On how transphobes and homophobes use terms like "common sense" in defense of their bigotry
"Common sense" may be "common", but very often it makes no sense.
Amilka González recently posted an article on how anti-LGBTQ groups appeal to "common sense" in their hate propaganda over at our new Spanish language site Mundo LGBTIQ. We have now published an English translation of the article over at Crossdreamers: “Against the ‘common sense’ of anti-rights groups.”
It is very common in anti-rights discourse to appeal to arguments whose authority lies, according to them, in “reality itself,” Amilka argues. Thus, religious groups, trans-exclusionary radical feminists, libertarian conservatives, alternative right-wingers, liberals of dubious neutrality, and even orthodox leftists, invoke the apparently innocuous and incontestable mantle of common sense.
She then goes on to deconstruct the concept of “common sense” completely, using examples from regular life and the analysis of researchers and philosophers.
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Some transgender news from our other blogs
Big survey shows that 94% of transgender Americans who have transitioned are happy with their choice
The US Transgender Survey shows that trans people who come out and start presenting and living as their true selves experience a vast improvement in their quality of life.
Misleading New York Times Anti-Trans Article Relies On Pseudoscience
Erin Reed has written a good overview of the anti-trans article recently published in the New York Times, documenting where it goes wrong.
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Pedro Pascal and his love for his transgender sister Lux
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