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  • I said you should think about your attitude around it. You should think about why you feel you need to be derogatory about it.

    Because it trivializes an issue I believe is serious?

    Because it's resulted in an instance regarding any disagreement with the idea as ban-worthy thoughtcrime?

    Because when I get called a transphobe for not believing in dragons, it gets my dander up?

    Its a pointless thing to be mean about. If its how someone feels, its how someone feels.

    Okay? I feel that dragons aren't a gender. I didn't go and shove this in Drag's face, nor, for that matter, in Ada's face.

    Why are my feelings on this invalid?

    Shoot.

    • Because it trivializes an issue I believe is serious?

      They may consider it serious too.

      So you're trivializing others based on your perception that its trivializing. Seems kind of a shitty thing to do.

      Because it's resulted in an instance regarding any disagreement with the idea as ban-worthy thoughtcrime?

      Its kind of been the rule forever there, basically the basis the entire instance was founded on. So... Yeah. Why is that a surprise?

      Okay? I feel that dragons aren't a gender. I didn't go and shove this in Drag's face, nor, for that matter, in Ada's face.

      I haven't commented on anything related to the mod/admin actions until just above, if you notice. Just comments in this thread. Do I think it was overstepping? Yes.

      Do I also think you're being kind of a dick? Also yes.

      Why are my feelings on this invalid?

      You're basically outright saying that people couldn't possibly exist who feel different on the inside. Its just a different sense of self for them, which neither you - nor I for that matter - understand.

      Your opinion and mine don't mean jack shit. Just like individual opinions about someone's ability to be transgendered don't mean jack shit. There is science behind being transgender - and its been set back already by decades (and likely centuries) due to conservative shitheads. If they hadn't, maybe there would be more scientific exploration of this aspect. I have no idea.

      But what I do know is, unless its scientifically proven this can't be, or its still a possibility.

      My opinion on it is meaningless.

      Edit: [ ] a whole word.

      • They may consider it serious too.

        Some people consider race-mixing serious, that doesn't mean that I have to treat their considerations with equal respect.

        Its kind of been the rule forever there, basically the basis the entire instance was founded on. So… Yeah. Why is that a surprise?

        Didn't realize the basis of the instance was that dragons were real.

        I haven’t commented on anything related to the mod/admin actions until just above, if you notice. Just comments in this thread. Do I think it was overstepping? Yes.

        But you said:

        Its a pointless thing to be mean about. If its how someone feels, its how someone feels.

        But I was only 'mean about it' in the context of being accused of being a transphobe for having the opinion. I was not part of the conversation 'til then. I was not the one who brought up the issue. I didn't come out of nowhere to attack someone for saying they're a dragon - Drag, even, has commented numerous times on my posts without me getting into a fight with them about it. I was accused of being transphobic, I defended myself from the accusation by pointing out my rationale, and I get tone-policed for bitching on that after an admin comes from another instance and bans me? Fucking really?

        You’re basically outright saying that people couldn’t possibly exist who feel different on the inside. Its just a different sense of self for them, which you - nor I for that matter - understand.

        At no point have I commented along the lines of 'feeling different on the inside' being invalid. The question is whether 'feeling different' is gender. Should I regard my gender as 'gassy' after a trip to Taco Bell?

        Your opinion and mine don’t mean jack shit. Just like individual opinions about someone’s ability to be transgendered don’t mean jack shit. There is science behind being transgender - and its been set back already by decades (and likely centuries) due to conservative shitheads. If they hadn’t, maybe there would be more scientific exploration of this aspect. I have no idea.

        But what I do know is, unless its scientifically proven this can’t be, or its still a possibility.

        My opinion on it is meaningless.

        ... bruh, how much scientific literature on trans issues have you actually read.

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