Sælir wrote:DaveDodo007 wrote:
That doesn't stop me pointing out that feminism is a man hating cult otherwise why are feminist so transphobic?
Why would you say this? Why on earth do you assume feminists are transphobic?
Is it because some women who claim they are feminists say so?
Well, yeah, because the only way to know what feminists think is to listen to what they say. Why would you assume that feminists aren't transphobic, if some women who claim to be feminists say so? Which feminists are the proper feminists?
Sælir wrote:
The core of feminism is equality so I would argue that those that are transphobic and don't want trans people to have the same rights could in fact not be feminists.
The core of feminism is the advocacy and advancement of women's rights. If it was about equality, arguably it would be about the advancement of equal rights. But, that's not what the philosophy is.
Sælir wrote:
Generalising about people is a seriously stupid thing to do.
Well, when speaking about an "ism" how can any discussion be had without generalizations? And, by stating what you think the "core" is, aren't you generalizing just as much?
Sælir wrote:
If a man beats his wife but says he is a republican should I assume that all republicans beat their wives?
No, but if a man who is an avowed Republican, perhaps having written some books on Republicanism and being published in major publications on issues of Republicanism, writes a piece about Republicanism and what it means and what its pillars, goals and principles are, then it may not be unreasonable to accept his view as representative of at least some significant faction of Republicanism.
If, say, Marco Rubio makes a pronouncement on the Republican position on abortion, then can we take seriously the notion that his view is consistent with Republicanism?
There certainly are, for example, pro-choice Republicans. Should we then say "don't take those pro-Life Republicans seriously, because you can't generalize. Republicans are Pro-Choice too, therefore you can't say that Republicanism means pro-Life?"
If avowed feminist after avowed feminist presents or proposes ideas that are decided unequal in their application, then is there any point at which we can say that feminism is not really all that much about equality?
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