As they argued homosexuality is a slippery slope to bestiality, now they argue being transgender leads to otherkin/helicopter-people, etc.
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Replying to @ContraPoints
I really don't think it's a fair characterisation, to be honest. A reductio ad absurdum joke isn't the same as actual homophobia.
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I do understand the argument your making, but this both mis-paints the arguments and also suggests it's somehow just as bad as that.
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Anyone who believed that shit about homosexuals isn't someone I'd want to be around. Joking about attack helicopters isn't quite the same.
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Replying to @datnofact
I don't see a meaningful distinction between the helicopter "reductio" and the bestiality argument.
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Because of what's the butt of the joke. Saying you can identify as attack helicopters isn't like claiming gay people are perverse deviants.
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Replying to @datnofact
it's saying trans/NB people are delusional and ridiculous
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I don't disagree, but the concept is the target, not necessarily the person. With homosexuality, homosexuals are always the target.
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Replying to @datnofact @ContraPoints
Also it conflates humour with just straight up prejudice. Thinking people who are gay are sexual deviants isn't a joke. It's dehumanising.
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if someone where to make lots of "jokes" at gay activists about marrying dogs, does the "humor" separate it from prejudice?
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Replying to @ContraPoints @datnofact
in both cases the joke only works if you have the prejudice
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