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[–]Chipit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I'm not a boomer, but thanks for using dishonest SJW tactics. I expect nothing less.

To ignore the baleful effect of far left ideology on the university is horrifically ignorant. Ideologues are in control and abusing their positions to advance their extreme political goals. Do you not know this, or are you pretending to be ignorant?

Fun fact: you know they have big problems translating these insane concepts into other languages? They don't make any sense. Canada ran into this because everything is supposed to be in English and French. The translators said they couldn't translate it to French. Telling, eh?

[–]cynical_americano 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I'm not a boomer, but thanks for using dishonest SJW tactics. I expect nothing less.

Sarcasm is a "dishonest SJW tactic" now?

Ah yes, college is all brainwashing and yadayada (i was a STEM major btw, i think for myself and come to my own conclusions using the information provided). College is meant to teach people a toolset for problem solving, not the answers to the problems. The ones getting brainwashed are the ones looking for an answer to be handed to them rather than looking for the method for finding the answer(s).

Back to the topic at hand - Disagree with it all you like, it's a cemented part of our lexicon and society at this point, and it has been for far more than "a few years". There are plenty of things that cannot be accurately translated from English to other languages a vice versa. That's not a very compelling point imo.

As for my own opinion, i'd agree transgenderism is likely, at least to some degree, related to untreated mental disorders (body/gender dysphoria, to name the main suspect). Gender is "fluid", as they love to say; however, sex is not. There is a distinct difference between the two - the former relating more to mentality, and the later to physicality. This is literally how the terms are defined in the modern lexicon.

[–]Chipit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

So - things can change, but now it's cemented and we have no choice? Seriously?

You're arguing against yourself. And losing.

When concepts are so alien and bizarre that they only exist in one lexicon carefully tended by political extremists, and can't be translated to other languages, that's a sure sign you're dealing with bullshit.

[–]cynical_americano 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So - things can change, but now it's cemented and we have no choice? Seriously?

You're arguing against yourself. And losing.

No, i'm not. You lack imagination. Even cement foundations can erode and change, be reclaimed by nature, and soon a paved lot is a forest once again. The magic ingredient is time.

The vast majority of the people who accept the new gender classifications are far from political extremists. I'd consider myself conservative in many regards, but in social issues i do lean a bit left; either way i'm a far cry from an extremist in either direction myself. I believe in the concept of personal Liberty a la "On Liberty"; if someone isn't (negatively) effecting me or others with their actions it's not my place to restrict said actions.

Since you so insistent, i must pry: what would be the reason for these spooky political extremists to push this ideology? What does it accomplish for them? Surely they aren't just doing it for fun, so what is the motive you suspect?

[–]Chipit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The vast majority of the people who accept the new gender classifications are far from political extremists.

The people who came up with these new, bizarre ideas are political extremists, though.

It is the job of a propagandist to make you think her ideas are your own. Looks like it worked, sadly.

so what is the motive you suspect?

The one that they trumpet loudly every chance they get? You don't know or you're pretending not to know? Seriously? They teach a deeply illiberal and intolerant moral philosphy which justifies silencing of critics as a moral good. It goes like this:

Before Gobineau and the salons of the enlightenment, we didn't identify people through race, and using race labels, we pooled people into vast masses. And with Gobineau, we Europeans and European descendants like you in the USA employed race in order to dominate other races. Right now white European descendants are forced to deal with the inevitable return tidal wave as labels meant to dominate in turn created identities that desire the same level of psychic domination afforded the instigators.

You clearly don't understand in any way the role domination functioned in early cities through language (the terms ‘barbarians' and ‘tribe' were developed in the first cities to label ANYONE outside its walls). That's beginning 6000 years ago; that functionalism in labels is still with us.

Race was invented to add to that functional domination, invented in salons of European Liberals in an effort to add a scientific function to colonialism. You're not one of the good white people. There are no good white people. There are only anti-racist white people and racist white people. Anti-racism is a lifelong project and the end goal is not for you to be good. It's for society to be good. De-center yourself.

The most powerful sacred value is the protection and elevation of perceived victims groups such as blacks, Muslims, homosexuals, women, and other marginalized minorities or putatively oppressed peoples. This sacred value arises from a noble motive: a desire to promote fairness. For thousands of years, these groups have been oppressed, harassed, maligned, and disrespected in reprehensible ways; and even today, they are subject to overt and subtle forms of discrimination and invidious stereotypes. Therefore, we should work indefatigably to draw attention to injustices, to rectify past wrongs, and to dismantle the machinery of oppression that is built into Western society. This means, in most cases, dismantling Western society itself. It is irredeemably depraved and cannot be repaired.

An author and former executive who used to run several media companies was caught on camera declaring that "straight, white males" should have their voting rights stripped away by the government.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VvJDagnDIY

John Wright discusses "the problems that inevitably accompany efforts at elevating heterodox thinking within the academy," including the fact that liberals so greatly outnumber conservatives: "The Left virtually owns the institution and a fair number of professors in the humanities and social sciences view conservatives with open contempt."