How much do TERFs hate us?
An almost better question is how much
do TERFs hate women in general, but...let's specify for the moment.
They hate us so much that they have been trying since last night to
find incontrovertible proof that the YouTube shooter was transgender.
Their argument is that women are incapable of violence, ergo the
shooter had to be male. Think about this. This is dehumanisation
illogic at it's finest. Take this in combination with their assertion
that men cannot be feminist, and therefore trans women can't be
feminist because they're not women, and...yeah.
Here's the thing.
TERFs use the exact same tools the
patriarchy does...dehumanisation, hierarchical oppression, overt
extremity of expression. Consider the TRA acronym, obviously intended
to link trans women to MRAs. Consider the TIM acronym, intended to
again deny identity. The more they can push their agenda and doctrine
of dehumanisation, the better for them. We saw it in UK Parliament,
where we were equated to parasites...a common analogy these days in
the British press.
Dehumanise.
Reduce.
Push out.
Compare those acronyms to things like
'feminazi.' or the cliche of the overly emotional woman.
TERFs aren't feminist...they're
fascists who use the same tools fascists and Nazis....aka the
conservative patriarchal hierarchy...uses against them. and anyone
else unlike. why else do you think they ally with the far right?
TERFs are quick to associate us with violence, while ignoring the
murders of trans women because it's just 'man on man violence.' which
makes it OK.
And they are anti-gender, which really
means they're against anyone who doesn't think the way they do.
They're really anti-feminist in general, because they feel anyone who
doesn't push out trans women isn't a true feminist. And they are
anti-identity. They say so. All that means is that they believe in
biological essentialism. They don't want to obliterate gender; they
want to adhere to the binary as hard as possible. They cling to
outdated science that isn't much more than Mendelian inheritance and
Pruett squares...it's literally the extend of what they are capable
of believing. OFC, despite their insistence that we're a cult and a
religion...they're the ones holding to pseudoscience...or, at very
least, outdated 2nd grade science that is easily shown to be outdated
and supplanted by advances in science through the decades.
Try telling them that.
Listen to them assert that science
never changes.
Tell them OK, the earth is at the
center of the universe.
Listen to them mock.
Then tell them science changes.
And watch them cycle back to no!
Genetics! XX! XY! RAR TERF SMASH ONLY TWO GENDERS RAR SMASH!
It's like arguing with a 3 year
old....only eventually the three year old will find common ground
with you.
Human beings are complex. We are. We
all are. we are all capable of great things...creativity, caring,
building, supporting. We're also all capable of terrible things. All
of us are. Saying otherwise denigrates all...ALL...women. Biological
imperative is reductive. Biological essentialism is reductive. Gender
essentialism is reductive. These are the tools they will, and do,
use.
I was sure I posted about how we can
either block, or we can push back. And I am sure I posted that I
elect to push back, because they eventually crumble. And it's neat to
see people who go for the absurdist dadaesque pushback like I do at
times...mocking them by turning their words back at them. You're not
going to make headway with them...they've ossified and calcified into
immobile unmovable icons of a past age, so mockery and absurdism in
return is a beautiful thing. As is directed arguing.
And I use both.
I am reminded of The Witch's Familiar
(Doctor Who, s10, e1)
Missy: Listen to that. The Doctor
without hope. Nobody is safe now. He'll burn everything.
I am not without hope. It's hard to
find most days, but i have hope. It's why i fight each day to live.
But will I burn everything? For my
friends...for my lovely queer and trans and enby and LGBTQIAA+ etc
family...for my /loves/??? I'd burn galaxies for them. Without
thought.
And that's why I engage.
"There are some corners of the
universe which have bred the most terrible things. Things which act
against everything we believe in. They must be fought."
Hello, I'm Julie. Basically...run.
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