How not to think clearly

Also, that definition is full of sneaky distortions, aka lies.

Imagine if a group of white people identified as black on the basis of having a feeling of being black (see, e.g., Rachel Dolezal) and then, when black people questioned this, accused the black people of "transracism." pic.twitter.com/53vpcygV8D

— Prof. Gary Francione (@garylfrancione) January 17, 2024

Second sentence. There’s no such thing as “discrimination of.”

Third sentence. No, misogyny is not “the hatred and devaluation of femininity.” That’s a new, manipulative definition sneaked in to make the word “misogyny” apply to men who playact being women. Misogyny is the hatred of women, end of story. Men who playact being women don’t get to help themselves to that word.

Fourth sentence – yet another silly manipulative refinement: “transfeminine people” – get out of here.

The remaining sentences build on this fatuous made-up hokum.

It issues from an academic institution.

P.S. The above screenshot comes from the U.C. Santa Barbara Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity. That is, it comes fom an academic institution. That is, it comes from an institution that is supposed to teach people how to think clearly.

— Prof. Gary Francione (@garylfrancione) January 17, 2024