I have a question:

If I make comments that are hostile to the notion that people can be “transgender,” even without targeting a particular person, will I be banned here?

For example, if I say that it is not logically possible to be “trans,” will I be banned?

I’ve been banned like 10 times from Reddit for this, so I’m curious about here.

  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
    4·
    1 year ago

    Depends on the instance. Only the instance admin can ban your account entirely, and you can in principle just make one on another one. You can of course also get banned by mods from the communities they manage. So if you walk into most places on here that are on-track with the reality of human rights, and say shit like that, yeah, you’ll get the boot. Being this wrong about something like that makes it pretty warranted in the places on here that will give you the boot. Which is most of them. Go find some corner with people like you, and stay in it, please.

  • Bernie Ecclestoned
    3·
    1 year ago

    I doubt you’ll be banned, people might think you’re just being contrarian or a bigot.

  • southsamurai
    2·
    1 year ago

    Hostility isn’t going to be welcomed at all, regardless of why.

  • phrankygee@lemmy.world
    31·
    1 year ago

    Likewise, if you are a member, sympathiser or a resemblant of a group that is known to largely hate, mock, discriminate against, and/or want to take lives of any other group of people, and you were provably vocal about your hate, then you you will be banned on sight.

    I suspect you will be labeled as “sympathetic to groups known to discriminate against a group of people”, so yes, you will likely be banned from this particular community.

    • haughty_thoughts@lemmy.worldOP
      17·
      1 year ago

      So, if I understand correctly, the only acceptable viewpoint on discussion about “trans” issues, is to affirm that it is possible to be “trans.” And if I don’t agree, then I will be banned for hate speech?

      Is that the long and short of it?

      • OneOrTheOther2028
        2·
        1 year ago

        From what I’ve read, you can have any discussion you’d like on trans people as long as it doesn’t call their existence as trans into question.

        If you doubt people can be trans, then there’s not really a discussion to be had on the matter. Discussing whether Chinese people exist is strange, kind of xenophobic, but ultimately a dumb discussion. Discussing what falls under who is classified as “Chinese”, now that’s a discussion with some varied viewpoints and historical backing. In that same vein, you can discuss what constitutes as trans, you can talk about potential mislabeling of trans characters or whether a character was intended trans (think hindu gods, multiple “versions” of various myths might point male or female and that has to do with cultural understanding and historical spread and a million other things).

        If you’ve already been banned like 11 times on reddit, have you considered that you may not be discussing a topic so much as just stating hateful rhetoric and opinions? There is a distinction between making a statement “no one can be trans” and posing an argument or topic for discussion “are there historical references to trans people”.