but I would not deny biological reality.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nIn typical polite society this would be acceptable. No different than telling a Muslim, or a Christian, or a Jewish person they cannot superimpose their beliefs on others. Something frequently rallied against!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If they asked me to change how I referred to them, I would assert to them they had no right to control my speech. I would also inform them that their worldviews are not my worldviews, and their beliefs do not override my beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A simple, painfully obvious, self-evident truth<\/em>. No law grants them the power to tell me what to say, what to believe, what views to hold. No government law allows the compelling of speech, and even if it did, I would reject it as coercion and tyranny. I would only state there are four lights<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThey\u2019re Incapable Of Tolerance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
In two cases members became upset and enraged, almost immediately<\/em>. One became angry and kept trying to correct me on colloquial<\/em> sayings that did not directly address anybody in a group of multiple people (common phrases like, \u2018Far out man!\u2019, \u2018Everything is fine you guys\u2019 [note the plural]<\/em> and more).<\/p>\n\n\n\nEven such oft-used sayings had to be warped and distorted. The kind of person who would get upset at the term \u201cmankind\u201d and angry at \u201cmanhole cover\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was despite another member of the group trying to point out they were just sayings. But to no avail. Reality did not matter: shouted down and \u2018corrected\u2019. Madred<\/em> wants his five lights<\/em>, and he was going to use yelling and shouting to get them.<\/p>\n\n\n\nConform Or We Set The Mob On You<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Another instance, another member first tried to coerce me privately on \u2018pronouns\u2019, to which I bluntly told them they had no power over my speech, especially not in a private setting<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEnraged they couldn\u2019t control my speech, a few days, they later provoked an angry mob \u2014 3 additional people, having disclosed the private messages, which would be in breach of GDPR and not the responsibility of the server regardless<\/em> \u2014 in order to get me banned for refusing to conform to their<\/em> beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThere\u2019s no level-headed, neutral commentary to be had in this dome of angry hatred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conform or you\u2019re out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The unhinged angry mob repeatedly screamed nonsense about \u201crespect\u201d<\/em>, a one-way street involving trampling any worldview they disagreed with coupled with angry repeated shouting and not a lick of evidence. At no point had I tried to force my worldview onto theirs, at no point did I try to correct them, but they were damned determined to force their beliefs onto me and insult me at every turn.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nBeing Nice Doesn\u2019t Mean Anything<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The biggest absurdity occurred when I mentioned I had shown concern for pain and injuries, had been supportive, non-disruptive, constructive. If you\u2019re hoping you can skirt these people simply by being nice and friendly, you\u2019re in for a shock\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nEven nice people can be transphobic<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nSuch words left their mouth and not a single person in the angry mob opted to correct them. If you\u2019re nice you\u2019re still hateful if you don\u2019t conform. Got that, bigot?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Being nice isn\u2019t sufficient in their worldview. Being friendly, being neutral, is not acceptable, not possible. You must <\/strong>warp<\/strong><\/em> your beliefs to support theirs, with a status that can be revoked at any time. You must state there are five lights, even if you see four, under threat of attacks and torture. What you personally believe does not matter, they demand unquestioning obedience.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThey\u2019re incapable of any sort of rational discussion. One literally screamed just the word \u201cscience\u201d<\/em>, as if the word alone held some magic invocation sufficient to self-justify. No scientific evidence presented, and when pointed out, they insisted it was somewhere on \u2018Google\u2019, <\/em>a fallacy. Pointed out as such, resulted in a complete meltdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\nI was threatened with isolation and loss of friendship<\/em> (some friendship if abuse of power has to be invoked!) dared I state the truth. The worst part is, this was a simple video game channel<\/em>. These distorted, point-of-coercion worldviews incapable of expressing even a bare minimum of evidence, also being forced upon children. No different than a cult threatening to exile you if you don\u2019t worship a particular false idol celebrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNo objective evidence, no rational discourse, no capacity to accept differing friendly<\/em> worldviews; you must conform and declare there are five lights or you will be abused, attacked, and then banned, because force and torture is all they have, pretending to hide under the guise of so-called tolerance.<\/strong> That\u2019s their only party trick, and once exposed, it quickly evaporates away.<\/p>\n\n\n\nI had issued no threats, no-one was at risk of any harm, no personal insults were heaved at them or anybody else, I had not even tried to correct them on their beliefs or suggest any changes, I was minding my own business, and attempting to help a fellow human being along the way<\/em>. Just the expression of the simple, fundamental truth I have the right to express my own beliefs was exerted and immediately denied<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIndeed, they were so un-threatened by my immediacy they dogpiled me for a good 5 minutes prior to banning; in any other case a ban would have been instant. Once it became clear they could not steamroll my beliefs, then the ban came out.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe administrator themselves, gaslighting, immature, invoked a victim-blaming fallacy, that I had somehow asked <\/em>them (at no point were they asked), that I had forced<\/em> them (as if I held a gun to their head with no power in the situation) to ban me.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat they really meant is they forced themselves to ban me: they knew there was no objective evidence they could present. With emotions running rampant and a dearth of evidence, their only option was force. My simple refusal to conform my worldviews was sufficient grounds for attack, abuse and torture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Had I banned people identifying as \u2018transgender\u2019 for failing to conform to my worldviews, it would no doubt constitute \u201cdiscrimination\u201d. What a fascinating, one-way street hinged entirely on the force of law and personal abuse, and not in any kind of civility or rationality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was impossible to co-exist peacefully. It is a cult that uses force and coercion, in a desperate bid to get you to state there are five lights. Alas, no:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThere! Are! Four! Lights!<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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