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intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I’m a conservative so I can answer this question without speculation. I think intersex people should:

be burdened as little as possible by taxes
have a relatively free market so that if they can’t find dignity under any employer, they can go straight to the market as an entrepreneur
keep a gun or two at home, to keep the government from having absolute power
focus their efforts locally, to achieve maximum possible good from their time on earth
face their fears willingly in order to develop the courage and moral strength to withstand hard times and tragedy
be judged on their merit and the moral choices they make, not based on their biological characteristics
be free to innovate and form economic relationships based on their own and their collaborators’ consent (aka have access to a free market)

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Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I don’t understand how this is not the top answer in the thread. In my opinion this is almost the best possible answer.

Two things I have issue with: “have a relatively free market” should be “have a well-regulated market.” Obviously “well regulated” is open to interpretation, but there should be some agreement that the 2008 financial crisis was the result of insufficient market regulation.

“Be judged on their merit and the moral choices they make, not based on their biological characteristics.”

Sadly, this is a very untypical view. It’s clear that some of the most strict and punative conservative viewpoints are based on biological characteristics. Like, a lot. So much that it prompted Op’s question: where do intersex people fit into the strict conservative biological based rules on who can go where and do what?

Side stepping the real question shows that conservatives don’t really want to talk about, or know about intersex people, or anyone who isn’t the straight white heteronormative christian default. Its clear that most conservatives attitude about people who don’t fit that profile is that they should know their place, keep quiet and not be uppity.

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- intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  It’s clear that some of the most strict and punative conservative viewpoints are based on biological characteristics.
  
  I’ve not heard any conservatives say such a thing. Where did you get this idea?
  
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  - Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Where did I get this idea? Well, I grew up In a very conservative neighborhood in a conservative town and went to a conservative private school and church.
    
    You’ve never heard anyone say such a thing? You are either pulling my leg or you are unable to see it for what it is.
    
    Here are just some of the prescriptive conservative ideas based on people’s biological characteristics: who can wear what clothes, what toys are appropriate for which children, hair length, who can go into which washroom, who can get married to whom, who can play what sports, decisions about abortion, and on and on.
    
    Why so much time and discussion devoted to trans people in conservative media? Because they break the rules on who can do what, arbitrarily based on the junk you were born with. In the case of Imane Khelif, what she was born with was not enough to shield her from controversy and harassment.
    
    When I was a kid I wanted an easy bake oven so i could make cake and eat cake, no other reason. What I recieved was a powerful whuppin for “tryin to act like a girl.” That’s where I got that idea.
    
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