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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by greendave on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:11PM (#27612702)
This nicely captures the crux of the argument. I suspect it also explains why you’re going to have an uphill battle convincing a lot of folks.

When the presumption of ill intent (and not e.g. confusion or ignorance) is automatic, there’s not much left to discuss.

It’s worth remembering that cis children (and adults) are misgendered too, including for reasons as banal as unorthodox appearance or unusual names.

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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by freemint on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:48PM (#27613308)
When should bullying or similar behaviour become punishable? Certainly not if you accidentally say something that afronts a person.

The purpose of these compelled speech laws is to deal with repeated discriminatory or repeated bullying behaviour. Not to give everyone a tool to denounce strangers and get them into trouble with the law .

Do you have any suggestions how what laws freithen you can be adjusted to make you more comfortable with them while allowing for harsher punishments for bullying/discriminatory due to them being a class worth protecting more?

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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by pseudalopex on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:26PM (#27613179)
No one was talking about accidents.
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