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by oblio 1706 days ago
Well, I'd argue that the one imposing on others more loses.

Proselytizing religions have no moral leg to stand on from an imposition point of view.

Plus, let's be honest here, your example is just people being jerks with each other. The real debates are about physical harm, economic harm, etc., in which case it's far less fuzzy figuring out who's wrong.

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> Well, I'd argue that the one imposing on others more loses.

In which case the party trying to impose censorship always loses.

> The real debates are about physical harm, economic harm, etc., in which case it's far less fuzzy figuring out who's wrong.

Nobody is talking about laws against violence or monopolization. Charging someone with a crime for beating you with a billy club is not censorship.

> Well, I'd argue that the one imposing on others more loses.

For the preferred pronoun question, which one is more imposing? Getting other people to call you by your preferred pronoun, or refusing to call people by their preferred pronoun? You can make plausible arguments for either side.

For one, if my name is Joe and you don't call me Joe, that's highly insulting. I doubt there's any culture in the world where it's not.