A private organization choosing to exclude people with demonstrably toxic beliefs is the opposite of a danger to society - it’s a benefit.

Yes. This is actually already a discussion in the LGBT community and usually, correctly, addressed. There are plenty of lesbians who are absolutely accepting of trans women, and vice versa. Sometimes it’s a deal breaker.

It’s more of a catch-all for the rising tide of fascism. Conservatism in the US has very much taken a fascist bent that resembles earlier steps in fascist development. The Nazis didn’t start out straight up gassing people. They started with smaller steps. You don’t need to be full on pushing open genocide for the…

I’m reading your arguments and you’re fighting a semantic battle. Phobias do not completely mean fear, they can also mean aversion, fear can also lead to hatred.

decisions of...being excluded from a privately-run charity event for harboring extremely bigoted ideas that will inevitably cause discomfort for the rest of the group’s members?

hey kotaku mods, this guy is a concern trolling dipshit and probably shouldn’t be allowed to post anymore. tia

Wow 28 trans people murdered as of July. Well holy shit we got ourselves a crisis don’t we?

Action, let action be the deciding factor. You can have a change of heart, even if that change of heart is because other forced you to come face to face with your shittyness. Like you said it doesn’t have to take years, or month, or even weeks. Often, being force to confront shitty things you’ve done or said can force…

If you’ve really dedicated yourself to atoning for your atrocious behavior, you’re going to have to be prepared to continue paying for your behavior for a long time. The people harmed by this kind of behavior don’t get to just shrug it off. Why should a change of mind mean the person who caused that harm can just shrug…

Accurate. You also have to admit publicly that Western (white) civilization is the pinnacle of social functioning, and should be spread.

Yes, “phobic” applies just fine, because most hatred of other people is rooted in fear. And incidentally, hate against vulnerable groups of people is just a bit different from trivial opinions like disliking wine or beer. Trans people are murdered at a higher rate than almost any other group. I don’t see that sort of…

It’s fucking frustrating the GDQ didn’t investigate or take action the first time. 100 percent Bullshit.

EXCEPT OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!!

Nah I’m joking, but you know some idiot is here somewhere bitching about this

And nothing of value was lost.

Good on Andrea and the rest of the GDQ community to push them into what is pretty fucking crystal clear response they should have given at first.

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I think it’s called a circle.

One cannot help but think there is a substantive Venn Diagram between the Proud Boys and the incels.

Proud boys are racist, misogynist, backwards people who believe that libertarianism is the greatest thing in the land. They’re also notoriously pedophilic, which they try to cover with “um, actually, it’s hebephilia. The age of consent in so many progressive countries is, like, 15.”

These incel support groups are getting out of control.