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Re:Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets ... by yellowapple on Saturday June 27, 2020 @09:58PM (#23666232)
> If I say that there are only two sexes and you cannot change your sex [...] It's a scientific and political position.

A position that's ignorant of actual medical science is a "scientific" position?

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Re:Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets ... by taylorlunt on Sunday June 28, 2020 @12:48AM (#23666810)
They didn't say it was a good scientific position, and their arguments stands even if it's a bad scientific position.
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Re:Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets ... by yellowapple on Sunday June 28, 2020 @06:37PM (#23672616)
There's a difference between "bad scientific position" and "not a scientific position", and "sex change is impossible" is squarely in the latter, IMO.
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