Our leftmost media outlets here are overrun with TERFs and 'gender critical' types. It was an accurate assessment.
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Our leftmost media outlets here are overrun with TERFs and 'gender critical' types. It was an accurate assessment.
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Fucking hell. This is such a contrast to what Clint Hocking did in regards to politics with Far Cry 2 criticising foreign intervention and colonialism in Africa from Western nations.
Depends on your size criteria for leftmost I suppose, if we're talking large newspapers that means The Guardian (which for the record isn't particularly leftwing), and they're so rammed of TERF rhetoric that the US Guardian had to post an open lettter criticising how transphobic the rest of The Guardian wasI live in the UK and don't agree the leftmost media is overrun with these people. The media also does not represent the entire country, so it is not an accurate statement.
Bad look for Ubi, not that they'll care too much.
Yes, let's paint the WHOLE COUNTRY with the same brush.
Heck even FC3 which did have it's fair share of issues was about the whole white savior trope. FC4 also had a similiar theme but more so focused on a dictatorship.Fucking hell. This is such a contrast to what Clint Hocking did in regards to politics with Far Cry 2 criticising foreign intervention and colonialism in Africa from Western nations.
Snap. I mean fuck Ubisoft anyway (above) but I was willing to give kudos for that recent narrative script in the game. Turns out I spoke too soon on that though. Fool me once and all that.This is really sad, I was so impressed with those podcasts and now it looks like they were just setting me up for a fall from higher up.
Of fucking course. Can the UK please not be transphobic shits for 5 fucking minutes.
This response, and some in the recent thread you made, reminds me of a section from a recent article on Cyberpunk 2077.Has there ever been a "woke" game that Resetera actually thinks managed to hit the nail on the head? Seems like any game that tries to tackle political/social issues has a quick snap back (TLOU2 being the most recent example).
Let me whine about someone saying the UK is transphobic while..
..but please understand I'm so very upset when someone on a forum calls the UK transphobic.
- Transphobic hate crimes have quadrupled in the past 5 years
- GRA reform was scrapped despite majority approval
- Homophobic 'concerns' of yesteryear are being recycled in public discourse around trans people
- Links to trans charities and support organisations are quietly removed by the BBC
- Tweets regarding support for pronouns are removed due to public backlash
- One of the most left-leaning large media outlets is called out for transphobia by their US counterpart
- The BBC considers Pride alright for staff to attend unless you're going in support of the "trans issue"
I mean considering where that story goes, the whole "rise up against fascism" shit in that game is complete bullshit.
Dead Sec teams up with the cops to fight the PMCs that took over as security for London....
Come the fuck on, it's not dehumanizing to categorize somebody by an acronym that literally describes their ideology.As much as I dis-agree with the sentiments of the "podcaster" expressed - Helen Lewis? - I really hate the idea of othering people by calling them TERFs. Call them bigots, people who have hateful ideologies etc, but don't dehumanise them.
Again with this? TERF is not a slur, it is an acronym. And the TERFs are the ones with the dehumanising rhetoric, not the people whose rights are being challenged and rolled back.As much as I dis-agree with the sentiments of the "podcaster" expressed - Helen Lewis? - I really hate the idea of othering people by calling them TERFs. Call them bigots, people who have hateful ideologies etc, but don't dehumanise them.
As much as I dis-agree with the sentiments of the "podcaster" expressed - Helen Lewis? - I really hate the idea of othering people by calling them TERFs. Call them bigots, people who have hateful ideologies etc, but don't dehumanise them.
How is this 'dehumanising' someone to a greater capacity than calling them a bigot? It's literally an acronym for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist, which is pretty descriptive (although the first two parts far more so than the latter).As much as I dis-agree with the sentiments of the "podcaster" expressed - Helen Lewis? - I really hate the idea of othering people by calling them TERFs. Call them bigots, people who have hateful ideologies etc, but don't dehumanise them.
Come the fuck on, it's not dehumanizing to categorize somebody by an acronym that literally describes their ideology.
Would "white supremacist" be a dehumanizing term too?
How is it a hateful term? Is racist or homophobe a hateful term too for you?You don't combat hate by being hateful - I mean the whole of the middle-east is an object lesson of that philosophy.
You should really read this well sourced post:
and fucking spare me.
Hard to take seriously but if it is then Judith Butler has a better pushback from a recent interview than I would do justice by paraphrasing.As much as I dis-agree with the sentiments of the "podcaster" expressed - Helen Lewis? - I really hate the idea of othering people by calling them TERFs. Call them bigots, people who have hateful ideologies etc, but don't dehumanise them.
How is it a hateful term? Is racist or homophobe a hateful term too for you?
ah man, the terf meltdown after this interview was greatHard to take seriously but if it is then Judith Butler has a better pushback from a recent interview than I would do justice by paraphrasing.
Judith Butler on the culture wars, JK Rowling and living in “anti-intellectual times”
The philosopher and gender theorist discusses tensions in the feminist movement over trans rightswww.newstatesman.com
No racist or homophobe are not hateful terms - I guess the key is the vitriol with which the term TERF is used.
Given the replies to my initial thought, it's clear that the majority of this thread thinks that I'm incorrect in my thinking that TERF is being used in a derogatory manner.
If it's vicious it's because transphobia is a vicious ideology. This is the same argument racists make when playing victim.No racist or homophobe are not hateful terms - I guess the key is the vitriol with which the term TERF is used.
Given the replies to my initial thought, it's clear that the majority of this thread thinks that I'm incorrect in my thinking that TERF is being used in a derogatory manner.
As much as I dis-agree with the sentiments of the "podcaster" expressed - Helen Lewis? - I really hate the idea of othering people by calling them TERFs. Call them bigots, people who have hateful ideologies etc, but don't dehumanise them.
I mean considering where that story goes, the whole "rise up against fascism" shit in that game is complete bullshit.
Dead Sec teams up with the cops to fight the PMCs that took over as security for London....
Well put.Let me whine about someone saying the UK is transphobic while..
..but please understand I'm so very upset when someone on a forum calls the UK transphobic.
- Transphobic hate crimes have quadrupled in the past 5 years
- GRA reform was scrapped despite majority approval
- Homophobic 'concerns' of yesteryear are being recycled in public discourse around trans people
- Links to trans charities and support organisations are quietly removed by the BBC
- Tweets regarding support for pronouns are removed due to public backlash
- One of the most left-leaning large media outlets is called out for transphobia by their US counterpart
- The BBC considers Pride alright for staff to attend unless you're going in support of the "trans issue"
Has there ever been a "woke" game that Resetera actually thinks managed to hit the nail on the head? Seems like any game that tries to tackle political/social issues has a quick snap back (TLOU2 being the most recent example).
There's plenty of TERFs in the rest of the UK, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have plenty of bigots and often get away with it by saying it's the English rather than look at what's going on in their own groups. Pretty sure there have been quite a few politicians in the SNP spout TERF rhetoric for example. It's a UK problem not an English problem
Yeah. The Press is also helping it.
Thank you for taking the time to put this together.Let me whine about someone saying the UK is transphobic while..
..but please understand I'm so very upset when someone on a forum calls the UK transphobic.
- Transphobic hate crimes have quadrupled in the past 5 years
- GRA reform was scrapped despite majority approval
- Homophobic 'concerns' of yesteryear are being recycled in public discourse around trans people
- Links to trans charities and support organisations are quietly removed by the BBC
- Tweets regarding support for pronouns are removed due to public backlash
- One of the most left-leaning large media outlets is called out for transphobia by their US counterpart
- The BBC considers Pride alright for staff to attend unless you're going in support of the "trans issue"
They may not, but transphobia is widely accepted by the mainstream over there.JK Rowling and whoever the hell this woman is doesn't represent the whole of the UK.
What the fuck.I mean considering where that story goes, the whole "rise up against fascism" shit in that game is complete bullshit.
Dead Sec teams up with the cops to fight the PMCs that took over as security for London....
They may not, but transphobia is widely accepted by the mainstream over there.