Transnegation Roundup/2020/08/12

Transnegation Round-up for Wednesday, 12 August 2020

Party Like It's 1999

07:33 @wendycockcroft “Ths arrant stupidity in the subtweet is more common than you think. This is what happens when you kick traditional religion out; people go looking for something to replace it with. TWAW, political ideology, etc., provide moral guidance and certainty for their adherents.”

Oh wow, Wendy shows her true colors.

• Claim: Bad things happen when you get rid of traditional religion
  • No, they don't. People get on with their lives and make better decisions.
• Claim (implied): It's a religion to believe that trans women are women.
  • No.
    • The idea that trans women are well within the scope of womanhood is backed by science.
    • The idea that trans women should be legally treated as women is backed by science.
• Claim: People need some kind of religion for moral guidance.
  • No. That argument was thoroughly refuted back in the early 2000s.

Looking at this from a larger perspective, she's (intentionally or not) revealing the role of "traditional religion" in maintaining the status quo: she's basically saying "If traditional religion loses its hold on the public, they'll start getting crazy ideas about improving society, and that's not okay." (There are few things that social conservatives dislike more than "improving society".)