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26 Post author: Multiheaded 25 January 2012 05:43PM

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Comment author: TimS 25 January 2012 09:57:14PM 9 points [-]

I've asserted occasionally that post-modern moral theories (like the worthwhile parts of feminism) are consistent with empiricism. That is, they look at what as happened before and make predictions about will happen in the future.

That is often down-voted. I suspect that this is because taking feminism seriously would require people to re-think their methods of interacting with others, in a way that would be extremely challenging to their personal identities. That way leads to mindkilling (By the transitive property: The personal is political + Politics is the Mindkiller => The personal is the mindkiller).

Comment author: [deleted] 25 January 2012 10:22:56PM 2 points [-]

The personal is political + Politics is the Mindkiller => The personal is the mindkiller

This is so true.

Comment author: J_Taylor 25 January 2012 10:46:11PM 9 points [-]

The personal is the mindkiller

Oddly enough, this is probably correct.