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Crimson Dynamo | The voice of reason
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"Transgender activists are outraged that Twitter has quietly removed restrictions
on 'dead-naming' and misgendering people Transgender activists and their allies are expressing outrage after restrictions on "dead-naming" and misgendering were deleted from Twitter's Terms of Service. The policy was enacted in 2018 before tech billionaire Elon Musk bought the popular platform for $44 billion. On Sunday, Musk opined that declarations of preferred pronouns were "virtue-signaling" that could be used as a shield by bad people. Two days later, the policy against misgendering was changed. Sarah Kate Ellis, the president and CEO of GLAAD, told the Associated Press that the change in policy would lead to violence against transgender people. “Twitter’s decision to covertly roll back its longtime policy is the latest example of just how unsafe the company is for users and advertisers alike,” said Ellis. “This decision to roll back LGBTQ safety pulls Twitter even more out of step with TikTok, Pinterest, and Meta, which all maintain similar policies to protect their transgender users at a time when anti-transgender rhetoric online is leading to real-world discrimination and violence," she added. Others attacked Twitter with their tweets. "Twitter lifts it's policy on targeted misgendering and deadnaming and the freaks are out gleefully misgendering and deadnaming every prominent trans person as an achievement. It's not about speech, it's about bullies wanting to harass people because of who they are," said activist Alejandra Caraballo. "Every decision Musk makes is bad for free speech, safety, business," tweeted attorney Nora Benavidez. "This is absolutely exhausting. Every day something else happens to show just how much people despise trans people and don’t care about what happens to us and it’s really *******ing overwhelming and frightening," said a rather hysterical user who identifies as a bisexual. At least one other account called the policy change a "genocidal move." Some public schools have changed their policies to include dead-naming and misgendering as "slurs" and threatened to suspend students who refuse to follow the new rules. https://www.theblaze.com/news/transg...ring-activists |
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And look I get you might accidentally misgender someone, and that's fine because you're not being an asshole towards someone deliberately.
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Crimson Dynamo | The voice of reason
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If i told you if criticised Villa its called "Villafying" and then told you you were a villaphobe would you stop? its a tactic to shut down an argument its means NOTHING |
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If that man wants us to pretend that he's a woman, then that's up to us. You seem to be advocating for forced compliance by trying to shame people as assholes if the don't comply. Last edited by Alf; 20-04-2023 at 12:06 AM. |
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Last edited by Crimson Dynamo; 19-04-2023 at 05:09 PM. |
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I think you should rename this thread as Trangenders at War
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There are definitely people out there that would gladly harm Transpeople.
There are extremes on both sides of this topic.
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Lmao......
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The idea tends to be (not just with trans, with lots of the new identity politics/dogma) that if people don't validate and confirm the beliefs of others and question their reality, and that causes a break in their cognitive dissonance that leads to them harming themselves, then that action is akin to assault and/or murder.
The logic is flimsy at best and flat out dangerous if taken to an extreme. |
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["Every decision Musk makes is bad for free speech, safety, business,"
tweeted attorney Nora Benavidez.] That's the Right Way. |
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Some one like him does more harm than good to the trans community |
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I think most of us are on his ignore list , which is fine ... it just proves my point that we'll never be able to discuss these issues like adults.
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From the original Op post i do fully support the trans community and believe people should have the freedom to be whatever gender or sexuality they are without prejudice. However I do believe there should be pyschological safeguards in place for any trans person wanting to undergo physical change by surgery or medication as these processes are irreversible. I know a lot of young people who have wanted to transition , only to discover later on that this was not their actual issue. I also have a family member who was clinical pyschologist who has had many patients wanting to detransition after starting transition, so there does need to be safeguarding in place.
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It's called grooming. In the 1910s young impressionable kids were told is was great and brave to go and fight for your country in war. So they jumped on board, most of them to their deaths. Last edited by Alf; 20-04-2023 at 01:25 AM. |
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Crimson Dynamo | The voice of reason
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you just made it up as a straw man |
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