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    2 days ago

    There’s a huge phenomenon of people who are experts in random fields pretending that it gives the competence to speak about trans issues.

    Eg, Helen Joyce is a mathematician but has made her entire career into being aggrieved about trans people.

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      23 hours ago

      i suspect alot of these are paid to be right wing mouthpieces by someone funding them. they need new ones currently(the likes of tim poole, shapiro isnt enough), and “intellectuals” aka, pseudointellectuals with degrees have more validity to would be potential “far right supporters” in the audience, and drawing men into the manosphere.

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        11 hours ago

        Yeah, I think the Heritage Foundation and a few other groups are deliberately recruiting and paying people for anti trans propaganda. Consider how Riley Gaines has made an entire career out of tying with someone for fifth place at a swim competition.

        There’s a phenomenon of fake detransitioners as well. Maia Poet and Chloe Cole.