Let’s make up a new word, just for laughs. We’ll call it xlurbf. Now, let’s define it as follows: a xlurbf is anyone who identifies as one. Xlurbfs have no defined properties beyond being people who identify as xlurbfs.
This raises a few questions:
– What’s the point of this word? Does it have any practical use? Why would we want to distinguish between xlurbfs and non-xlurbfs when it seems to be such a vacuous notion?
– Am I a xlurbf? How can I tell? Does it make any difference whether I am a xlurbf or not, beyond the tautological?
– More broadly, how do you tell whether someone is a xlurbf or not? Are there any concrete criteria? If not, once again, what’s the point of having a concept of xlurbfness?
– Should xlurbfs and non-xlurbfs get separate washrooms/sport teams/whatever? If so, why? What does xlurbfness have to do with, say, athletic performance?
– Are xlurbfs being discriminated against? If so, how and why? How do the perpetrators recognize xlurbfs as such in the first place? Do xlurbfs have any struggles or goals in common that they don’t share with people in general?
– Would it make sense to have a National Organization for Xlurbfs? What would it be for?
Now, let’s make a few modifications to the word we’ve made up. We’re not going to change anything at all about its meaning. We’ll just change the spelling and pronounciation. Here goes: we’ll replace xlurbf with woman.
Do my questions still stand, or does this change somehow make them disappear?
There aren’t enough stars, sparkles, rainbows, or Happy Balloon Letters on Earth to hide the ugliness of this lie.
Let’s make up a new word, just for laughs. We’ll call it xlurbf. Now, let’s define it as follows: a xlurbf is anyone who identifies as one. Xlurbfs have no defined properties beyond being people who identify as xlurbfs.
This raises a few questions:
– What’s the point of this word? Does it have any practical use? Why would we want to distinguish between xlurbfs and non-xlurbfs when it seems to be such a vacuous notion?
– Am I a xlurbf? How can I tell? Does it make any difference whether I am a xlurbf or not, beyond the tautological?
– More broadly, how do you tell whether someone is a xlurbf or not? Are there any concrete criteria? If not, once again, what’s the point of having a concept of xlurbfness?
– Should xlurbfs and non-xlurbfs get separate washrooms/sport teams/whatever? If so, why? What does xlurbfness have to do with, say, athletic performance?
– Are xlurbfs being discriminated against? If so, how and why? How do the perpetrators recognize xlurbfs as such in the first place? Do xlurbfs have any struggles or goals in common that they don’t share with people in general?
– Would it make sense to have a National Organization for Xlurbfs? What would it be for?
Now, let’s make a few modifications to the word we’ve made up. We’re not going to change anything at all about its meaning. We’ll just change the spelling and pronounciation. Here goes: we’ll replace xlurbf with woman.
Do my questions still stand, or does this change somehow make them disappear?
Mosnae
Exactly!
Pikachu is on the picture.
Pikachu.
That’s the level of engagement with reality here.
Pikachus are valid!
Down with the horrible Pikachuphobes!
I shall repent… later.