Without distinctions we are helpless
Hmm.
Wait. They didn’t go to “a transwoman’s place of work” – they went to a pub, a well known, popular, centrally located pub. They went to a pub, to get food and drinks. I think it’s extremely unlikely they knew it was “a transwoman’s place of work” because why would they? Why would anyone?
And the literature isn’t “anti-trans,” it’s pro-feminism and pro-reality. The gender critical view isn’t “anti-trans” in the sense of wanting to abuse trans people, it’s critical of the dogma that men are women if they say they are.
If people can’t make or even perceive the distinction between those two possibilities then we can’t think or talk about much of anything at all.
Just saw this. Scary.
https://uploads.ovarit.com/92198cab-7498-51c2-aa73-46b0256ebf8f.png
It isn’t genuinely frightening, it’s make-believe frightening. It’s the difference between telling ghost stories around a campfire for pretend shivers and facing a guy with a machete who is mad at you. Words…how do they work?
Well, I, for one, doubt that they knew in advance that mebulous was the pub manager, let alone someone to verbally mug by ordering a beer while being feminist.
Maria has images and descriptions of the material that was left in the pub here: https://www.peaktrans.org/is-this-the-scotland-you-want-for-your-children/
You can judge for yourself whether it is anti-trans.
(That last bit’s a lie. You can’t because it isn’t.)
And Pharyngula has chimed in with the Party Line too.
John,
Yes. And it is magnificently idiotic. PZ has truly outdone himself.