Those are all quotes that can be used to hurt a trans person in the wrong context and have been used to hurt trans people
Well, maybe, but the frying pan in my kitchen can be used to hurt a person in the wrong context, as can the knives, as can the bottle of olive oil for that matter. That doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be allowed to use them. What is relevant is whether they are being used to hurt in the context they are actually being used in.
This is my beef with blahaj’s moderation. Everything that makes them in any way uncomfortable is a crime against humanity, and if you don’t see it 100% the same way as them, then you are a crime against humanity and an awful person, and they’ll start wild criticisms of you including trigger-word labels, applying things like “misgendering” to things that are not genders, “transphobia” to issues that have literally nothing to do with any trans person on any level, and so on.
I mean, they can do that if they want, but I think you summarized my reaction to it pretty well with:
When you start denying basic facts in pursuit of an agenda, people have a right to stop listening to you.
Well, maybe, but the frying pan in my kitchen can be used to hurt a person in the wrong context, as can the knives, as can the bottle of olive oil for that matter. That doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be allowed to use them. What is relevant is whether they are being used to hurt in the context they are actually being used in.
This is my beef with blahaj’s moderation. Everything that makes them in any way uncomfortable is a crime against humanity, and if you don’t see it 100% the same way as them, then you are a crime against humanity and an awful person, and they’ll start wild criticisms of you including trigger-word labels, applying things like “misgendering” to things that are not genders, “transphobia” to issues that have literally nothing to do with any trans person on any level, and so on.
I mean, they can do that if they want, but I think you summarized my reaction to it pretty well with: