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I'm not going to explain that being queer is not the same thing as being a homosexual again. Here are the begining paragraphs to the Wikipedia article...

How does your imaginary computer at all thwart me, Bitter Crank?

Well, her (eir?), declaration seems to be against that there are roles at all. I assume that most queer people want to create new gender roles. I'm su...

I will use they in colloquial speech and "he or she" or "ey" before I simply use "he" and you are who will have to get used to that (In so far that I ...

Being transgender is complex, but I don't think that all transgendered people fall prey to the trappings of traditional gender roles. In Gender Nihili...

I was countering that you think that Queer Theory is absurd with that what already stands is absurd. The search for a gender neutral pronoun is an eme...

I'm just trying to explain what I mean by "existential stake". I didn't mean to imply that you were denying anyone's right to exist, although, refusin...

Perhaps I'm not being terribly clear. If you were to engage in a debate with an Arab Muslim over Islam, then they would have more of an existential st...

How is that there are an arbitrary set of behaviors that are considered to be masculine and feminine more reasonable than what Queer Theory posits?

There is no claim that you attest by making an argument. You aren't of a marginalized position and don't need to stake your existence when engaging in...

There is a good reason, though. You ought to respect their chosen identity. Imagine if I exclusively decided to refer to you as "she" or "her" in a de...

That is just my summary of what Queer Theory is. I think that it suffices, but other people can disagree with it. It doesn't really seem like anyone k...

Au contraire! I have posited that what being "queer" means is that you generally accept something along the lines of that gender is performative and t...

If I experience the sky as being red, then it is red to me. A person who is colorblind may experience the sky as being red. I'm just explaining that t...

They aren't fringe beliefs in this regard, though. Being "queer" is not synonymous with being "homosexual". "Homosexuals" are just often called "queer...

Thanks @"PoeticUniverse".

Being queer is not at all equivalent with being "gay" or "homosexual", though. My interpretation of Queer Theory is that it posits that gender is perf...

I am having fun with it, but do contend that I have not maintained either an absurd or an extreme position.

I have included qualifying terms in all of my arguments and have not claimed to speak for the community as a whole. I do indentify as being queer as I...

How is it bonkers? In so far that gender is performative (That is a claim that is not necessarily accepted by the queer community as a whole, although...

Are we speaking of the queer community, the LGBT community, the LGBTQ community, or, the LGBT+ community, or the LBGTQ+ community? From my experience,...

Ey are asking that you respect who ey attest that ey are. You have no existential stake in the argument. They are there, but some people have qualms w...

This was a lengthy and informative reply. Thanks, PoeticUniverse. I don't mean to assume that you're unaware of them, but I think that you have just r...

How have I collapsed them all into a big blob? The question, "Are we responsible for our actions?", arises out of that we can not know the consequence...

They get the preference because they have the stake in the argument. Your stubborn insistence upon maintaining the rules of English grammar does not p...

I always forget not to say, "you guys". There have been a number of occasions when I've said something like "see you guys" to a group of either all wo...

How can it not be relevent? If we don't have responsibility then we are not responsible for what is outside of our control. The "question" over "what ...

Eh, I'm hopeful. It's become quite common to use the colloquial "they". That's fine by me in spite of that it actually is grammatically incorrect. I d...

I think that this is where to post this. While I like and agree with this theory, my qualms with it are that I think that you have assumed that we do ...

I am not a lawyer, but I do see how someone could get that impression. I've thought about studying Law. Just read it. It's only like 8 sentences.

It all sounds a bit funny, but through common usage it will cease to be so strange.

But, it's not normal, though. It used to be that when you were discussing something, let's say a person driving a car, that you would assume that the ...

Because ey don't identify as being male or female, and, so, it is not correct to subjectify them as either. By doing so, you have referred to another ...

It's a little bit nitpicky and a little too difficult to get a decent handle on, but you really should use the chosen pronouns. It's sort of like how ...

If no one practices getting the pronouns correct then they will never become easy to use colloquially. Judith Butler may be a lesbian, but ey is not a...

Thanks Noah Te Stroete. My guess would be that Judith Butler identifies as she/gender-neutral pronoun, and, so, @"Terrapin Station" might get away wit...

Well, if you want to be really lazy, you can just substitute "they" or "them" for nearly everything. That's what the queer community around here does....

Au contraire, mon ami! Judith Butler is the author of Gender Trobule, and I would bet that ey would want for you to refer to em by eir chosen pronouns...

Is Judith Butler "Ms." Butler? I think that you should refer to em as Mx. Butler. Granted, I am just using the Spivak pronouns as I don't know what Ju...

In the class that I took on Gnosticism, it was suggested that Buddhism had an influence on the Gnostic depiction of Christ. That's probably the extent...

I'll be taking a class on Ancient Philosophy in the fall and so may take you up on this. I'll be leaving here then, though.

I am aware of that. I just conflated the terms when I made that post.

tim wood has left the discussion Terrapin Station.

You are correct. I was thinking of Emotivism.

Interesting. I'll have to look into that at some point.

...wherein tim wood invokes the Holocaust and then decides that there will be no further discussion. So, for everyone else, does Non-Cognitivism deny ...

You don't have to apologize. I thought that your post was kind of funny.

You may be defensive because I am suggesting that a person does not consciously choose to commit suicide. I'm merely positing this, though. It's not a...

I was just explaining that it could be a while before I get around to reading Kierkegaard as I plan on reading Being and Nothingness first. I wasn't t...

Well, okay. Perhaps I shouldn't be so negative. What is there to gain by only seeing what is negative about other worldviews?