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>A person says I'm hurting them.

>I ask them how.

>They say that they're trans, and my comments are offensive to trans people.

>I say that it is impossible to be trans, and they are the sex they are whether they are comfortable with it or not.

>They are extremely hurt that I insist on reality over subjectivity

If you or anyone else tried to stop me from doing this, I would refuse. I would escalate my refusal to the point of lethal force.

My reason is very simple: a human being cannot change their sex, and there is no category more fundamental to humans than the sex binary. A person who rejects the sex binary rejects all of reality, and embraces insanity. I will die before I allow the insane to control my speech.

You can think that's an asshole position, but truth is far more important than being polite.

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Carlito 1y ago

Where do the small, but not insignificant, percentage of people that are *naturally born as intersex fit into this framing of "binary" "reality"?

Seeker Erebus 1y ago

Intersex is an abnormality. It is not a valid form of sex identity, but a biological error.

This should not be treated as a slight against those who suffer from this condition. Their body failed them, it's not their fault any more than someone with down syndrome, dwarfism, or other abnormal (epi-)genetic conditions.

However, sacrificing the idea that there is a standard template that human beings are fit to, merely because some encounter errors that cause a failure in that process, is a modern insanity.

As a side note, the water supply contains chemicals known to interfere in proper sexual maturation. Given that, if there is an increase in intersex people, the link should be examined.

Carlito 1y ago

LOL. I don't particularly have a horse in this race by the way, but I do find it amusing to see people making claims that they are defending reality when the apparent reality to me seems to suggest they are in complete denial of it. Watching people twist themselves into prezels to try and validate their beliefs is also pretty amusing.

I'd be happy to look at any evidence that chemicals in the water are responsible in some way but it honestly sounds like something you just pulled out your ass because it sounded like something that would support your opinions. I'm aware there's hightened levels of estrogen in some water supplies that could cause some variation but that doesn't do anything to explain why there's been variation stretching back into ancient history, and across localities and cultures.

Intersex people exist. 1-2% of the current global population in fact, and again there's good evidence to suggest they have existed throughout our history. Sex is simply not binary, it may trend towards 2 norms, but deviation from the norms is also "normal".

Genetic diversity is literally the spice of life, we wouldn't have evolved beyond the most basic of lifeforms otherwise!

You are claiming that you are defending reality in one breath, and in the next claiming that reality apparently has errors in it. Reality doesn't need defending, it is simply what is. The supposed reality you defend is simply in your head alongside that supposed standard template of a human being.

Likewise, trans people exist. That's just a fact. And in quite large numbers I'll add. Why have you taken it upon yourself to decide what is right for them, that they are defective, or that you know how they should go about handling their identity issues (assuming it's currently presenting as an issue for them).

My only real point/suggestion here is to perhaps spend less time concerning yourself with what others are up to, and just like get on with your own life and shit! (*disclaimer: I don't know you, and don't want to draw too many assumptions, maybe you don't spend that much time thinking about this stuff at all, I just notice that a lot of people do).

It doesn't seem like it can be very fulfilling to be spending a lot of your life concerned with the way others choose to live, and the kind of satisfaction gained from "othering" isn't going to satisfy for very long or in any meaningful way IMO.

Anyway, again, I don't really have a horse in this race. Just my 2 sats.