• als@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    Good. “Gender critical” is just a term sexist and transphobic people used when they’re too ashamed of themselves to be honest about their opinons.

  • OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml
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    "Because of my views - and they’re lawfully held views - they are missing out on this opportunity, and that’s the part that is absolutely galling.

    And it’s also a lawfully held view for scope to think she’s so terrible that they want nothing to do with her.

    Fucking coward. If your only justification for your views is that it’s “lawfully held” you need to admit to yourself that you’re a bad person.

    • Armand1@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Reminds me of this:

      As you say, just because it’s (debatably) legal does not mean it is moral.

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      “lawfully held” - when your go-to argument is “it’s not technically illegal” then you might want to consider your stance.

  • Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz
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    It’s meant to hurt you. Women are routinely punished for expressing these kind of views. It’s meant to silence you. It’s meant to make you think twice about speaking up.

    If she thinks that about being excluded from involvement in a marathon, how about the voices of transgender people excluded from gender-conforming spaces on a daily basis?

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    Sorry, but punishing an entire choir because of the wrongthink of one person is stupid. Not only that, but all the reporting of this is just going to give her a massive amount of publicity, I’d certainly never heard of this lady before.

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      That’s the equivalent of continuing to purchase Harry Potter products while condemning J. K. Rowling for her transphobic beliefs. Supporting a transphobe in any capacity only serves to prop them up on an even higher pedestal from which they can disseminate their hateful beliefs; better to find alternatives from those in society capable of common decency.