Let Women Speak – Then Again, Maybe Not
18th July 2023
Right now, in the left’s all-important hierarchy of victimhood, pride of place is held by people identifying as trans. Even though it’s pretty clear that most trans people are not activists and merely want to be left alone to live their lives unencumbered, there is an activist subset that is vocal, energetic, and determined to take over spaces that once were limited to women. And by “women,” I mean what the word has always meant and been understood to mean.
Years ago, when trans activism became a thing, a group of feminists saw the danger and spoke out, and were branded by trans activists as being “TERFS” – which stands for “trans exclusionary radical feminists”.
To accuse someone of “transphobia” is a typical leftist rhetorical move, particularly against other leftists who care about such labels. It is typical in the sense that it is just another in a long line of such designations, including “homophobia” and “Islamophobia.” Fall short of complete approval of every aspect of a group’s agenda and one is accused of having such a “phobia” – and even the word “phobia” is not meant in these cases to signify “fear of” but rather “hatred for.” Many people get with the program rather than face being designated as a “hater” of the group in question.