• arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      17 hours ago

      People can be wrong about literally anything. That is not an excuse to say “fuck everyone else in this group.”

      If you extend this argument, we shouldn’t believe what anyone tells us about absolutely anything because they might have made a mistake. Truly a great basis for human society.

      • definitely_AI@feddit.online
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        17 hours ago

        Why would you presume that questioning someone’s beliefs would mandate to treat them like shit? What a bizarre worldview. Everyone deserves to be treated with kindness and respect, whatever they believe.

        But your beliefs about the world do not dictate my beliefs about the world. That is surely not a hard concept to grasp?

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          7 hours ago

          Because there’s an explicit bias in your questioning. You wouldn’t question if I’m really cis-hetero, but you would question of I’m reeeeeeeeally gay or trans, even thought I’m sure there are more people who come up publicly as gay after having children than there are trans detransitioning.

          This is the same as the maga mentality, where any man in a position of responsibility is accepted by default, but for women they demand justification for the role.