Yeah we've all talked about how No True Scotsman defenses aren't helpful with Christianity ("No one involved with the Spanish Inquisition was a REAL Christian") and I don't think it's useful for movements on the left to do it either ("Nor REAL feminists", "Not REAL socialists")https://twitter.com/9BillionTigers/status/1251625258253078528 …
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Just like, say, the founder of the Taiping Rebellion suddenly decided he was a Christian despite having no prior contact with any Christian organization and his beliefs wildly contradicting many traditional Christian tenets
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By contrast, "feminist" and "socialist" really are supposed to be about a broadly defined intention behind your beliefs - it's *supposed* to be possible to just wake up one day and be a feminist without being converted by an existing feminist
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