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Postal worker parent of trans kid refused to deliver hateful flyers. She's being punished.
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this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2024
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She should have taken them and deliver straight to rubbish bin.
I don't believe that the Government being able to destroy mail containing viewpoints it deems objectionable is a power they should have.
There should be no tolerance for the enemy of tolerance.
I don't disagree with this statement.
My issue with the policy proposal that follows is that the people in charge of determining what is intolerant will not necessarily be on your side.
And that's where trouble brews. This rule only works when good, knowledgeable, and tolerant people are in charge of administering it. And God knows that this does not always describe the people actually in charge
Fascists are bad-faith actors. Bad-faith actors will undermine any system or institution they infiltrate for their own benefit and purposes. So our efforts should be in building systems and engaging in best practices to prevent bad-faith actors, such as fascists, from taking power. We should not be concerned by what fascists will do when we stand up to them, because they will do it anyway. And standing up to fascists does not make us fascists.
Gender affirming care is a collection of lifesaving medical treatments. Denying gender affirming care to trans people is to deny trans people the fundamental right to exist. So refusing to spread a targeted life-threatening disinformation campaign is not a arbitrary decision based on who is in charge. It is a strategic decision to defend life and liberty. This happened in Canada, but we should learn from this woman's example here in the US.
That's not what the word tolerance means, at all.
Yes it is.
Yeah? In what way?