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I've heard hundreds of versions of this metaphor, but none so affectively well phrased and poignant. >That agency has been stripped away from us. I feel like if I stay hiding behind my diamond moderator I'll be like a captain staying at the tiller of a boat whose rudder has been removed. The wheel I'm holding doesn't do anything any more and I know it. So why pretend this is going to be anything but a shipwreck event…
Yep, definetely this dude must go.
Or are you just happy to see less platform space given to belief systems that differ from your own?
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I guess it is equivalent in some ways. In modern society we don't really see religion as fundamental to personhood, or perhaps not to the extent of gender. And many would argue that a person do not choose their gender, although since I'm also not religious, I can't tell if religious people see themselves as "choosing" their religion or not. As for respectful disagreement, far as I can tell, concerning pronouns, if pe…
> we don't really see religion as fundamental to personhood In saying this, you are doing exactly the thing that I've been called a bigot for. You've excluded me from "we" because I do see religion as fundamental to my identity. In fact my identify is first and foremost defined by the my maker and redeemer. If the God who made the very material from which I am made and breathed breath into my body isn't allowed to be…
A question was asked, then it was answered by the only party who can give an accurate answer.
This vote demonstrates to me the animus towards people of faith. This is an example of the wrong-headedness in how we approach disagreements. Conform or leave.
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Then why don't they just use the pronouns the persons chose and communicated to address them?
Because they are jerks. And they think that "freedumb" and "freeze peach" means that if people they voluntarily and freely associate with decide to call them out on their jerkiness, then it is they who have been aggrieved and had their rights trampled upon. There are only two types of people who are unable to address others in a manner that makes that person feel comfortable: 1. Jerks 2. People who aren't native spea…