MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom

Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ... by yucky on Sunday December 25, 2022 @10:27PM (#34134248)

   > Why? Because JK Rowling doesn't think transwomen are real women

This shouldn't even be a controversial statement, it's just a statement of fact. Transwomen are advised to get prostate exams, women aren't. Women are expected to get screened for cervical cancer, transwomen are not. I could list 50 other things, but why bother. They are not the same.

Anybody who claims they are the same is gaslighting, because I don't think anybody actually believes this to be the case. Therefore, people who make those claims should be ignored, or educated if they are actually confused.

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Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ... by ndhlms on Sunday December 25, 2022 @10:55PM (#34134399)

This such a patent example of the "no true Scotsman" fallacy, that I'm embarrassed for you that you even bothered.

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Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ... by crackercrews on Sunday December 25, 2022 @11:11PM (#34134500)

I think you mean the "no true Scotswoman" fallacy.

Why are you embarrassed for someone else that they believe something you do not believe? Seems like GP's argument is pretty convincing, and even obvious.

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