A new Mess
A good watch:
Andy tells us (which I didn’t know) that Aaron Rabinowitz writes regularly for The Skeptic, not the Shermer one but the UK one. Comes as a bit of a shock after his performance in that letter exchange.
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A good watch:
Andy tells us (which I didn’t know) that Aaron Rabinowitz writes regularly for The Skeptic, not the Shermer one but the UK one. Comes as a bit of a shock after his performance in that letter exchange.
That was well worth listening to, thank you!
Helen’s point is well worth repeating. The anti-reality side really do seem to be withholding their aims for fear of incriminating themselves. No actual rights movement in history has ever done that. The aims of the movement have always been declared, front and centre of the advocacy. Who hides from the general public what their hopes and aims are?
Con men.
Confidence tricksters have always had hidden agendas, and aggressively warded off anyone who dares to peek behind the curtain, or question their motives.
tigger, I’m just finishing Trans by Helen Joyce, and she talks about that, how they have deliberately remained obscure. It’s interesting reading, though not exactly comforting for my bedtime read.
iknklast, I really should try to get myself a copy of that book. I’ve heard a lot of people praise it.
Re organized skeptics and the anti-reality community:
CFI has done some amount of supporting of trans ideology, although they still did not throw Richard Dawkins or Ricky Gervais (what’s the right express, “under the bus”, “to the wolves”, “to the curb”, something else?), and Ophelia writes a column for them. But I noticed this little intro in today’s Morning Heresy news round-up: “It’s time to catch up with the news that matters to the secular-skeptic-reality-based community with today’s Morning Heresy…” It would be nice if “reality-based” extended to include biological sex.
I’m only about 15 minutes in and I’m completely distracted because all I can think is “Have you tried turning it off and on again?” LOL!
For those who may not get that reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn2FB1P_Mn8
Sackbut, are you thinking of anything specific? I’d be interested to know more if you are.
Must admit, I have a new fondness for Andy, but also Arty! :) Wish Aaron could have joined in.
Ah, Ophelia I think I misread you there, thanks for the edit. :)
‘Coz I left off the name ‘coz I thought I was replying soon enough. Happens a lot.
Me too, crafting an intelligible post, not always easy for me, means getting out of sync. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯