So, I started writing an impassioned reply to this (draft got to 850 words), but I’ve been trying to keep my culture war efforts off this website (except for the Bayesian philosophy-of-language sub-campaign that’s genuinely on-topic), so I probably shouldn’t take the bait. (If nothing else, it’s not a good use of my time when I have lots of other things to write for my topic-specific blog.)
If I can briefly say one thing without getting dragged into a larger fight, I would like to note that aggressively encouraging people to consider whether they might be trans is potentially harmful if the popular theory of what “trans” is, is actually false; even if you’re a liberal who wants people to have the freedom to decide how to live their lives unencumbered by oppressive traditions, people might make worse decisions in an environment full of ideologically-fueled misinformation. (I consider trans activism to have been extremely harmful to me and people like me on this account.)
All noted. For the avoidance of doubt, I’m not commenting here on whether any given “trans activism” is helpful or harmful (on net, or to any particular person). I just thought Sophronius made a really bad argument in the OP, and continued to make bad arguments in reply to me.
So, I started writing an impassioned reply to this (draft got to 850 words), but I’ve been trying to keep my culture war efforts off this website (except for the Bayesian philosophy-of-language sub-campaign that’s genuinely on-topic), so I probably shouldn’t take the bait. (If nothing else, it’s not a good use of my time when I have lots of other things to write for my topic-specific blog.)
If I can briefly say one thing without getting dragged into a larger fight, I would like to note that aggressively encouraging people to consider whether they might be trans is potentially harmful if the popular theory of what “trans” is, is actually false; even if you’re a liberal who wants people to have the freedom to decide how to live their lives unencumbered by oppressive traditions, people might make worse decisions in an environment full of ideologically-fueled misinformation. (I consider trans activism to have been extremely harmful to me and people like me on this account.)
All noted. For the avoidance of doubt, I’m not commenting here on whether any given “trans activism” is helpful or harmful (on net, or to any particular person). I just thought Sophronius made a really bad argument in the OP, and continued to make bad arguments in reply to me.