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Re:Speaking Freely: Why I resigned from the Canadian Broadca... by swearwolf on Monday January 03, 2022 @06:56PM (#29788881)
She got cancelled for an essay that essentially says, “Trans women are fine, and I support them, but they are not the same as people who are born women”, which is a position that went from relatively uncontroversial to transphobic within the last five or so years.
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Re:Speaking Freely: Why I resigned from the Canadian Broadca... by dwaltrip on Monday January 03, 2022 @09:34PM (#29790540)
What point was she trying to make by highlighting any distinction?
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Re:Speaking Freely: Why I resigned from the Canadian Broadca... by InTheArena on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @12:00PM (#29796977)
Intention of the writer is not the point. The fact that she is saying something that would be accepted as "policy" in the overton window previously but is now grounds for a coordinated shunning is a good example of how the window shifts over time.
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Re:Speaking Freely: Why I resigned from the Canadian Broadca... by kerneloftruth on Monday January 03, 2022 @09:39PM (#29790586)
I think she was countering the assertion that there is no distinction with the fact that the distinction is real, and is important.
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