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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 5

      Helen Pluckrose Retweeted Tris Mamone  🌹

      Yes, I'm expanding it. I don't agree knowledge is subjective. What is subjective is experience. I know better than any cisgendered man what pregnancy feels like. Come to me if you want to know this. If you want to know how gestation works, ask an obstetrician. He might be a man.https://twitter.com/tmamone/status/970651321899601922 …

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      Tris Mamone  🌹 @tmamone
      You do know what a metaphor is, right? https://twitter.com/hpluckrose/status/970649858347552768 …
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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 5

      There is a tendency to conflate experience with knowledge and this underlies the idea that you can only know a thing about a group you are part of. James and I were asked why we didn't consult any trans people when writing about a liberal & science-based approach to trans issues

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    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 5

      This would not have helped our endeavour. We can get liberal ethics & scientific info from liberals & scientists who may or may not also be trans. Being trans would not indicate that what any individual advocated was liberal or scientific.

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    4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 5

      Therefore, if you want a collection of experiences of being trans, and we often do want exactly that, you'd need to go to trans people. If you want to know the science of something, you need a scientist. If you want to consider liberal ethics, you need liberals.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 5

      A trans person who was conservative or anti-science would advocate against liberal positions and science. This would not become right because they were trans and speaking in the context of trans issues. I'll remain liberal & evidence-based.

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        2. #ThankYouRoman‏ @TheKatyLawson Mar 5
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          As a trans person who considers themselves much more conservative than liberal on most things, I agree to an extent. I am against some liberal positions personally, such as the economy or freedoms, but I can also see some of the issues between trans issues and conservatism.

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        3. #ThankYouRoman‏ @TheKatyLawson Mar 5
          Replying to @TheKatyLawson @HPluckrose

          It's a hard topic to convey, but being trans does not immediately make you liberal. As you said, trans people can speak confidently on trans issues. A conservative or liberal can talk on conservative or liberal values. You can't automatically conflate liberals & trans people.

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