Its is a fascinating read. This is one section that jumped out at me...Long, but it's an interesting deep dive into how we got here.
Morality Plays: The Lessons of Forstater
Maya Forstater was unlawfully discriminated against on the basis of her gender critical beliefs. The Judgment is in.www.linkedin.com
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... and this stood out for me...Another interesting one, looking at the "transgender death cult" referenced earlier, and what the author perceives as a shift in attitudes towards "preferred pronoun" use by the press.
Transgender Death Cult Shifts The Conversation About 'Preferred Pronouns'
Changes to the media landscape are forcing confrontations in the newsroomswww.thedistancemag.com
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I'm not nearly as sanguine; for the moment the Democrats seem to be closing ranks on these issues. Democrat congressman Seth Moulton commented that he didn't want his two daughters to have to compete against men in sports, but when the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act came up, he meekly voted against it. As it was, only two Democrats voted in favor of the bill in the House. So that's 99% of the Democrats on the other side of what should be one of the simpler issues.
Best comment I have found so far (from user Dr. Cigol...
Indeed, followers of ideologies often act like religious fundamentalists. Leftism is choke full of this type or people (we have several examples in this forum). Fundamentalism is problematic because it doesn´t admit any moderation or questioning, it´s a perpetual race towards "purity". It´s always better to be more woke, a more orthodox believer and denouncer of heretics. Doubting is to side with the enemy. It´s such antithetical position to skepticism that it boggles the mind how many of these type of believers populate this forum... Are they going to come to their senses some day? I suppose not. Fundamentalists are probably born that way, only able to understand a very narrow black and white view of the world...Long, but it's an interesting deep dive into how we got here.
Morality Plays: The Lessons of Forstater
Maya Forstater was unlawfully discriminated against on the basis of her gender critical beliefs. The Judgment is in.
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Grande notes that "cult leader Jack Amadeus ‘Ziz’ LaSota attracted spiritual seekers who already held extreme beliefs such as veganism and transgenderism"Another interesting one, looking at the "transgender death cult" referenced earlier, and what the author perceives as a shift in attitudes towards "preferred pronoun" use by the press.
Transgender Death Cult Shifts The Conversation About 'Preferred Pronouns'
Changes to the media landscape are forcing confrontations in the newsrooms
Proportion of the US population who are vegan - c1%.
You're right that the core fundamental disagreement existed back then. We can wrap fancy words around it, but from my perspective, the argument can be summed up with the meme:
While it can certainly be abused, shaming and mockery do play an important role in societal cohesion. That's one of the main ways that we, as a society or a nation or a community, define the boundaries of what is and is not acceptable behavior and comportment.
Meh, veganism is a pretty fringy extreme view. That doesn't mean that all vegans are bad or anything. I know a few people who are vegan because of digestive and medical issues, and I know one who just has an absurd level of empathy with animals... but they're not pushy or judgy about it. For them, it's a personal choice but they don't see any need to force it on others. On the other hand, there are also the vegans who are pretty militant about it and spread a really think layer of zealous moralizing on it. These are the kinds of people who put their cats on vegan diets and then are baffled that their obligate carnivore isn't thriving.
It's surprising how many herbivorous animals will quite happily down some meat when the opportunity presents itself. I've seen a deer eating a mouse, and that was a shocker. And nearly every spring I get the privilege of watching one of the nesting grackle females peck the eyes out of a loudly complaining sparrow and eat their brains. Grackles generally eat seeds and insects, but when they're nesting, that added protein and fat from bird brains is apparently pretty popular.
I tend to think that we cannot draw any well-grounded conclusions about group X by looking at an exceptional subset of group X. For example, while most interpersonal violence is committed by males, most males do not indulge in what radical feminists misleadingly label "male-pattern" violence. That said, it is fascinating to see mainstream media sources trying so hard to be respectful of the feelings of a group of people who appear to be on something of a collective murder spree.
Even if veganism were relatively moderate (as in Jainist subcultures), some Zizians were debating whether meat-eaters ought to be incarcerated or killed, which is a pretty extreme take on the issue.
One of the strange things about this thread in particular is that people assume I'm siding with TRA positions and supporting arguments if ever I express skepticism of any gendercrit position or supporting argument.
