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🐆 Right-wing trans woman finds out "gender-criticals" cannot be reasoned with (infosec.pub)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Armand1@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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...I could have told you that 🤷

Source: https://x.com/BriannaWu/status/1984574165643403370

Not my usual kind of source (Xitter), but I want any centrists out there who ask trans people to "just get along" / compromise with actual hate groups that want them eradicated to know that it doesn't work.

There is no such thing as a reasonable bigot, by definition.

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[–] bss03 0 points 1 day ago

There is a difference between safety regulation and paternalism that I think you are failing to parse.

There is a fundamental right to bodily autonomy that you aren't valuing.

You can call it whatever you want, if you prevent a person from self-administering any substance, you are violating their human rights.

On top of that, many, many OTC substances are much more lethal than HRT, so the risks of HRT cannot be great enough to justify them not being available OTC.