Plug: I discuss this phenomenon in my Areo piece 'Who I am and the problem of offence' (too fiddly to insert link).
"Denying a human being their existence..." - what does that even mean? I see this claim a lot - is the suggestion really that gender critical feminists, for example, deny that trans people are human beings? Because if so, it's total and utter nonsense.https://twitter.com/Hayleystevens/status/1083010681463586816 …
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More like denying something fundamental to their self conception. If I was to frame it in more philosophical terms I'd say it was like denying a fundamental premise their reality is based on. e.g. If you claim I am wrong that 1+1=2, or p=/= ¬p.
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Indeed. One can disagree with a psychic's description of him/herself as a being endowed with special mental powers and still acknowledge that the person is a human endowed with the full array of rights.
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"their existence" in the sense of the validity of their internal experience. Theres also an element of power dynamics in it I think, Bob tells me 2+2=5 I can ignore them, if the party tells me 2+2=5 they can force that on me
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This would make sense if the phrase used was “denying someone’s existence”. But “denying someone their existence” sounds like it should mean “killing someone”.
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