Good piece. I get impatient with 'There's nothing wrong with the ideology! People are just doing it wrong!' whether it's communism, Sharia, intersectionality whatever.' Benign interpretations of almost anything can & do exist but the reality of what a thing is in practice mattershttps://twitter.com/CampbellSocProf/status/975076836236390401 …
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But we need to be careful that we are not prioritising and defending an ideology at the expense of defending actual human beings being harmed by the ideology.
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No point saying that communism, properly understood, is about sharing & fairness when mass murder & starvation have been the reality. No point saying Islam, properly understood, says there's no compulsion in religion when apostasy carries the death penalty in 13 countries.
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Similarly, there is no point saying that intersectionality, properly understood, is just a hermeneutic for understanding how people can be marginalised on many levels when in reality it leads to stereotyping, discrimination, tribalism, science-denial & violent censoriousness,
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That said I assume your position is that feminism, as originally intended, is a well meaning idea about rights & equality that indeed makes a lot of sense, while intersectionality’s post-modern origins & overall concepts are unscientific, segregational & suspect. Yes?
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But this is more of a 21st century definition of feminism IMO. I’m in my 50’s. I remember a time before “micro aggressions” had anything to do with feminism. Isn’t that more intersectional talk?
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Yes. It is what feminism is now.
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You argue that "People are just doing it wrong" isn't good enough. I think you should consider that "I'm just reclaiming the concept" isn't a good enough reason to support something that's essentially terrible.
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I just said it isn't and that's why I no longer identify as a feminist.
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Oh, I read "hung" as "hang." my fault.
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