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powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 14 hours agoI’m… not sure you actually read your link. It quotes the open letter, and then points out that it’s scientifically inaccurate, and that the people that sent it should know better. It also contains this quote, which is my whole damn point. Real biologists saying this shit:
In animals and plants, binary sex is universally defined by gamete type, even though sexes vary in how they are developmentally determined and phenotypically identified across taxa.
Why is Lemmy so focused on being wrong here?
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
by quoting noted transphobe, Richard Dawkins lmao.
Why are you so focused on spreading transphobic rhetoric?
powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Why do you think he’s a transphobe? Because he’s a biologist saying that sex is real?
He’s also simply one of the vast majority saying this. If you think acknowledging scientific truth is transphobic, that’s entirely on you. Why do you think those are at odds?
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
I think Richard Dawkins is a transphobe because he frequently makes public anti-trans statements and conflates gender and sex in a way that is weaponized against trans people.
Jesus dude this is just boring now. Claiming your outdated view is “scientific truth” hasn’t worked all day, maybe find a new slant.
powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
I find it interesting how reliable of a tell it is that someone has just given up on any sort of real argument when they start deploying rhetorics like “boring” or the like. Very similar to “It’s 2025!” or “I’m just tired y’all”.
Scientific truth doesn’t care how boring you find it. That is the current scientific consensus, regardless of your opinion on it. Just like 1+1=2 doesn’t care if you hate it with a passion. It’s still true, and will continue to be so after you realize your error.
Take your pick of other relevent scientists to believe if you want, though I have my doubts about Dawkins being “anti trans”. This thread is an exemplar of how badly people want to conflate being pro-science with being anti-trans, for very silly reasons.