So you're on a one mxn crusade to change the minds of every transphobic beta member? Good luck, pal.
Just ignore them and move on with your life. Some people are anti-trans. Get over it.
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No, I'm just giving trans folk a voice by posting their own answers to transphobic commentary
Ignoring evil is not an option
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sat 14 Aug 2021, 12:25,
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Evil is a bit strong, no?
Ignorance, maybe. But you know what they say - you can't reason somebody out of something they didn't reason themselves into.
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I'm using "evil" here because I see the anti-trans position as fundamentally a human rights issue
Just as I would call anti-Semitism, or white supremacy evil.
But don't get me wrong - I don't believe that anti-trans people are evil in themselves. Evil is an activity, not a state.
I like your point about non-rational positions, but it's a bit depressing, and I'll not give up just because it seems difficult.
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sat 14 Aug 2021, 12:50,
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Keep at it.
Bigots need to be told they're bigots. They can't work it out for themselves.
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brb Learn Ukrainian and prepare for a referendum, Sat 14 Aug 2021, 14:08,
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have you ever considered the possibility that you might be wrong in some of your assertions?
rather than to what degree of evilness those who disagree with you possess. you probably think you're on the side of right because you're well-intentioned and empathetic to this one group, but plenty of people have done awful things throughout history believing themselves similar.
There's plenty of examples of competing rights in this world, and few without consequence. The rights of walkers to free access to trails can compete with rights of motorbike riders and the rights of landholders. The right to assert a change of identity under law can compete with the rights of women to have segregated and safe spaces, the rights of prisoners, the rights of other citizens to assert their own interpretation and labelling of the gender of someone they interact with, the rights of sports competitors. Your "everyone who doesn't agree to all the rights asserted by this one group is evil, because I know the truth" sounds a terribly intolerant starting point to me in a complex issue
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sun 15 Aug 2021, 1:11,
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