back to the question of who benefits: it's people who have a strong belief in 'freedom of speech' being universally and unquestionably good
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Replying to @fronxer
The reason it's good is that it allows ppl to articulate who they are as well as their views on the rest of society.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @fronxer
It's less a distinction between mind & body as between words & actions. Both are products of human brains.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @fronxer
Someone else has the right to say I'm an immortal made in the image of a god but not to make me believe it/say it/live according to it.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
how is verbal abuse different/special (if you consider it different)?
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Replying to @fronxer
If it's aimed at people & their right not to be forced to listen to it is violated.Freedom of speech does not include forcing others to hear
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Replying to @HPluckrose
that makes sense. i wonder how that might actually be quite related to the issue of misgendering, because it happens in a distributed way
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Replying to @fronxer
No-one should be allowed to abuse trans ppl. No-one shld force anyone else to adopt their view on gender & use its terminology.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
there is a conflict between those two wishes, though, isn't there?
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Replying to @fronxer
I don't think so. A Christian/Muslim who believes God made everyone's genitalia the gender they shld be is not abused by others saying no.
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I take this approach.https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/859822405862268935 …
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