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That Stallman is being called 'transphobic' for writing about gender neutral pronouns is so absurdly knuckle-headed it's funny. You know what transphobic people
by subjectsigma 6y ago
That Stallman is being called 'transphobic' for writing about gender neutral pronouns is so absurdly knuckle-headed it's funny. You know what transphobic people do? Kick trans people out of homes, deny them jobs, deny them medical help, call them slurs online. Do you know what people who aren't transphobic do? Have a good-faith discussion about how more people can use gender neutral pronouns in multiple languages.
After seeing this I am convinced that online progressivism is too dangerous of a game to play. No matter what you do, if you're a straight white man, some crazy person will find a way to twist what you said in good faith into being X-phobic or X-ist because they don't like something else you said. And then other crazy people will dogpile you.
Better to just avoid expressing any opinions at all under my real name. That includes contributing to open source, which becomes highly political at the drop of a hat.