In a story about a pervasive techno-theological movement and its absurd offshoots that has infected one of our most important economic sectors, Silicon Valley, and has connections to our current government, e.g., DOGE, you're concerned about pronouns?
The trans status of the people involved is tertiary at best.
In a story about a pervasive techno-theological movement and its absurd offshoots that has infected one of our most important economic sectors, Silicon Valley, and has connections to our current government, e.g., DOGE, you're concerned about pronouns?
The trans status of the people involved is tertiary at best.
the murders and violence and gaslighting definitely bother me, objectively, more than the pronouns. absolutely. but does that imply that it's gauche to talk about one particular aspect of a story?
and in any case, i think Ziz's trans status *absolutely* has significant bearing on the story, because he used a complex network of rationalist-influenced trans ideology to manipulate people.
to add to this thought, i don't think it'd be unreasonable to consider trans ideology the "back door" that Zis used to get to these people in his "cult". in my personal experiences -- and i'm sure the same for many other BarPod listeners -- people drawn to trans ideology are already sort of down-on-their-luck types. low self esteem, unstable home lives, perhaps chronically depressed, that sort of thing. you see it with the person Ziz convinced to commit suicide.
and i think the trans status, and influence of trans ideology, in these peoples lives is a very important part of the story.
as someone familiar with trans communities my first thought upon hearing the brief explanation of rationalists was, тАЬwait, how can someone be a rationalist and justify their own trans identity?тАЭ
not at all surprised by the split-brain nonsense at the center of this cult. that is literally what this new wave of trans people (read: not old-school transsexuals) believes: that their brain is separate from their body and the reality between their ears is the only one that matters.
what the whole setup REALLY reminded me of was scientology тАФ but scientology if LRH had a girldick.
`the use of 'she' for Ziz really bothers me'
In a story about a pervasive techno-theological movement and its absurd offshoots that has infected one of our most important economic sectors, Silicon Valley, and has connections to our current government, e.g., DOGE, you're concerned about pronouns?
The trans status of the people involved is tertiary at best.
the murders and violence and gaslighting definitely bother me, objectively, more than the pronouns. absolutely. but does that imply that it's gauche to talk about one particular aspect of a story?
and in any case, i think Ziz's trans status *absolutely* has significant bearing on the story, because he used a complex network of rationalist-influenced trans ideology to manipulate people.
to add to this thought, i don't think it'd be unreasonable to consider trans ideology the "back door" that Zis used to get to these people in his "cult". in my personal experiences -- and i'm sure the same for many other BarPod listeners -- people drawn to trans ideology are already sort of down-on-their-luck types. low self esteem, unstable home lives, perhaps chronically depressed, that sort of thing. you see it with the person Ziz convinced to commit suicide.
and i think the trans status, and influence of trans ideology, in these peoples lives is a very important part of the story.
as someone familiar with trans communities my first thought upon hearing the brief explanation of rationalists was, тАЬwait, how can someone be a rationalist and justify their own trans identity?тАЭ
not at all surprised by the split-brain nonsense at the center of this cult. that is literally what this new wave of trans people (read: not old-school transsexuals) believes: that their brain is separate from their body and the reality between their ears is the only one that matters.
what the whole setup REALLY reminded me of was scientology тАФ but scientology if LRH had a girldick.