a natural academic

Antizionist critics of Israel often do a fun little thing where they get into high dudgeon where they claim they don’t hate JEWS, they just hate Israel…in a way that indicates that they feel like Israelis are genetically or culturally evil in some way. And then they act confused as to why diaspora Jews, who share genetics and culture with Israelis, are getting mad at them!

‘Cis people engage in gender affirmation too!!’ Yes those are called gender roles, we used to be able to acknowledge how they’re restrictive and imposed on everyone from birth….

"gender affirming surgeries are just like cosmetic surgery done by cis people!" Yes and we hate those too

It’s not actually a good thing that some women feel pressured to get breast implants or that some men feel pressured to get ab implants. It’s not a good thing that gender roles are imposed so heavily and strictly that it leads people to hating their natural bodies for not fitting some standard, and makes them want to surgically alter their bodies. Why are we hand waving this away as “teehee it’s just gender affirming care which is always fine and good and wonderful and completely politically neutral!” Instead of analysing and criticising this?? Why are we being so intellectually lazy and wilfully ignorant?

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