You are viewing a single comment's thread from:

RE: Compelled speech and other stupid ideas

"I'm on the side of people presenting themselves as they wish."

Does that mean we have to pay for their boob jobs?

Some people demand to be called this or that. Other people don't care what you call them, as long as you don't call them late for dinner. It is the latter that most often deserve the respect they get, because their arguments don't rely on the fallacy of authority, but just might actually be reasonable. I note that when people demand titular respect, they have already lost it. When they resort to 'Because I'm king!', or President, or dad, or whatever, the argument they are making is force.

Divine rights are human rights, amirite? No, I'm not. Anyone that mandates we pander to their whims are claiming ownership of us. Claiming our refusal to be owned harms those claiming ownership of us is clearly false, which they will point out as soon as we claim ownership of them. Sticks and stones aren't the same thing as words. When people demand kitty litter boxes in restrooms, or tampon dispensers in men's rooms, the right to present themselves is not the issue, but has become a demand slaves obey their masters.

The very resort to such demands proves the claim false. It's like censorship. If you have to pass a law to prevent people asking questions, what you're defending isn't the truth.

Thanks!