On Tuesday 30th May, Professor Kathleen Stock, author of the book Material Girls amongst other works, spoke at the Oxford Union about her views on gender identity. For clarification, the Oxford Union is a private members club that students at Oxford University and others pay to join. It is independent of the university and the student union. The student union at Oxford has recently decided to split with the Oxford Union but deny it had anything to do with the invitation to Professor Stock to speak.
Forget 10-15 years. We have that now, with Deans of other universities booing Federal Court Justices, Conservative speakers, and radio hosts. We've had these people working at major newspapers and platforms like youtube, Twitter, and Facebook.
People have been removed from platforms for saying things as simple as "If you take the second amendment away, only criminals will have guns." or "There is no such thing as Trans, you can't change your sex." or even "There is no such thing as a transwoman or man, if you think you are the other sex, you have a mental problem." or even, "The vaccine doesn't work."
I went to college twice, once for a bachelor of science in computer science and then again for an associate of science in radiology sciences. I couldn't do it today because I feel I'd hit someone who refused to listen to a good debate. I would unglue the person's hand from the floor or run over them. I find that I have no patience for close-minded idiots.
But then, I'm a half-century old, plus three years.
I personally feel like the tides have turned on the trans issue, but maybe I'm being overly optimistic...
Specifically, I think that the trans demand that Romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese) become gender-neutral will be resisted tooth and nail by simple force of habit.
Changing one's entire language is a big ask.
Do people know how frigging hard it is to learn another language?? There's a big pay-off to learning another language, which makes the tremendous effort worth it. What's the pay-off in changing your own language to please aggro-delusionists?
Forget 10-15 years. We have that now, with Deans of other universities booing Federal Court Justices, Conservative speakers, and radio hosts. We've had these people working at major newspapers and platforms like youtube, Twitter, and Facebook.
People have been removed from platforms for saying things as simple as "If you take the second amendment away, only criminals will have guns." or "There is no such thing as Trans, you can't change your sex." or even "There is no such thing as a transwoman or man, if you think you are the other sex, you have a mental problem." or even, "The vaccine doesn't work."
I went to college twice, once for a bachelor of science in computer science and then again for an associate of science in radiology sciences. I couldn't do it today because I feel I'd hit someone who refused to listen to a good debate. I would unglue the person's hand from the floor or run over them. I find that I have no patience for close-minded idiots.
But then, I'm a half-century old, plus three years.
I personally feel like the tides have turned on the trans issue, but maybe I'm being overly optimistic...
Specifically, I think that the trans demand that Romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese) become gender-neutral will be resisted tooth and nail by simple force of habit.
Changing one's entire language is a big ask.
Do people know how frigging hard it is to learn another language?? There's a big pay-off to learning another language, which makes the tremendous effort worth it. What's the pay-off in changing your own language to please aggro-delusionists?