> Public outcry over the fact that Minio-Paluello is in fact not a mother was immediately deemed “transphobic”, as is to be expected.
Remember, a phobia is an irrational fear. As the last few decades of experience have shown us quite clearly, there is nothing irrational whatsoever about fearing a movement of rabid ideologues who jump to brutal attacks on your reputation, livelihood, property, and sometimes even your person, as a *first* resort rather than a last. Calling the fear that such tactics rightfully instill a "phobia" is an Orwellian abuse of our language, twisting the jargon of psychology to insinuate that there's something wrong with you for being completely normal.
Oh yes, absolutely - hence I put the word in quotation marks. Trans ideology is full of these Orwellian language twists: criticism of trans ideology is "transphobia", calling a man a man is "hate speech" or even "violence", calling someone by their birth name is "deadnaming", etc. etc. Brainwashing starts in the mind, therefore it is language that is being weaponized first in order to impose a new reality and stigmatize everyone who doesn't follow the ideology.
> Public outcry over the fact that Minio-Paluello is in fact not a mother was immediately deemed “transphobic”, as is to be expected.
Remember, a phobia is an irrational fear. As the last few decades of experience have shown us quite clearly, there is nothing irrational whatsoever about fearing a movement of rabid ideologues who jump to brutal attacks on your reputation, livelihood, property, and sometimes even your person, as a *first* resort rather than a last. Calling the fear that such tactics rightfully instill a "phobia" is an Orwellian abuse of our language, twisting the jargon of psychology to insinuate that there's something wrong with you for being completely normal.
Oh yes, absolutely - hence I put the word in quotation marks. Trans ideology is full of these Orwellian language twists: criticism of trans ideology is "transphobia", calling a man a man is "hate speech" or even "violence", calling someone by their birth name is "deadnaming", etc. etc. Brainwashing starts in the mind, therefore it is language that is being weaponized first in order to impose a new reality and stigmatize everyone who doesn't follow the ideology.