RE: A contradiction in the liberal view of gender
August 23, 2017 at 4:03 pm
(This post was last modified: August 23, 2017 at 4:09 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Again, you're no longer talking about any position referenced in your op or in "the liberal view" - arbitrary does not mean invalid.
Still, suppose a person thought that gender was invalid. So what, it doesn't matter what they think, particularly if it means something to some other person who doesn't think it's invalid and wishes to both live and be seen as x. We can afford them that dignity regardless of our own positions. W have an ethical compulsikon to do so, regardless of our own positions, as we have in the case of many other positions and desires we might take to be meaningfully invalid - such as the desire to live as a loony christer and be seen as a loony christer.
You really, really need to come to some understanding and acknowledgement, in this convo, that you're discussing two entirely different things when you waffle on about validity after making statements regarding arbitrarity. Even after you do so, you won;t have advanced the idea of a compromise or a contradiction an inch. I don't have to compromise or contradict my stated view that loony christers are batshit crazy to afford them the dignity of living their lives as they see fit. The same is true of a person who thinks that gender constructs are invalid but supports the choice to identify with whatever invalid construct is meaningful to another.
Still, suppose a person thought that gender was invalid. So what, it doesn't matter what they think, particularly if it means something to some other person who doesn't think it's invalid and wishes to both live and be seen as x. We can afford them that dignity regardless of our own positions. W have an ethical compulsikon to do so, regardless of our own positions, as we have in the case of many other positions and desires we might take to be meaningfully invalid - such as the desire to live as a loony christer and be seen as a loony christer.
You really, really need to come to some understanding and acknowledgement, in this convo, that you're discussing two entirely different things when you waffle on about validity after making statements regarding arbitrarity. Even after you do so, you won;t have advanced the idea of a compromise or a contradiction an inch. I don't have to compromise or contradict my stated view that loony christers are batshit crazy to afford them the dignity of living their lives as they see fit. The same is true of a person who thinks that gender constructs are invalid but supports the choice to identify with whatever invalid construct is meaningful to another.
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