• Yendor@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    The far-left purity test alienates many mostly-left people.

    You can be pro-choice, pro-women, all for supporting the poor, gay rights and trans rights - but if you dare suggest that maybe trans women shouldn’t be competing against born women in top-level sports, then the vocal left brand you as a transphobic TERF whose opinion isn’t even worth listening to. They would rather fight you over the 2% of things you disagree on, than embrace you for the 98% of values you have in common.

    The vocal left want diversity in color, gender and sexuality - but they will not tolerate any diversity in thought or opinion.

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      1 year ago

      No… They want people to be able to be themselves without being hounded by bigots. Somehow not a big going to ask imo. And yes, if you are talking about trans woman and AMAB people in that way and preventing women from joining sports (which has included all levels of sports), yes, you’re being transphobic.

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        1 year ago

        This post is a perfect example of alienating people who are almost entirely progressive, because they don’t perfectly toe the left line.

        Is the rush you feel from being righteous online really worth the millions of votes it costs the progressive cause?

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      Indeed, this is the major problem on the left. It’s why there’s so much interest online in centrist “anti-woke” discussions and podcasts. But it’s also fertile recruiting ground for the far right - if you’re excommunicated for the 2% difference and actually, effectively canceled (I mean like a twitter mob actually gets you fired or the like), you’re more inclined to go where people support you, and all too often, that’s now the far right.

      Identitarinasm doesn’t lead anywhere good IMO on either side, and we would do well to re-think that on the “loud” part of the left.