committing to a specific ideology is a trap
many smart ppl make the mistake of committing to one ideology and thereafter their intelligence is solely directed toward finding the best arguments to support/rationalize their chosen ideology
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Depends on what you mean by commitment. Tacit support and identitarian clinging are not the same thing.
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There's a difference between adhering to an ideology for Reasons and letting the ideology provide your Reasons for you. Latter is v. dangerous.
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the former also seems like it would almost always be toxic tho. can you elaborate on an example in which it wouldn't be? running for political office and have no chance of winning if you don't affiliate with a well-known ideology?
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Okay, so. I don't identify as feminist. Problematic label, weird expectations.
Doesn't change the fact that I've always been aligned with some feminist faction or another on political issues. Not always the same one, rarely the dominant one.
But I am not anti-feminist.