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07-25-2023 , 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by uke_master
Lol, don't try to play that game. You were the bigot who asserted a trans woman was insincere on zero evidence. That is transphobia pure and simple. That there is a hypothetical possibility that someone CAN fake things - despite zero reason to suspect it in this case - doesn't remove one iota the responsibility for your hateful words.
Ok but it helps me understand that we at least see there is such a category of person. I just read the dylan situation like I try to read everyone else for various reason. They seem insincere, blatantly.

I don't know why we say zero evidence. If i know trans people that I think are sincere, especially if they seem to clearly have gender dysphoria, because I have seen this too, but then sometimes I see people how just seem to be using the trend for attention and call that insincere thats bigotry?

You think I just randomly decided without evidence that some trans I meet are faking it?
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07-25-2023 , 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Luckbox Inc
There aren't any traits that make a person a woman because...........women aren't real.
Well to accept dylan is a woman, you would have to basically accept something such as 'women aren't real'. And I think people need help with the logic in this regard.
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07-25-2023 , 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Inso0
I don't need to be dragged down new rabbit holes today, and yet here I am.

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How the hell is "folks" a word that requires alteration for inclusivity?

uke, to understand the Bud Light outrage, you gotta turn your sophistication knob down a little bit. 99.99% of society is not as woke as you are, and thus your perspective is skewed.

I think I've decided that this is what separates the LBGT+ movement from other tiny minorities who believe weird stuff, like say Scientologists. Tom Cruise isn't out there on the streets every day ripping into non-scientologists for using words in the fashion they were originally intended. They keep it inside the clubhouse.

Gays commandeered an existing word that didn't see widespread use. It may have even started out as a slur, sort of like "queer" was definitely a slur and then was adopted by the community as a self-descriptor. Trans people are out there changing the definition of man and woman and that's just a bridge too far for most. Words have meaning, until they don't. Society has managed to beat the word "literally" into such an unrecognizable mess that they quite literally added a new and contradictory meaning in our official dictionary. Some words are more resilient than others.

Ladyboys have been a thing in Thailand for how long now? People are generally cool with it, right? Though, that could be a Buddhism thing. They probably think it's a form of divine punishment for past transgressions. Don't kick a man when he's down, so to speak. Still, they didn't try to use the existing words for the sexes, they created a third. I admit I have no idea if the ladyboy thing goes both ways, though.

Is nobody going to mention the terrible photoshop job on Dylan's profile photo? It's like someone shopped his head onto the body of an 8 year old. Where did the shoulders go?

That video is perfect for its intended purpose, which is algorithm engagement. Yeah, people looked at you because your dick was clearly showing through your shorts. If Ron Swanson wore shorts like that to get some steaks at Food and Stuff, everyone would notice. Not because they thought he was a woman, but because his dick was on display. Stop making yourself a victim.
this is just a 20 year old meme that fox news is getting angry over
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07-25-2023 , 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by jbouton
Well to accept dylan is a woman, you would have to basically accept something such as 'women aren't real'. And I think people need help with the logic in this regard.
If a person says they are a woman then they're a woman, just like if a person says they're a Protestant than they're a Protestant. It's just a belief system.
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07-25-2023 , 03:03 PM
What is a Women?

Just kidding
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07-25-2023 , 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by jbouton
I don't think we are disagreeing as much as you think. I would say that nothing dylan is doing makes him a woman.

I think if I asked you, what are the things he is doing, that are traits, that we can identify as being 'of a woman' such that, since he is also exhibiting these traits, we would declare he is a woman (at least in regard to the trait observed).

I suspect you aren't willing to argue for any such traits. If you aren't, I think then you default to agreeing with me, that there is nothing about dylan that makes him a woman.
What makes Dylan a woman is that Dylan says she is. I don't generally assume people are just lying when they talk, so this is sufficient for me. Looking at how someone talks or runs or smiles to determine if they are a woman is just so bizarrely ignorant to me.
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07-25-2023 , 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by jbouton
You think I just randomly decided without evidence that some trans I meet are faking it?
Yes, that sounds about right.
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07-25-2023 , 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Luckbox Inc
If a person says they are a woman then they're a woman, just like if a person says they're a Protestant than they're a Protestant. It's just a belief system.
Thats not how words and nature work at all.
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07-25-2023 , 03:32 PM
Words work how people say they work.
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07-25-2023 , 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Originally Posted by jbouton
You think I just randomly decided without evidence that some trans I meet are faking it?

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Originally Posted by caseIIclosed
Yes, that sounds about right.
To be clear what you are affirming is that I somehow repeatedly RANDOMLY (because without evidence) decide some trans are faking.

This means its literally just a x% I do this too. And to be clearer that wouldn't be transphobic, because the other 100-x% I would be fine with in this regard. I would have a different intellectual disorder/error if I was doing that.

Its wholly untrue of me. But I think that some people here don't realize that they mean to argue that you shouldn't judge people in this regard...of course we should, its proper survival to judge the sincerity of others, and teaching people that its immoral to do so, is to condition people to be exploitable to nefarious individuals.
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07-25-2023 , 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Didace
Words work how people say they work.
You don't see anything wrong this statement?
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07-25-2023 , 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ganstaman
What makes Dylan a woman is that Dylan says she is.
I don't think you mean to say that something is what they say they are in any moment they say that they are.

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I don't generally assume people are just lying when they talk, so this is sufficient for me.
But some people are lying when they talk, I'm sure you agree on that. And then some people will exploit this movement, and not have gender dysphoria.

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Looking at how someone talks or runs or smiles to determine if they are a woman is just so bizarrely ignorant to me.
Its dylan that feels this is a thing that is true, not me. I also agree is bizarrely ignorant and I think its also narcissistic.
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07-25-2023 , 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by jbouton
But I think that some people here don't realize that they mean to argue that you shouldn't judge people in this regard...of course we should, its proper survival to judge the sincerity of others, and teaching people that its immoral to do so, is to condition people to be exploitable to nefarious individuals.
Yes, people will get hurt if you don't point out that Dylan's smile is too wide to look like a woman's smile to you. No wait, I have that backwards. People will actually get hurt when you put these judgmental words out there. Trans people are discriminated against and hear your message clearly.
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07-25-2023 , 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by ganstaman
What makes Dylan a woman is that Dylan says she is. I don't generally assume people are just lying when they talk, so this is sufficient for me. Looking at how someone talks or runs or smiles to determine if they are a woman is just so bizarrely ignorant to me.
So with that logic Why cant a White person say their Asian and Why cant I be a Billy Goat
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07-25-2023 , 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ganstaman
Yes, people will get hurt if you don't point out that Dylan's smile is too wide to look like a woman's smile to you. No wait, I have that backwards. People will actually get hurt when you put these judgmental words out there. Trans people are discriminated against and hear your message clearly.
Thats not clear enough tho. There is a whole range of types of peoples in the scope of your sentiments. There are people that almost no one would argue about. They were born ambiguous. There are also those whose gender is not so physiologically ambiguous and of those people that just adopt a different gender because its trendy. There are those that have gender dysphoria in this regard and those that don't actually.

There are narcissists like Lia thomas that will exploit it. I don't expect to treat all of these people the same, simple because they identify as such. Thats not how words work, its an intellectual error to treat them as tho it is.

I think that there is a growing movement to treat words and nature like this and its logically inconsistent and easy to show as such.
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07-25-2023 , 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by jbouton
You don't see anything wrong this statement?
Irregardless* of what you think, how could it be any other way?




*See what I did there.
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07-25-2023 , 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by lozen
So with that logic Why cant a White person say their Asian and Why cant I be a Billy Goat
It's because Asians and BIlly Goats are real.
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07-25-2023 , 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by jbouton
You think I just randomly decided without evidence that some trans I meet are faking it?
I'm sure your soul reads are based on concrete evidence.
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07-25-2023 , 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson
I'm sure your soul reads are based on concrete evidence.
Shouldn't we be definitely wary of people exploiting the trend tho? Do you mean to argue that everyone's identity should be taken at face value ie if they say they are then they are whenever they say they are? I don't think you mean to argue that.
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07-25-2023 , 04:37 PM
Do you guys think it's ever possible to tell if a person is being fake?
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07-25-2023 , 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by jbouton
Shouldn't we be definitely wary of people exploiting the trend tho?
Why the loaded language? Why immediately attack everyone's motive?

No, there's no particular reason for you to be worried about Dylan Mulvaney. You can happily go back to whatever you're doing, it's going to be fine.
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07-25-2023 , 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson
Why the loaded language? Why immediately attack everyone's motive?
I mean to question the idea of giving everyone a pass simply based on their claims. I think that would be a dangerous culture to foster and I think dylan does it purposefully and maliciously.

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No, there's no particular reason for you to be worried about Dylan Mulvaney. You can happily go back to whatever you're doing, it's going to be fine.
I'm not very concerned about the particular person, thats my opinion on their charade tho. I think what will eventually likely happen is they admit they were just obsessed with the subject and thought it would be fun to play along. I think some here are fine with that being the reason to have to call someone certain pronouns and I think some don't realize that is what they are arguing for.
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07-25-2023 , 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by jbouton
Shouldn't we be definitely wary of people exploiting the trend tho? Do you mean to argue that everyone's identity should be taken at face value ie if they say they are then they are whenever they say they are? I don't think you mean to argue that.
You were not being "wary", you weren't saying there was some small chance that Dylan was faking it for money, you were asserting this as a fact that they were insincere/charade/obsessed/playing along/etc.
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07-25-2023 , 06:15 PM
I bet you'd pull a crowd

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07-25-2023 , 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by uke_master
You were not being "wary", you weren't saying there was some small chance that Dylan was faking it for money, you were asserting this as a fact that they were insincere/charade/obsessed/playing along/etc.
Yes I believe that. I think we should in general be wary about anyone in this regard. Or in other words we shouldn't be professing a culture of blind trust.
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