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submitted 11 months ago by shishmish@kbin.social to c/LGBT@kbin.social

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has said she would prefer two years in jail over using a trans person’s correct pronouns.

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[-] Xylia@artemis.camp 0 points 11 months ago

This whole chain started because someone mentioned they’d hate to live in a jurisdiction that arrested people for misgendering someone. I’m inclined to agree.

Whether or not you feel people are justified in holding their views has ZERO bearing here. It’s quite telling how you think you’re the arbitrator on who and who does not get a say.

And to be clear, fuck bigots and bigotry. I hate ‘em all. Hope they all die painful deaths. I just don’t want governments that don’t already have it to suddenly gain the authority to arrest based on offending people, because it doesn’t take too long before that starts getting abused by the exact type of people who fuck over people like me regularly.

[-] FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Cis people still don't need to be saying how important it is for other cis people to be free to misgender trans people.

They should do that other thing: shutting the fuck up.

[-] Xylia@artemis.camp 0 points 11 months ago

If you can ONLY see this issue in the light of whether or not people can misgender trans people, you're already engaging in bad faith.

[-] FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

We've been over this:

This is not about who should or should not misgender trans people (the answer is "no one" but, again, that is not what any of this is about).

This is about who has moral authority to get all West Wing about a group-they-are-not-part-of's oppression.

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