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by tosc 4y ago
> I mean, the concept of non-binary requires holding the irrational, non-empirical belief that men and women are loosely defined as a set of sexist stereotypes I don’t think there is anything irrational about the view that gender express
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by tosc 4y ago
> It ain’t the activists fault society has been so vile to those populations This is true. > that they had to turn to extreme public instigations This is false. Activists don’t have to turn to an obviously incoherent ideology, nor do
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by tosc 4y ago
You’re expressing an ideology here. It’s not pragmatic and doesn’t reflect real world experience. Yes, I have friends who don’t have Apple devices and I can’t use Freeform with them, so of course there are limits. I recently sent my 85 yea
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by tosc 4y ago
No. It’s not that simple. Yes there is a legacy of cultural practices to contend with, but it isn’t this all encompassing reality you imagine. Consider that levels of affection afforded to men (or harshness they are expected to endure) va
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by tosc 4y ago
HN guidelines blithely dismiss the idea that there are any significant number of trolls here, and forbid suggesting it, but I just think that is out of date.
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by tosc 4y ago
Why are they not working models?
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by tosc 4y ago
> It's not the words used that kill you, it's the social construct How does the social construct get perpetuated except through words?
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by tosc 4y ago
This is gaslighting the lived experience of those who have reported abduction by aliens.
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by tosc 4y ago
Worse than that, the list itself perpetuates the idea that autism is associated with retardation.
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by tosc 4y ago
Even if you agree with the basic principle, as I do, this list is riddled with poor interpretations. Also, they either don’t understand the difference between ‘imply’ and ‘infer’, or they are intentionally misusing the word ‘infer’.