Was hanging out with my cousins the other day and learned they got some brainworms that need to be bullied out of them. One of them uttered the words “gender ideology” and I swear I almost slapped the shit out of him in his parents kitchen. The funniest part was that his lib dad actually was on my side for once and joined in ripping into him over his shit takes.

  • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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    I tried that route already by telling him that this shit was already being used to ban trans people from chess tournaments. He’s gonna need something more, possibly up to and including a punch in the mouth though I prefer it not go that way.

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      Where’s he getting “gender ideology” rhetoric from, and what are the motivations for him absorbing and repeating it. That’ll inform whether to punch ig

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      Unfortunately there’s still a lack of scientific investigation, and what he do have is largely indecisive. BBC article discussing the absurdity of trans sport bans. Does he even know any trans athletes by name? There are so few that it’s news when someone does well, such as in the article it mentions Rachael/Ivy was harassed for her victory, despite losing against Wagner so many times before. Seems like some form of confirmation bias to me.