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[–] FlyingSquid 33 points 6 months ago (22 children)

No one is being forced.

For fuck's sake.

Peterson just lied about the bill.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qbnamx/no-the-trans-rights-bill-doesnt-criminalize-free-speech

No one is stopping him or anyone else from being a bigoted asshole. Asking people to stop doing it and telling them why is not forcing them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (7 children)

No one is being forced

I think you misunderstood his hyperbole as a literal thing

Of course people aren't putting a gun to your head. But there are often consequences for not doing it.

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Such as what? Can you demonstrate someone suffering any legitimate consequences?

[–] duffman 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You sound pretty ignorant. Intentionally misgendering someone at work would get you canned pretty fast at most corporate jobs.

There's no reason to reason not to just refer to people their gender identity but you are either lying or very unaware of corporate culture.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 6 months ago

You mean harassing someone at work will get you fired. That's true no matter what type of harassment it is. That has nothing to do with pronouns. You could get fired for repeatedly calling someone at work a panda.

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