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by 0ct4via 4y ago
I appreciate your reply very much, it was incredibly thought-out and informative, especially for those unaware of the issues. As I continued reading the article, it seemed less "secular humanist" and more "religious Conservat
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To which views are you referring, exactly? TFA switches from a specific political hit (arguably irrelevant to secularism), to teaching creationism in science classes in the US (actually relevant), to a politically-charged and ignorance-fuel
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by 0ct4via 4y ago
It's up for me, but there's a Wayback Machine copy at http://web.archive.org/web/20221121134310/https://www.sas.up...
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by 0ct4via 4y ago
Precisely. The commenter, and indeed the supposedly secular author of TFA, are pushing their own views and whataboutism over the empirical evidence of trans people existing throughout history, and how they thrive when given a safe and suppo
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"Basic english" -- that would be English with an capital E, it's a proper noun -- if you're going to be condescending, at least get it right. News is relevant, what "opinion" can you develop from an incorrect n
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by 0ct4via 4y ago
She deactivated it... https://macaw.social/@wongmjane/109422805623664627 How is it relevant to randomly guess that something has happened to accounts? Yesterday it was someone claiming all of @Apple's tweets had b
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The writer of this email says they left France because of "too high work protection," and that they would rather "invest in more liberal & open-minded countries where we can easily dismiss bad performers & trouble mak
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Capitalists and the ruling class will always find workarounds to exploit workers, regardless of labour laws -- whether this is in how you're contracted to work, loopholes in employment contracts, or whatever else. Additionally, those l
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by 0ct4via 4y ago
Absolutely this. For how well OP's comment was written, they seem to have missed the point of understanding what the word 'gaslighting' actually means.
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by 0ct4via 4y ago
So, you created your account to *checks notes* post transphobic nonsense on HN? Ignoring the lack of relevance, the title suggests a fact, when the piece it a matter of opinion. Whether you like it or not, sex and gender are not the same, a
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by 0ct4via 4y ago
Your immaturity really is quite astounding, Sir. I'm neither "chanting" anything, nor making empty arguments. The fact that you refuse to accept empirical evidence or history isn't my fault, that's your own blinkere
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"Hard no" because of your personal beliefs and bigotry, rather than fact. Gender is a social construct, and people are free do identify as they please. If someone decides they don't identify as binary male or female, that&#x2
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Precisely, it's a transparent attempt to hide bigotry and hate behind (false) claims of grammatical correctness, while deliberately refusing to acknowledge usage of singular 'they' -- which has existed for centuries -- becaus
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Apparently not, since you think that "plural pronouns" are a cultural element that can be appropriated, which isn't the case when aforementioned pronoun has centuries-old singular usage -- notwithstanding the significantly gr
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>"If we take "gender" as meaning "biological sex,"" -- but "we" don't, because they are two entirely different words with entirely different meanings. Gender is a social construct. Your suppos
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That's literally not what cultural appropriation is. The fact that you try and use that term when you clearly don't even know the definition, shows you to be nothing more than ignorant and bigoted. Good job.
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Fantastic response -- D.C.'s flagged initial comment reads as someone who tries to use a blinkered interpretation of language to avoid respecting non-binary peoples' pronouns, while failing to acknowledge the historical use of sin
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Really glad your original post has been flagged, it was incredibly toxic. Becoming so irritated that you "quit reading after a couple of paragraphs" suggests you either struggle to keep up when there isn't a defined he/s