@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems
2026-07-30 08:17 UTC
@iris_meredith@mastodon.social I don't think it's about the species. you have about as much in common with a Homo sapiens sapiens raised by wolves as you have with said wolves. the notion of "humanity" is a cultural construct, perhaps even more so than gender, and its execution is also cultural. the very idea of "obligations" is cultural, you are not born believing it
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@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems 2026-07-30 08:18
@iris_meredith@mastodon.social now of course you could coercively apply this idea of humanity to others, (which is frequently done, often to great detriment). but not wanting to be a party that is a part of why I reject it
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@iris_meredith@mastodon.social 2026-07-30 08:19
@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems Perhaps, and I hope that one day I can believe that. But for now, there's a job that needs doing. I don't know... for all that I've left the Church, I'm still very Catholic, and I don't think that's ever going to change.