Public con artist

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21 responses to “Public con artist”

1. 

   iknklast

   Oct 18, 2019 4:50 PM

   Declaring yourself a public intellectual is kind of a dead giveaway that you’re not a public intellectual, that you have to call yourself a pubic intellectual because no one else is going to call you a public intellectual.
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   Bruce Coppola

   Oct 18, 2019 4:59 PM

   Silly iknklast, he identifies as a public intellectual. Therefore…
3. 

   Ophelia Benson

   Oct 18, 2019 5:34 PM

   But seriously though – yeah. In my profile I state just a few verifiable facts plus the self-identification “blogger” – which I think is sort of the opposite of self-glorifying since bloggers are seen as somewhat absurd. I thought it best to own the absurdity. I’ll answer to a few titles like kvetch, whiner, grouch, but nothing more grandiose.
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   clamboy

   Oct 18, 2019 6:09 PM

   DOCTOR McKinnon (you keep forgetting the honorific, Ms. Benson) was born in 1982, but uses that cartoon picture which seems so, well, juvenile. It reminds me of Mark Z who, after he founded FB, stopped maturing in thought.
5. 

   maddog1129

   Oct 18, 2019 6:35 PM

   He’s no feminist either.
6. 

   maddog1129

   Oct 18, 2019 6:38 PM

   Clamboy @#4:

   What is that cartoon depicting? It’s almost like a comic Breughel, it’s so busy and loaded with stuff. I’m afraid I’m not up on the symbolism.
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   Ophelia Benson

   Oct 18, 2019 6:42 PM

   I very much included that ridiculous cartoon-thing in the screengrab on purpose. While rolling my eyes.
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   Nullius in Verba

   Oct 18, 2019 6:44 PM

   born in 1982, but uses that cartoon picture which seems so, well, juvenile.

   Well, that’s the performance of a toxic feminine norm. Even adult females are childlike and innocent and need male guidance. Hence cutesy, cartoon characters. It’s not about being a woman; it’s about embracing oppressive gender norms.

   Which, of course, merely strengthens the observation that transwomen are not helping the feminist cause.

   What is that cartoon depicting?

   It’s a purple haired witch / 魔法少女 (mahou shoujo) and a fox.
9. 

   musubk

   Oct 18, 2019 7:09 PM

   public intellectual

   tHoUgHt LeAdEr!
10. 

    Blood Knight in Sour Armor

    Oct 18, 2019 7:26 PM

    Pretty much every transwoman I’ve ever seen on the internet uses some sort of anime-esque (or My Little Pony) avatar… if you see an avatar like that on a traditionally male-oriented message board (videogames/wargaming/RPGs) you’re probably seeing a transwoman.

    I traditionally use cartoon robots as avatars so I can’t judge too much.
11. 

    James Garnett

    Oct 18, 2019 9:16 PM

    It’s interesting that, as always, he makes it about himself. He’s glad that they “shut down the chat” because he disapproved of the content, but he doesn’t say a thing about it being HIS PRESENCE in the race, cheating, that drew the complaints that he disliked–and which ended up ruining the experience for fans of the actual/real women racing. Someone with honor would never have cheated his way into the race in the first place, but now that he’s there, he could have at least apologized for his presence fucking up the sporting experience for the fans, rather than petulantly griping.
12. 

    southwest88

    Oct 18, 2019 10:30 PM

    The cringe factor of watching him so desperately trying to make a “brand” for himself is getting hard to watch. Look! A toy stuffed fox sticking out his crotch because he thinks he is foxy! Look! The “sports is a human right” all lives matter slogan which means nothing. Look! The pink hair and cartoon images because that is what being a woman is all about. OK, gotta stop now before I throw up.
13. 

    marinerachel

    Oct 19, 2019 4:54 AM

    Always with the anime profile pics.
14. 

    Papito

    Oct 19, 2019 7:20 AM

    Even if it were true that Rachel McKinnon is “legally and medically” female (I expect that medically, he is a eunuch, not a female), he is still biologically and ethically male.

    Sorry dude. Everybody is happy to let consenting adults engage in whatever sex fetish they want to, but don’t bring us into it.
15. 

    Acolyte of Sagan

    Oct 19, 2019 10:06 AM

    But I *am* glad they acted and disabled the chat, because it was a horrific mess.

    Or is he glad it was disabled (a tad ableist there, doctor) because he was in danger of being forced to do a little self-reflection?
16. 

    Claire

    Oct 19, 2019 10:57 AM

    It’s funny how so many TRA’s are narcissists.
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    Ophelia Benson

    Oct 19, 2019 11:32 AM

    Almost as if it’s like shit to a fly.
18. 

    Artymorty

    Oct 19, 2019 12:18 PM

    From Anne Lawrence’s essay, “Shame & Narcissistic Rage in Autogynephilic Transsexualism” (PDF link):

    It is widely accepted that transsexualism represents a fundamental disorder in a person’s sense of self (Beitel, 1985; Hartmann, Becker, & Rueffer-Hesse, 1997), and this may be particularly true of nonhomosexual MtF transsexualism. Indeed, it is hard to imagine a more dramatic example of a disturbed sense of self than for a person who has lived an outwardly successful life as a man to believe that he genuinely is, ought to be, or would be happier living as a woman. It is not surprising, then, that the field of self-psychology, which is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the sense of self, offers a theoretical and clinical perspective that is relevant to understanding the dynamics of nonhomosexual MtF transsexualism.

    Nonhomosexual MtF transsexuals often seem to expect that, with enough effort, they will be able to pass undetected as natal women after transition; but because their appearance and behavior are rarely naturally feminine, this expectation usually proves to be unrealistic. Tangney and Dearing (2002) observed that persons prone to narcissistic disorders ‘‘typically develop many unrealistic expectations for themselves…that, in effect, set the stage for shame. With each failure to achieve ambitions—ambitions that are often grandiose— the narcissistic individual is apt to feel shame’’

    Very interesting essay.
19. 

    Artymorty

    Oct 19, 2019 12:23 PM

    (Essay? Article. I meant article, not essay. Anne Lawrence isn’t in middle school, ha! Wake up, Arty. I need another cuppa tea.)
20. 

    Artymorty

    Oct 19, 2019 12:32 PM

    Long quote, but the whole thing is interesting.

    It is certainly not difficult to find evidence of narcissistic personality traits, including a sense of entitlement, grandiosity, and lack of empathy (APA, 2000), in some of [psychologist and The Man Who Would Be Queen author J. Michael] Bailey’s principal MtF transsexual opponents. Perhaps the most obvious of these is a sense of entitlement, the belief that one is deserving of special treatment. This is evident, for example, in their outrage that Bailey described them in a way they felt was inconsistent with their identities and in their belief that Bailey had an obligation to address what they believed to be evidence for a ‘‘third type’’ of MtF transsexual. A sense of entitlement is also evident in the demand some of them made that the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association conduct an investigation of Bailey. The grandiosity of some of Bailey’s opponents comes across most clearly in the Internet sites that some of them maintain, which contain, for example, claims of their supposed ability to pass undetected (in ‘‘deep stealth’’) as natal woman, despite the presence of many unmistakably masculine features, and reports of their discovery of supposed facts about transsexualism that have escaped the notice of other researchers for decades. Their lack of empathy is most apparent in their utter disregard for the feelings of the persons they attacked, with the attack on Bailey’s children providing perhaps the most egregious example.

    The grandiose, unrealistic sense of self that is characteristic of many persons with narcissistic disorders can be understood as a defense against what would otherwise be overwhelming feelings of inadequacy or shame (Kohut, 1971). In the case of nonhomosexual MtF transsexuals, this unrealistic sense of self might include the belief that one passes undetectably as a woman, despite having unmistakably masculine physical characteristics; that one has a ‘‘female brain’’ in one’s male body, despite having male-typical interests and attitudes; that eroticism had nothing to do with one’s gender transition, despite an extensive history of cross-gender fetishism; and that one is exclusively sexually attracted to men, despite a past history of attraction to, and sexual activity with, women.
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    Ophelia Benson

    Oct 19, 2019 2:48 PM

    Interesting indeed.