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87blue

Is this making a presumption

From [here]( www.newsweek.com/right-wi. . .


"If you're calling yourself nonbinary, you have dehumanized yourself, because human beings exist in a sex binary: male and female," Walsh said. "If you're rejecting that, you are rejecting your human identity, and so you've already dehumanized yourself. You are actually an 'it.'"

 

This makes an assumption on how to define what is male or female. Likewise he is making a definition as a strawman.

asked on Monday, Feb 27, 2023 05:22:41 PM by 87blue

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The problem is, he is making a claim "because human beings exist in a sex binary" and stating it as a fact, when this is precisely what is up for debate. His argument does presuppose that his position is already correct. Even if he were right and this were an irrefutable fact, the presupposition still makes this a bad argument, persuasion-wise.

answered on Monday, Feb 27, 2023 05:28:32 PM by Bo Bennett, PhD

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TrappedPrior (RotE) writes:

So begging the question I take it?

posted on Monday, Feb 27, 2023 05:45:41 PM
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I believe this would be a False Dichotomy as well. You eighter fit into standard gender categories or you are not fully human.

answered on Thursday, Mar 02, 2023 04:50:33 PM by Bo Bennett, PhD

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