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 > Then give them both the lie.  
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 > —["The Lie"](https://www.bartleby.com/40/48.html) by Sir Walter Raleigh
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+> Do not at the outset of your career make the all too common error of mistaking names for things. Names are only conventional signs for identifying things. Things are the reality that counts. If a thing is despised, either because of ignorance or because it is despicable, you will not alter matters by changing its name.
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+> —W. E. B. duBois (http://www.virginia.edu/woodson/courses/aas102%20%28spring%2001%29/articles/names/dubois.htm)
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@@ -1255,3 +1255,11 @@ https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/ray-blanchard-transgender-orthodoxy/
 circle game paranoia: http://www.unz.com/isteve/bad-juju-in-oak-park-il/
 
 https://medium.com/@barrakerr/pronouns-are-rohypnol-dbcd1cb9c2d9
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+https://arcdigital.media/on-transwomen-and-sports-54fe1a8963e
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+https://medium.com/@katieja/young-children-reality-sex-and-gender-3421f4f165f1
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+https://knowingless.com/2019/06/06/side-effects-of-preferred-pronouns/
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+"please like think before you go around using “afab” or “amab” to refer broadly to groups of people in your tweets. neither of these categories are like coherent social categories in any way, and are often used in ways that perpetuate trans misogyny" https://twitter.com/folkpunkjunk/status/1140278990072102912

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 _ 1 July "A Love That Is Out of Anyone's Control"
 ✓ 2 July The Source of Our Power
-_ 3 July on the argumentative form, "super-proton things come in varieties"—I think the moral here is wrong; you might ask why I'm criticizing it even though it supports my position, but I care about REASONING, which means REJECTING BAD ARGUMENTS even if they're on "your side"
+_ 3 July On the Argumentative Form "Super-proton Things Tend to Come in Varieties"
+_ 4 July The Social Construction of Reality and the Sheer Goddamned 
 
 "I Tell Myself to Let the Story End"
 Social Strategy Notes
 
+https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/4ZvJab25tDebB8FGE/you-have-about-five-words : well, that explains the TWAW mantra
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 "Lies to Cis People", a.k.a., "Lies"
-The Social Construction of Reality and the Sheer Goddamned
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 I Mean, Yes, I Agree That Man Should Allocate Some More Categories, But
 Virtue Signaling Is Costly and Honest
 commentary on "Blegg Mode" (in response to Kosoy's objection)

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@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Men are trash! (With respect to the definition of "trash" as "of or relating to
 
 link to Tail: https://twitter.com/BlanchardPhD/status/1089172233300443136
 
+too emotionally exhausted: https://twitter.com/zackmdavis/status/1112408859639898113
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+is this canon??? https://twitter.com/transscribe/status/1107153227257204737
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 no one remembers pronouns: https://twitter.com/BlanchardPhD/status/1060563648027021314
 
 Striesand effect: https://twitter.com/BlanchardPhD/status/1092768815623094274
@@ -18,6 +22,8 @@ Singal for free speech: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/10892361427241369
 
 real eugenics: https://twitter.com/AMK2934/status/1091571957378633728
 
+this but unironically (see Blanchard on "developmental competition") https://twitter.com/LoFiRepublican/status/1135632521029402626
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 https://twitter.com/BennettJonah/status/1089421675433771008
 
 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S8E23 "Sounds of Silence" is an allegory about political correctness: "I could stay and live with them, or I could keep my voice" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAhqxvgQYn0 #mylittlepony #friendshipismagic #idw