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legal cases involving so-called women’s sex-based rights — a dog whistle used by herself and other anti-trans activists to exclude trans people from public spaces and reduce women to their genitals.
Clearly a dog whistle because it doesn't even make sense to me.
It doesn't make sense. It's barely even a dog whistle, it's just a real whistle but stupid.
She's a TERF (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist). She is basing her argument on "I'm a Feminist, I fight for women's rights!" so that she sounds progressive and righteous if you aren't paying enough attention. (Thus the "dog whistle" part)
The "sex-based" bit is the trans exclusionary part though. She has decided that she gets to decide what is a "real" "woman" and she has decided that "women" are only those people born with a vagina (thus the "reducing women to their genitals" comment).
It doesn't make sense. It's barely even a dog whistle, it's just a real whistle but stupid.
That's what I'm saying. Usually there's at least a little ambiguity to allow for plausible deniablity.
But that phrase literally means nothing to me. Without context I'd still assume it's some transphobic shit.
Trashcan human too stupid to take her billions and do something productive with it.
And this is why billionaires shouldn't exist. They can't be trusted to do anything of value with their wealth.
