Necroghastia wrote:Purgatio wrote:
Trying to get your intellectual opponents banned off an online platform for having a different definition of feminism is the epitome of intellectual intolerance, parochialism, and close-mindedness. The feminist activists on r/GenderCritical weren't hurting anyone, they just held views that the radical trans activists don't like and disagree with. The Internet doesn't exist to conform and comport to their every ideological belief.
The nazi activists on Stormfront aren't hurting anyone, they just hold views that radical nonwhite activists don't like and disagree with!
Yeah, no. "Gender critical" ideology is based upon intellectual ignorance and closed-mindedness. It's an insult to even call them "intellectual opponents" when the whole thing is based on lies, conspiracy theories, and bigotry.
You are right about one thing, though - the Internet doesn't exist to conform and comport to ideological beliefs. Which is why Reddit's perfectly free to ask them to take their business elsewhere.
What lies? What bigotry? Gender-critical feminism is not about hating trans people, they have a specific worldview as to how to define "women" who are oppressed under patriarchy, they believe women are oppressed on the basis of biological sex, rather than gender identity, they don't hate or disrespect trans men or women, they just disagree with trans people on a number of linguistic issues, in particular how the words "he", "she", "male", "female", should be used to discuss socio-political issues that affect women's rights on an everyday basis. That is not the same as disrespect or bigotry.