X-Git-Url: http://unremediatedgender.space/source?a=blobdiff_plain;f=notes%2Fa-hill-of-validity-sections.md;h=dca8cb8eb99d2afb55ce92e69f89ef5463285332;hb=8a5bf226637209f416cc976acc65f72dc87f25bc;hp=40674d44d12e3592c26b6299d7358e38d57dd072;hpb=7bb92638119c1de30f221892ee7d4c96ece5c508;p=Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git diff --git a/notes/a-hill-of-validity-sections.md b/notes/a-hill-of-validity-sections.md index 40674d4..dca8cb8 100644 --- a/notes/a-hill-of-validity-sections.md +++ b/notes/a-hill-of-validity-sections.md @@ -427,3 +427,7 @@ back in 'aught-nine, Anna commented that no one in our circle was that old, as i > I suspect Scott is calling the wrong side monastic, though - we basically believe it can be done by lay people, he doesn't. I'll be pleasantly surprised if he gets the sides right, though. Dawkins and Dennett have joined the intellectual gender-ID skeptics; shame that Yudkowsky can't reach that level + +• at least Sabbatai Zevi had an excuse: his choices were to convert to Islam or be impaled https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbatai_Zevi#Conversion_to_Islam + +Really, self-respecting trans people who care about logical consistency should abhor Scott and Eliezer's opinions—you should want people to use the right pronouns _because_ of your gender soul or _because_ your transition actually worked, not because categories are flexible and pronouns shouldn't imply gender