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I'm hoping to hear your thoughts about how we as a society are punishing people for "sins" of the past, namely, having used gay slurs. I wonder how the LGBTQ community feels about what is happening in their name. Hearing that Kevin Hart was forced to step down from hosting the Oscars makes me wonder what the point of this exercise is. Should people really be losing jobs? Gigs?
Recently, a Virginia high school teacher was fired because he refused to use a gender pronoun. He wanted to reach some compromise and call the student by her new name, just not use a pronoun. Is that really grounds for firing?
A very liberal Canadian feminist, Meghan Murphy, had her Twitter account closed down because she said "men aren't women". This his hate speech nowadays?
I don't know that I'd be comfortable having these negative, even damaging things happen in my name. If someone said a slur many years ago, should we be punishing them now? Even when they don't stand by what they said anymore?
Should we follow Canada and compel speech?
Before anyone make assumptions, I am supportive of the gay community and have been pro-gay marriage for many years now. I would recognize a trans person's preferred name and pronoun and regard them as the gender they identify with, however, I will never us plurals, nor will I use "ze".
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts...announced-oscars-host/?utm_term=.98ecf8c06dac
https://www.richmond.com/news/virgi...cle_65be1826-50b2-5d38-be58-47d9b9480917.html
https://thefederalist.com/2018/11/25/twitter-permanently-bans-feminist-writing-men-arent-women/
Recently, a Virginia high school teacher was fired because he refused to use a gender pronoun. He wanted to reach some compromise and call the student by her new name, just not use a pronoun. Is that really grounds for firing?
A very liberal Canadian feminist, Meghan Murphy, had her Twitter account closed down because she said "men aren't women". This his hate speech nowadays?
I don't know that I'd be comfortable having these negative, even damaging things happen in my name. If someone said a slur many years ago, should we be punishing them now? Even when they don't stand by what they said anymore?
Should we follow Canada and compel speech?
Before anyone make assumptions, I am supportive of the gay community and have been pro-gay marriage for many years now. I would recognize a trans person's preferred name and pronoun and regard them as the gender they identify with, however, I will never us plurals, nor will I use "ze".
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts...announced-oscars-host/?utm_term=.98ecf8c06dac
https://www.richmond.com/news/virgi...cle_65be1826-50b2-5d38-be58-47d9b9480917.html
https://thefederalist.com/2018/11/25/twitter-permanently-bans-feminist-writing-men-arent-women/