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trans people of the right to exist in the public sphere then you're saying human rights are conditional and/or can be withdrawn.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.
@cstross I will admit, I find some of this stuff to be unsettling, but I also think that I have no right to control such things nor does anyone else.
If people want to be trans for example, that isn't my right to control.
No one should get in the way of this.
Not only does it serve nothing worthwhile but humans should be able to decide what they want to be.
And for those conservative nutcases, they should be aware that some people will stick to their beliefs no matter what.
They should know about this given their delusional beliefs of supporting a tyrant and denying reality so much.
Trying to stop people from being who they want to be permanently especially is like trying to make water not wet.
it just aint going to happen.
Btw, I fully expect some people from different beliefs to find my various beliefs strange.
i also heard it said that 20% of people will always be at odds with you.
So there's that.
@skedarwarrior this is such an invalid & naive concept
If people want to be trans
we "chose" to have been born this way in the same way that lefthanders & redheads & green-eyeds "chose" those birth characteristics.
@skedarwarrior it's ok, & thank you for admitting that. just fwiw, fyi, given you acknowledged unfamiliarity in this area, the reason i reacted with some vehemence is that the form of words you used happen to be a common line of attack wielded by despicable RWNJ christofascists as part of their non-stop war against peeps like me. they assert the lie that gender & sex are identical, that therefore by definition there is no such thing as a trans-peep, & that any who claim otherwise are merely making a choice, a "lifestyle-choice", analogous to choosing to eat an apple today or go to the beach tomorrow, a free-will choice. they deny [based on zero knowledge but maximum hatred] that we deserve any rights or protection, coz, again, they assert dishonestly that we are not simply just "us", like a left-hander is simply just being themselves, but instead that we simply make a fatuous disingenuous choice. ergo, many trans peeps react rather adversely when we encounter anyone talking about "choice", even if as in your case it was not done maliciously, coz we fear the commencement of yet another deranged RWNJ attack. fyi. @cstross
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@MsDropbear42 @cstross I have to say, I recall someone trying to tell me this before, but I still have/had trouble wrapping my head around it.
But in any case, I wish people wouldn't discriminate against people for being different. That just spawns hate, ya know?
Charlie Stross
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