@HbdNrx It can be a social construct but non-arbitrary. "Being the President" is social/non-genetic, but Obama has a stronger claim than I.
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@slatestarcodex nobody says "being the president is just a social construct" as a way to imply that the presidency doesn't exist, though1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@slatestarcodex actual prog position when they say that is really that there are no non-superficial biological differences between races4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@slatestarcodex Yet we accept people raised from birth as male to decide later on that they're actually female.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@HbdNrx http://ozymandias271.tumblr.com/post/121364141993/the-transgender-movement-kept-saying-theres-no …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@slatestarcodex I've actually observed more than one other person with "racial dysphoria"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@slatestarcodex one person I knew IRL was white/Jewish but got really into SJW classes in college and ended up deciding that1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@slatestarcodex a black prof was like a surrogate mother to her.She really wanted to *become*black and actually thought of them astruefamily
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