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

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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  - ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I’m not asking you to argue about it. I explicitly don’t want people arguing about it, which I was hoping my previous comment would make clear.
    
    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.
    
    If someone turns against all trans people because they encounter a single angry trans person, then they were just looking for an excuse to justify what they already felt.
    
    And it’s not my job to play nice with the people trying to erase my rights in the hope that maybe, just maybe, they’ll stop what they’re doing! That doesn’t work. That has never worked. Every single civil right gain has been made by pushing back.
    
    So thanks for the advice, but I’ll keep pushing back
    
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    BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    You’re not pushing back against anti trans people, you’re pushing back against people trying to change and understand. You are doing more harm than good to the trans community, and if you understand that and continue to be that way, then what does that say about you?
    
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- sixty@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Ada, chill the fuck out.
  
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amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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