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Originally Posted by AllCowsEatGrass
I just find it interesting that you think such bigotry should be allowed but yet you cannot provide a single example of a post that should be allowed. Are you sure you want to stick with your position?
I thought that, in P7, people should have been allowed to express the position that they were not obligated to recognize transgender identities. That is, they should have been allowed to express the position that they were unwilling to call someone "she" if they thought the person was male. I think it's a bigoted position to take, but given that it's both the dominant view in our culture, as well as being a contemporary cultural/political issue, it doesn't make sense to me to forbid the discussion, despite the fact that I consider it to be a bigoted and ignorant position.
Other examples I can think of would be stuff like
- Expressing support for voter ID laws
- Denying the existence of racial bias in policing, employment, education, or etc.
- Denying the existence of the gendered wage gap
- Denying that men, white people, or other groups are privileged.
- Denying that gender gaps in various occupations are a result of sexism
Note that I think all of those positions are misguided/ignorant at minimum, and often reflect underlying prejudices and biases. Also, if it's not obvious, there are ways in which people might express similar views that I think would cross the line. It's hard to describe in a perfectly clear way. But just from the P7 discussion about trans I think it's clear that you are much more strident than I am in wanting to forbid the expression of some opinions, although we agree about them being bigoted.