You will get banned on Reddit if you say trans women aren’t real women. They call it promoting hate towards a marginalized group. You may be sympathetic towards that so think twice before moving the goalpost.

The goalpost is always moving—it's called the Overton window. And whether you like it or not, the window is not moving in your direction on this issue.

If you look more closely, it's moving towards the gender critical viewpoint. Good news for women and children.

But the point is it’s a valid example of a widely held belief that gets banned, even if you agree with Reddits policy.

The goalpost move I’m referring to is from “Reddit doesn’t ban widely held beliefs “ to “Well Reddit should ban this widely held belief “

Your denial of their existence only serves to try and force them underground and is a much harsher form of the 'moderation' you are trying to rail against only instead of just virtual it has been used against trans people in all aspects of their lives (not just internet communities) their entire lives to DENY THEM THE RIGHT TO EXIST. I don't know about you, but fuck ANYONE that wants to deny someone else the RIGHT TO EXIST when they have caused no one else harm.

You want to deny their right to exist, I don't want them to be subjected to your abuse in one tiny virtual space that if I am going to contribute to it. But yes, you are the oppressed/censored.

Believing that there are differences between trans women and AFAB women is not denying anyone’s right to exist.

How silly. They obviously exist. What people are pointing out is that they are actually men, and therefore shouldn't be in women's spaces. This is a very common perspective and it is daft for Reddit to attempt to censor this.

That’s not denying anyone’s “right to exist.”

> Can you elaborate on these "Widely held beliefs"

My reddit account was permanently banned for _upvoting_ vaccine hesitancy - i.e. that people shouldn't be forced to take a vaccine they don't want to take.

That's good to hear. This ban very likely has prevented some deaths. If people in the US had taken public health measures more seriously, hundreds of thousands of deaths could have been prevented in the last epidemic alone.