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  • ecdanc
    ecdanc Posts: 1,814
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    I sometimes imagine you all at the physician: 

    Doc: Sir, you have a fatal disease.

    Patient: What makes you such an expert?

    Doc: .......

    Patient: Agree to disagree. 
    Hah!  Just because we don't recognize your expertise (outside of your field) doesn't mean we don't recognize intellectual authority at all.
    Clearly you are a very intelligent person, but the desire to be immediately recognized as an authority by strangers on the internet is not a good look.
    More to your point: in my experience, many people have a circumscribed understanding of areas in which "intellectual authority" or "expertise" exists--and at first glance, you look like one of them (I'm happy to be wrong about this). That's the backdrop of this thread's entire discussion of science. 
  • ecdanc
    ecdanc Posts: 1,814
    rgambs said:
    Do you read anything lighter for fun?
    Sure, but this isn't a thread about our hobbies. 
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    I sometimes imagine you all at the physician: 

    Doc: Sir, you have a fatal disease.

    Patient: What makes you such an expert?

    Doc: .......

    Patient: Agree to disagree. 
    Hah!  Just because we don't recognize your expertise (outside of your field) doesn't mean we don't recognize intellectual authority at all.
    Clearly you are a very intelligent person, but the desire to be immediately recognized as an authority by strangers on the internet is not a good look.
    The social constructedness of discourse is not outside my field. 

    Ok, well maybe it's in your field that we find a lack of authority.
    Either way, you haven't addressed a number of the issue taken with your assertion, and it doesn't seem like you are interested in doing so.  I suppose we should reopen the floor for the topic at hand.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,296
    ecdanc said:
    mickeyrat said:
    Thank God my English major days are over. It's exactly this kind of discussion that has led to the decline of the humanities in universities. I spent four years of my formative life listening to this Marxist-feminist-intersectional drivel, writing bull... papers parroting my professors thinking just to get an A so I could move on. Drove all pleasure in reading out of the discussion. It wasn't until I sat in a conference almost a decade after a fact that a well-regarded professor of Shakespeare (Stephen Greenblatt) finally said the obvious -- "People read because it gives them pleasure. Let's for a moment just focus on what's pleasurable about Shakespeare's language" He got an applause.

    Just so I stay on topic. Cross dressing and gender switching in Shakespeare was very much a thing. There may not have been the actual word homosexuality, but it was a thing. Pinning it all on the Victorians is just not accurate. 
    within the works themselves or primarily in the production of same?
    Both. But cross dressing is NOT the same thing as transgender identity. 
    and that seems to be where Eddie Izard began. Labeling himself as such. Until the language was developed for him(on a given day, her on another) to state gender fluidity.


    Isnt identity an expressed  vision of self? Same might be said for transvestites or cross-dressers , depending on who is using which term.

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  • what dreams
    what dreams Posts: 1,761
    edited February 2020
    mickeyrat said:
    Thank God my English major days are over. It's exactly this kind of discussion that has led to the decline of the humanities in universities. I spent four years of my formative life listening to this Marxist-feminist-intersectional drivel, writing bull... papers parroting my professors thinking just to get an A so I could move on. Drove all pleasure in reading out of the discussion. It wasn't until I sat in a conference almost a decade after a fact that a well-regarded professor of Shakespeare (Stephen Greenblatt) finally said the obvious -- "People read because it gives them pleasure. Let's for a moment just focus on what's pleasurable about Shakespeare's language" He got an applause.

    Just so I stay on topic. Cross dressing and gender switching in Shakespeare was very much a thing. There may not have been the actual word homosexuality, but it was a thing. Pinning it all on the Victorians is just not accurate. 
    within the works themselves or primarily in the production of same?
    Within the works. During the era in which Shakespeare wrote, women were not allowed on stage. All female characters were played by boys. Several plays feature female characters (played by boys) who "disguise" themselves as men to acquire freedom or power. Twelfth Night, As You Like It most prominently. To see a contemporary treatment of it, I highly recommend the movie Shakespeare in Live, which is just a really FUN look at the theater of the time

    EDIT: so as an English major, I was subject to much research on "Homoeroticism and Gender Identity in Name Your Play." Basically the same stuff we are discussing today, boys kissing boys on stage.
    Post edited by what dreams on
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    Do you read anything lighter for fun?
    Sure, but this isn't a thread about our hobbies. 
    Yeah but you are new around here so we haven't gotten to know each other yet.  Finding common ground is a great step toward understanding a person.  
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • ecdanc
    ecdanc Posts: 1,814
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    I sometimes imagine you all at the physician: 

    Doc: Sir, you have a fatal disease.

    Patient: What makes you such an expert?

    Doc: .......

    Patient: Agree to disagree. 
    Hah!  Just because we don't recognize your expertise (outside of your field) doesn't mean we don't recognize intellectual authority at all.
    Clearly you are a very intelligent person, but the desire to be immediately recognized as an authority by strangers on the internet is not a good look.
    The social constructedness of discourse is not outside my field. 

    Ok, well maybe it's in your field that we find a lack of authority.
    Either way, you haven't addressed a number of the issue taken with your assertion, and it doesn't seem like you are interested in doing so.  I suppose we should reopen the floor for the topic at hand.
    At least you admit you’re dismissing entire intellectual disciplines. 
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    I sometimes imagine you all at the physician: 

    Doc: Sir, you have a fatal disease.

    Patient: What makes you such an expert?

    Doc: .......

    Patient: Agree to disagree. 
    Hah!  Just because we don't recognize your expertise (outside of your field) doesn't mean we don't recognize intellectual authority at all.
    Clearly you are a very intelligent person, but the desire to be immediately recognized as an authority by strangers on the internet is not a good look.
    More to your point: in my experience, many people have a circumscribed understanding of areas in which "intellectual authority" or "expertise" exists--and at first glance, you look like one of them (I'm happy to be wrong about this). That's the backdrop of this thread's entire discussion of science. 
    Well, despite my love for the art of literature, I tend to favor (heavily, I suppose) intellectual authority in objective topics.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • ecdanc
    ecdanc Posts: 1,814
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    Do you read anything lighter for fun?
    Sure, but this isn't a thread about our hobbies. 
    Yeah but you are new around here so we haven't gotten to know each other yet.  Finding common ground is a great step toward understanding a person.  
    Common ground is gonna be tricky given that you just shat on a central part of my identity. But my father in law was a farmer!
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    I sometimes imagine you all at the physician: 

    Doc: Sir, you have a fatal disease.

    Patient: What makes you such an expert?

    Doc: .......

    Patient: Agree to disagree. 
    Hah!  Just because we don't recognize your expertise (outside of your field) doesn't mean we don't recognize intellectual authority at all.
    Clearly you are a very intelligent person, but the desire to be immediately recognized as an authority by strangers on the internet is not a good look.
    The social constructedness of discourse is not outside my field. 

    Ok, well maybe it's in your field that we find a lack of authority.
    Either way, you haven't addressed a number of the issue taken with your assertion, and it doesn't seem like you are interested in doing so.  I suppose we should reopen the floor for the topic at hand.
    At least you admit you’re dismissing entire intellectual disciplines. 
    Don't we all?  Like I said, I'm more into objective disciplines. 🤷‍♂️
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • ecdanc
    ecdanc Posts: 1,814
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    I sometimes imagine you all at the physician: 

    Doc: Sir, you have a fatal disease.

    Patient: What makes you such an expert?

    Doc: .......

    Patient: Agree to disagree. 
    Hah!  Just because we don't recognize your expertise (outside of your field) doesn't mean we don't recognize intellectual authority at all.
    Clearly you are a very intelligent person, but the desire to be immediately recognized as an authority by strangers on the internet is not a good look.
    The social constructedness of discourse is not outside my field. 

    Ok, well maybe it's in your field that we find a lack of authority.
    Either way, you haven't addressed a number of the issue taken with your assertion, and it doesn't seem like you are interested in doing so.  I suppose we should reopen the floor for the topic at hand.
    At least you admit you’re dismissing entire intellectual disciplines. 
    Don't we all?  Like I said, I'm more into objective disciplines. 🤷‍♂️
    There aren’t any 
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    I sometimes imagine you all at the physician: 

    Doc: Sir, you have a fatal disease.

    Patient: What makes you such an expert?

    Doc: .......

    Patient: Agree to disagree. 
    Hah!  Just because we don't recognize your expertise (outside of your field) doesn't mean we don't recognize intellectual authority at all.
    Clearly you are a very intelligent person, but the desire to be immediately recognized as an authority by strangers on the internet is not a good look.
    The social constructedness of discourse is not outside my field. 

    Ok, well maybe it's in your field that we find a lack of authority.
    Either way, you haven't addressed a number of the issue taken with your assertion, and it doesn't seem like you are interested in doing so.  I suppose we should reopen the floor for the topic at hand.
    At least you admit you’re dismissing entire intellectual disciplines. 
    Don't we all?  Like I said, I'm more into objective disciplines. 🤷‍♂️
    There aren’t any 
    Hahaha tell that to your doctor when he prescribes you a treatment, Sir Edgelord.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • ecdanc
    ecdanc Posts: 1,814
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    I sometimes imagine you all at the physician: 

    Doc: Sir, you have a fatal disease.

    Patient: What makes you such an expert?

    Doc: .......

    Patient: Agree to disagree. 
    Hah!  Just because we don't recognize your expertise (outside of your field) doesn't mean we don't recognize intellectual authority at all.
    Clearly you are a very intelligent person, but the desire to be immediately recognized as an authority by strangers on the internet is not a good look.
    The social constructedness of discourse is not outside my field. 

    Ok, well maybe it's in your field that we find a lack of authority.
    Either way, you haven't addressed a number of the issue taken with your assertion, and it doesn't seem like you are interested in doing so.  I suppose we should reopen the floor for the topic at hand.
    At least you admit you’re dismissing entire intellectual disciplines. 
    Don't we all?  Like I said, I'm more into objective disciplines. 🤷‍♂️
    There aren’t any 
    Hahaha tell that to your doctor when he prescribes you a treatment, Sir Edgelord.
    I don’t think you know what “objective” means. 
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    To get back on topic... I've heard theybe before, but never really given it any thought?
    Is baby a gendered term, or is it a way to signify to people a desire to avoid gendering. Or something else?
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • ecdanc
    ecdanc Posts: 1,814
    rgambs said:
    To get back on topic... I've heard theybe before, but never really given it any thought?
    Is baby a gendered term, or is it a way to signify to people a desire to avoid gendering. Or something else?
    Read the thread 
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    I sometimes imagine you all at the physician: 

    Doc: Sir, you have a fatal disease.

    Patient: What makes you such an expert?

    Doc: .......

    Patient: Agree to disagree. 
    Hah!  Just because we don't recognize your expertise (outside of your field) doesn't mean we don't recognize intellectual authority at all.
    Clearly you are a very intelligent person, but the desire to be immediately recognized as an authority by strangers on the internet is not a good look.
    The social constructedness of discourse is not outside my field. 

    Ok, well maybe it's in your field that we find a lack of authority.
    Either way, you haven't addressed a number of the issue taken with your assertion, and it doesn't seem like you are interested in doing so.  I suppose we should reopen the floor for the topic at hand.
    At least you admit you’re dismissing entire intellectual disciplines. 
    Don't we all?  Like I said, I'm more into objective disciplines. 🤷‍♂️
    There aren’t any 
    Hahaha tell that to your doctor when he prescribes you a treatment, Sir Edgelord.
    I don’t think you know what “objective” means. 
    Hahaha I bet you have a definition that positively transcends a mere dictionary!
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    To get back on topic... I've heard theybe before, but never really given it any thought?
    Is baby a gendered term, or is it a way to signify to people a desire to avoid gendering. Or something else?
    Read the thread 
    Thank you, very helpful.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • ecdanc
    ecdanc Posts: 1,814
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    To get back on topic... I've heard theybe before, but never really given it any thought?
    Is baby a gendered term, or is it a way to signify to people a desire to avoid gendering. Or something else?
    Read the thread 
    Thank you, very helpful.
    You said you like reading 
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    To get back on topic... I've heard theybe before, but never really given it any thought?
    Is baby a gendered term, or is it a way to signify to people a desire to avoid gendering. Or something else?
    Read the thread 
    Thank you, very helpful.
    You said you like reading 
    Hahaha touché, but you've now spent more time trying to zing me than you would have in just answering my question and alleviating my ignorance.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • ecdanc
    ecdanc Posts: 1,814
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    rgambs said:
    ecdanc said:
    I sometimes imagine you all at the physician: 

    Doc: Sir, you have a fatal disease.

    Patient: What makes you such an expert?

    Doc: .......

    Patient: Agree to disagree. 
    Hah!  Just because we don't recognize your expertise (outside of your field) doesn't mean we don't recognize intellectual authority at all.
    Clearly you are a very intelligent person, but the desire to be immediately recognized as an authority by strangers on the internet is not a good look.
    The social constructedness of discourse is not outside my field. 

    Ok, well maybe it's in your field that we find a lack of authority.
    Either way, you haven't addressed a number of the issue taken with your assertion, and it doesn't seem like you are interested in doing so.  I suppose we should reopen the floor for the topic at hand.
    At least you admit you’re dismissing entire intellectual disciplines. 
    Don't we all?  Like I said, I'm more into objective disciplines. 🤷‍♂️
    There aren’t any 
    Hahaha tell that to your doctor when he prescribes you a treatment, Sir Edgelord.
    I don’t think you know what “objective” means. 
    Hahaha I bet you have a definition that positively transcends a mere dictionary!
    I hope your doctor knows more about the flu than what’s in the dictionary.