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Re: AmeriPol thread
« Reply #31650 on: August 16, 2019, 01:36:22 pm »

Do people who are trying to get rid of gender labels not realize that forcing people to not use labels is still forcing labels on them?
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Re: AmeriPol thread
« Reply #31651 on: August 16, 2019, 01:43:43 pm »

Technically speaking, saying that there are 2 genders is non-binary.

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« Reply #31652 on: August 16, 2019, 01:51:13 pm »

Do people who are trying to get rid of gender labels not realize that forcing people to not use labels is still forcing labels on them?

I'd say a related but bigger problem is that identity politics inherently labels people based on things that are fundamentally unimportant. With traditional liberalism, if you have a black astronaut, he's an astronaut first, and the black thing is incidental. With the identity politics viewpoint, you shove the "blackness" aspect right front and center, and the fact that the guy is an astronaut is almost a footnote.

This causes a lot of problems when you force people to "represent groups" instead of standing as individuals. Seriously, if you drum it into black people for example that they are inherently part of the "black identity group" and the whole world is against them, what sort of impact d'ya reckon that has on their potential? Not necessarily good.
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Re: AmeriPol thread
« Reply #31653 on: August 16, 2019, 02:07:51 pm »

Do people who are trying to get rid of gender labels not realize that forcing people to not use labels is still forcing labels on them?

This is in reference to what?
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« Reply #31654 on: August 16, 2019, 03:33:46 pm »

I don't think I've seen anyone who wants to abolish gender labels entirely. The usual spiel goes "Abolish gender roles, respect gender identity" which is cool. It's like... you want to be housewife-ey, you do that, but whether you want to or not it shouldn't be an assumption/pressure/enforcement that that's what you'd be. Also that you shouldn't be pressured *away* from housewife-ey stuff just because your gender or presentation doesn't match the stereotype. Then echo that across all the other gender role restrictions like dolls vs action figures, doctor vs nurse, etc. It's a call to value people as individuals and as people, without requiring them to first abide by some kind of cultural cheat sheet for your benefit.

And, hm. I suppose you might be referring to requests to not gender people automatically, especially defaulting to male for every online stranger? That doesn't abolish much, since the point is to not step on the toes of the labels people *actually* use...

Yeah, though. enforcing a universal agender presentation on everyone would be a big dumbdumb move from someone who (probably?) hasn't done much reading on the subject and doesn't know what they're talking about. People who don't have a gender are perfectly valid and all, but lots of people do have a gender and they'd be very displeased with that situation. I don't think it's a common enough viewpoint to worry about, though.

Gosh I hope this argument is in good faith.
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Re: AmeriPol thread
« Reply #31655 on: August 16, 2019, 03:35:36 pm »

Quote from: Donald Trump
You have no choice but to vote for me...Whether you love me or hate me, you’ve got to vote for me.

Trump's 2020 campaign motto doesn't quite have the same ring as 'Make America Great Again'.
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« Reply #31656 on: August 16, 2019, 03:37:28 pm »

That's his actual campaign slogan? Sounds like the kind of shit a serial killer taking you hostage would say.
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« Reply #31657 on: August 16, 2019, 04:12:17 pm »

Not his actual slogan...I was just joking. It is however an actual, if slightly clipped, quote from his recent campaign rally.
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Re: AmeriPol thread
« Reply #31658 on: August 16, 2019, 04:19:55 pm »

Quote from: Donald Trump
You have no choice but to vote for me...Whether you love me or hate me, you’ve got to vote for me.

Trump's 2020 campaign motto doesn't quite have the same ring as 'Make America Great Again'.
Well yeah, he already made America Great Again (our would've if not for them dastardly liberals!), so he gotta go with something else.

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« Reply #31659 on: August 16, 2019, 04:55:05 pm »

Do people who are trying to get rid of gender labels not realize that forcing people to not use labels is still forcing labels on them?

This is in reference to what?
I have to go so I can't have more details, but someone wanted to abolish "he" and "she".
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« Reply #31660 on: August 16, 2019, 06:05:48 pm »

Uh... who? Friend? Politician?

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« Reply #31661 on: August 16, 2019, 06:14:03 pm »

I saw a lot of stuff twisted into that the last few years. Gender roles are fine as long as they are forced upon noone. We have no need whatsoever for that in our society.

You can see a bunch of stuff on that he/she thing just by googling "eliminate he and she".
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Re: AmeriPol thread
« Reply #31662 on: August 16, 2019, 06:23:13 pm »

I can also find a lot of furries just by googling "furries." That doesn't make it relevant to the political discussion.

Gonna be honest, I'm regretting starting anything because it right now just looks like low-effort trolling.

Going back to actual issues, we need to have a system to prevent human beings from being made obsolete as automation becomes more sophisticated. I don't mean the guy who screws caps onto toothpaste tubes, I mean the plurality of American workers who drive trucks. Or the first ten years of white-collar careers when they're doing tedious and unspecialized stuff until they get enough experience to be a knowledge worker. Or doctors, lawyers, and other specialized technicians.+
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« Reply #31663 on: August 16, 2019, 06:35:36 pm »

I mean, people can start new conversations on new topics if they want to, but ok.

That's a complicated subject, and I've seen lots of opinions. What jobs are likeliest to become more automated? Would it also generate jobs? Certainly the point of automation is to remove blue collar jobs and replace them with more efficient and safer options.

I think the danger is that blue collar workers would find themselves without the means to be trained for new positions. For a simple and broad example, lets say 100 trucking jobs are taken over by robo-drivers. A certain number of jobs regarding maintenance and management of those robo trucks would also be created, not to mention new design jobs for improvements. Maybe a federal program that offers rebates or subsidization to ensure those blue collar folks can be trained in new jobs?
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Re: AmeriPol thread
« Reply #31664 on: August 16, 2019, 06:40:35 pm »

I can also find a lot of furries just by googling "furries." That doesn't make it relevant to the political discussion.

Gonna be honest, I'm regretting starting anything because it right now just looks like low-effort trolling.

Going back to actual issues, we need to have a system to prevent human beings from being made obsolete as automation becomes more sophisticated. I don't mean the guy who screws caps onto toothpaste tubes, I mean the plurality of American workers who drive trucks. Or the first ten years of white-collar careers when they're doing tedious and unspecialized stuff until they get enough experience to be a knowledge worker. Or doctors, lawyers, and other specialized technicians.+
Yes, Im not saying these are likely or possible right now, but in the future we could either find jobs that AI cannot do, which I think is unlikely, or, we could learn how to add our minds to the Internet/AI, which may also[/] be unlikely
These are just thiughts
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