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Hopefully it was accidental and not a sleight of hand, but I hope you realize you pivoted a statement about the trans activists being pushed back against (that
by jchw 5y ago
Hopefully it was accidental and not a sleight of hand, but I hope you realize you pivoted a statement about the trans activists being pushed back against (that they are “deluded”) to being about trans people as a whole. I feel like this kind of pivot happens so often in bad faith that people now do it subconsciously and not even necessarily in bad faith but simply out of habit.
Similarly, (but not necessarily in the exact same vein,) there is an overarching sentiment that all trans people agree with the broader LGBT community, but it’s definitely not true.
- thomasfedb 5y agoFixed! Yep, that was a slightly uncharitable reading of the parent post I accept.
- jchw 5y agoIt seems like your uncharitable reading was the one that actually intended, which is unfortunate. I guess that’s the perils of assuming good faith. I do think it is good to be precise here, though. The human brain really seems to like viewing groups of people as hiveminds.
- thomasfedb 5y agoTotally agree. The charitable interpretation is the right one to make if you actually care about arguing the ideas. I'm sure my philosophy professor would be very upset with me.
- zionic 5y ago
- jchw 5y agoDid you mean to reply to me? I have not really made a statement about the actual topic because it is personally irrelevant to me. I just want people to argue in good faith, even if at this point a reasoned discussion seems impossible. (And just to be explicit, by that I mean, we’re probably not going to see eye to eye, so I’m probably not going to engage with your rhetoric. Sorry.)