I admit that I encounter people who make a big deal of how edgy and contrarian they are for speaking out about innate differences in the face of the stifling politically correct consensus that race and sex don’t matter at all. It’s pretty amazing how they seem to be everywhere, given the supposedly universal consensus rejecting and supressing such edgy, contrarian views.
Have you seen any of these people on mainstream fora? The reason these people seem so common is that you’re per-filtering your internet browsing to sites that strongly value truth.
As far as I can tell, the far left position on sex is that most of the stereotypical sex differences are exaggerated, and most of the genuine differences are more the result of socialization rather than biology. I don’t encounter anyone who goes further than that; I’ve never encountered anyone who would replace either “most” with an “all,” or who would replace the “more” with an “entirely,” in the case of sex, and I encounter a lot of people who are pretty far left (being fairly far left myself these days). The situation with race is a little different; some people would replace the second “most” with an “all,” and the second “more” with an “entirely.” But then, the evidence is also different with respect to race. People who think there’s just no difference at all in the case of sex I only encounter as straw characters in conservative rants.
As far as I can tell, the far left position on sex is that most of the stereotypical sex differences are exaggerated, and most of the genuine differences are more the result of socialization rather than biology.
And anyone who suggests they might be caused by biology is an EVIL SEXIST who must be suppressed.
I don’t encounter anyone who goes further than that; I’ve never encountered anyone who would replace either “most” with an “all,” or who would replace the “more” with an “entirely,” in the case of sex, and I encounter a lot of people who are pretty far left (being fairly far left myself these days).
True, in the sense that I don’t think any leftists are insane enough to claim that differences in genitals and breasts are the result of socialization, but then again I don’t hang out with the SJ crowd.
Have you seen any of these people on mainstream fora? The reason these people seem so common is that you’re per-filtering your internet browsing to sites that strongly value truth.
I see these people in my everyday life all the time. I think that the edge internet contrarians don’t realize their views are held as common sense by fairly large sections of the population.
I’m under the impression that many of those internet contrarians are in the Bay Area or in New England and forget what things are like in the rest of the world.
Oh, I’m sure a lot of people (or at least their system I’s) have noticed the forbidden facts we describe (in part because some of them are blinkingly obvious unless one is actively trying not to see them), whether they’re willing to say them anywhere semi-public is another issue.
Have you seen any of these people on mainstream fora?
I see quite a lot of them on Facebook, some of whom are outraged by some ‘news’ on Italian analogues of The Onion without even realizing they’re satire so they hardly “strongly value truth”.
Have you seen any of these people on mainstream fora? The reason these people seem so common is that you’re per-filtering your internet browsing to sites that strongly value truth.
As far as I can tell, the far left position on sex is that most of the stereotypical sex differences are exaggerated, and most of the genuine differences are more the result of socialization rather than biology. I don’t encounter anyone who goes further than that; I’ve never encountered anyone who would replace either “most” with an “all,” or who would replace the “more” with an “entirely,” in the case of sex, and I encounter a lot of people who are pretty far left (being fairly far left myself these days). The situation with race is a little different; some people would replace the second “most” with an “all,” and the second “more” with an “entirely.” But then, the evidence is also different with respect to race. People who think there’s just no difference at all in the case of sex I only encounter as straw characters in conservative rants.
And anyone who suggests they might be caused by biology is an EVIL SEXIST who must be suppressed.
True, in the sense that I don’t think any leftists are insane enough to claim that differences in genitals and breasts are the result of socialization, but then again I don’t hang out with the SJ crowd.
I see these people in my everyday life all the time. I think that the edge internet contrarians don’t realize their views are held as common sense by fairly large sections of the population.
I suspect there are many fewer such people in places where said edge internet contrarians live (e.g. New England or the Bay Area) than elsewhere.
(I’ve never been to New England nor to the Bay Area, so take this with a huge grain of salt.)
I’m under the impression that many of those internet contrarians are in the Bay Area or in New England and forget what things are like in the rest of the world.
Oh, I’m sure a lot of people (or at least their system I’s) have noticed the forbidden facts we describe (in part because some of them are blinkingly obvious unless one is actively trying not to see them), whether they’re willing to say them anywhere semi-public is another issue.
I see quite a lot of them on Facebook, some of whom are outraged by some ‘news’ on Italian analogues of The Onion without even realizing they’re satire so they hardly “strongly value truth”.
OTOH the stifling consensus isn’t stifling teh Webz
Depends on which website you’re talking about.