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Contrary to popular misconception, critics of the transgender movement do not disagree that trans people have "rights" as a monolith. They're talking about whether trans people have specific rights including:
- not being misgendered
- tax-payer funded gender surgery/hormones
- (specifically children) to get surgery at all without their parents consent (or with)
I don't definitely disagree with all of the above, but it gives you a sense of the reasonable criticism people can have with the concept of "trans rights" as "allies" actually mean it (not as the basic human rights they claim to mean).
I do definitely disagree with the right to not be misgendered, as that goes against the right to free speech, which I value a lot.

Trans rights I definitely agree with:
- having surgery with their own money as an adult
- social transition (excluding the bit where they force other people to play along calling them by their preferred pronouns using laws such as the German self-identity law)
- freedom from violence from bigots

Human rights are not just a stand-in for "things I like". They actually mean something. Namely, government force applied to protect a property of a human being or group thereof (legal right), or a moral obligation on someone to do or not do something to/for someone (moral right).
A legal right to not be misgendered means that the government passes laws prohibiting misgendering trans people. Think about that.

@feld cc: @freemo will it be in QOTO Mastodon?

@taylan @adiz @dagda @druid

It's really not that simple.
In theory it would be a good idea (and extremely emotionally gratifying) to just oppress the fucking assholes. But the questions you always have to ask are: who is doing the judging? what is their motive? (which is always hidden), and how can you trust them?
The answer to "who" would be government employees and politicians.
The answer to motive is that it's very hard to tell.
And the answer to how you can trust them is probably that you can't.
Power corrupts. Maybe you believe yourself to be completely incorruptible and won't start censoring criticism of you (or perhaps feminism or socialism or something else you like) if put in charge. But you have no idea when it comes to someone else. And no one else has any idea when it comes to you.

I guess that's a good argument for democracy. We can't trust each other to wield power so we compromise by sharing it.

It's pretty snappy now actually

@freemo @admitsWrongIfProven How rare/common is it to be slow?