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When a good idea (e.g., equitable treatment of people) gets branded with a label (e.g., feminism), it opens the door for fools to start identifying with the lab
by evincarofautumn 11y ago
When a good idea (e.g., equitable treatment of people) gets branded with a label (e.g., feminism), it opens the door for fools to start identifying with the label. By their mass, they change its meaning over time, then vilify anyone who doesn’t self-identify with the label—even those who believe in the original idea.
There are a few possible remedies here. One is to vehemently deny that these people are feminists, and recapture the label. Another is to not identify as anything, and just follow the ideas—but it’s hard for most people to be that egoless.
- Dewie3 11y ago> When a good idea (e.g., equitable treatment of people) gets branded with a label (e.g., feminism), Feminism isn't just a "good idea". It has a lot of baggage about what that exactly means that not every reasonable person is going to agree with (such as equal opportunity vs. equal outcomes), and the underlying theories and ways to achieve whatever they are trying to achieve. Saying that feminism is just a "good idea" is kind of like putting all political ideas and movements into one soup as "good ideas" if their ultimate goals are well-meaning. It just so happens that feminism has an ideological monopoly on gender matters... but that doesn't mean that Feminism==gender matters.
- evincarofautumn 11y agoI agree. I didn’t say feminism is a good idea. I said equitable treatment of people is a good idea, and that feminism is a label with baggage, exactly as you’re saying.