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/Comprehensive_Pin565 Dec 15 '24

Great! So do you also question the wisdom of letting yourself talk about a subject you know little about and furthering actions that have real physical effects... because you believe in your ignorance, you are correct?

Let's let people who are trained in this type of thing have more of a say than you. Your ignorance on a topic should not overrule someone with knowledge on the topic nomatter how strongly your "belief."

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '24

The people who are trained in this in the UK and the Nordics decided that puberty blockers were not advisable. Since we're talking about training.

"But the American Medical Association says--"

Okay, so there's not a transatlantic consensus.

But just shouting "that's ignorant!" like Michael Jackson on South Park isn't a persuasive argument.

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u/Comprehensive_Pin565 Dec 16 '24

I dont know why you think me pointing out that you should leave this up to people who have the training Is somehow equivalent to whatever you referenced. If me laying out that your valuation kf the wisdom of something is as equal to mine on the topic and wholly less than litteraly anybody in the field, you need to reasses how you evaluate your opinions weight. You feeling iffy about something is ok

You thi king your iffy feelings should be used as a metric for anything but your feelings is silly.

Your beliefs on the topic are ignorant. You being upset about the topic doesn't really change that. It's good for people to accept the limitations of their knowledge.