These snippets taken from Emily Pothast’s article called: “Jordan Peterson Is a Poor Researcher Whose Own Sources Contradict His Claims”. Not really surprising, but its nice to see fact emerging past the babble of his rabid dudish fanbase. “In summary, even though the political function of Enuma Elish is
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Dead Wild Roses: The Debate Transactivists Don’t Want You To Hear – Does Transactivism Negatively Impact Women’s Rights?
Get your popcorn and strap in for a contentious ride.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Educating the Actively Ignorant – “Dear The People” Not Reading For Comprehension
Hey, gonna post my reply here as well in case reality is a problem over at Dear the People. @D.T.P Apparently ‘dear the people’ is adverse to reality and being exposed to opposing points of view, so here is my response to their assertions. May as well copy/paste the original
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: What Do You Do With Internalized Patriarchal Misogyny?
Did you ever just boggle at a comment? This snippet is from the ‘Dear the People’ blog. DtP and I are having a discussion of sorts about radical feminism and what it purportedly is, and is not. The discussion is quite, erm… interesting as DtP doesn’t seem to realize that
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: A Tonic to Acrimonious Debate: Empathy
Yelling at each other online is cool and what not (see the RPOJ) but past cartharisis for the writer, I’m thinking, not much is really accomplished. Understanding the context and where people are coming from is an important skill to foster, and as Alexander Bevilacqua (from his essay on the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Gender Critical vs Trans Perspectives on Sex and Gender
Jonathan Best takes a shot at framing some of the key issues in this debate. From first hand experience, I have to agree with what Mr.Best has to say. There is very little oxygen available to question, and even less to argue the trans-interpretation of sex and gender.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – The Widening Gap
The grand colours of the atheist movement seem washed out to me. The great debates, the vibrant speakers, the literature now all seem distant and far removed from the present. One of the touchstones I fondly remember though, is the Intelligence squared debate, a spirited affair in which both sides
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: On Echo Chambers and Epistemic Bubbles
Defending against the Echo Chamber effect is difficult as we naturally seek familiar points of view that reinforce our own. Discourse has always been the key factor in helping people check their views against others and find the experts that they can put their confidence in. Engaging with others, especially
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Are you a woman?
There are lots of problems with how most of society treats transgendered people. Trying to sort out how best to rectify this has lead to many unproductive clashes. A major disagreement centres around whether biologically male transgendered people are actually women. My question to the BioMaleTrans is this: Why do
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Why Not Kids part 5
Welcome to part 5 of my in depth exposition on why I don’t want to have children. I. Intro + Stage 1: Initial Shock II. Stage 2: The Demand for Answers part A III. Stage 2: The Demand for Answers part B IV. Stage 2: The Demand for Answers part
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Welcome to part 4 of my in depth exposition on why I don’t want to have children. I. Intro + Stage 1: Initial Shock II. Stage 2: The Demand for Answers part A III. Stage 2: The Demand for Answers part B IV. Stage 2: The Demand for Answers part
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Welcome to part 3 of my in depth exposition on why I don’t want to have children. I. Intro + Sage 1: Initial Shock II. Stage 2: The Demand for Answers part A III. Stage 2: The Demand for Answers part B IV. Stage 2: The Demand for Answers part
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Welcome to part 2 of my in depth exposition on why I don’t want to have children. I. Intro + Sage 1: Initial Shock II. Stage 2: The Demand for Answers part A III. Stage 2: The Demand for Answers part B IV. Stage 2: The Demand for Answers part
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Being anti-woo and anti-religion, there are a plethora of conversations that I have over and over again. No, just because he/she/it is invisible does not make appeal to authority valid. Yes, you have to back up your claims with empirical evidence. No, your personal experience doesn’t count. Yes, billions of people
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: When is Violence Acceptable in Society? – The Fascist/Antifa question.
I am playing catch up with the recent dust-up around the choice of tactics used by Antifa in the United States in it’s struggle against the proto-fascist elements energized by the current Republican Administration led by Trump. There are several sources in this brief overview, first from a academic
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Relativism and Biological Facts – A snippet and Analysis
Another interesting snippet from the conversation over at VW’s: Arbourist: “Humans, like most mammals are sexually dimorphic.” VW: This is a discriptive label we use in an attempt to best explain what represents the majority or general experience. That’s not my opinion – it’s a fact. Sexual dimorphism in
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Combating the Regressive Left – Tildeb Steps Up.
Post Modernism keeps coming up at the root of many debates on contentious issues. Gender identity politics one of the area where the influence of post-modernism can be seen. This quote from Tildeb on Violetwisp’s blog is part of his critique of a segment of the left side of the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Fahrenheit 451 – The Trans Edition Part II – Books in Need of Banning
Well, quite the list if you happen to be interested in what Feminism is about. Here is what the GAG group thinks should be forbidden in a library for Women. Books to remove: Admission Accomplished – Jill Johnston -Against Sadomasochism – Robin R. Linden, Darlene R. Pagano, Diana E. Russell,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Womyn’s March Highlights Toxicity of Identity Politics
The idea that feminism is the movement to liberate women from patriarchy (a notion lost to much of the befuddled third-wave) is finally beginning to (re)gain some traction as more women see what the unctuous morass of neo-liberal identity politics inflicts upon their mass movement. “It saddens me to see
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Liberals and Egalitarians… :)
Whoa… Filed under: Debate Tagged: Equality, Humour, memeage, Radical Feminism
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