𝐿𝒢𝓃𝒢 "not yet begun to fight"15h ago

TRANS PERSON: please don't press the button that makes children kill themselves

CIS PERSON: but it's such a pretty button

TRANS PERSON: yes but it kills children

CIS PERSON: it looks so fun to press tho

TRANS PERSON: uh huh it kills children

CIS PERSON: you don't understand this button reminds me of my own childhood

TRANS PERSON: i feel like I need to remind you - dead children

CIS PERSON: *sweat pouring down their face* but i can separate the button from the person who made the button!

TRANS PERSON: good for you, the button still makes children kill themselves

CIS PERSON: *straining from the effort of not pushing the button* but i want my children to enjoy the button

TRANS PERSON: the button that kills children

CIS PERSON: you just don't want anyone to enjoy things

TRANS PERSON: again...dead children

CIS PERSON: *pushes the button*

This post is about JK Rowling.

Show threadVi πŸ¦„πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ¦„
@Lana urgh as a vegan trans woman I get to enjoy the FUN that is having this conversation and then the exact same conversation with funnily the exact same arguments, except the dead children is young animals and the button is eating meat/eggs/dairy x.x
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Show thread𝐿𝒢𝓃𝒢 "not yet begun to fight"14h ago

@AnhedoniaIsReal I guess the difference for me is I don't see dead children and dead chickens as morally equivalent outcomes.

I do agree it is good idea to reduce our meat intake for the betterment of our planet though, and I am actively taking steps to do that in my household.

Show threadVi πŸ¦„πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ¦„14h ago

@Lana there is no way to ask this without coming of combative but I really just want to know:

Do you know what that moral difference between dead human children and dead chicken children is for you?

Show thread𝐿𝒢𝓃𝒢 "not yet begun to fight"13h ago
@AnhedoniaIsReal it's fine, it's a fair question. I hate to say it this way because it sounds like I'm being snide and I promise you I'm not. But the moral difference for me is one is a human and the other is a chicken. In my mind there is a moral distinction based on that.
Show threadVi πŸ¦„πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ¦„13h ago

@Lana no not snide, I have heard it before actually, don't worry.

Maybe it's my autism, but I don't understand why species is that line instead of gender, skin color or (other differences we already agree on not being morally relevant).

Thanks for being honest btw :)

Show thread𝐿𝒢𝓃𝒢 "not yet begun to fight"12h ago
@AnhedoniaIsReal I don't see any reason not to be honest. I think any belief that can't be examined isn't worth having.
Show threadMx Verda3h ago
@Lana @AnhedoniaIsReal (reading this exchange has cheered me up. Ty both)
Show threadlizzzzard2h ago
@MxVerda @Lana @AnhedoniaIsReal this exchange is extremely fediverse.
Show threadMx Verda2h ago
@lizzard @Lana @AnhedoniaIsReal no u, nerd