I think no one’s going to stop you saying it but a lot of people are going to block you. Personally, I think that’s probably the best way really. Everyone gets to manage for themselves what they want to see and what they judge to be not right for them.
I block liberally and get blocked in return and that seems all fine to me. The last thing I want is people gritting their teeth and getting high blood pressure through reading me.
As well as the labelling already mentioned, you’ll end up on TRA “block lists”: they’ll make you invisible to people who fundamentally disagree on this issue and don’t want to debate it. Maybe better than everyone yelling at each other? Most people are on some block lists, it’s how Bluesky works.
I like to say "you have a right to believe you are anything you think you are - you just don't have a right to use private or government force to try to make others believe it or act on you idiosyncratic belief."
Not 💯 sure but noticed @naomicunningham.bsky.social tweet that references the topic was marked as indecent… the account too.. so not looking great.. but 🤞🏻
I would like to know. That's a scientific definition based on gamete size, and that's it. And we heal psychological trauma through emotional connection. What do you think?
An innocuous two-word reply to an equally innocuous post got me blocked by a few 'be kind' types, so maybe my bio was the problem. But Bluesky ain't as gemütlich and fluffy as its boosters claim.
I would sincerely hope that this is a place where different beliefs can be aired, maybe even discussed, by grown-ups, without pitchforks and witch-burning.
Old enough to remember a golden era when people could agree to disagree.
I don't think anyone is being censored. I saw one GC account got flagged for 'Intolerance' but I think that was for 'he-him-ing' not for contesting gender ideology itself.
You can argue that there shouldn't be any rules for deliberately misgendering someone (I don't know where I am on this myself) but it's misleading when this happens to omit this detail when complaining about it.
It's *much* less offensive than replies I've received to mildly gender critical posts. The authors of those didn't appear to suffer any consequences (maybe they have now, but I wouldn't know because I've blocked them).
You can argue there's nothing wrong with Gover's tweet here - she's not threatening any violence so it should be permitted as free speech. But most casual observers would see this as a shitty post and what is wrong is to pretend it's completely benign.
I've been labelled as 'intolerant' for my one post in respectful, moderate language opposing the infringement of women's rights by some men who act as women, and even post likes this have been labelled 'intolerance' -
Is that really true? Repeatedly referring to a transexual who is otherwise indistinguishable to any observer from a natal female as he / him may or may not be grounds for censure but it's disingenuous to pretend it's not designed to provoke.
Yes, it's really true. No amount of hormones, surgery, clothing and makeup can change your sex. Saying so is not "designed to provoke", it's a factual statement. People can wear what they like, call themselves what they like, but it's not kind to mollycoddle someone's delusions.
So we know how to fix that now. Go to Settings/Advanced Moderation, go down the list and uncheck any moderated types (in this case ‘Intolerance’ say) that you’re willing to see. You can’t force other people to see any such marked posts, but you don’t have to suffer them blanked out in your own TL.
I’d be interested to know. Haven’t found anyone from feminist twitter here except you and Martina. Has everyone else stayed put or are the moderators hiding them in a cupboard somewhere?
I only discovered moderation settings the other day. I was not seeing anything flagged as ‘intolerance’. Of course what is considered intolerant to one is perfectly reasonable to another, so I decided to be my own judge and changed my setttings. Anything I don’t want to tolerate I can block!
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Many of us are biological realists and sex based rights supporters
I joined this morning and got my first block on my third comment .... 🤭
Old enough to remember a golden era when people could agree to disagree.
(Also double-checking).