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By “human” you might mean

1. an animal whose DNA falls within a specific probability distribution, or
2. an animal that embodies various virtues or transcendental capacities, etc.

We should acknowledge that countless creatures meet condition 1 but not 2. So what?

Do you dehumanize bears when you acknowledge that they lack certain abilities? I like bears. They’re great! Doesn’t mean I have to pretend that they’re civilized or intelligent.

I’m not sure if that research’s been done, but it would be highly surprising if psychopaths were not the ones in favor of limiting women’s reproductive freedom.

What I can tell you is that abortion rights are an “easy” moral issue. Every year or two there’s a survey among professional philosophers, who of course disagree on basically everything. However, the item with the most consensus is abortion. That’s because there are simply no good arguments against abortion rights. The only reason someone might be against reproductive freedom is… well… moral imbecility.

We already know that moral reasoning exists on a spectrum of competence. That some people are so bad at it that it’s pathological, and that some percentage of these people are also narcissistic enough to be called “psychopaths.” It’s a disorder; it’s on a spectrum, and anti-abortion zealots are on that spectrum.

Opinions on abortion are strong indicators of psychopathy. Nobody against legal abortion has a functional moral sense. Some are just incredibly morally stupid. Others are religious zombies. But they’re all dangerous and fundamentally animalistic. We can coexist with these creatures, obviously — we already do. But the widespread delusion that they’re just like us has been incredibly dangerous and possibly world-ending. It’s no coincidence they’re the same “people” who support pollution and celebrate ecological depredation.

The podcaster is a brainless douchebag who interviews everyone and expresses no opinion. When I say brainless, I mean he might actually have been lobotomized. Lex has no character, personality, or principles. Just a goofy smile and lots of money.

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There is absolutely no deontological duty to pander to identitarians and cry-bullies.

Yeah, that’s a lie.

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Any defense of human rights is a defense of trans rights. I’m not sure why you find this confusing. Maybe you want these rights to be enumerated for pandering purposes?

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Trans rights are literally human rights. I’m fairly certain the Democratic platform is to protect human rights. How would it benefit us to focus on one particular niche right among the others, many of which are way more important?

• the right to clean air
• the right to clean water
• the right to medical care
• the right to free speech
• the right to choose your own gender
• the right to remain silent
• the right to eat pizza in the shower
• the right to affordable housing
• the right to education
• the right to stick things in your butt
• the right to listen to music
• the right to eat random debris
• the right to have cats
• the right to own blankets
• etcetera

So, to be clear, your claim is that I didn’t say what I literally said?

Here, maybe an analogy will help. Suppose I run for office to fight corporate monopolies. How do I get people to vote for me?

1. “My fellow Americans, a strong antitrust policy will save you money at the grocery store by preventing price gouging.”

2. “My fellow Americans, a strong antitrust policy will save you money on Pokémon cards by preventing price gouging.”

Even though Pokémon cards will be cheaper under a good antitrust policy, that’s not a fact that will motivate average Americans to vote. They don’t hate Pokémon, you understand. They just have their own problems, living paycheck to paycheck, etc.

Hope that helps!

If that’s what you got from my comment the Republicans have radicalized you.

Yes, and the vast majority of Americans have no interest in voting for what they consider niche culture issues. Defeating fascists will protect everyone’s rights.

The fact that this needs to be said is a testament to the efficacy of Republican culture war bullshit. Instead of discussing the numerous unprecedented existential threats to human civilization, everything from pollution to the end of democracy, we’re focused on… trans rights.

It’s hilarious that Harris gets attacked from the right because she wants to ban fracking while simultaneously getting attacked from the left because she doesn’t want to ban fracking.

Let’s use our brains for a minute as we speculate whether a progressive senator wants to poison our water supply to procure the fossil fuels that her administration is desperately trying to phase out.

Until we come up with a way to uncorrupt the courts, sure. Currently, the SCOTUS is illegitimate.

I agree with your sentiment, but literally all nations are imaginary. Always have been.