological ideology of intersectionality leaves no room for dissent in the marketplace of ideas, as any dissent merely proves the original premise of structural discrimination and privilege that applies to blunt categories of people on the basis of gender and race, and thus dissent is not to be considered an invitation to dialog, but damaging ignorance at best, "hate speech" at worst, and worthy of silencing regardless.
- yoo1I 10y agoThe marketplace of ideas just, rightly, rejected your elaborate but essentially baseless claim that anti-discrimination victimizes everyone who is not in the group being "de-victimized". It would be comical if it wasn't so sad.
- teacup50 10y agoYour reformulation of my claims is inaccurate. Beyond that, I cannot refute an argument when none was presented.