RE: Discrimination - pros and cons
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Dear @agmoore,
Concerning the Civil Rights Act: I'm far from being an expert on this topic and, from my limited knowledge of it, I've always considered this act to be a great act advancing humanity.
My point was that it is possible to contend a law if there are instances in it that may, later, be abused to further insidious political goals.
Attacking people like Charlie Kirk for criticising this act because of its unintended consequences and accusing him of racism is wrong and a logical fallacy (probably induced by one's own political opinions/biases).
You seem to consider gender identity as an aspect of opinion. Gender identity is a matter of biology and psychology. We don't have a working definition of gender.
Yes, we don't have a definition of gender because there is no such thing as an objectifiable gender.
Of course people find themselves on a continuum of hormones (progesterone, testosterone, etc.). So should we have 7 billion genders? And what is that helpful for?
There are exactly 2 biological sexes. About 0.02% of babies are born with ambiguous genitalia. Those cases are called "conditions" or "disorders of sex development", and those cases do no change the fact that, biologically, the world is binary.
Gender identity and gender politics is rooted in postmodern philosophy (Jacques Derrida's non-scientific deconstructionism). This approach claims that objective, biological, empirical facts like male/female are power-laden social constructs - which is simply wrong. Biological sex is a fact, while "gender identities" are fictitious constructs. The relativistic understanding of those promoters of gender identity leads to a situation where personal feelings override shared language or empirical facts. This destroys a common basis for discussion and erodes social cohesion. And all of this identity-based politics reduces individuals to group affiliations (gender, race, sexuality, ...). This is contrary to the liberal tradition and to Enlightenment ideals (equality, rational discourse) themselves.
Thank you for the conversation, kind regards and respect,
@zuerich