2026-07-09T03:02:29Z https://yabu.me Light https://yabu.me/npub1rqv5msm2n234xlg97spyp889cfpfjynqrtfpt2kqkzatwystttass0n4mv https://media.social.qoto.org/accounts/avatars/114/168/592/054/356/506/original/a144f30730ac46a7.jpg https://media.social.qoto.org/accounts/avatars/114/168/592/054/356/506/original/a144f30730ac46a7.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs27hjexdmzskgtqav8nn2vm7grp8vcxx23ltly83c7x2dfd88ehxqzyqvpjnwrd2d2x5maqh6qysyuuhpy9xgjvqddy9d2czct4dcjpdd0kfx3avz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf8ver4nx8l4pfj78k354mevfdfazjwrzwh79v2rjn0kaajtlyk7szgn6w5'>nevent1q…n6w5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Who are “The People”? 2026-07-09T03:02:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspa9zxv8kphgwjygfh5vs9fllvc9fujgvcw6e0jptcrehkuwn77yczyqvpjnwrd2d2x5maqh6qysyuuhpy9xgjvqddy9d2czct4dcjpdd0kt775f8 Contrary to popular misconception, critics of the transgender movement do not disagree that trans people have &#34;rights&#34; as a monolith. They&#39;re talking about whether trans people have specific rights including:<br/>- not being misgendered<br/>- tax-payer funded gender surgery/hormones<br/>- (specifically children) to get surgery at all without their parents consent (or with)<br/>I don&#39;t definitely disagree with all of the above, but it gives you a sense of the reasonable criticism people can have with the concept of &#34;trans rights&#34; as &#34;allies&#34; actually mean it (not as the basic human rights they claim to mean).<br/>I do definitely disagree with the right to not be misgendered, as that goes against the right to free speech, which I value a lot.<br/><br/>Trans rights I definitely agree with:<br/> - having surgery with their own money as an adult<br/> - social transition (excluding the bit where they force other people to play along calling them by their preferred pronouns using laws such as the German self-identity law)<br/> - freedom from violence from bigots<br/><br/>Human rights are not just a stand-in for &#34;things I like&#34;. They actually mean something. Namely, government force applied to protect a property of a human being or group thereof (legal right), or a moral obligation on someone to do or not do something to/for someone (moral right).<br/>A legal right to not be misgendered means that the government passes laws prohibiting misgendering trans people. Think about that. 2026-01-02T21:25:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9s0q5y25k899t6lrm2lrp0jtahkzdw06qe5vfu2z9k5jsl6m5drczyqvpjnwrd2d2x5maqh6qysyuuhpy9xgjvqddy9d2czct4dcjpdd0kc75zru In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrytyh2nf3me0j6cun7zgnjsm88vp8tu5cwwz07mujndztkdyf5jq8hwtpp'>nevent1q…wtpp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt;If you think citizens should be able to [support violence and terrorism] [...], I respect that take, but I do think violence is the line of what should be tolerated.<br/>I agree with you. The First Amendment (at least according to #FIRE&#39;s podcast So To Speak, which I have listened to quite a few episodes of) does allow that, however. When the KKK were around, the courts allowed them to promote violence against black people; and because of that black nationalists and supremacists were allowed to say violent things about white people in turn. IIRC.<br/><br/>&gt;I am not particularly concerned about repercussions against people who are supporting violence and terrorism.<br/>Was Rümeysa Öztürk supporrting violence and terrorism?<br/>As far as I&#39;m aware she wrote a perfectly peaceful anti-Israel article in her university newspaper.<br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_R%C3%BCmeysa_%C3%96zt%C3%BCrk">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_R%C3%BCmeysa_%C3%96zt%C3%BCrk</a> 2025-09-24T15:14:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstsuj7yl4s33a0cx8wfz4wrpzaux68zddn96dk7p8dflpryul6d8gzyqvpjnwrd2d2x5maqh6qysyuuhpy9xgjvqddy9d2czct4dcjpdd0ky6yl69 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdqnvu3szl8say6g2m9ssn80zet6qm0dz2dg06rknagq4ksaa5xpgmml6g5'>nevent1q…l6g5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub153lsl0t8k7ug7aksd42ykr04h0rqpjfcya9s4d49nahpn6xfj4lq7zcaex" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Steve Randy Waldman</span> (<span class="italic">npub153l…caex</span>)</a></span> So, where&#39;s the evidence that this is going to happen? 2025-07-06T20:13:02Z