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13 Jul 2020, 6:45 am

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The Chinese used to have a brutal remedy for those who transgressed the teachings of Chairman Mao.

The rebels were dragged to so-called 'struggle sessions' where they were subjected to vicious abuse from an audience of true believers.

Offenders who failed to give grovelling apologies for their misguided views were, at the very least, shunned by society. In other words, 'cancelled'.

The online mob so keen to erase Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling for taking a stand on transgender politics now uses a similarly ugly tactic to silence dissenters. Never mind the subtleties of Rowling's case, denouncing her is all that counts.

The trans debate is only one front in a cultural war between strident activists – many of them Left-wing – and those who dare to disagree with them. Other recent battlegrounds have included race, Brexit and immigration.

Toby Young, founder of the Free Speech Union, who receives daily requests from people who have been – or fear they will be – 'cancelled', compares the prevailing atmosphere to some of history's darkest episodes.

'What's disturbing about cancel culture is that we've seen it so many times before – in 17th Century Salem, in Paris after the French Revolution, in America during the McCarthy era, in China in the 1960s,' he said.

'It's as if a group of people are re-enacting some of the worst moments in human history, but because they're not actually killing anyone they think it's okay.'

But what does it feel like to find yourself at the bottom of an internet 'pile-on'? The Mail on Sunday spoke to some of the victims of 'cancel culture' to find out.

Followed by interviews with 5 "cancelled" people.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8513897/CANCELLED-happened-cartoonist-Communist-Morning-Star-gay-pride-parade-organiser.html



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13 Jul 2020, 7:19 am

I like your interest in "the other side".
I wouldn't say it's "like in the darkest times", maybe because I've heard enough first-person accounts from WWII Warsaw to have some vivid ideas for what "the darkest times" look like. It's certainly not now.

However, a tendency to silence opponents and to demand walking on eggshells not to accidently trigger some "dog whistle" is unhealthy and generates more conflict, not less.
After my mental breakdown, my husband used to walk on eggshells around me and it was horrible - we just couldn't have a normal, healthy relationship, only horrible pressure all the time. I'm so glad we're past it now. Healthy human interactions include some moderate amount of respectful conflict.


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13 Jul 2020, 7:53 am

So, what is the downside here?

Kind of seems like in bad taste to draw a comparison with Chinese dictatorial torture with people taking stands against bigots.


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13 Jul 2020, 8:49 am

Bradleigh wrote:
So, what is the downside here?

Kind of seems like in bad taste to draw a comparison with Chinese dictatorial torture with people taking stands against bigots.


That's exactly why these people were interviewed: to make a stand against the bigots who "cancelled" them.



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13 Jul 2020, 9:26 am

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That's exactly why these people were interviewed: to make a stand against the bigots who "cancelled" them.


1) An artist who made a transphobic newspaper cartoon that portrays transgender people as hungry predators.

2) A radio host who denies the existence of white privilege, and used "White Lives Matter" in response to BLM, a racist dog whistle. Looks like a brief hiatus and voluntary decision not to do call ins.

3) He kind of seems to be acting a bit entitled to a sponsorship, when his politics don't line up with the sponsor.

4) An academic getting awfully close to eugenics in wanting to control how many children people on welfare can have.

5) This guy does not even canceled, just questioned over public statements on Twitter that included All Lives Matter, 'Gender is Real' (I wonder if it is meant to be 'sex is real'), and some sort of comments against 'mass immigration. It is not saying exactly what, but there are chanced that these things could underlie racist and transphobic beliefs, that could make it difficult to do his job properly as an educator.

These people show some signs of discrimination, I can see reasons why people would not want to support these people, and why employers might want to question standing behind them. Not a lot of information, but none of these seem to be cases where they are misunderstood for their opinions, rather than logical results from them.

Can you tell me which ones you think are an injustice?


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13 Jul 2020, 9:39 am

The only significant difference between "Canceling" and "Ghosting" is a matter of scale and/or cause.

The act of "Canceling" describes a form of boycott in which an individual who has acted or spoken in a questionable or controversial manner is boycotted.

"Ghosting" describes the practice of ceasing all communication and contact with a partner, friend, or similar individual without any apparent warning or justification and subsequently ignoring any attempts to reach out or communicate made by said partner, friend, or individual.

In the former case, the person being "Canceled" is usually a high-profile celebrity, while in the latter case the person being "Ghosted" usually has no fame or celebrity status.

"Canceling" is just "Ghosting" on a grander scale.  Otherwise, there is no essential difference between "Canceling" someone like Mel Gibson (a famous celebrity) and "Ghosting" someone like Wade Smith (a random non-celebrity) for their hostile comments on race.


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13 Jul 2020, 10:51 am

Bradleigh wrote:
Brictoria wrote:
That's exactly why these people were interviewed: to make a stand against the bigots who "cancelled" them.


1) An artist who made a transphobic newspaper cartoon that portrays transgender people as hungry predators.


So, a feminist being concerned about "self identifying" trans women being allowed into "female-only spaces such as domestic violence refuges and toilets." is bigoted. I assume, then, you would see no issue, were one of the perpetrators of domestic violence to "self identify" as a trans woman in order to acces the refuge where their victim was...Or a predatory male to "self identify" as a trans woman to access female toilets for ulterior motives?

I did find it interesting that the note with the cartoon where she explained:
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that when she was a girl, she was convinced that she was really a boy, but realises now it was just a phase.

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She wondered whether in the present climate she would have been encouraged to change sex, with disastrous consequences.


I seen no sign of being a "bigot" as you accused her of being, simply someone with a different set of beliefs to you.

I do wonder, having read this, whether some of the more "aggressive" members of the trans movement were like she had been, but were pressured\encouraged to change sex, and are now lashing out in order to help themselves "confirm"\"validate" that they made the correct choice (buyers remorse)?

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2) A radio host who denies the existence of white privilege, and used "White Lives Matter" in response to BLM, a racist dog whistle. Looks like a brief hiatus and voluntary decision not to do call ins.

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A few weeks later, he was cleared by the Isle of Man's Communications Commission, which said that while it considered his comments insensitive, they were not made to 'stir up racial hatred' and did not breach its broadcasting code.
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He said: 'I believe that the vast majority of people are kind, considerate and open-minded, and I fully intend to ensure that their voices are heard.

'But I will not expose myself, Manx Radio or anyone else to the comments and abuse of the last three weeks, and have asked the station to remove the live phone-in element of my show'.


Not seeing any sign of him being a bigot, nor did the communications commission where he was.

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3) He kind of seems to be acting a bit entitled to a sponsorship, when his politics don't line up with the sponsor.


So, a conservative member of the LGB community who is trying to arrange an event for the community is a "bit entitled", whilst the "Left-wing activists led by Labour's diversity adviser announced a boycott when anonymous Twitter posts revealed he was a Tory supporter who had called for a 'clean-break Brexit'" are beyond reproach?

It is interesting to see further proof that the LGB community aren't as "inviting" or "open minded" as they try to portray.

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4) An academic getting awfully close to eugenics in wanting to control how many children people on welfare can have.


An academic who is talking about research which had indicated that children from families who are dependant on welfare are more likely to be resistant to employment, and recommends removing payments which encourage them to have more children.

Not sure how "removing encouragements" equates to controlling the number of children they can have, unless the "encouragements" was what was causing them to have more children than they would have had without the encouragements?

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5) This guy does not even canceled, just questioned over public statements on Twitter that included All Lives Matter, 'Gender is Real' (I wonder if it is meant to be 'sex is real'), and some sort of comments against 'mass immigration. It is not saying exactly what, but there are chanced that these things could underlie racist and transphobic beliefs, that could make it difficult to do his job properly as an educator.


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His ordeal ended when the Free Speech Union found a lawyer for Dr McCulloch who pointed out that universities are required to protect the right to freedom of speech of their staff under the Human Rights Act 1998.

'When the lawyer wrote to the university to ask which rule I'd actually broken, they dropped the case the next day,' said the academic. 'It's very sinister if people are now telling me what I am allowed to 'like'.


It was only when a lawyer pointed out that they were lawfully required to protect his freedom to speak that he was able to keep his job.

I would also note that a university is supposed to be a place where children hear differing views, to allow them to learn HOW to think, not a sheltered playground where children are indoctorinated into WHAT to think. By presenting these (as you put it) "racist and transphobic beliefs", it would help the children there learn different opinions that others in the real world may have, and allow them to question both those views, and the "correct" ones, in order to come to their own understanding on the subject.

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These people show some signs of discrimination, I can see reasons why people would not want to support these people, and why employers might want to question standing behind them. Not a lot of information, but none of these seem to be cases where they are misunderstood for their opinions, rather than logical results from them.

Can you tell me which ones you think are an injustice?


It is certainly clear, that by trying to "cancel" a person who had views which differed from their own fixed beliefs, these "cancel" mob were indeed bigots, being that "bigot" is defined as:
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a person who is intolerant towards those holding different opinions.


I do find it disappointing how inflexible you also are with your determination as to what are the "correct" opinions for a person to have and passing judgement on people where you do not agree with them as well. Please remember that other people are allowed to have different opinions to yourself, and should not be attacked for those opinions.



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13 Jul 2020, 11:23 am

Bradleigh wrote:
So, what is the downside here?

Kind of seems like in bad taste to draw a comparison with Chinese dictatorial torture with people taking stands against bigots.

Calling everyone of views opposed to yours "a bigot" is part of the unhealthiness.

There are bigots and non-bigots on both sides. Typically, strongly identifying with one of the sides makes one see only the opposite site bigotry and own side reasonable arguments and ignore own side bigotry and other side reasonable arguments. I really see this phenomenon on both sides of any ideological conflict close to me.


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13 Jul 2020, 11:45 am

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Bradleigh wrote:
So, what is the downside here?

Kind of seems like in bad taste to draw a comparison with Chinese dictatorial torture with people taking stands against bigots.

Calling everyone of views opposed to yours "a bigot" is part of the unhealthiness.

There are bigots and non-bigots on both sides. Typically, strongly identifying with one of the sides makes one see only the opposite site bigotry and own side reasonable arguments and ignore own side bigotry and other side reasonable arguments. I really see this phenomenon on both sides of any ideological conflict close to me.


Sadly, it seems education standards have slipped at some point. I was always taught to address another's opinions\beliefs, and not to attack a person\group which holds different beliefs\opinions to mine.

If the other side can put forward a persuasive reason why a belief\opinion I have is not correct, I am happy to change my belief\opinion to match it, whereas the current fashion seems to be a bigoted "attack the messenger"\"cancel the heretic" approach, which only indicates that those who need to rely on this form of behaviour do not have a message\opinion\belief of any value, as otherwise they would be content to present it, trusting that it was convincing\logical enough to change people's opinions\beliefs to agree with it, and understanding that if it wasn't accepted then maybe there was a flaw in it which needed to be addressed.



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Groups Are Invading Inside Groups With Different Points of Views;
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Nature in Binds and Bonds Over Common Meaning And Purpose That Bring Survive and Thrive to Group Fruition.

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Not Agree With Our Points of View; Tradition; Totems As Symbols; God, Yes, The Religion (Nature) oF All of this is
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We Hallucinate Our Realities at Core Based on the Experience of Reality, We Basically Hallucinated Before for What
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to Influence How We Experience Now; And Additionally, Neuroscience, And Psychology, And the Overall Study Now
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Finding Meaning And Purpose in Binds And Bonds of Nature That Create
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'See' is Just 5 Percent of Our Entire 'Mind' Of Experiencing Reality As Most of what We Do, We 'Do Not KNoW' Now.
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Light As A Ripple/Wave in the Pond/Ocean of Our Entire Minds; Either Negative or Positive, Now For Real.

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Make it Shepherd Pie or A CR8P Sandwich.
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i understand the Value of Thorns That Make FLoWeRS Rise As Rose too...

Bottom Lines, Life is
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Balance We Create Solo And Together too.

It's Just ReaLiTY As iS, NoW
ActuAlly EternAlly Now
Heaven too At Best 'We' 'See'...

Existential Intelligence
Means Accepting Dark Thru
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Humans Are Really Only Evolved to Connect
to about 150 Familiar 'Close to Naked Acquaintances;
With Only The Capacity of Socially Comfortably Intimately
Interacting With About 5 Close Friends, Who Have the Ability
to Listen to one's Own Truth in Light And At Least Tolerate it For Overall Support.

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then; People Actually Had to take the Effort to Create Stories
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Else Say for Likes on a Facebook Feed. Out of
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13 Jul 2020, 7:15 pm

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1) An artist who made a transphobic newspaper cartoon that portrays transgender people as hungry predators.


So, a feminist being concerned about "self identifying" trans women being allowed into "female-only spaces such as domestic violence refuges and toilets." is bigoted. I assume, then, you would see no issue, were one of the perpetrators of domestic violence to "self identify" as a trans woman in order to acces the refuge where their victim was...Or a predatory male to "self identify" as a trans woman to access female toilets for ulterior motives?

I did find it interesting that the note with the cartoon where she explained:
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that when she was a girl, she was convinced that she was really a boy, but realises now it was just a phase.

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She wondered whether in the present climate she would have been encouraged to change sex, with disastrous consequences.


I seen no sign of being a "bigot" as you accused her of being, simply someone with a different set of beliefs to you.

I do wonder, having read this, whether some of the more "aggressive" members of the trans movement were like she had been, but were pressured\encouraged to change sex, and are now lashing out in order to help themselves "confirm"\"validate" that they made the correct choice (buyers remorse)?


You want to get into this, okay, lets get into this.

Even if she thinks that she would have been encouraged to change sexes when she was younger, this does not mean it is a fact, nor does it mean she would have passed the incredibly intrusive testing that is done by the doctors to figure out if it was just a phase. If she is really curious about this part she could question people who have gone through the process or doctors that preside over it, instead she has just made the decision that the whole thing is bad and no person would be able to know if they were transgender at a young age, which is incredibly condescending.

Fine, she is a feminist, so am I. The difference here is that her comic shows that she does not think certain women are worth protecting, notable from the fact that transgender people are actually far more likely to be victims, certain studies found that 47% of transgender people are sexually assaulted at some point in their lifetime.
https://www.hrc.org/resources/sexual-as ... -community

If she is still worried about people acting in bad faith, that is fine, but she has to find a way to talk about it that does not portray it as a problem of people using being transgender as an excuse as hungry predators. Why? Because transgender people have to put up with a whole lot of s**t, and being seen with suspicion and hatred as monsters in disguise is absolutely disgusting. It ignores the experiences of those people, and throws them to the wolves. Some women uncomfortable with what they think might be a man peeing in the stall next to them? Do they understand what it must be like for all the transgender women forced into the actual men's room?

No, she doesn't. Her comic would rather portray the whole thing as hungry crocodiles slithering into safe spaces to prey on helpless newts. It does not even address the fact of what would be stopping it from happening in the first place. That transgender women are actually quite often turned away from domestic violence centers for not passing well enough, and are generally going to be looked down on for being too masculine for female spaces, and too feminine for masculine spaces. It just paints the whole thing as innocent people being preyed on. It is disgusting. A phrase that transgender people can find being thrown at them for simply existing.

If the comic is the start of a conversation, then what is being discussed? Some way that actual transgender people can be more safely accepted into gendered spaces so they feel safe too, along with means that people who are unsure can also safely experiment? Or that this whole letting transgender people in is just going to open the door to evil monsters, so screw them because I have issues with the opposite sex?

There are plenty of way she could discuss it in a more nuanced manner that treats actual transgender people as their identified gender, but instead she painted the whole thing with broad strokes that can only come across as transphobic and bigoted. Because through her comments you can read that she thinks transgender people are just confused. From these simple facts you can read that she is trans exclusionary, and thus a radical for how she excludes trans women from being protected as women despite being a feminist, a Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist.

She is intolerant of people with a different belief to hers, that trans people are valid, and thus a bigot.


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2) A radio host who denies the existence of white privilege, and used "White Lives Matter" in response to BLM, a racist dog whistle. Looks like a brief hiatus and voluntary decision not to do call ins.

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A few weeks later, he was cleared by the Isle of Man's Communications Commission, which said that while it considered his comments insensitive, they were not made to 'stir up racial hatred' and did not breach its broadcasting code.
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He said: 'I believe that the vast majority of people are kind, considerate and open-minded, and I fully intend to ensure that their voices are heard.

'But I will not expose myself, Manx Radio or anyone else to the comments and abuse of the last three weeks, and have asked the station to remove the live phone-in element of my show'.


Not seeing any sign of him being a bigot, nor did the communications commission where he was.


If you response to hearing about BLM is to say 'White Lives Matter' and that there is no such thing as white privilege, you have something wrong with you. For starters it has been explained ad nauseam that white privilege is not getting something useful, it is not being on the receiving end of disadvantages and harassment that people of other races or skin tones have to deal with, if you cannot understand this simple fact, then you probably should not be allowed to spread your message around as a radio host.

Sure, his comments were only found to be insensitive, good for him that it was not found to be a cancelable offense. But I suspect this is from the fact it would be incredibly difficult to prove that him repeating racist dog whistles and talking points were from him genuinely spreading them rather than being insensitive ignorant. Him stopping the call ins is probably just as much to stop him from being confronted by the speech of another that would reveal that he might really hold these racist beliefs.


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13 Jul 2020, 7:37 pm

Those opposed to cancel culture seem to be focusing on where oppressed minorities may over react to comments, slurs or attacks in order to shut down those "other" voices.

I think this is more complicated than one blanket rule pertaining to cancel culture. In particular the voices of feminists who are now more clearly identified as enemies of the trans community.



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13 Jul 2020, 7:40 pm

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1) An artist who made a transphobic newspaper cartoon that portrays transgender people as hungry predators.


So, a feminist being concerned about "self identifying" trans women being allowed into "female-only spaces such as domestic violence refuges and toilets." is bigoted. I assume, then, you would see no issue, were one of the perpetrators of domestic violence to "self identify" as a trans woman in order to acces the refuge where their victim was...Or a predatory male to "self identify" as a trans woman to access female toilets for ulterior motives?

I did find it interesting that the note with the cartoon where she explained:
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that when she was a girl, she was convinced that she was really a boy, but realises now it was just a phase.

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She wondered whether in the present climate she would have been encouraged to change sex, with disastrous consequences.


I seen no sign of being a "bigot" as you accused her of being, simply someone with a different set of beliefs to you.

I do wonder, having read this, whether some of the more "aggressive" members of the trans movement were like she had been, but were pressured\encouraged to change sex, and are now lashing out in order to help themselves "confirm"\"validate" that they made the correct choice (buyers remorse)?




She is intolerant of people with a different belief to hers, that trans people are valid, and thus a bigot.


How is she intolerant? She expressed an opinion, one that quite a few folks in the trans community agree with.
The real intolerance is coming from people like yourself who want to shout everyone down who doesn't agree with your rigid ideolgy.

That has to quality as one of the most ironic comments I've read on this site in awhile. It's a definite example of the pot calling the kettle black.


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13 Jul 2020, 7:44 pm

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3) He kind of seems to be acting a bit entitled to a sponsorship, when his politics don't line up with the sponsor.


So, a conservative member of the LGB community who is trying to arrange an event for the community is a "bit entitled", whilst the "Left-wing activists led by Labour's diversity adviser announced a boycott when anonymous Twitter posts revealed he was a Tory supporter who had called for a 'clean-break Brexit'" are beyond reproach?

It is interesting to see further proof that the LGB community aren't as "inviting" or "open minded" as they try to portray.


You might not understand it, but people who are on the side of furthering support for LGBT people can also care about other social issues, such as Brexit being an incredibly bad thing that they also don't want supported. Tough luck if you are the type to be conservative and think that you are doing right by helping LGBT causes, but you are not entitled to sponsorship from more progressive sources that find what you champion for is wrong and not worthy of support.

And I am going to say this, I highly advise you not to use "LGB" instead of "LGBT", leaving the T out makes it really close to anti-trans groups made up of lesbians, gays and bisexuals, like the LGB Alliance. LGB does not mean LGBT, if you continue to keep using it I can only assume that you are equating LGBT community to a hate group, which is what something like the LGB Alliance is. I won't police your speech, but if you keep using it I will have no choice but to assume that every time you say it is an attack on LGBT people, especially trans folk. All you need to do is add the extra letter, like no effort to not come across as hateful.


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13 Jul 2020, 7:47 pm

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How is she intolerant? She expressed an opinion, one that quite a few folks in the trans community agree with.
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Let's face the reality. she doesn't want to share a public bathroom with a trans. That's intolerance.