X-Git-Url: http://unremediatedgender.space/source?a=blobdiff_plain;f=content%2Fdrafts%2Ftheres-a-land-that-i-see-or-the-spirit-of-intervention.md;h=f5f9f92cc815d907d0c3eef36c4f9a1cc02010e4;hb=07d750af0d3ace17934c1574c42b17bad9db517a;hp=7551020bf36ff5be9e768958dcb4b1bc1762d628;hpb=c671abfe0e2ddbefc24ed4f9d4d8a100fc245763;p=Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git diff --git a/content/drafts/theres-a-land-that-i-see-or-the-spirit-of-intervention.md b/content/drafts/theres-a-land-that-i-see-or-the-spirit-of-intervention.md index 7551020..f5f9f92 100644 --- a/content/drafts/theres-a-land-that-i-see-or-the-spirit-of-intervention.md +++ b/content/drafts/theres-a-land-that-i-see-or-the-spirit-of-intervention.md @@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ We socially-liberal individualist/feminist people—I _hope_ I'm still allowed t And _because_ we care about the beautiful moral ideal, we tend to assume that psychological group differences don't exist or are superficial or are socially-constructed and will naturally dissipate after the revolution. -invidious distinction - (... the scintillating but ultimately untrue thought.) But this is _so crazy_ on _multiple levels_. Philosophers since the days of D. Hume have recognized the distinction between _is_ and _ought_: @@ -49,3 +47,22 @@ Maybe [Good Is Dumb](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoodIsDumb) does _I want to make the stupid dream real._ But to _get_ to the good world—whatever you think that is— ... you're going to have to bootstrap from _today's_, unremediated, genderspace. Which requires _understanding_ it first. + + +OUTLINE OF POINTS TO HIT— + + * beautiful moral idea of equality + * —makes people believe that group differences are superficial/fake/social + * but this is crazy because: + * is does not imply ought + * social vs. biological isn't even the axis you care about + * but, we also assume things are biological/fixed when that's convenient for + "minority" things we want to protect (sexual orientation, gender identity) + * requiring crazy beliefs in order to be a good person is a drain, a drag, and + a tax on sanity + * _be specific_ about what's gerrymandered and wrong about "sex diffs + real/gender identity not" + +OTHER TODO— + + * coach points out that "after the revolution" could use rewording