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Well, you are right if you are sticking up for a person with - according to the article - a history of transphobic and racist comments and so on. However, it d

Well, you are right if you are sticking up for a person with - according to the article - a history of transphobic and racist comments and so on. However, it does serve as a warning to folks getting ready to take his class and would like to avoid their lifestyle being crapped on as part of a lecture or every time they visit a door. Additionally, it provides a reason the professor didn't want to take the class: You know, because they might tell him he cannot be openly transphobic. Additionally, most of the folks I've met would still think he deserves things like food and housing and medical care as a basic human right, which he may or may not find scarce if he loses his job.

nradov 4y ago
Food and housing are not human rights, like freedom of speech. People have to actually work to grow food and build homes. But in affluent societies we have a moral obligation to ensure that those who are incapable of working have food and housing.
- Broken_Hippo 4y ago
  That's just not true. Poor people have less speech than rich folks, especially in 'right to work' states, where you can get fired for basically any reason. Children have no right to free speech in the US, including self-expression (If you cannot say 'no' to religion and be heard and not punished, you do not have free speech). Viewing housing and food as basic human rights just dismisses other folks: We need those to live and to work. This isn't really the same as speech.
hervature 4y ago
Personally, I do think the comic is valid commentary on transgenderism and identity as a whole. Obviously, transphobic people would find it funny as they would interpret it as mockery. So, by posting the comic, you are bundling yourself with a bunch of bigots. However, if you look deeper in the comic, what is part of your identity? You have people bringing courts to recognize their younger age [1]. So, simultaneously, we have inspirational posters like "age is a choice" but legally it is how many times the Earth has gone around the sun while you were on it. Likewise, one can identify as a man/woman/etc (which is ok) but then it is unreasonable to enforce them to use the XX bathroom or the XY bathroom (monosomy and multisomy can use whatever). Anyway, I don't want to stoke a flame, just want to point out that the identity question is rife for debate. Funnily, without the public engaging in debate, I believe the world of athletics is being forced to resolve these questions [2]. [1] - https://www.aarp.org/disrupt-aging/stories/info-2019/legally-change-age.html https://www.aarp.org/disrupt-aging/stories/info-2019/legally... [2] - https://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/15234/12617837/thomas-bach-no-one-size-fits-all-approach-for-transgender-athlete-inclusion https://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/15234/12617837/thoma...
anm89 4y ago
Yes I'm sticking up for him, even after you lob out cancel words. When racist is is redefined to mean "anti-racist" , then sure I'll stick up for "racism".
- Broken_Hippo 4y ago
  Ah. Right wing. Even if you don't consider yourself as such - as you are repeating the rhetoric. I very much doubt we'd agree on much.
  - anm89 4y ago
    This is an outrageously stupid. argument. I'm wrong because I'm on the other side as you. And I don't get my own say in which side I'm on. Yeah you're right. I don't think we'd agree on very much.

nradov 4y ago

Food and housing are not human rights, like freedom of speech. People have to actually work to grow food and build homes. But in affluent societies we have a moral obligation to ensure that those who are incapable of working have food and housing.

Broken_Hippo 4y ago
That's just not true. Poor people have less speech than rich folks, especially in 'right to work' states, where you can get fired for basically any reason. Children have no right to free speech in the US, including self-expression (If you cannot say 'no' to religion and be heard and not punished, you do not have free speech). Viewing housing and food as basic human rights just dismisses other folks: We need those to live and to work. This isn't really the same as speech.

hervature 4y ago

Personally, I do think the comic is valid commentary on transgenderism and identity as a whole. Obviously, transphobic people would find it funny as they would interpret it as mockery. So, by posting the comic, you are bundling yourself with a bunch of bigots. However, if you look deeper in the comic, what is part of your identity? You have people bringing courts to recognize their younger age [1]. So, simultaneously, we have inspirational posters like "age is a choice" but legally it is how many times the Earth has gone around the sun while you were on it. Likewise, one can identify as a man/woman/etc (which is ok) but then it is unreasonable to enforce them to use the XX bathroom or the XY bathroom (monosomy and multisomy can use whatever). Anyway, I don't want to stoke a flame, just want to point out that the identity question is rife for debate. Funnily, without the public engaging in debate, I believe the world of athletics is being forced to resolve these questions [2]. [1] - https://www.aarp.org/disrupt-aging/stories/info-2019/legally-change-age.html https://www.aarp.org/disrupt-aging/stories/info-2019/legally... [2] - https://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/15234/12617837/thomas-bach-no-one-size-fits-all-approach-for-transgender-athlete-inclusion https://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/15234/12617837/thoma...

anm89 4y ago

Yes I'm sticking up for him, even after you lob out cancel words. When racist is is redefined to mean "anti-racist" , then sure I'll stick up for "racism".

Broken_Hippo 4y ago
Ah. Right wing. Even if you don't consider yourself as such - as you are repeating the rhetoric. I very much doubt we'd agree on much.
- anm89 4y ago
  This is an outrageously stupid. argument. I'm wrong because I'm on the other side as you. And I don't get my own say in which side I'm on. Yeah you're right. I don't think we'd agree on very much.