There are little pockets of sane people everywhere. I applaud everyone who is trying promote sanity, even in areas where they are likely to be crushed.
You can hate Hayton. no-one can stop you. You can object, on reasonable grounds, to AGP in a specific job that includes a power imbalance. And you can be epically disappointed that others don't agree with you.
but this seems way out of hand.
https://unherd.com/2024/02/caught-up-in-the-gender-critical-civil-war/
It seems to me that people, the women in this, are just as guilty as those (often men) in other movements of factionalism, and wanting to join something just for a fight. I don't think any group on any issue is free of that. People are tired, there is a degree of brain inflammation (seriously) abroad in society, tempers are frayed. Self awareness is low. Valid points get lost. And arguments become diminished.
I hope he's being honest about the reference to Hayton as "she" being a mistake due to autocue. We'll easily see whether he is being honest based on how he refers to males from now on. (I am not very concerned about what he does in a small number of private situations, and even better, I'll never have to know about them.)
I don't object to the host of a popular, not-specifically-feminist show having on a variety of people whom the public find interesting. I do believe that accurate pronouns should be used.
The first couple of paragraphs of this piece are the most insightful. This is all about the Internet. We knew this decades ago. We knew about trolls "in their mothers' basements" and we knew about not reading comments' sections because people are so mean. I personally have lost or almost lost a couple of extremely close relationships because, sitting at a computer, the two people thought nothing of replying to me, publicly, on Facebook, in harsh and cruel ways. I am talking about a very close friend and a family member.
Nonetheless, decades later, it's like we forgot we knew this. "Oh, my goodness. People are becoming unreasonable online. What has happened?"
I do agree with what you're saying about factionalism.
I want to treat everyone (e.g. Doyle and his allies) respectfully. At the same time, something seems off about those who just happen to enjoy doing what is also the most profitable -- the least likely to lead to demonetization or to severed ties with powerful people. Therefore, I am suspicious of those with large platforms who use inaccurate pronouns. (I am much more sympathetic to those who are just coming out of the ideology and need more time to shake off all aspects.)
I also think it's important to note that gender identity ideology isn't a problem primarily because of TRA's online. It's a problem because institutions -- governments, corporations, universities, unions, and other large entities -- have adopted it. It is these institutions which are actually forcing their will on others. If all GC feminists have is the angry people online, we have almost nothing.
A Bethany Hamilton event -- the woman who lost her arm in a shark attack. These people are sick.
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Every time he comes up with an idea for something like this, it's only retroactive, making it too late for anyone to factor the availability of this "free money" into the decision of what type of degree to pursue, and where.
People who made the decision not to go to college, or to pursue an inexpensive college degree, because they thought going into debt was unwise, will receive nothing.
It's the exact wrong way to do it. If we want to help more people with college, make it fair by doing it for the generation ahead, who can still make the choice.
Yep, sorry. I wish Iâd seen them earlier.
I guess thatâs all the more reason not to see Twitter posts as reflective of what the posters really think. Theyâre just trying to get engagement.
The institute plans to gather data from around the world to build an unprecedented picture of the extent and nature of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Are we confident that this is all the data will be used to âbuild an unprecedented picture of,â or could this be a case of governments and institutions saying theyâre going after one thing (e.g., terrorists or, in this case, pedos) and actually using the weapons they create against everyone?
They absolutely could not choose a category of people that would more effectively stun and appall the rest of us into saying, âPlease, do whatever you have to do.â
Theyâre calling themselves âtransexualsâ [sic] again?
Itâs hard to listen to people who are still in the early stages of basic debunking after all this time, or who still think the problem is limited, for example, to accidentally sterilizing kids who âarenât really trans.â I need someone to meet me where I am, which is trying to trace the money and really delving into the steps we can take to get this out of schools, medicine, and law. Jennifer Bilek and Kara Dansky are good for these things.
That is great!
Person A should be held to account by being corrected and having others stand up for Person B, definitely.
The principal highlighted to parents preparations for what he said may be an onslaught of media and potential controversary over trans teacher Kayla Lemieuxâs return to the classroom, which included special entry and exit plans.
These will include âhaving students enter and exit the building using assigned doors at entry and dismissalâ and âlocking exterior doors during school hours, only using the front main doors during school hoursâ while âall students and visitors will be required to use an intercom system to enter and exit the buildingâ and asking parents âto email or call before coming to the school if they wish to visit to speak to an employee.â
I spend a lot of time wondering whether everything really has become worse over the past three or four years or if itâs just that, since the outlets I used to follow got âtransâ fever and I started following new ones, Iâm just hearing a more negative perspective all the time.
Thereâs no doubt that the whole âtransâ thing is getting worse, but is everything else â the economy, our relationship with technology, crime, personal freedom in general, etc. â getting worse, too, or is it just that back when I was mostly listening to NPR, I was shielded from the negative news I now hear on Rumble, Odysee, etc.?
This isnât enough. Teachers should not be using inaccurate pronouns for students at all.
There seems to be a conflict between arresting a girl for homophobia because she said an officer looks like a lesbian and allowing a venue owner to cancel a lesbian event for being a lesbian event, and yet these things happened in the same country, within a few days of each other.
Maybe what people are really not allowed to do is recognize that lesbians exist?
Ah, I see!
I guess this is made worse, if your job is like most jobs, in that you are not allowed to reply with a counter argument?
Iâm feeling less of an insider not knowing this, but who is Table Moocher?