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[–]loveSloaneSuperDuperBi 45 insightful - 5 fun45 insightful - 4 fun46 insightful - 5 fun -  (3 children)

“I’m biologically human, I identify as a female- therefore I’m a biological female”

“Even some gynecologists can’t discern a neovagina from a vagina”

“I don’t have to disclose my sex at birth before I rape have sex with someone, because it’s just my medical history.”

And the most ridiculous of all, often repeated and typed in all caps for emphasis:

“Transwomen are women and transmen are men”

Bonus: terfs deny science. (This one is particularly hilarious and ironic to me)

[–]julesburm1891 24 insightful - 2 fun24 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Terfs deny science is one of my personal favorites. The TRA definition of terf is in no way limited to radfems, but rather includes the views of the general public. So, they’re saying the overwhelming majority of people deny science while they make outlandish claims with zero solid evidence.

[–]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