@lxo That's some rather twisted arguments you presented there: A and B have rather opposite claims but they are actually in agreement because A is correct and B is omitting what A says (which contradicts B's claims) and is spouting propaganda
@lxo https://www.persuasion.community/p/what-history-doesand-doesntteach > The strength of the democratic tradition in Venezuela could be seen in last year’s presidential election. María Corina Machado, who was awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, was disqualified on specious grounds, and replaced by Edmundo González as a stand-in. The democratic opposition placed observers in every polling place around the country, and made careful copies of the actual vote tabulations. These demonstrated that González won the election by over 30 percentage points; the regime nonetheless declared Maduro the winner and began to systematically jail leaders of the opposition still in the country.
@lxo > we were talking about gender. that's not reducible to gamete sizes.
I was talking about sex and I assumed you were too, when you countered my "sex is binary" with "it's not binary" followed by further arguments supporting your claim @light
@lxo Sex is (commonly?) defined by gamete size. It sounds like you have a definition using brain development and gonads that is not equivalent to the gamete size definiton.
If sex is not binary, as you said, can you name a third sex?
I assume you are male based on information such as the pronouns used to refer to you and that there's no evidence suggesting you are trans identified. If someone refers to himself as she/her and claims to be trans then I assume he is male too. @light
@lxo > the concern over safety is a misdirection: it's not a reason to misgender people, it's a reason to worry about fraudsters who are also sexual predators. don't conflate such monsters with trans people, that's hateful.
Practically how is a woman supposed to distinguish between someone who is "genuinely trans" and someone who is "fraudulently trans", thus achieving not being hateful in your book? @LostInCalifornia@light
@lxo Biological reality that human sex is binary and immutable, which has nothing to do with the visibility of gonads or brain development to naked eyes @light
@lxo > misgendering people, whether they're cis or trans, is likely to hurt them. making mistakes illegal usually involves very demanding requirements of negligence, but making willfully hurting others out of spite and prejudice illegal is a lot more reasonable
Misgendering a trans identified person hurts the same way as denying the existence of God to a believer. Misgendering is not out of spite or prejudice if done on the basis of respecting biological reality. Making it illegal is not just a violation of freedom of speech, but also of freedom of conscience @light
> Is there a meta sense in which having hobbies is itself a hobby? “For those of us who have ‘hobbies and interests,’ a lot of times we have lots of them,” the writer Michael Johnston observed, in 2012. Johnston writes mainly about photography, but in the past he’s worked at Model Railroader magazine; he plays pool, enjoys high-end audio equipment, and so on. Having spent decades in this man-hobby vortex, he offers a six-step program for managing and refining one’s hobbies. First, list them all; then, prioritize the list. “Over a period of weeks or months or even years,” occasionally reprioritize it, and eventually identify “the persistent top three.” Consider committing more to those hobbies, and less to the rest—and, finally, clarify for yourself what it is that you enjoy most in the hobbies you love most. “A person whose interest is fishing might really like tying flies; a person whose interest is gardening might really most enjoy the colors of flowers,” Johnston writes. “I think you’re going to be happiest if you realize where the locus of your interest really lies, and indulge that, and let the other notions go. If you really love flowers for their colors, maybe you can get into an area of horticulture where that’s a central issue, like hybridizing tulips.”
Robinson’s mother explained that over the last year or so, Robinson had become more political and had started to lean more to the left – becoming more pro-gay and trans-rights oriented. She stated that Robinson began to date his roommate, a biological male who was transitioning genders. This resulted in several discussions with family members, but especially between Robinson and his father, who have very different political views. In one conversation before the shooting, Robinson mentioned that Charlie Kirk would be holding an event at UVU, which Robinson said was a “stupid venue” for the event. Robinson accused Kirk of spreading hate.
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Roommate: Why?
Robinson: Why did I do it?
Roommate: Yeah
Robinson: I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out. If I am able to grab my rifle unseen, I will have left no evidence. Going to attempt to retrieve it again, hopefully they have moved on. I haven’t seen anything about them finding it. …
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