In Trans-World, calling a woman a "Terf" is considered a grave insult and a condemnation of wickedness and Wrongthink. ... So they include "radical feminist" as a term of abuse. In their world, they think it sounds sensible.
I'd like to return to one of your Posts, JohD, if you don't mind. I was pushed for time before.
You complain about being called a TERF, as does J K Rowling.
I want to address your concern (and hers) from two approaches:
1. If you display TERF like behaviour and beliefs, you cannot complain of being described as a TERF.
Both you and her argue your doctrine of being gender-critical, of believing that biological sex is immutable, i.e. the
Trans
Exclusionary part of
TERF
Yet medical science and modern day biology recognises that sex is not binary, that intersex conditions exist in nature, and in humans. Attempts are made (without the consent of the patient) to surgically normalise that intersex condition into a socially acceptable appearance of binary sex, and the appropriate label is assigned to the baby, sometimes incorrectly.
Therefore your belief, and the surgical procedures, without the consent of the patient, is based on scientific illiteracy and biological nonsense.
Let's take the example of you describing, say Spinless, as a racist. You do so based on his racist behaviour and belief. If he wanted to not be described as a racist, the solution is very simple, he should stop behaving like a racist.
It's that simple for people like you and J K Rowling, If you don't want to be described as TERFs, simply stop behaving like TERFs.
2. Your offended by being described as TERF.
You describe it as offensive and objectionable.
Yet you happily describe all transgenders as sex perverts and criminals, without the a shred of evidence to support your accusation.
You refuse to acknowledge the existence of intersex and transgenders, describing them all as 'men wearing frocks'.
Has it never occurred to you that that is offensive and objectionable?
But you happily continue to be offensive and objectionable, while complaining that being described as TERFs is offensive.
You have the solution readily available to avoid not being called TERFs, by stopping behaving like TERFs.
Intersex and transgenders can't stop being intersex, nor transgenders. There is no possible way for them to resolve your offensive and objectional description of them.
So not only are you being Trans Exclusionary, you are, at the same time, and in the same process, demeaning their very existence to be below your preferred status of women, the goal of the Radical Feminist.
So if you don't want to be called a TERF, stop behaving like one!
Just like Spineless, if he didn't want to be called a racist, all he has to do is to stop behaving like one.
But in the real world, saying that a man is not a woman is perfectly true.
Transworld is fantasy land.
Some of the nutters hate people who think women should have rights. So they include "radical feminist" as a term of abuse. In their world, they think it sounds sensible.
You're simply reinforcing your Trans Exclusionary, gender-critical dogma, which is based on scientific illiteracy and biological nonsense.