Comments by "TommyJ" (@ImperiumLibertas) on "Red Hat vs Hyprland: Silencing political "undesirables"" video.

They've really forgotten what the Free in Free and Open means.
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@fltfathin This is factually untrue. The only way this is true is if you discard and redefine the definition of gender which is a concept that has been tied to biological sex for as long as language has existed. Gender and pronouns are a tool of society to describe the practical differences between the sexes in language. The campaign to make gender an abstract term with no concrete objective meaning only goes to harm actual women. For example, ever wonder why we have gendered bathrooms? It's not to protect men. Gendered bathrooms exist because society recognizes the biological differences between men and women that make women more vulnerable to physical force due to them being generally weaker than men. Because of these practical differences society logically concluded that women need a safe space to conduct their business that is separate from men where otherwise they'd be put in a potentially compromising situation. When you refuse to recognize the real differences between the sexes for the sake of calling someone who is confused about their identity by their preferred pronouns and go to treat them like actual women will inevitably harm and take away opportunities from actual women.
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The purpose of pronouns was never to "express" ones identity. That is an entirely a product of post-modernist abstractionist thinking.
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I would not be surprised if Red Hat were to come out and state that by not affirming the pronouns of the trans individual that he committed actual violence against them and therefore is not allowed to be part of the free desktop org.
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@5omebody third person they is not gender neutral. It's gender ambiguous. There is a difference. They being used a singular is used in casual English but is informal. I'm really not interested in delving into the nuances of American English when the point is not about language.
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@5omebody that certainly is your opinion. The only reason you hold that opinion is because it aligns with your ideology so unless you can justify the base ideology I'll find no value if your opinion.
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This is factually untrue. The only way this is true is if you discard and redefine the definition of gender which is a concept that has been tied to biological sex for as long as language has existed. Gender and pronouns are a tool of society to describe the practical differences between the sexes in language. The campaign to make gender an abstract term with no concrete objective meaning only goes to harm actual women. For example, ever wonder why we have gendered bathrooms? It's not to protect men. Gendered bathrooms exist because society recognizes the biological differences between men and women that make women more vulnerable to physical force due to them being generally weaker than men. Because of these practical differences society logically concluded that women need a safe space to conduct their business that is separate from men where otherwise they'd be put in a potentially compromising situation. When you refuse to recognize the real differences between the sexes for the sake of calling someone who is confused about their identity by their preferred pronouns and go to treat them like actual women will inevitably harm and take away opportunities from actual women.
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@bocimino463 I dont even care if it's woke as long as they're not suppressing others
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The "left" has never been about individual rights. They've always been about collective rights. If they believe taking your rights away is in the best interest of the collective or that by doing so aligns or protects the ideals of the collective group then they will do so. I.e. banning someone for not embracing trans ideology being enough wrong think to be depersoned to the extent they can do so.
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