Here is something from 2017 that was getting attention in the anti-trans twittersphere the other day as amazingly prescient and now coming true
philosophers collectively running constant defense for a conspiratorial hate movement that says we can bring about a better world through gender purity, to be achieved by unspecified means
makes me sick!!!!!!
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The lady simply has no clue what research already exists, does not understand how psychiatric diagnoses work, and interprets the tiny amount of research she encounters like she’s reading tea leaves from the moon
(reading that children with gender dysphoria have high rates of attachment styles that develop in response to struggling to get acceptance and support from caregivers): this shows they should get conversion therapy
Thinking about how like 10 years after being publicly Uncomfortable with gay marriage John Schwenkler expected us all to pretend the reason he is against trans rights is because he is a RADICAL FEMINIST
if i say "folk psychology" do normal people know what that is
does this get the gist across
one of the things I have learned from the anti-trans backlash is that philosophers absolutely do not have a clear idea of the kinds of questions our methods can address (notably not empirical ones)
I am looking for the syntax textbook I used as an undergrad. I think the cover was beige and it was enormous and boring. does that sound familiar to anyone
Big boring beige
I think the title involved a specific theory? But I don’t know any syntax theories