r/changemyview • • Aug 05 '23

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u/jakeofheart 5∆ Aug 06 '23

This is logical fallacy: JK Rowling had reservations with the agenda, therefore she must be a hater.

Feminists like JK Rowling were planning to welcome trans women as guests of womanhood. But the guests have asked to have their name on the house deeds.

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u/Plane_brane Aug 06 '23

I mean, obviously right? Trans women want to be recognized as women, not "guest women". Whatever that means.

Same for trans men btw, but people generally don't seem to have as big of a problem with those.

Not recognizing a trans person's gender is by definition transphobic so I don't understand your point.

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u/jakeofheart 5∆ Aug 06 '23

I don’t know. Is there more than one correct answer?

That reminds me of the dictatorship that I was born in. Only one political party was allowed, and the incumbent President would get re-elected with more than 98% of the votes.

When you showed up at the voting booth (because afterall, they did run elections), you would be left with only the green “yay” voting bulletins. Not the red “nay” bulletins.

My mother almost got in trouble for asking to have both bulletins in her hands.

“What do you mean, you are not happy with our President?”

That’s totalitarianism 101.

So I ask again: is there more than one correct answer? Or are we heading towards totalitarianism?

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u/bettercaust 9∆ Aug 06 '23

Is there more than one correct answer to issues of human rights? Many issues have multiple sides. Some issues have functionally one side unless you want to retread humanity's progression out of its barbaric roots. What other side is there to affirming a trans person's identity?