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Technical opinions aren’t something we’re born with, they’re not intrinsic and uncontrollable properties of a person, and technical opinions haven’t historicall

by dahart 3y ago

Technical opinions aren’t something we’re born with, they’re not intrinsic and uncontrollable properties of a person, and technical opinions haven’t historically been subject to widespread discrimination or hate crimes or even social imbalance in terms of income, right? The protections we have for race and gender aren’t there to avoid discomfort or to avoid conflict, they’re there to avoid harmful discrimination and to reinforce the civil rights of all citizens. The argument that opinion should be equally protected, or that conversely race and gender should not be protected seems very surprising coming from a gay black trans person, which makes me assume I probably don’t understand what you mean. I’m curious to hear why you say the sensitivity to race and gender is artificial and irrational, given the history of physical atrocities that have occurred. All that said, this particular case isn’t about protected categories at all, is it? The issue was not the existence of a dissenting opinion, the issue was that it was handled unilaterally without consensus, against the stated mores and procedures of the organization. They had a codified process for “protecting” dissenting opinions, and someone ignored and broke that process. This isn’t to be confused or conflated with US (or any other country’s) labor law’s notion of a “protected class”, we’re talking about two completely different kinds of protection.

doogah 3y ago
Gender isn't something someone is born with either. It's fluid and can change.
- dahart 3y ago
  People who go through this often say that they do in fact have an intrinsic gender they’re born with that simply doesn’t match their sex. What changes is their expression, not their internal identification. Age changes too and it’s a protected class in some contexts. So, what if gender expression changes? What is your implication? Do you believe parent’s claim that gender and opinion are categorically similar, and that either opinions should be a protected class, or that race and gender should not be?

by dahart 3y ago

doogah 3y ago

Gender isn't something someone is born with either. It's fluid and can change.

dahart 3y ago
People who go through this often say that they do in fact have an intrinsic gender they’re born with that simply doesn’t match their sex. What changes is their expression, not their internal identification. Age changes too and it’s a protected class in some contexts. So, what if gender expression changes? What is your implication? Do you believe parent’s claim that gender and opinion are categorically similar, and that either opinions should be a protected class, or that race and gender should not be?