Charlie Stross12h ago

About trans rights:

They're a wedge issue. If you think it's okay to deprive trans people of the right to exist in the public sphere then you're saying human rights are conditional and/or can be withdrawn. Which puts you on a slippery slope to no human rights for anyone.

When you trace the roots of the modern anti-trans movement they boil down to some combination of bigotry and billionaire bullshit— the oligarchs think rights are for the rich.

So: trans-rights are human rights. No exceptions.

Show threadLoseFriendsandAlienatePeople
Billionaires are using trans rights to distract you from them taking all the money. The rich use social issues to cover for economic issues.
We're falling into their trap.
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Show threadInternational House of Death Rays6h ago
@LoseFriendsandAlienatePeople literally kill yourself you worthless child-touching fascist
Show threadskaphle1h ago

@LoseFriendsandAlienatePeople You have it backwards. Billionaires spread hate towards trans people to distract you from making them millionaires.

The default state is that human rights are for everyone. You literally don't have to care, you can just accept what people say about themselves and move on. It does not touch you, does not concern you.

There is no reason to hate trans people, except when there is a lot of money riling you up.

Show threadLoseFriendsandAlienatePeople1h ago
You're so close to getting it. You practically said in your post.
Billionaires use cultural issues to control and distract working people. I'm not falling for it.