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Jordan Peterson interview on C4

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    20Cent wrote: »
    So there is no law about having to use pronouns that's what I asked about.

    What toilets and changing rooms should trans people use then?

    I don’t know. The default shouldn’t be women’s, that much I know.

    The argument is that transwomen are in danger in men’s loos. But when women say “What about OUR safety?”, it’s handwaved away. Are loos unsafe or are they not? Which is it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,303 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    I don't think there's much praise owed to feminists and homosexuals who defy traditional family values. It's not the 1950s anymore. It takes more bravery nowadays to state publicly the belief that marriage should be between a man and a woman, or that a child needs a mother and father living under the same roof, than it does to call for abortion on demand or acceptance of gay marriage.

    The question isnt really about how much bravery is involved, its about standing up to authority and defying 'traditional family values'

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,303 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    I got 10%

    I feel dirty now!

    Questions are a bit bizarre to say the least, some of them are like something you'd be asked if you were applying to join ISIS!

    yes, but bizzarely, a lot of people will give the answer you would expect from an ISIS supporter, and be proud of themselves for giving it.

    The questions are looking for a specific type of attitude towards authority and conservativism, and also a specific way of thinking that is less nuanced and more likely to see things in a very black and white 'us vs them' mentality.

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,327 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Akrasia wrote: »
    The question isnt really about how much bravery is involved, its about standing up to authority and defying 'traditional family values'
    You missed his point entirely.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • Posts: 16,208 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    20Cent wrote: »
    So there is no law about having to use pronouns that's what I asked about.

    Yet.

    Peterson became famous for standing up to such a proposed legal change, and laws rarely stay the same as they're originally intended, expanding over time to cover more. Once you open the door, who knows where it would lead to?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,524 ✭✭✭Gynoid


    20Cent wrote: »
    Lesbians are being forced to have sex with trans people now?
    When that happen.

    Oh it hasn't so just making rubbish up.

    They are being forced to accept that transwomen ARE actual women and not to have transphobic genital preferences. So, yup.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭20Cent


    Gynoid wrote: »
    They are being forced to accept that transwomen ARE actual women and not to have transphobic genital preferences. So, yup.

    Not true at all.
    No one forcing anyone to have sex with someone they don't want to thats called rape.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭20Cent


    I don’t know. The default shouldn’t be women’s, that much I know.

    The argument is that transwomen are in danger in men’s loos. But when women say “What about OUR safety?”, it’s handwaved away. Are loos unsafe or are they not? Which is it?

    How is sharing a loo with a transwoman unsafe?


  • Posts: 16,208 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    20Cent wrote: »
    Not true at all.
    No one forcing anyone to have sex with someone they don't want to thats called rape.

    No, you're right. They're not being forced to have sex, but they're being criticized as trans-phobic for not engaging in sex with one. So a lesbian is transphobic if she refuses to have sex with a Transgender person who identifies as female but still has a penis.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,524 ✭✭✭Gynoid


    20Cent wrote: »
    Not true at all.
    No one forcing anyone to have sex with someone they don't want to thats called rape.

    You tell your stories to the many lesbians who have left Stonewall because of the abuse they are getting, love.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭20Cent


    No, you're right. They're not being forced to have sex, but they're being criticized as trans-phobic for not engaging in sex with one. So a lesbian is transphobic if she refuses to have sex with a Transgender person who identifies as female but still has a penis.

    Are they?
    Who is criticizing them?

    Bet it's one account of twitter or something.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    20Cent wrote: »
    How is sharing a loo with a transwoman unsafe?

    How is a transwoman using the men’s loo unsafe?

    And as I already outlined, it’s not even just about safety but comfort. Having a haven. As a preteen and teen, that really mattered to me personally.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭20Cent


    How is a transwoman using the men’s loo unsafe?

    And as I already outlined, it’s not even just about safety but comfort. Having a haven. As a preteen and teen, that really mattered to me personally.

    Yeah comfort.
    Where are they supposed to go?

    Never said a transwoman using the mens is unsafe.
    I'd say the trans person would prefer the bathroom of their gender though.


  • Posts: 16,208 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    20Cent wrote: »
    Are they?
    Who is criticizing them?

    Bet it's one account of twitter or something.

    Bet? Okay. You're on!

    Do some google searches. You'll find plenty of articles referring to it. It seems like you don't pay attention to how the transgender movement has been evolving over the last few years.

    Take a look at Cotton Ceiling:

    https://terfisaslur.com/cotton-ceiling/

    or an article (You really should read the whole article):

    "Anyway the key point is this: some transwomen have a penis and no intention of getting rid of it. Some of those transwomen describe themselves as lesbians, by which they mean they are sexually attracted to women. I make no comment on any of that beyond reporting that this presents a problem for those lesbians who were born female, who say they’re not sexually aroused by people with penises, and who don’t want to have sex with those people. Is that a reasonable position? Is it respectable to state that your sexual preferences and choice of sexual partner depends, at least in part, on the potential partners’ genitalia?

    Some transgender women don’t think so. They suggest that female-born lesbians who decline to sleep with transwomen who have a penis are guilty of bigotry or transphobia. Some of them express that argument in very blunt terms. (For more about what some call the “cotton ceiling” that excludes transwomen with penises from sex with lesbians, see this)
    "

    What do I win?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭nkl12xtw5goz70


    Akrasia wrote: »
    The question isnt really about how much bravery is involved, its about standing up to authority and defying 'traditional family values'

    Standing up to what authority? Who is supporting traditional family values in Ireland these days, besides an enfeebled and increasingly insignificant Catholic Church?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    20Cent wrote: »
    Yeah comfort.
    Where are they supposed to go?

    Never said a transwoman using the mens is unsafe.
    I'd say the trans person would prefer the bathroom of their gender though.

    And there we see the abutting against the wants of others. And then it comes down to deciding whose wants are more important here. What do you think yourself?

    Oh and many people do argue that men’s loos are unsafe for transwomen. Then women’s worries in that regard should then also be taken seriously. People can’t have it both ways.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭20Cent


    Bet? Okay. You're on!

    Do some google searches. You'll find plenty of articles referring to it. It seems like you don't pay attention to how the transgender movement has been evolving over the last few years.

    Take a look at Cotton Ceiling:

    https://terfisaslur.com/cotton-ceiling/

    or an article (You really should read the whole article):

    "Anyway the key point is this: some transwomen have a penis and no intention of getting rid of it. Some of those transwomen describe themselves as lesbians, by which they mean they are sexually attracted to women. I make no comment on any of that beyond reporting that this presents a problem for those lesbians who were born female, who say they’re not sexually aroused by people with penises, and who don’t want to have sex with those people. Is that a reasonable position? Is it respectable to state that your sexual preferences and choice of sexual partner depends, at least in part, on the potential partners’ genitalia?

    Some transgender women don’t think so. They suggest that female-born lesbians who decline to sleep with transwomen who have a penis are guilty of bigotry or transphobia. Some of them express that argument in very blunt terms. (For more about what some call the “cotton ceiling” that excludes transwomen with penises from sex with lesbians, see this)
    "

    What do I win?


    So a fraction of a fraction of people say something.
    A far cry from lesbians being forced to have sex with transwomen.


  • Posts: 16,208 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    20Cent wrote: »
    So a fraction of a fraction of people say something.
    A far cry from lesbians being forced to have sex with transwomen.

    Seriously? You're really going to dismiss what I provided (considering the speed of your response, I'm highly doubtful that you read the whole article or did any of your own google searches for research)

    Also, I didn't say that lesbians were being forced to have sex with trans people.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭nkl12xtw5goz70


    20Cent wrote: »
    So a fraction of a fraction of people say something.
    A far cry from lesbians being forced to have sex with transwomen.

    You really are an expert in twisting people's words.

    Nobody has said that lesbians are "being forced to have sex" with trans women.

    Rather, lesbians who express a preference for sex with natural-born women and/or say that they don't want to have sex with someone who has a penis are now being derided as transphobic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭20Cent


    And there we see the abutting against the wants of others. And then it comes down to deciding whose wants are more important here. What do you think yourself?

    Oh and many people do argue that men’s loos are unsafe for transwomen. Then women’s worries in that regard should then also be taken seriously. People can’t have it both ways.

    I think all toilets/changing rooms should be unisex and have cubicles.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭20Cent


    You really are an expert in twisting people's words.

    Nobody has said that lesbians are "being forced to have sex" with trans women.

    Rather, lesbians who express a preference for sex with natural-born women and/or say that they don't want to have sex with someone who has a penis are now being derided as transphobic.

    Derided by who?

    Two people on twitter and a blogger.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    20Cent wrote: »
    I think all toilets/changing rooms should be unisex and have cubicles.

    The cubicles need to be sealed off from each other and self-contained. If that was how unisex bathrooms existed, that would be great. Is it likely that many establishments will do that kind of renovations? I’m very doubtful.


  • Posts: 16,208 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    20Cent wrote: »
    Derided by who?

    Two people on twitter and a blogger.

    I'm curious (again), if I was to do the work for you, and post up a dozen references, would that be enough? I'm getting the feeling that it wouldn't.

    The reasons the numbers are going to be low is because transgendered people are still an extreme minority. It stands to reason that the numbers of incidents would be low.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,327 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    "Anyway the key point is this: some transwomen have a penis and no intention of getting rid of it. Some of those transwomen describe themselves as lesbians, by which they mean they are sexually attracted to women. I make no comment on any of that beyond reporting that this presents a problem for those lesbians who were born female, who say they’re not sexually aroused by people with penises, and who don’t want to have sex with those people. Is that a reasonable position? Is it respectable to state that your sexual preferences and choice of sexual partner depends, at least in part, on the potential partners’ genitalia?

    Some transgender women don’t think so. They suggest that female-born lesbians who decline to sleep with transwomen who have a penis are guilty of bigotry or transphobia. Some of them express that argument in very blunt terms. (For more about what some call the “cotton ceiling” that excludes transwomen with penises from sex with lesbians, see this)
    "
    Those words underlined show how effing insane this nonsense has truly become. Women with penises. FFS. At this stage I really don't give a tuppence ha'penny if I'm seen as "transphobic" by some. I prefer reality to utter bloody nonsense.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭nkl12xtw5goz70


    20Cent wrote: »
    Derided by who?

    Two people on twitter and a blogger.

    I'm guessing an official statement from London Pride attacking them as showing "a level of bigotry, ignorance and hate that is unacceptable" wouldn't suffice for you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭20Cent


    I'm guessing an official statement from London Pride attacking them as showing "a level of bigotry, ignorance and hate that is unacceptable" wouldn't suffice for you.

    Where does it say lesbians have to have sex with transmen?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭nkl12xtw5goz70


    20Cent, if you went on a date with a "woman," took her home, and "she" undressed to reveal a penis, would you have sex with "her"?

    Yes or no answer, please.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    20Cent wrote: »
    I think all toilets/changing rooms should be unisex and have cubicles.

    The cubicles need to be sealed off from each other and self-contained. If that was how unisex bathrooms existed, that would be great. Is it likely that many establishments will do that kind of renovations? I’m very doubtful.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭20Cent


    I'm curious (again), if I was to do the work for you, and post up a dozen references, would that be enough? I'm getting the feeling that it wouldn't.

    The reasons the numbers are going to be low is because transgendered people are still an extreme minority. It stands to reason that the numbers of incidents would be low.

    The numbers must be absolutely tiny.
    Why is it so hard to accommodate these people.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭20Cent


    20Cent, if you went on a date with a "woman," took her home, and "she" undressed to reveal a penis, would you have sex with "her"?

    Yes or no answer, please.

    No.
    My preference is people without a penis.


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