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Why is the idea of ‘gender’ provoking backlash the world over? | Judith Butler
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2025
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That's where I stopped reading.
The smartest people DON'T lack critical thinking skills.
The smartest people choose to be moral, and ethical, or they choose to be amoral, and rapacious.
Werner Heisenberg worked for the Nazis during World War II. I don't think he chose to be amoral because if he had he probably would've worked on nuclear bombs. And yet he worked for the Nazis.
Critical thinking is a skill. Anyone can learn it. We can measure a person's ability by giving them tests and throwing a wide array of problems at them.
Smartest implies general intelligence which we do not know how to measure. There is no test. IQ tests are a cultural knowledge test designed to marginalize and ostracize Black people masquerading as general intelligence tests.
Regardless it is not even a case of not having critical thinking skills in all cases. But refusing to apply those skills in certain contexts.
The smartest people can effectively have blind spots where they suspend these critical thinking skills for personal, moral, or ethical reasons that allow them to support amoral, unethical, and rapacious practices or outcomes without consciously choosing to embody these qualities themselves.
edit: Also, even with what you read it should be evident that your critique of my argument is a straw man.
My argument is not that they lack those skills, although they could in theory.
My argument you claimed to have read is this:
OK, you're sucking your own d#$k, and I'm done with it. The "Well, akshully..." thing is a meme for a reason. And not a good one.
You have "theoretical" knowledge, but no real world, interacting with real people knowledge.
Leave your house, and interact with other humans face to face.
I do thanks.
My argument is informed by real interactions with real people including yourself.
Read my argument. It will take a few minutes of your time. Then you will have an informed opinion to critique it.