Jon Pike

Professor of Philosophy @OU_Philosophy.
Political philosophy and the ethics and metaphysics of sport. @OU_GCRN
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[Jon Pike @runthinkwrite]

Here is my latest paper, published today in the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport and co-authored with Dr Emma Hilton @fondofbeetles from Manchester University. I would like to thank @OpenUniversity for their ongoing support of my research
https://t.co/Ou90CxUPAj

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[Jon Pike @runthinkwrite]

Likewise. And I had this thought too. There is some sort of commonality between the rape denial on October 7th and the biology denial of trans rights activism.
Ofc, others would argue that we are 'genocide deniers'. But this is odd. I don't deny that many thousands of Gazans have died. There's a difference between denying facts and questioning the description of those facts.

[Jon Pike @runthinkwrite]

Enjoyed the London launch of this tonight. Thanks to @FAAntisemitism, @bindelj, @sleeepysandy @centre_as @DavidHirsh and others. Couple of thoughts on the train...

[Jon Pike @runthinkwrite]

Dawkins can say whatever he likes. I'm not handing out licenses, and would oppose any restrictions on this sort of comment, here or elsewhere. I don't agree with his phrasing, and I think it crosses a line between criticism and insult. I'm in favour of the first and against the second.

[Jon Pike @runthinkwrite]

OK, I think Umut is right. "deluded freaks" crosses the line.

[Umut Özkırımlı @UOzkirimli]

This is openly, and I guess unabashedly, transphobic. Objecting to the excesses of transactivism does not license one to call trans people, even those who don't suffer from gender dysphoria, "deluded freaks". Those who call themselves gender critical or sex realist should be the first ones to condemn this despicable language.

[Jon Pike @runthinkwrite]

@karajesella @FAAntisemitism @bindelj @sleeepysandy @centre_as @DavidHirsh Back at you, @karajesella. And I'm enjoying your book. Hope you are, likewise, enjoying your trip over.

[Jon Pike @runthinkwrite]

I accept that my phrasing conveys the idea that we are putting individuals in boxes, and that's not what I meant. But, I still think that most informed lefties would assent to the claim that there's a quadrant (however they describe it) and that two quarters of the quadrant are more popular than the other two. This is what 'commonalities' means, I reckon. So I think there's enought to be going on with. It's not - I agreee - the clearest of thinking, since we're saying (to eg, much of the corbynite left) 'Yes, alright, you'ld put it differently but at least you accept some commonalities. Now, let's try to explain them.'

[Jon Pike @runthinkwrite]

@ExOsteopathTish @UOzkirimli Umut is objecting to "delusional freaks", I think.

[Abhishek Saha @ObhishekSaha]

@UOzkirimli For once I agree with you!

[Audrey Ludwig MBE @AudreySuffolk]

@UOzkirimli I would not use such language and am disappointed when people I admire choose to do so

[Jon Pike @runthinkwrite]

@Lachlan_Edi No, not yet. I will get to that work.

[Jon Pike @runthinkwrite]

Yes, but:
i) I don't want to populate, It's not a sociological model or a research proposl. It's a heuristic. I want to understand.
ii) I *think* it's about people who would self describe as 'on the Left' or 'Progressive'. So I'm not really including people like PP
iii) The main point is that people on all sides might see a - sort of - quadrant, see that there are anomalies, and have a think about it. I know (and get on with) people who are anomalies: GC/AZ and TRA/Z

[Jon Pike @runthinkwrite]

OK, this is a product of speculative tweeting on the train, and trying to do more than one thing at a time.
The first thing I'm trying to do is to construct a quadrant. That goes: Z/GC, Z/TRA, AZ/GC, AZ/TRA.
The second thing I'm trying to do is to acknowledge that these binaries and their descriptions are contested, but I'm trying to suggest something that is a heuristic.

So, some people - Queers for Palestine, for example - will say 'Well, obviously, AZ/TRA go together, because (xxx). They will have a normative, political, thesis (about breaking down boundaries, sideing with the most opressed, allyship, Butler, something). But there is also an empricial explanation of why these things go together.

I agree that Z/GC should be a crushing majority. But I'm interested in both the empiricial and the normative chains. And the existence of anomalies is interesting. My ancestor group as a student revolutionary is now roughly Z/TRA. And there are certainly AZ/GC people about. My aim is not really to start fights over labels and defininitions but, at least as a starter, to observe alliances and commonalities.
(Hope you are well)

[Kara Jesella @karajesella]

What an amazing event. Thank you to all of the feminists who joined us and who took the time afterwards to tell us their own stories. A special thank you to @KhadijaKhan__ , @bindelj, and @sleeepysandy for our discussion and to @nicolelampert and @realzoestrimpel, who I did my very first presentation with on this topic—even before the book was published—and to @FAAntisemitism for bringing us together. And thank you, always, to the team at @centre_as.

[Janet Murray @jan_murray]

Here is the full apology from Scope - which will remain on their website for 7 days.

Link below 👇

[Jon Pike @runthinkwrite]

... There's a bit more going on here than shared fandom of/antipathy towards Judith Butler.
(Though that accounts for quite a lot, I'm sure)

[Jon Pike @runthinkwrite]

... If this pattern is right, then there's at least three sorts of explanation invited

1) what's the sociological/empirical explanation? Why does it fall like this?
2) what's the normative explanation? Who's right?
3) what about the anomalies?..