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[–]Maeven 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They do understand. The shifting arguments make that abundantly obvious, if you're familiar with underhanded debate tactics. It's never about convincing their opponents. It's about exhausting them into capitulation. If you can confuse your audience, sow doubt in their minds and make them afraid of contradicting what you're telling them, you can control them.

[–]catoborosnonbinary 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, it is an attempt to muddy the waters, to erase our ability to even discuss sex, and prevent any discussion that might undermine their preprepared conclusions that "trans women are women" and that lesbians with "genital preferences" are horrible bigots. Newspeak, anyone?