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by Zeklandia 2671 days ago
How condescending and moral relativistic of you to say that there is a wrong time and place to assert what is and is not a human right, that there is no unselfish reason to do so, and that human rights are merely a matter of individual preference.
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mar77i 2670 days ago
How are trans people excluded from human rights, again? I seem to have missed that part in my source [0], because that should certainly be covered most formidably by article 3, "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person".

[0] http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/inde...

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Zeklandia 2670 days ago
Rights that aren't asserted are not likely to be respected. Yes, of course these rights apply to everyone, but the laws and policies being enacted aren't taking those rights away from everyone, they're taking them away from trans people. If there were laws passed to do things like prevent cisgender men and women from using anything other than unisex bathrooms, it wouldn't make much sense to rally support for trans rights, would it? But that's not what's happening, what's happening is an infringement against trans people, specifically. Would it make much sense for firefighters to ignore individual fires and only put fires out when everything was on fire?
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mar77i 2670 days ago
> Rights that aren't asserted are not likely to be respected.

I don't see that happening at all. I find this whole activism trope a dangerous game, they indoctrinate each other with a mindest to disregard empirical data and disrespecting authorities put in place by governments.

> do things like prevent cisgender men and women from using anything other than unisex bathrooms

I'm pretty convinced that where I live you can use whichever bathroom you like, while dressing like the unicorn you are. I'll still be using a urinal, though, because I don't want to make a mess for people, cis or not cis, that need to use the bathroom for more serious business.

> infringement against trans people, specifically

I condemn violence, especially against one-legged single-parent dwarves. They deserve better and you damn well know it.

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0x262d 2670 days ago
you are a bigot in denial. have fun being hateful!
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