+[Scott Alexander wrote about how there are different dimensions of power—
+http://web.archive.org/web/20130424233301/http://squid314.livejournal.com/354385.html]
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+—until, suddenly, in 2016, it was now seeming that the designated sympathetic victim group of our age was ... _straight boys who wish they were girls_. And suddenly, [_I had standing_](/2017/Feb/a-beacon-through-the-darkness-or-getting-it-right-the-first-time/). When a political narrative is being pushed for _your_ alleged benefit, it's much easier to make the call that it's obviously full of lies.
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