[-] rotten@lemm.ee -3 points 3 days ago

We're talking about both. Gender was traditionally identical to sex and this issue didn't come up much till relatively recently. Outliers, like people born with both sets of organs, were just that. To be consistent with this philosophy, race must also now be done as "whoever identifies as such". After all, it's just as much of a societal construct.

[-] rotten@lemm.ee -1 points 3 days ago

It is an answer. The legitimate things trump does wrong are drowned in the sea of biased reporting. Even now with the tariff talk. These false stories of companies skipping christmas bonuses and crying wolf. What happens when they really do put a tariff on something they shouldn't. That's going to be a blip and not be remembered. What if it does spur domestic manufacturing of something, won't be covered either. You end up in a situation where people just tune in or tune out based on their bias and end up completely uninformed at both ends.

[-] rotten@lemm.ee -1 points 3 days ago

Then we are certainly wired differently. I have no need to keep the "herd" going or to do what others demand beyond the practical. There is probably a collectivist vs individualist argument here too and the voluntary and involuntary aspects of cooperation herein.

[-] rotten@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

Yea, you can put down whatever you want on government forms. That's no mystery. Whether people at large accept you as that what you claim is on them. The government isn't an arbiter of reality any more than you are.

[-] rotten@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

And so what if they do? Nobody is throwing you in jail for selecting the "wrong" box. And if there is some special program you're defrauding.. well.. treating people differently on this in the law isn't part of my philosophy.

[-] rotten@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

But this is a biological thing. It's a medical condition. It's not your gender if you were born with both sets of organs. The point of equality was to get rid of laws being selectively applied. By your philosophy, race also works similarly. Someone who is latino is whoever says they're latino.

[-] rotten@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

No tariffs have been set but we're going to just assume they'll be put on items we can't even make. 100% tariffs on everything, trade isn't something you strategically do.

[-] rotten@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

A hermaphrodite. What is any other genetic condition?

[-] rotten@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

Put a sticker on it, make an announcement, done.

[-] rotten@lemm.ee 16 points 3 days ago

/r/thathappened

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