Not that there’s anything good about this, but hearing that both Steven Pinker and Richard Dawkins “resigned” from whatever honorary positions they had with the FFRF rather made my heart sink.
I was a linguistics student for a time, and Pinker’s books always had a sociolinguistic aspect to them, but I never saw transphobia. It was admittedly a while back, so it really wasn’t yet settling into the national consciousness.
I also admired Dawkins’ writing style; again, I saw nothing transphobic.
So for both of these guys to be like “nope, you should have totally kept a piece up that says transwomen should have fewer rights and options” is, maybe, the final insult of 2024.
I think they meant ”No gods, no heroes, no idols“ though.
Never heard either of those. I’ve heard “no gods, no masters”, but mainly in the context of anarchy.
And then as an anarchist heathen I’ve embraced “Many gods, no masters” because pagans in general are a more open minded and far less dogmatic group than atheists are as a group.
May I submit, also: “No Demagogues, No Managers” as a more modern, relevant and actionable version – Combatting Populism and refusing to be “Just Following Orders”, especially those of Fascists.
And I have never heard that phrase before. Maybe it’s a regional with these?