This is complete cobblers coz if you are busy or someone lacks basic understanding of a complex issue, you ignore them or recommend reading.
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If it's something you think it's important people do understand, you either have sources at the ready or, if they're lacking, write one.
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I'm currently writing (very slowly) a 10,000 word thing abt exactly what intersectionality is, what its aims are & why it fails them.
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Because I am so sick of ppl telling me I don't understand the principles & motivations & that there are no problems with it in practice.
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I keep thinking that if I show the foundations, ethos, development, aims & practice with much citation & evidence, this will not be possible
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And we can instead move on to discussing intersectionality itself, whether it could be useful, why it mostly hasn't been & what to do.
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But I've come to realise that this is psychologically flawed coz the problem isn't genuinely abt understanding & evidence.
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The disconnect won't be resolved by ensuring everybody is clear on what we're talking abt, just like it doesn't when discussing religion.
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'You don't understand' usually means 'you're not looking at this with the somewhat vague but positive ideologically-based attitude I have.'
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It's not that I don't have enough knowledge or comprehension of religion/PoMo/intersectionality but that I'm not on the bandwagon.
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Often, if I manage to convince ppl I understand it as well or better than they do, ppl tell me I'm over-complicating it.
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And really it all comes down to 'Love your neighbour', 'culture has influence on thinking' and 'discrimination can be complicated'.
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Which is a typical motte & bailey move because of course, these ideas don't belong to these schools of thought but are widely accepted.
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What people are usually saying is 'I care about the welfare of other people & I need something to believe in & belong to.'
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Although sometimes there's a subtext, 'I'm also motivated to be a pretentious, self-righteous twat about it.'
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First time I heard "Native Informant". I asked if it was essentially the same as calling someone a coconut? Oh the sneering! - but it is
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And they didn't have the time to explain the difference to someone as stupid as me.
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Guh. If one is so knowledgeable, then it's one's duty to convince you of his argument. That goes doubly so for a specialist, academic, etc.
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H, fuck em, they're dicks don't waste the emotional energy
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