Those objects would still exist, but they wouldn’t be recognized as manifestations of the same category “car”. And they are quite different from each other, just look at electric vs gas, and vs motorcycles which somehow aren’t cars.
Cars don’t randomly start up and drive themselves yet. If everyone were to stop believing in cars, they’d just become mythical objects that litter the world but are of no one’s concern.
This is the third time now I’ve removed one of your comments for this kind of gatekeeping of other peoples identity. You’re no longer welcome in blahaj zone communities
To some extent, I agree. However, making up new words and terms can be the beginning of the “social” part of the social construct. For instance, part of why I’m so attached to “bisexual” as a label rather than terms like pansexual is that learning of bisexuality was the first time I realised that it was possible to be attracted to more than one gender; previously, I had thought that because I had experienced attraction to boys, that I must be straight. This led me to not even notice the attraction I felt towards other girls until I learned that bisexuality was a thing
lbz doesn’t do downvotes, which means communities hosted on lbz don’t do downvotes, and any downvotes received are ignored, without federating them out.
Transphobes are not welcome on Lemmy. Those who hate me or my LGBTQ+ homies for not conforming with their pointless and archaic expectations should fuck off. We have freedom. Even if I were to conform with their expectations I’d still want freedom and rights for all. These hateful morons should be banned from this network. Paradox of tolerance.
Expressing transphobia is not welcome on lemmy. You only have to look at the amount of upvotes “subtle” transphobia and “just asking questions” transphobia still gets to realise that there are still lots of transphobes around that have just learned to keep it close to their chest. They still express it through votes though
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Reminds me of a quote from Nevada by Imogen Binnie:
(Recited from memory, probably not word-for-word accurate.)
Oh, that quote is good. Except the last sentence. If everybody would stop believing in cars, they would still exist.
Those objects would still exist, but they wouldn’t be recognized as manifestations of the same category “car”. And they are quite different from each other, just look at electric vs gas, and vs motorcycles which somehow aren’t cars.
Cars don’t randomly start up and drive themselves yet. If everyone were to stop believing in cars, they’d just become mythical objects that litter the world but are of no one’s concern.
This is the third time now I’ve removed one of your comments for this kind of gatekeeping of other peoples identity. You’re no longer welcome in blahaj zone communities
Gender is a social construct, and if your friend wants a new gender and you won’t help them socially construct it, you’re a bad friend.
French, like all languages, is also a social construct.
It’s the localized update of a localized update of a localized update of a localized update to a social construct.
To some extent, I agree. However, making up new words and terms can be the beginning of the “social” part of the social construct. For instance, part of why I’m so attached to “bisexual” as a label rather than terms like pansexual is that learning of bisexuality was the first time I realised that it was possible to be attracted to more than one gender; previously, I had thought that because I had experienced attraction to boys, that I must be straight. This led me to not even notice the attraction I felt towards other girls until I learned that bisexuality was a thing
How does this not have any downvotes except mine
this is blahaj zone how did transphobia (which the mods then removed) end up with 38 upvotes and 0 downvotes
Drive-by cishet people
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LBZ doesn’t register downvotes, i thought?
lbz doesn’t do downvotes, which means communities hosted on lbz don’t do downvotes, and any downvotes received are ignored, without federating them out.
bad idea
downvotes can show that people see something wrong with a comment and will make less people see it
Too many people see trans people making any comment at all as something that needs to be downvoted.
Transphobes are not welcome on Lemmy. Those who hate me or my LGBTQ+ homies for not conforming with their pointless and archaic expectations should fuck off. We have freedom. Even if I were to conform with their expectations I’d still want freedom and rights for all. These hateful morons should be banned from this network. Paradox of tolerance.
Expressing transphobia is not welcome on lemmy. You only have to look at the amount of upvotes “subtle” transphobia and “just asking questions” transphobia still gets to realise that there are still lots of transphobes around that have just learned to keep it close to their chest. They still express it through votes though