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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't see us making any progress on this front.  There are two things the sides would have to agree with.

1. There is no such thing as hate speech.
2. Gender dysphoria is a mental illness.

Until there is common ground on these two topics there is very little that can be done.

I attended the school board meeting last night, and was deeply saddened to observe parents who are unwilling to teach their children these facts but go beyond basic negligence and teach the opposite.  It is child abuse at the very least.

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Am I understanding correctly -- you think "there is no such thing as hate speech"? You consider that a "fact"?

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Still waiting on an answer to this.

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Not the PP, but I think a simple google search will show you the arguments that support there is no such thing as hate speech.  Most results you will find are the prattling of conservative talking heads...  There is however some validity to the argument.  Hate speech is a meaningless label, created out of the same identity politics machine that force all of us, on both sides of any argument, on to anonymous forums.

There are amazingly good/kind people on both sides of this disagreement.  I expect most people on this forum and especially the one I'm about to write about would fall in to this category.

Personally [b]I don't think it is ok to encourage a child to normalize behavior considered mental illness.[/b]  I discourage my children from accepting the behavior we see from the majority of adults in our very left leaning community.  Example, a lady who displayed a small stuffed animal at the SB meeting this week and was excited to share that she had normalized all concepts of gender inconformity so that her pre-schooler had labeled the animal some lengthy title made of nontraditional gender labels. [b] I consider that a form of child abuse, [/b]and it makes me very sad.

That said, these are only my opinions on the issue at hand.  I'm sure the lady I'm writing about is a loving and kind mother, and would never do anything she thought would hurt her child.  The difference is, I think it does hurt her child, and the statistics surrounding child suicide in progressive countries show this clearly.

I'm certain there has been gender dysphoria for as long as people have walked the earth, this isn't a new phenomenon.[b]  It is new that adults confuse their children with messages that encourage behavior that has no basis in reality.[/b]

I'm not sure where you go from there...  Will keep reading and learning.[/quote]

THAT is a whole lot of hate speech. Thanks for demonstrating.

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DP - You are the one who needs to learn what "hate speech" really is.  Politely expressing one's personal opinions and beliefs, without profanity and name-calling or rabble-rousing, is not hate speech.  The PP's post is actually a demonstration of civil discourse.  You simply demonstrate a self-righteous, intolerant, closed-minded attitude.  how ironic.[/quote]

You think hate speech is just profanity and name calling? SMH.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech
[i][b]“Hate speech is a statement intended to demean[/b] and brutalize another”

“Hate speech is speech that attacks a person or a group on the basis of protected attributes such as race, religion, ethnic origin, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity.”[/i]

PP is claiming that transgender people are all “mentally ill”. Considers parent support of trans kids “child abuse”. And “actively discourages acceptance” of people different than herself. How can you get any more demeaning?!

No profanity but certainly hate speech. Disgusting that the PP has children.

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