Looking to see if I am welcom on kbin to express the viewpoint that it is not possible to be “trans.”
I assert that it is not possible to transition and that gender is the same as sex.
Is this an acceptable viewpoint on kbin, or will I be banned for expressing this?
Not looking to start a fight, just want to know if such speech is tolerated here.
Let me preface this by saying that I disagree with your viewpoint in its entirety, and that I am not an admin nor an instance moderator on Kbin.
Here’s the thing. If your intention is to come into Kbin, or Lemmy, or any other space here, and start spouting your viewpoint anywhere and everywhere - for example, in Pro-Trans spaces, or in spaces that have nothing to do with gender, you can expect some heavy pushback, including (likely) removal from those spaces. If your intention is to come in here and find or create a community that is conducive to posting about your viewpoint, you probably won’t really have much trouble.
You sound like someone who is looking to make trouble, though, which is the only reason I can see for you to have posted this in this particular manner. If that’s your intention, I think I can safely say, on behalf of the Lemmy / Kbin community, fuck right off. There’s plenty of Lemmy instances that you can join that won’t kick you out for this viewpoint, so probably go find one of those.
You say that there are plenty of instances, can you point me in the right direction?
Like I said, I’m not looking for a fight. I’m also not looking at making 1,000 posts on all manner of topics only to find myself banned from the entire server because of post number 1,001 which says that it is not logically possible to both male and a woman. This is my genuinely held belief, and I don’t think the opposing viewpoint is so beyond reproach that my opposition isn’t even worth engaging. This is the problem that I had on Reddit - pro-trans people would come into conservative subreddits and report dozens of people for hate-speech, which would result in a site-wide bans, rather than a subreddit bans. A sub-ban is one thing, but a site-wide ban is something totally different.
I’m just looking to avoid getting established on an instance that will ban me because I write down that, “Bruce Jenner isn’t a woman,” for example.
I’m not looking to fight
And yet you again post something so offensive and factually wrong:
it is not logically possible to both male and a woman
If you were a facts and logic person you’d at minimum acknowledge that sex and gender are not one and the same (hint: they aren’t the same word and are not synonyms), and that gender exists on a spectrum as does sex. These are the facts, your assertions are not.
You say that there are plenty of instances, can you point me in the right direction?
No, I can’t, because the instance I’m a member of is very pro-trans, and we tend not to federate with instances that make the opposing viewpoint as large a part of their discourse as you seem to want to.
If you simply can’t find a conservatively aligned instance to join, though, the beauty of the Fediverse is that you can create one. Create an instance that caters to the crowd you want to associate with. Let them come to you, then nobody can ban you for your views. (You will likely face defederation from a number of other instances, though, so be aware of that possibility.)
Good thing you don’t determine what’s reality and what isn’t with your personal assertions then, as you’re not very good at it.
On whether you’ll be banned, hopefully. Hate speech is not protected speech.
Is this an acceptable viewpoint
No. Go away.
People’s existence is not the subject of debate. Bugger off, troll.
I guess time will tell, but I’d question why you need to assert this? What difference does it make whether people want to consider their gender fluid or not?
I’m sure you’ll be able to find a kbin instance that will tolerate and indeed celebrate whatever views you hold - if not, you can simply start a new instance yourself.
The extent to which other instances will federate with it is a differet question.
You say kbin as if it’s a unitary thing, but that’s not quite right. Between Lemmy and Kbin, there’s a whole slew of instances being ran. Go find you one that will take you and join there. If you get banned, go find another one. If you run out, start your own.
This applies to literally any viewpoint or opinion. All the tankies, for example, hang out over at lemmygrad.ml
Freedom of speech isn’t freedom from consequences. And your right to say what you want doesn’t mean people will want to listen to it, nor that they shouldn’t express their disapproval by whatever means they wish.
Try it and find out. If you get banned, start your own instance. People will be free to join you, ignore you, and/or defederate you as they see fit.
“I’m not looking for a fight, but I am going to say this thing that invalidates the reality of an entire class of people.”
No. That’s not an “acceptable viewpoint”. Tolerance of the intolerant is intolerable.
But that said, if you spend most of your time here talking about normal topics and stay off the anti-trans bullshit, you won’t be banned.
OP said in another thread that they’ve been banned 10 times from Reddit for being “able to articulate various logical arguments against transgenderism”. 🙄
Afaik, it isn’t expressly forbidden. But you aren’t going to have much luck spouting that kind of inaccurate view. I mean, I’m having trouble not poking at the egregiously misused words in there, and I’m fairly chill about letting people figure things out on their own.
So, I don’t think you’ll find the viewpoint tolerated by fellow users, regardless of what any official stance is
