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A Takedown of RTE's Blatant Transphobia

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 373 ✭✭oLoonatic


    That primetime was selective journalism at its finest. An absolute ****show from start to finish. Typical stuff from RTE really.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭JackTaylorFan


    oLoonatic wrote: »
    That primetime was selective journalism at its finest. An absolute ****show from start to finish. Typical stuff from RTE really.

    Yes, and the 2fm interview with Donagh Diamond really shone a light on the motives behind it. Wouldn't be surprised if Mr Diamond is a regular poster over in After Hours. Scum.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    I was really quite disappointed at the inclusion of Graham Linehan as a 'credible' voice. It undermined the whole programme and brought the tone of the conversation on trans youth into the gutter and did serious damage to trans people seeking understanding. He can spout all he wants on Twitter, but to have that placed on television on a sensitive space like that, you couldn't help but feel like there were dubious motives.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 373 ✭✭oLoonatic


    J_E wrote: »
    I was really quite disappointed at the inclusion of Graham Linehan as a 'credible' voice. It undermined the whole programme and brought the tone of the conversation on trans youth into the gutter and did serious damage to trans people seeking understanding. He can spout all he wants on Twitter, but to have that placed on television on a sensitive space like that, you couldn't help but feel like there were dubious motives.

    His addition to the show was essentially clickbait on tv!!


  • Posts: 8,647 [Deleted User]


    It brought balance to be fair.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 778 ✭✭✭dinnybyrne


    Didn't see the show but I believe there is talk of legislation to allow under 18s get reassignment surgery without the parents consent.. Surely we can all agree that's madness?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,148 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    dinnybyrne wrote: »
    Didn't see the show but I believe there is talk of legislation to allow under 18s get reassignment surgery without the parents consent.. Surely we can all agree that's madness?

    No. There is no suggestion of surgery for under 18s at all.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,148 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    It brought balance to be fair.

    Balance from the perspective of a person who is constantly spending time directing hate towards trans people to be fair;

    Comparing trans campaigners to Nazis
    Campaigning to have a trans childrens charity defunded
    Verbally warned by police for harassment of a trans person

    Yeah "balance" from a hateful transphobic bigot

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭JackTaylorFan


    Balance from the perspective of a person who is constantly spending time directing hate towards trans people to be fair;

    Comparing trans campaigners to Nazis
    Campaigning to have a trans childrens charity defunded
    Verbally warned by police for harassment of a trans person

    Yeah "balance" from a hateful transphobic bigot

    Add conflating all transwomen to one rapist. Scaremongering, basically. And the research does not back up the TERF brigade at all.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    It brought balance to be fair.

    I guess, it wouldn't be dissimilar to featuring a racist for 'balance' on a discussion about race. I'm not buying it. There could have been a more reasonable speaker or one with actual credentials/experience involved.


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,322 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ten of Swords


    Pretty sure this was high up on the reason list, headline says it all really.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,308 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Graham Linehan should stick to comedy writing


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭JackTaylorFan


    Pretty sure this was high up on the reason list, headline says it all really.

    Many who wrote to RTE in the lead-up to the show expressed these concerns, as they understood from the get-go what Linehan's inclusion would mean and why it was included - to drum up as much publicity as possible. I guess, the irony is the outcry from people opposed to his appearance played a huge role in so many uninformed people tuning in to see what he and the other bigots had to say.

    I have since written my own letter of complaint to RTE, addressing some key areas where they offered no counter (no balance) to spurious, unscientific claims made by some of their contributors. A complaint which they have not responded to as of yet, and which I have every intention of reporting to the BAI if they do not within 14 days. As I am sure others have done too.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭JackTaylorFan


    branie2 wrote: »
    Graham Linehan should stick to comedy writing

    Nah, he should probably stop trying to do that, too


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    Why is there no special term for men who are transphobic but 'terf' exists to describe women who are transphobic?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 722 ✭✭✭jrmb


    I agree that Linehan's views are appalling and that including him was an odd choice, but they have to feature a certain number of opposing opinions. They were probably hard pressed to find someone when they chose him.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,524 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    cloudatlas wrote: »
    Why is there no special term for men who are transphobic but 'terf' exists to describe women who are transphobic?

    Well, there is no such thing as masculism as a movement but I don't think you'll have to wait too long considering the way things are going.

    Btw, I've noticed as a way of argument giving acronyms or names to opposing view points is an increasingly worrying trend across all issues. As if to legitimize the opposing argument. Worrying times. Tactic tactics.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    AllForIt wrote: »
    Well, there is no such thing as masculism as a movement but I don't think you'll have to wait too long considering the way things are going.

    Btw, I've noticed as a way of argument giving acronyms or names to opposing view points is an increasingly worrying trend across all issues. As if to legitimize the opposing argument. Worrying times. Tactic tactics.

    Yeah giving it an an acronym seems to be a way of disowning it? A refusal to say the 'feminist' part.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,148 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    jrmb wrote: »
    I agree that Linehan's views are appalling and that including him was an odd choice, but they have to feature a certain number of opposing opinions. They were probably hard pressed to find someone when they chose him.

    They wanted to basically import "controversy" from the uk that doesnt exist here.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,148 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    cloudatlas wrote: »
    Why is there no special term for men who are transphobic but 'terf' exists to describe women who are transphobic?

    Because the vast majority of the hate and transphobia is directed specifically towards transwomen.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,148 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    cloudatlas wrote: »
    Yeah giving it an an acronym seems to be a way of disowning it? A refusal to say the 'feminist' part.

    It's more about naming and identifying the ideology behind the transphobic hatred coming from these people.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    It's more about naming and identifying the ideology behind the transphobic hatred coming from these people.

    But transphobia is not part of feminist ideology. It is singling out women, it's unhelpful.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,148 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    cloudatlas wrote: »
    But transphobia is not part of feminist ideology. It is singling out women, it's unhelpful.

    Nope. Its singling out the ideology. Transphobia is part of the ideology of trans exclusionary radical feminism.
    Men can be terfs too. Nothing to do with singling out women at all. It is identifying the ideology.

    Feminism has many different ideologicsl strands by the way.

    As we have seen here in Irelsnd trans inclusive feminism is perfectly possible.

    Bit of a weird argument really. Women are not being singled out. Transphobes are.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    Nope. Its singling out the ideology. Transphobia is part of the ideology of trans exclusionary radical feminism.
    Men can be terfs too. Nothing to do with singling out women at all. It is identifying the ideology.

    Feminism has many different ideologicsl strands by the way.

    As we have seen here in Irelsnd trans inclusive feminism is perfectly possible.

    Bit of a weird argument really. Women are not being singled out. Transphobes are.

    Come on now women are more likely to be feminists than men apart from those blokes who wear ‘this is what a feminist looks like’ T-shirt. It’s bizarre and unfortunately it does single out women as it features the word feminism especially and there is no term for male transphobes they are just transphobic and there are probably more transphobes who are male as the majority of violence against homosexuals is perpetuated by other men. I have no idea who originated the term that would be interesting but it is unfortunate use of words.

    There is no phrase such as ‘term’ trans exclusionary radical misogyny. Also within the trans community there is another unhelpful use of words ‘trans trender’ For someone who is deemed to be identifying or transitioning to get social brownie points. ðŸ˜


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 636 ✭✭✭7aubzxk43m2sni


    From the article

    “Are minors too young to make such a radical and life changing decision?” she asks. The “radical and life changing decision” referred to is a piece of paper that legally entitles someone to be acknowledged as the gender they live as.


    For trans people such a “radical and life changing decision” was made for them, without their consent when they were babies, but efforts to right the legal wrong that was done to trans people are being framed by Prime Time as “radical”.


    What is the author saying here? How was any radical decision made for them? "Without their consent"??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    cloudatlas wrote: »
    Why is there no special term for men who are transphobic but 'terf' exists to describe women who are transphobic?

    Feminism isn't a 'womens only' movement. Plenty of men identify as feminists, even if they may refuse or don't actively to acknowledge that. If you believe in equality then you are feminist.

    The term 'feminism' is really a historic term coined many years ago when there was an enormous difference in how men and women were treated. In many ways that gulf has lessened to the point that 'feminism' seems, on the surface to be an outdated term. However, the philosophy and theories behind it are still relevant. Mainstream feminists tend to be equally as concerned about unequal treatments between the binary genders regardless of who is 'losing out' - which is why the idea of toxic masculinity is such a large concern. Men arguably loose out and are as negatively effected by toxic masculinity (and toxic femininity) as much as women.
    cloudatlas wrote: »
    Yeah giving it an an acronym seems to be a way of disowning it? A refusal to say the 'feminist' part.

    No, it's a way to differentiate the various exclusionary threads within the overarching feminist movement, of which there are many. Ideally, this would not be needed at all as the movement would not be disjointed like it is today. Intersectional feminism would be the way forward, but because humans are human, feminism as a political theory and ideology is fragmented. There are racist feminists, there are transphobic feminists, there are isolationist feminists all operating under the one banner, each thinking their type of feminism is the 'right' one.

    Also it's much quicker to type/say, and most people know what it means.
    cloudatlas wrote: »
    Come on now women are more likely to be feminists than men apart from those blokes who wear ‘this is what a feminist looks like’ T-shirt. It’s bizarre and unfortunately it does single out women as it features the word feminism especially and there is no term for male transphobes they are just transphobic and there are probably more transphobes who are male as the majority of violence against homosexuals is perpetuated by other men. I have no idea who originated the term that would be interesting but it is unfortunate use of words.

    There is no phrase such as ‘term’ trans exclusionary radical misogyny. Also within the trans community there is another unhelpful use of words ‘trans trender’ For someone who is deemed to be identifying or transitioning to get social brownie points. ðŸ˜

    ok, let's break all this down point by point.
    cloudatlas wrote: »
    Come on now women are more likely to be feminists than men apart from those blokes who wear ‘this is what a feminist looks like’ T-shirt.

    You seem very dismissive of male feminists. Why is that? My brothers are feminists, my Dad's a feminist, most of my male friends are feminists. They may not identify that as a key political ideology they ascribe to but they are. the label is not important for many people who agree with the core tenets of some branch of feminism.
    cloudatlas wrote: »
    It’s bizarre and unfortunately it does single out women as it features the word feminism especially and there is no term for male transphobes they are just transphobic

    Again, feminism is not a womens only ideology. You also seem to be conflating transphobia and feminism. There are plenty of feminists who are not transphobic (most of the Irish feminist movement) and there are plenty of transphobes who are in no way feminist. if a male feminist is transphobic and that forms part of of his feminist ideology then he is likely a TERF, not because of his gender but because of exclusionary ideas about trans issues. However, within all of this we are ignoring the term 'radical'. radical feminism is another branch of feminist ideology so you can actual have a non radical trans-exclusionary feminist. it's just a lot less likely.
    cloudatlas wrote: »
    there are probably more transphobes who are male as the majority of violence against homosexuals is perpetuated by other men.

    Transphobia and homophobia are not the same thing. At all. People often equate gender minorities (eg trans* folks) and sexual minorities (lesbian, gay, bisexual folk) together however you can be trans and not gay. Obviously. If you're a trans woman attracted to men exclusively you're clearly not a lesbian.

    You can be transphobic but not homophobic and vice versa. Likewise, violence is not the only indicator of either transphobia or homophobia, nor is is exclusive to men. To think that is completely misleading and ignores verbal abuse, sexual abuse, financial abuse, bullying, discrimination and a host of other 'phobic' aggressions that have nothing to do with violence. Violence is simply the most obvious sign of trans or homophobia.
    cloudatlas wrote: »

    There is no phrase such as ‘term’ trans exclusionary radical misogyny.

    Likely because misogyny isn't a social movement, or at least not one with enough history and/or influence to have evolved multiple completing threads drawn from the same initial source. However in what i do know about misogyny it's less likely that those who espouse misogyny are trans inclusionary. I may be wrong.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    Feminism isn't a 'womens only' movement. Plenty of men identify as feminists, even if they may refuse or don't actively to acknowledge that. If you believe in equality then you are feminist.

    The term 'feminism' is really a historic term coined many years ago when there was an enormous difference in how men and women were treated. In many ways that gulf has lessened to the point that 'feminism' seems, on the surface to be an outdated term. However, the philosophy and theories behind it are still relevant. Mainstream feminists tend to be equally as concerned about unequal treatments between the binary genders regardless of who is 'losing out' - which is why the idea of toxic masculinity is such a large concern. Men arguably loose out and are as negatively effected by toxic masculinity (and toxic femininity) as much as women.



    No, it's a way to differentiate the various exclusionary threads within the overarching feminist movement, of which there are many. Ideally, this would not be needed at all as the movement would not be disjointed like it is today. Intersectional feminism would be the way forward, but because humans are human, feminism as a political theory and ideology is fragmented. There are racist feminists, there are transphobic feminists, there are isolationist feminists all operating under the one banner, each thinking their type of feminism is the 'right' one.

    Also it's much quicker to type/say, and most people know what it means.



    ok, let's break all this down point by point.



    You seem very dismissive of male feminists. Why is that? My brothers are feminists, my Dad's a feminist, most of my male friends are feminists. They may not identify that as a key political ideology they ascribe to but they are. the label is not important for many people who agree with the core tenets of some branch of feminism.



    Again, feminism is not a womens only ideology. You also seem to be conflating transphobia and feminism. There are plenty of feminists who are not transphobic (most of the Irish feminist movement) and there are plenty of transphobes who are in no way feminist. if a male feminist is transphobic and that forms part of of his feminist ideology then he is likely a TERF, not because of his gender but because of exclusionary ideas about trans issues. However, within all of this we are ignoring the term 'radical'. radical feminism is another branch of feminist ideology so you can actual have a non radical trans-exclusionary feminist. it's just a lot less likely.



    Transphobia and homophobia are not the same thing. At all. People often equate gender minorities (eg trans* folks) and sexual minorities (lesbian, gay, bisexual folk) together however you can be trans and not gay. Obviously. If you're a trans woman attracted to men exclusively you're clearly not a lesbian.

    You can be transphobic but not homophobic and vice versa. Likewise, violence is not the only indicator of either transphobia or homophobia, nor is is exclusive to men. To think that is completely misleading and ignores verbal abuse, sexual abuse, financial abuse, bullying, discrimination and a host of other 'phobic' aggressions that have nothing to do with violence. Violence is simply the most obvious sign of trans or homophobia.



    Likely because misogyny isn't a social movement, or at least not one with enough history and/or influence to have evolved multiple completing threads drawn from the same initial source. However in what i do know about misogyny it's less likely that those who espouse misogyny are trans inclusionary. I may be wrong.

    My point is from the outside a lot of the terminology introduced is by essence divisive that’s the main idea of what I’m saying to keep it succinct and so as not to hugely digress.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    cloudatlas wrote: »
    My point is from the outside a lot of the terminology introduced is by essence divisive that’s the main idea of what I’m saying to keep it succinct and so as not to hugely digress.


    You seem to think this is a simple subject. It’s not. Anything relating to humans is naturally going to be complicated. You can’t reduce these concepts down to essentials and essentials only. It doesn’t work like that.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    You seem to think this is a simple subject. It’s not. Anything relating to humans is naturally going to be complicated. You can’t reduce these concepts down to essentials and essentials only. It doesn’t work like that.

    Sorry I didn’t know there were rules but then again I’ve never heard a man referred to as a ‘terf’ either 🀷*♀️ I’ve been learning lots of new terms lately...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    cloudatlas wrote: »
    Sorry I didn’t know there were rules but then again I’ve never heard a man referred to as a ‘terf’ either 🀷*♀️ I’ve been learning lots of new terms lately...

    Really? I have.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    Really? I have.

    No... did I say you have?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    Ok.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,148 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    cloudatlas wrote: »
    My point is from the outside a lot of the terminology introduced is by essence divisive that’s the main idea of what I’m saying to keep it succinct and so as not to hugely digress.

    Yeah well thats because transphobia itself is divisive. So is the ideology behind trans exclusionary radical feminism. We have quite a lot of trans inclusive feminists here in Ireland thankfully.

    I dont see the the issue. It isnt labelling all feminists or all women as transphobes.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,949 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    Balance from the perspective of a person who is constantly spending time directing hate towards trans people to be fair;

    Comparing trans campaigners to Nazis
    Campaigning to have a trans childrens charity defunded
    Verbally warned by police for harassment of a trans person

    Yeah "balance" from a hateful transphobic bigot
    jrmb wrote: »
    I agree that Linehan's views are appalling and that including him was an odd choice, but they have to feature a certain number of opposing opinions. They were probably hard pressed to find someone when they chose him.


    My problem isn't his views as such (objectionable and repulsive as they are) but that they brought it someone with no expertise or experience, just solely to import controversy.

    They weren't hard pressed at all to find other voices, they had Stella O'Malley and the UK academic already. If they wanted more, they could have found someone with expertise and experience - not a Twitter troll.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭JackTaylorFan



    They weren't hard pressed at all to find other voices, they had Stella O'Malley and the UK academic already. If they wanted more, they could have found someone with expertise and experience - not a Twitter troll.

    To be honest, O'Malley and Evans (the academic) inclusion were far more insidious. Bigotry wrapped in pseudo-psychology and warped sociology. Nothing the "academic" said is backed up by the recent research into gender and psychology - and O'Malley's arguments are entirely reliant upon her own autobiographical anecdotal, revisionist self-diagnosis, and fear mongering


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    Plenty of men identify as feminists, even if they may refuse or don't actively to acknowledge that. If you believe in equality then you are feminist.

    Thats not true


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 722 ✭✭✭jrmb


    ...that they brought it someone with no expertise or experience, just solely to import controversy.
    Maybe, but I think it's more likely that nobody with expertise and experience would voice such an opinion. They had to present an alternative point of view (the balance rules are strict), and Linehan was the only speaker they could get.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    Yeah well thats because transphobia itself is divisive. So is the ideology behind trans exclusionary radical feminism. We have quite a lot of trans inclusive feminists here in Ireland thankfully.

    I dont see the the issue. It isnt labelling all feminists or all women as transphobes.

    There is a special division specifically for women a term that is exclusive of men no matter what people say 'radical feminism' does and will be perceived as anyone on the street as referring to women. Misogynists used to/do refer to women they disagree with as 'radical feminists' (louise o'neil etc.,) so quite frankly it makes me cringe when it is used in this way. I'm going to continue to refer to all those who discriminate against transgender people (ironically regardless of gender) as transphobes or transphobic there is no need for a special division, racists are just racists, homophobes are just homophobes regardless of gender.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,148 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    jrmb wrote: »
    Maybe, but I think it's more likely that nobody with expertise and experience would voice such an opinion. They had to present an alternative point of view (the balance rules are strict), and Linehan was the only speaker they could get.

    Nonsense.

    Balance rules are not strict at all. They are only strict in relation to an election or referendum at all.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,148 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    cloudatlas wrote: »
    There is a special division specifically for women a term that is exclusive of men no matter what people say 'radical feminism' does and will be perceived as anyone on the street as referring to women. Misogynists used to/do refer to women they disagree with as 'radical feminists' (louise o'neil etc.,) so quite frankly it makes me cringe when it is used in this way. I'm going to continue to refer to all those who discriminate against transgender people (ironically regardless of gender) as transphobes or transphobic there is no need for a special division, racists are just racists, homophobes are just homophobes regardless of gender.

    Nobody is telling you have to use the TERF term. You can use whatever you want to. I mean your argument is like saying white people are being targeted because of the term white supremacist. Thats nonsense. This is about identifying and targeting the ideology not the person.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,449 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Thats not true

    I don't understand this reasoning alright, I believe in equality for everyone and consider myself an egalitarian as a result of that.

    I do not consider myself a femanist as by the very nature of it's name, it is skewed away from equality and weighted towards one gender.

    I don't understand why folks can't now search for equality under the more reaching umbrella term of egalitarianism. It's far more inclusive.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,148 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    I'm a cis male feminist who believes strongly in equality. I am perfectly happy as a cis male who believes strongly in equality to identify as a feminist. The idea that feminism isn't about equality always seems to me to be an anti feminist argument that is trying to push back at feminism and doesnt want feminism to gain further ground. I struggle to understand in that context why people who are anti feminist consider themselves eqalitarian.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,625 ✭✭✭Lefty Bicek


    I'm a cis male feminist who believes strongly in equality. I am perfectly happy as a cis male who believes strongly in equality to identify as a feminist. The idea that feminism isn't about equality always seems to me to be an anti feminist argument that is trying to push back at feminism and doesnt want feminism to gain further ground. I struggle to understand in that context why people who are anti feminist consider themselves eqalitarian.

    Why don't you just call yourself an egalitarian ?


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    Nope. Its singling out the ideology. Transphobia is part of the ideology of trans exclusionary radical feminism.
    Men can be terfs too. Nothing to do with singling out women at all. It is identifying the ideology.

    Feminism has many different ideologicsl strands by the way.

    As we have seen here in Irelsnd trans inclusive feminism is perfectly possible.

    Bit of a weird argument really. Women are not being singled out. Transphobes are.
    Nope. Its singling out the ideology. Transphobia is part of the ideology of trans exclusionary radical feminism.
    Men can be terfs too. Nothing to do with singling out women at all. It is identifying the ideology.

    Feminism has many different ideologicsl strands by the way.

    As we have seen here in Irelsnd trans inclusive feminism is perfectly possible.

    Bit of a weird argument really. Women are not being singled out. Transphobes are.

    Men are seldom thought of as feminists, if you go out and ask someone to picture a radical feminist they will picture a woman. I find your argument weird by the way because when you say feminist most of the populace think of a woman. I’m sure homophobic feminists and racist feminists exist but nobody has thought to single them out as there are so few so homophobe, racist suffice. The radical feminist complaint has been deployed by misogynists and it reminds me of that. I use the word transphobe.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,148 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Why don't you just call yourself an egalitarian ?

    I believe the attempt to rename feminism as egalitarianism is actually anti feminist.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    Nobody is telling you have to use the TERF term. You can use whatever you want to. I mean your argument is like saying white people are being targeted because of the term white supremacist. Thats nonsense. This is about identifying and targeting the ideology not the person.

    The terf term has made it into the main stream and I disagree with its composition. I’ve already said why.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,148 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    cloudatlas wrote: »
    Men are seldom thought of as feminists, if you go out and ask someone to picture a radical feminist they will picture a woman. I find your argument weird by the way because when you say feminist most of the populace think of a woman. I’m sure homophobic feminists and racist feminists exist but nobody has thought to single them out as there are so few so homophobe, racist suffice. The radical feminist complaint has been deployed by misogynists and it reminds me of that. I use the word transphobe.

    Thousands of Irish (women) feminists are trans inclusive feminists. I find it odd that there is an assumption we are branding all women as transphobes because we call terfs terfs.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,148 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    cloudatlas wrote: »
    The terf term has made it into the main stream and I disagree with its composition. I’ve already said why.

    Im not asking you why???????

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,449 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    I believe the attempt to rename feminism as egalitarianism is actually anti feminist.

    I cannot bang my head off a table hard enough after reading the above.

    Seriously?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,587 ✭✭✭ahnowbrowncow


    I believe the attempt to rename feminism as egalitarianism is actually anti feminist.


    What issues that men are disproportionately affected by has feminism promoted and furthered, in Ireland?

    You can't claim feminism supports equality when they only champion one gender's issues.

    And it says plenty that when feminism is questionned you resort to ad hominems.


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