Comment by duckfan

Comment by duckfan 7 days ago

21 replies

How are their lives being destroyed?

Being told that you have to follow the same rules as everyone else for e.g. spaces designated to be used solely by the opposite sex, doesn't seem so bad.

Philpax 7 days ago

I don't believe you're asking this question in good faith, but there are many, many attempts at erasing them from public existence: https://translegislation.com/

  • bakugo 7 days ago

    Please define "erasing them from public existence". Provide concrete actions that are actively being taken, not vague concepts of "bad things".

    • Philpax 7 days ago

      I would recommend clicking on the link and scrolling down.

      • StefanBatory 7 days ago

        I don't think they're arguing in a good faith with you.

        "“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”

      • bakugo 7 days ago

        I did. It's almost nothing but intentionally obtuse terms that mask the actual issues being discussed.

        For example, what exactly is "gender-affirming care"? Because I suspect that includes giving life-altering drugs to young children.

      • tekla 7 days ago

        Not answering question.

jccalhoun 7 days ago

This is an oversimplified strawman argument. Biological sex is a complex subject. The cultural understanding of sex is complex. If I has a man take my 2 year old daughter to the men's room is that a bad thing? (For the record I don't have any children)

  • duckfan 7 days ago

    I don't think anyone is arguing that you should be barred from taking your hypothetical two-year-old daughter into the men's bathroom if the need arises. That's really not the issue.

    • jccalhoun 7 days ago

      but I thought "Being told that you have to follow the same rules as everyone else for e.g. spaces designated to be used solely by the opposite sex, doesn't seem so bad."?

      • duckfan 7 days ago

        Perhaps think on that a bit more then. Consider for example that female-only spaces don't exclude women who are pregnant with male babies.