• grte@lemmy.caOP
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    11 months ago

    You are attempting to draw a false equivalence between something a person is vs a choice a person makes. A logically equivalent statement to yours would be, “You can’t demand someone publicly endorse gay/trans if you won’t publicly support people who choose to drive drunk.”

    I’m sure you can see how absurd that is.

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        11 months ago

        Groups don’t, that’s a protected class under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Individuals of course can discriminate as they wish as long as they don’t spread hate speech.

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          11 months ago

          What is the universally recognized definition of “hate speech” that all people agree on?

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                11 months ago

                The law I linked is the product of a democratically elected government. Though I agree with it, I had no personal hand in it except perhaps in casting a vote for someone who would have voted for it when it came up in the House of Commons. If you disagree with the law, you are free to petition your fellow Canadians to vote for a party that will change it.

                All that to say your accusations are histrionics.

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        No, that’s discrimination against a protected group.

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            You’re either daft or just trying to create a “gotcha” moment.

            As an individual you can say whatever you want, however when you express bigotry or racism publically you face public criticism.

            Nothing is stopping you from being a POS nothing is stopping you from being a homophobe nothing is stopping you from being a bigot. AT AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL

            You don’t need to be friends with trans people, they don’t want to be your friend anyways.

            “What say did the public have” idk maybe all the decades of fighting for rights…