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[–]mvmlego 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah, the science one really gets me. To me, what makes so weird is the specific combination of 1) their beliefs being utterly unscientific and universally recognized as such until a few years ago, and 2) they're so frickin' eager to claim the scientific high ground.

The validity of TRA ideology has a lot more to do with linguistics, philosophy, and history than it does with science, but they'll feel the need to toss in their supposed scientific superiority anyway--and then make no effort whatsoever to back it up with any specific claims, let alone citation, to boot.

This sort of thing has happened over and over in my recent discussions on the subject, such as:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFRweWREbZc&lc=UgxLYNXe7s60PgrHeZd4AaABAg.8tcmKqvY8qv9HQ-9BPIEub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIFdWhRwfFg&lc=Ugy_XS31JgcfxNFCzHV4AaABAg.9HVE5UWaf3d9HcQD9XPvwo

(These should link to specific comments in which a TRA claims the scientific high ground out of nowhere. The full discussions are worth reading from the beginning though, IMO.)

[–]Constantine 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They can't win on philosophy and history, though, which is why they're trying to change the public perception of the facts and shut down any debate in those other disciplines as fundamentally harmful to trans people.

What happens when the liberal arts disciplines get drawn into this nonsense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia_transracialism_controversy