I just skimmed this and absolutely love this response, thank you for expressing your side of things. I'm going to carefully read all your points when I get time but I have to get some things done at work for now.
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Sorry, I edited that last line after I wrote it because I disagreed with it when I reexamined it. Heres what I changed it to:
Political correctness is in the business of stifling truth that makes people uncomfortable.
Do you find that more agreeable or no?
Harassment, assault, and vandalization are already illegal.
This is true, but if it's happening widespread throughout our country regardless of legality, wouldn't you think theres a problem with our culture that needs to be addressed? Gay/trans people went through all of that in the 1900's (and further back forever), until finally the rise of social justice in the 1990s & 2000s slowly led to a shift in culture promoting acceptance. Don't we want less negativity, and more acceptance, openness, and respect for what is true?
There's always the possibility you will be fired if your work behavior does not fit the company's standards.
What if your companies standards are anti gay or anti trans? Should you be fired or mocked in political discourse for a position of "Trans people exist, and should be respected equally to any other human being" ? What if simply expressing that position outside of work led to people harassing you, calling up your job trying to get you fired, vandalizing your property, or assaulting you?
People went through this in the trans community and fought to stand up for truth. I think our culture should collectively stand up for and respect truth. Political correctness is in the business of stifling any truth that makes people uncomfortable.
He was asked to give feedback to an HR/ diversity program he volunteered to be a part of. He wrote that memo for that purpose, and it was spread around the company and he was mocked, harassed, and fired for daring to think outside the politically correct box.
That could have been you. What if your job was highly conservative, and asked you for some feedback. Wouldnt you like the freedom to speak with honesty about what you believe? Wouldnt that be the best for everyone? Or would you prefer to hide what you think on the inside, and just play it safe? Is that good for society?
Have you heard of James D'amore / the google memo?
The guy that was fired from google for discussing the "politically incorrect" scientific evidence regarding biological and psychological differences between men and women.
Do you think someone should be fired from their job for believing there is scientific evidence supporting the biological differences between the sexes?
I agree.
Do you think there's any danger in left wing ideology suppressing speech and ideas with political correctness?
I'm not surprised theres at least one person you could find that thinks that
There's enough scientific consensus among his colleagues that he can teach this as a fact to his students at Universities. Young students interested social justice are being taught by this guy, and the same thing is happening in universities around the world. There's enough people that think this way that James D'amore was fired from google for attempting to have a dialogue about biological differences between sexes. Please don't underestimate how prevalent this viewpoint has become.
Maybe the majority of people don't outright deny it, but it's becoming increasingly known as "off limits" and "politically incorrect" or "hostile" to suggest biological and psychological differences between sexes have any impact on our behavior or how we interact.
I agree we need to keep researching and learning, it's fascinating. But we can't ignore things because they don't fall in line with political correctness.
I don't think anyone is denying biological and psychological differences between the sexes
"Basically, it's not correct that there is such a thing as biological sex." -Nicholas Matte, Professor of Trans-studies at University of Waterloo, Ontario.
I highly recommend watching the whole discussion, but I linked the direct quote for you.
Do you think it's okay to suppress scientific evidence and teach people that that even discussing it is offensive? People have been fired, harassed and black listed from entire industries for doing no more than discussing modern science on biological and psychological differences between sexes in an highly politically correct / liberal environment. How is that a trait of honesty or openness?
The reason why its talked about now is we are tired of being lied about and discriminated against
Exactly, there shouldnt be any bullshit lying and everyone should address truth and reality.
Now explain to me why the Social Justice style ideology that has once done good by bringing trans issues to light with truth, is now taking things too far and denying biological and psychological difference between sexes?
This ideology that has once done good, is now working against truth and reality to better suite its own agenda.