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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Replying to @arthur_affect
It seemed pretty clear from the context of Jay's tweet that he was referring to the inherent contradictions between transphobia and the basic tenets of feminism - not necessarily saying that it's invalid to refer to any transphobes as feminists. I could be wrong, ofc
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Replying to @sextoyspolitics @arthur_affect
"inherent contradictions between transphobia and the basic tenets of feminism" This does not exist in any sense whatsoever other than a moral one. Fair play to that, but it makes the practice and study of sociology, history, and politics much harder.
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Replying to @9BillionTigers @sextoyspolitics
Yeah I mean if you can't be transphobic and feminist at all then the entirety of first-wave feminism wasn't feminism (because everyone at the time casually accepted transphobic premises) Which is an argument you can make but is a rickety one
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Replying to @arthur_affect
No, lots of "inverts" and borderline male impersonators among the suffragettes. Any negative general sentiments were closer to transmisogyny but even that I think goes too far.
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