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Yes, it's exactly the same issue; FORCING specific speech which is quite different than BANNING some speech (hate speech for instance).
And the far left doesn't even realize what they're doing.
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Well I'm not an American or native speaker, it's rude to think we all live in the same culture and moral code too. The other threads show that there has never been a complaint about misgendering anyone on purpose but the new CoC lays out bunch of very difficult to characterize commandments. The biology has to do with it that no matter what we decide how to speak in society, it doesn't inherently change the fact sex h…
Of course sex has a biological meaning. Trans people are more aware of that than anyone else. That is why many trans people change their primary and secondary sex characteristics through hormones and surgery. You can change your sex but not your gender.
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Imposing speech codes is most definitely an issue. It goes to the core of deeply held values. It replaces tolerance with intolerance as the value to be upheld. Those imposing the CoC are getting exactly what they want - driving anyone who disagrees from the field.
Driving transphobia out of society is a good and noble goal.