Ben Shapiro vs Neil deGrasse Tyson: The WAR Over Transgender Issues

[Belacqua]

Why don't they just add Rowling to the debate, really turn it into a farce.

It's the high-profile people like Rowling who make the debate a significant issue in our time. I don't think anyone serious opposes gay rights any more, or racial equality. (I mean, there are still troglodytes, but no one of Rowling's fame who would speak up to oppose those things.) 

But there are still people like Dawkins and Coyne who remain unconvinced, and are capable of making arguments that are more than simple insults. 

There's the case of Maya Forstater, for example, who sees herself as a feminist and who is also "gender critical." She is not a raving loony, although we may of course disagree with her conclusions. Others with similar views are listed in this article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-critical_feminism

As always, I think these things need to be debated with reasons and rational arguments, rather than a simple pronouncement about what Correct Thought demands. If someone were to make a simple demand like that, telling us what we MUST believe in order to be Good People, it would be truly Orwellian. People should be able to support their conclusions.