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Aella
@Aella_Girl
*Both* gender critical and anti-gender-critical are getting mad at me for this one (in screenshots, not QTs), which really tickles me. To clarify for both, I find both trans women and ashkenazis great, I think being brilliant in physics or mathematics or whatever is admirable.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
At this point, if I hear someone referring to an absolutely brilliant woman they deeply admire for her work in advanced theoretical physics or mathematics or something, I assign something like 50% probability to the woman being trans
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
It also feels weird to get called antisemitic for this? I think ashkenazis are smarter, they seem to have the kind of outcomes you expect from genetically smart people. And re: the trans thing,
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@ajuxtoposition
which jewish people should i listen to, the ones that agree with you or the ones who don't? it's kinda confusing over here to know which is the official Jewish opinion
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@ajuxtoposition
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@Aella_Girl
Taking a quick look through the comments and rt’s not too many people out there are agreeing with you. But looking for an “official” Jewish opinion is a false start. We are a group of millions of people, we aren’t a monolith so there won’t be a monolith opinion.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@ajuxtoposition
I don't desire for people to be offended based on what I say, but if the way to solve this is me changing what I'm saying, then I would rather not do that. I will not pretend ashkenazis *aren't* on average smarter just because some people get offended by it.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@ajuxtoposition
Like, this is actively and morally important to me. I have spent a long time around people who got offended at things I thought or did, and after getting out I was like wait, actually I should have been allowed to express myself and *they* shouldn't have stopped me.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@ajuxtoposition
I support changing to being non-offensive whenever we can; I advise people who don't support trans people to nevertheless use the pronouns because it's not a big change in order to be kind and gracious. But I will not ever change opinions I hold about reality because of offense.
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Nikki
@Nikkimia4
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@Aella_Girl
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@ajuxtoposition
You’re relying on unsubstantiated intuition to back up bold, super general, and very aggressive eugenic claims about ethnicities and other stereotypical gender behaviors. No one really knows which jewish sect is smarter (probably impossible to measure). Intuition =\= reality.
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