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The sheer gall!

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Niminy · 15/03/2026 15:58

Came across this by accident on a well-known TIM’s public Facebook page.

”we must be victims! Everyone is horrid to us!’

The absolute gall of it. That is all.

The sheer gall!
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MarieDeGournay · 15/03/2026 17:05

Niminy · 15/03/2026 16:49

No, it’s not. It’s definitely someone who’s known as a trans woman philosopher. Someone who’s been platformed at a major literary festival.

I think the thing that got me about this was the hypocrisy. It’s perfectly fine for Kathleen Stock to be hounded out of her job, for other academics to be treated no-platformed and treated appallingly for expressing gender critical views - but trans people must be centred the whole time.

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Yes, it does read like a verbose version of a teenage 'Snot faaaaiiirrrr!', doesn't it?

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Niminy · 15/03/2026 16:49

Helleofabore · 15/03/2026 16:40

Is it McKinnon / Ivy? Because I thought they were unhirable because of their poor teaching standards?

No, it’s not. It’s definitely someone who’s known as a trans woman philosopher. Someone who’s been platformed at a major literary festival.

I think the thing that got me about this was the hypocrisy. It’s perfectly fine for Kathleen Stock to be hounded out of her job, for other academics to be treated no-platformed and treated appallingly for expressing gender critical views - but trans people must be centred the whole time.

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TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 15/03/2026 16:47

'Trans' philosopher, who knew there was such a thing. 😕

Helleofabore · 15/03/2026 16:40

Is it McKinnon / Ivy? Because I thought they were unhirable because of their poor teaching standards?

thirdfiddle · 15/03/2026 16:39

Translation: my career stalled, I tried getting public profile by positioning myself as a trans spokesperson, and now people keep asking me for a trans perspective on things. It's bias I say, bias!

Ohfuckrucksack · 15/03/2026 16:27

I think the problem is that they are confusing their job (Teaching philosophy) with their adopted identity 'trans'.

It's hard to understand which of those parts they think people should be listening to - or do they feel that one part enhances the other?

TonTonMacoute · 15/03/2026 16:27

Not only was she cancelled, she had to run the gauntlet of a baying mob of masked students screaming in her face every day she went into work.

Justme56 · 15/03/2026 16:26

Does he mean philosophers who talk about trans or trans philosophers like himself? Bit odd wanting to cancel yourself but if that’s his thing I’ll go with it.

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Niminy · 15/03/2026 16:17

Sorry, I thought most people on this board would remember the philosopher Kathleen Stock, who actually was cancelled, unlike this person, who is still firmly in his job teaching philosophy at a UK university.

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Ohfuckrucksack · 15/03/2026 16:12

@Tontostitis Don't worry, you can just pretend that you're very clever and everyone else will be forced to agree with you.

YerMotherWasAHamster · 15/03/2026 16:11

Good grief.

Tontostitis · 15/03/2026 16:10

I'm too stupid for this thread I don't understand at all

Ohfuckrucksack · 15/03/2026 16:08

Trans philosophers?

So people who have suddenly decided that they are really philosophers?

Are they going for Diogenes or Rousseau?

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