• @doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5911 months ago

    Has anyone in any country ever been incarcerated for misgendering a trans person? Is there even a significant number of people who seriously believe that would be an appropriate response?

    Nope.

    Just come out and tell us about your victimhood complex, Joanne.

    • @WolfhoundRO@lemmy.world
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      1711 months ago

      Exactly! It’s like going to jail for having someone presenting themselves as Joanne and you always call them Joanna. How will it ever be so much of a concern to throw someone in jail and destroy their future over it, Joanna? HOW??

      • @UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world
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        411 months ago

        It’s about the influential power. She’s presenting a potentially dangerous rhetoric. She really does have the power to create a new wave of hate if she really wanted to.

    • fadingembers
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      211 months ago

      In fact it’s the other way around. Plenty of people have been incarcerated and worse for simply being trans