People were contacting my business partner about my supposed "transphobia". I've suddenly felt grateful that I've been so self-made, with nobody in power over me, otherwise people in power over me would get contacted and then I might feel actually afraid.
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This also emphasizes how much the market determines how free your speech can be; if speech isn't accepted, then the market will punish the markets you're associated with (complaining to your company, getting you fired). This punishment can be used for good things or bad things.
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But regardless, I feel privileged to have particularly free speech, in that there's little anybody can do to hurt me through social punishment.
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A few of my replies were getting a little traction and I noticed it was being used to attack you and had to start blocking people
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The vicious mob mentality is bewildering. All the more reason that rational and curious people should be making sure we have each other’s backs.
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Whan a person thinks one is entitled to demand another person to participate and believe in their subjective view, thay is mutually exclusive with respect for others' liberty.
Now you have seen it for what it is.
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This is a perfect illustration of why political correctness is more than just "treating people with respect." It's also believing in a strict (and sometimes self-contradictory) doctrine and punishing the slightest hint of dissent.
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Aren't a lot of the "phobias" misnomers to begin with? Isn't phobia supposed to mean something you're scared of?
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