Comment on New to lemmy. Is there a version of /r/changemyview?

• GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Welcome to lemmy. To help you get settled, the comment you are replying to is from the admin of a/the dedicated trans instance. And a “little” combative about it.

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  • daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Ohhhhh that’s what Blahaj zone is? I learned something today.

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    • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yep, called after a Blahaj, an IKEA shark and a trans mascot

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      • daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        May I ask why the shark is a trans mascot? I’m genuinly curious.

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• ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What do you want changed then?

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  • Sentient_Door_Hinge@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That’s not the point. It’s not always about changing your view, but being able to defend and maybe refine your view to a more logically consistent position. Even as a lurker, it’s nice to be able to watch debates on positions that you almost entirely agree or entirely disagree with and read the arguments for and against it. I feel it helps solidify my logically consistent moral views of the world and makes me rethink the ones that are not.

    I agree with op that this kind of topic and I would say realistically any topic should be allowed. As long as it’s actively moderated and both sides are constructively arguing for or against the position. It’s definitely one of the few communities I missed the most from Reddit and I wish it was as big here as well.

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    • ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      So, you’d be ok with someone arguing that maybe a discussion about racism is warranted, because sometimes, a bit of racism is warranted?

      Or is that only ok when it’s trans people?

      'cause if you want logical and consistent, that’s something you need to ask yourself. Why is it that folk are quite willing to discuss the erasure of rights of just one class of people, when it’s not something you’d even consider talking about with most other groups?

      There is no consistency in that desire, it’s not driven by a desire to be logically consistent. This is driven by political interests and think tanks trying to create social divide. It’s not a co-incidence that you just want to consider the logical merits or trans folk, right now, at this moment in history.

      Until you’re willing to face the reasons behind that, and the impact your social context has on you, you can’t be logically consistent.

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      • Sentient_Door_Hinge@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Yes I would be ok with that kind of question. That argument would be torn apart pretty easily. If you’re curious, at some point some of those topics were allowed on that subreddit and you should still be able to find them.

        If your concern is that it’s possible it becomes a weakly moderated cesspool of propaganda or whatever then fine. Until that happens, I don’t understand what the issue is with allowing a moderated debate on sensitive topics by people that are genuinely arguing for or against some position.

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I feel like Change My View is useful for topics in which reasonable minds might differ in opinion.

      Fundamental human rights are not one of those topics.

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  • BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    To play devil’s advocate, trans in sports is a hot topic that I believe merits debate. I’m not going to do that, but it’s an example of something that’s not just black and white, and that I assume can’t be discussed at all at reddit given this post by OP.

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    • ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      So, you’d like to argue for the validity of excluding a vulnerable group, in the middle of a world spanning hate campaign against that exact group?

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      • BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Nope. I very specifically said I’m not arguing about that. I’m giving an example of something polarizing that someone may want to have their mind changed on.

        Maybe ease up on the hostility. There are people out there that were raised a certain way that want to change or perhaps have questions due to ignorance on the topic. By being combative, you’re doing more harm than good for something you clearly care about.

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      • sixty@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Ada, chill the fuck out.

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    • amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      i think the real debate should be whether cis people should be allowed in sports. it makes my children uncomfortable to see them pushing their lifestyle down their throats

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      • BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        And that’s definitely an opinion you should be able to post and discuss in a forum like changemyview.

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  • WordBox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Add a turbocharger and intercooler for better performance.

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