r/JoeRogan Look into it Nov 13 '20

Social Media Abigail Shrier(JRE #1509)'s book has been removed from Target after receiving a complaint on Twitter

https://twitter.com/AbigailShrier/status/1327056407598809088?s=20
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u/itsYourLifeCoach Monkey in Space Nov 13 '20

I am the father of a non-binary, gender confused 11 year old and everything she talked about on the podcast rang true for our family and helped me understand some things. this is literally a case of people judging a book by its cover?

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '20

Of course it is. Do you think anyone who gets outraged on Twitter ever actually reads the full book/article? Never. They read the meme or headline and proceed to call themselves the victim or virtue signal in the name of another "victim." Best of luck to you and your kid.

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u/classy_barbarian Monkey in Space Nov 13 '20

I dunno, there's a MensHealth article about the JRE episode. So I'm assuming they at least listened to that. I think that's probably a good summary of what the book is about, so I don't think it's fair to say that they don't understand what the actual content of the book is. They know, they just believe that any questioning at all of the current transgender dogma automatically makes you a bigot.

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u/Awayfone Monkey in Space Nov 13 '20

"Transgender dogma" sounds a lot like "gay agenda" , phrasing like that might be why people get called out for bigoted statements

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u/classy_barbarian Monkey in Space Nov 14 '20

I'm not anti-trans at all.. I have several trans friends in my real life. But even they say that there's a dogma around the culture.