Ideas for inclusive conservation podcasts - Pattie Gonia

[NR_Hunter]

Setting aside what one considers to be a mental illness, it doesn't lessen their standing as a human being but it does call into question whether they should be consulted on matters of reason or intelligence. For example, I wouldn't take a certifiable crazy person's advice when it comes to financial or marital decisions.

Why specifically do you think the perceived mental illness of being into drag disqualifies them from having enough reason or intelligence to be worth listening to?

 

[Exhausted]

Why not interview Wyn Wiley instead of the character he plays sometimes? I’m assuming he has the same environmental mindset and can speak to the same issues. As mentioned previously, drag is a performance, right? Why interview the character instead of the actor?

To me, an interview with Pattie Gonia is no different than an interview with Ron Swanson, Mike Baxter, or Cam Hanes. They are all characters created for entertainment. And all of their opinions should be treated appropriately.

 

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Why not interview Wyn Wiley instead of the character he plays sometimes? I’m assuming he has the same environmental mindset and can speak to the same issues. As mentioned previously, drag is a performance, right? Why interview the character instead of the actor?

To me, an interview with Pattie Gonia is no different than an interview with Ron Swanson, Mike Baxter, or Cam Hanes. They are all characters created for entertainment. And all of their opinions should be treated appropriately.

Same as Exhausted posting as a character. Why the alias? Why not post as yourself.

 

[idelkslayer]

Why specifically do you think the perceived mental illness of being into drag disqualifies them from having enough reason or intelligence to be worth listening to?

I don't think i said it did. I responded to your previous post. I agreed with you that mental illness does not lessen one's standing or value as a human being. My comment made no judgement about what condition or attitudes qualify as mental illness. That's why I said "setting aside", effectively separating my comment from the topic at hand and addressing mental illness in broad terms.

I will add this. Conservation does not need more LGBT people any more than it needs more iron workers, or more skateboarders, or (insert random group of people). Conservation needs more people, more individuals. Targeting specific groups of people is arbitrary and seems more concerned with getting attention and promoting their own special interests than in supporting Conservation or any other issue. Especially when the special interest is defined by something so unrelated as sexual preferences or perceived identity. It's pandering and condescending.

My personal thought on the matter is that mental illness is at play in trans people. I have compassion for anyone in that situation but in the case of adults they can pursue whatever course of action they choose. It doesn't disqualify them from having opinions on conservation but a clear confusion about basic biology doesn't inspire confidence.