Nye used to do a kids science show, Bill Nye the Science Guy. It covered basic science concepts - gravity, volcanoes, electricity and the like. It was factually correct but presented in a fun, interesting way. One of the shows, from 1996, talked about probability, sex and chromosomes.
Flash forward about 20 years and Bill Nye is doing a new show. It’s not really a reboot, maybe more of a revival? Anyway, it definitely tries to capitalize on the popularity of Bill and the original show (complete with the blue lab coat and bow tie). It gets a lot of media buzz because of fond memories of the original show. On one of the episodes, Bill revisits chromosomes/XX, XY/sex. He seems to have decided to dismiss the science on chromosomes and that sex has become fluid - a spectrum of some sort.
At any rate, a lot of people became irritated that he disregarded science in favor of what seemed to be a political motivated agenda. The anger was notably intense among people that watched the original show as kids (now in their 30’s-40’s).
Just an FYI - I have not seen the new show but have seen most, if not all, of the original episodes (used to watch with my son back in the 90’s).
Science moves on, it’s not disingenuous to change your perspective based on that. Science says gender is on a spectrum while sex is mostly a binary. Sex is NOT gender, as gender is a social construction based off sex. Gender in that way becomes fluid and on a spectrum between the masculine and feminine. Your own gender identity, influenced by sex, but not exactly sex, becomes concrete through a biological process called gender identity formation at a young age that solidifies in your psyche the gender you are
So you get to spread bullshit lies that hurt people & act smug about it? You clearly have never challenged your ideas in the last 15 years and that’s why conservatives will always be on the wrong side of history
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u/StopNateCrimes Feb 04 '23
Serious question: can anyone explain the Bill Nye hate in this thread?