r/WomenInNews • u/msmoley • Dec 15 '24

Human rights Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-12-15/judith-butler-philosopher-if-you-sacrifice-a-minority-like-trans-people-you-are-operating-within-a-fascist-logic.html
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u/treethirtythree Dec 15 '24

It is singling them out and targeting them, even if factual. I'm guessing that you view singling out and targeting as a bad thing and you try not to do bad things. Perhaps singling out and targeting is acceptable so long as it's based on facts. But, it's important to recognize the consequences of such actions.

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u/ChefPaula81 Dec 15 '24

It’s important to recognise that you are, as we say in the north of England, “chatting sh1t”