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In reply to the discussion: Post removed [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)44. Your demand for a counter argument requires the original argument to be worth something.
No bigoted argument is worth anything.
Entire books like "The Bell Curve" have been written to support bigoted point of views.
They do not require lengthy essays to disprove. Bigotry automatically de-legitimizes itself and anyone promoting it.
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Greer is incorrect and an atavistic bigot. That's an opinion, not a prohibition.
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#1
+1 I have zero patience with those who wear "being offended" as a badge of honor,
jonno99
Oct 2015
#5
It's a short, philosophically sound, well reasoned argument. What makes it obsessional?
Monk06
Oct 2015
#20
Well you are correct in saying it is not, "philsophoically sound", (sorry couldn't resist lol) Your
Monk06
Oct 2015
#28
Not buying something is not arguing against it. It's Crap is not a counter arguement. The issue
Monk06
Oct 2015
#35
Your demand for a counter argument requires the original argument to be worth something.
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#44
Your refusal to provide a counter argument is in fact an argument. Unfortunately, an Ad Hominem
Monk06
Oct 2015
#48
Nope. Bigotry is automatically self-de-legitimizing. No explanation is needed. nt
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#49
It is a sickening post filled with tons of transphobic remarks and stereotypes nt
LostOne4Ever
Oct 2015
#32
Another person who dismisses a serious and sincere argument without deigning to comment. I
Monk06
Oct 2015
#37
Well I have had these concepts explained to me before on these sorts of threads. I am not convinced
Monk06
Oct 2015
#43
Your terf biology is full of crap, is denialism, and the real pseudoscience
LostOne4Ever
Oct 2015
#14
I alerted on this horror of a post and it was upheld 4:3. Here are the results
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#47
If a venue has a policy against giving air time to bigots, they're not being inconsistent.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#26