I always feel weird complaining about GDQ because of the whole "raising millions of dollars for charity" thing but like
A lot of the generalized vibes drive me up the wall
Also I've said it before and I'm still struggling to fully put it into words but something about the memeification of "trans rights" rubs me the wrong way
@coriander the cheating answer is that you’re a marxist and you think the liberal notion of (liberal) rights is bullshit
@aescling @coriander liberal trans rights (the right to exist) vs actual trans rights (the right to choose and redefine gender)
@Ottergirljazz @aescling @coriander “the right to choose and redefine gender” is actually just neoliberal trans rights (the right to participate in society as a consumer, insofar as gender is defined as a series of consumer decisions, for example what clothes you buy or what medical apparatuses you involve yourself in; if you absolve yourself of market forces then you’re just back to normal liberalism, the right to make decisions about your life and body as an egoistic individual)
marxist trans rights is the right to participate in society as a trans person, for example the right to access community spaces like bathrooms, involve yourself in community events like sports, participate in productive and reproductive labour like finding employment without discrimination, getting married, raising children, teaching, producing art which is available in libraries and public spaces, and so forth
take note of which of these fascists are currently coming hardest for
@Lady @aescling @coriander Marxist trans rights (the right to send transphobes to the wall)
@Lady @aescling @coriander I knew making an incorrect joke would get me the proper analysis I required to make a good one. Thank you!