How "TERF" works to shut women up, and shut down thought by @GappyTales https://medium.com/@GappyTales/a-crisis-of-misogny-a-plea-to-the-labour-party-4ce9d39e11c4 …pic.twitter.com/ukmFV8zuRO
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I've seen this work particularly with young people, who have been given the idea that bring a "TERF", is like being a racist or a facist, and so will not entertain any ideas or argument that others have labelled "TERFy"
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But it also works on busy, analytic, wonkish types who ought to have better defenses against thought terminating cliches. They say "the debate is toxic, TRAs Vs TERFs" and they fail to notice "TERF" is what is bring used to close down rational discussion
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