Re: "Feminism is the radical notion that women are people." 1/3
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The feminists who see this as a snarky slogan implying that feminism is straightforward and easy. 2/3
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The feminists who really believe that it is a "radical notion" that women are people. 3/3
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@ContentOfMedia It's a motte-and-bailey to frame all non-feminists as dehumanisers and to then attack others from this lofty position.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@nouswaves I don't think I've ever seen it used as a motte-and-bailey. In the liberal case, it implies almost everyone is a feminist...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@nouswaves ... In the radical case, that society must be completely rebuilt, and hence, almost nobody (truly) is a feminist.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ContentOfMedia I think its purpose is more to connote a behaviour of the people that are not feminists than to describe what it is.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@nouswaves That it's effectively a slur? "you're not a feminist, so you must believe women aren't human"?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@ContentOfMedia It's more important to get people to correctly alignment than it is to educate them on something complex.
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@ContentOfMedia It's a subtle nudge. It wouldn't work if it was direct and aggressive.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@nouswaves For it to work that way relies on the liberal formation, and not the radical one, correct?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - 2 more replies
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