Because it's basic courtesy. If I was having a bbq and you were discourteous to a guest then I'd ask you to leave. Simple as that.
But surely this issue extends beyond courtesy. People don't just go along with everything to be courteous. We have to decern whether its worthy of courtesy. Usually people hang with likeminded people so its rarely challenged. Others may keep quiet about their opinions so not to cause problems which I guess is being courteous.
But the question arises at what point do you have to surpress your views to be courteous. The very idea of free speech means sometimes being offensive. Should people have to deny their own views to the point that their views are then lost at the expense of being courteous.
What one person thinks is courteous another may think its being harmful. So surely just disagreeing is not only about being discourteous. I think theres a time and place where disagreement should be allowed. Perhaps not in a social context but certainly when discussing Trans issues on a wider social, political and moral basis.
It represents how someone would like to be addressed. Again, it's basic courtesy.
Yes maybe on a social situation. But I think if people understood the the issue then they are better informed to make decisions about whether this courtesy is actually doing more harm than good.
I mean we don't extend courtesy for every persons self felt beliefs because sometimes that is harmful and dangerous to go along with.
You are free to attempt that.
I will answer this with a seperate post as its an issue that deserves to be discussed on its own.
That's not my logic. That is something you've just made up. The majority of people are courteous. Because it's bad being discourteous.
You used a poll to prove that the majority of people support pronouns. If your arguement was that its only based on being courteous then you would not need to use a poll showing people argree.
Also if its about being courteousis disallowing people to disagree with pronouns thus denying their freedom of speech, belief and conscience being discourteous.
That would be true unfortunately if you were a Republican. But overall, less than a third think it's a bad thing. Deep partisan divide on whether greater acceptance of transgender people is good for society
Thats got nothing to do with the issue of whether a male can be a female in reality. This is an issue about objective reality. Most people disagree that a male can participate in female sports, enter womens spaces and teach children that they can change sex.
The reason I specified the issue of whether a man can become a women is because this has practical implications such as in sports and change rooms rather than ideological ones. It actually applies the reality of Trans ideology to real life situations which exposes the reality of the ideology and on this count the majority think a trans women is not a real women.
Most Americans oppose including trans athletes in sports, poll finds
Nearly 70% of U.S. adults say transgender athletes should be allowed to compete only on sports teams that correspond with the sexes they were assigned at birth, Gallup found.
Nearly 70% of U.S. adults say transgender athletes should be allowed to compete only on sports teams that correspond with the sexes they were assigned at birth, Gallup found.
www.nbcnews.com
In fact your survey reveals an interesting aspect about democrates and repulicans about ideology rather than reality. A very high % of Democrates support Trans based on ideological beliefs.
By ideology, the differences are even more dramatic. Three-quarters of liberal Democrats say greater acceptance of transgender people has been good for society.
And you just told me that being in a majority doesn't make something good or bad purely on that basis. So basing a moral position by saying a majority disagree is contradicting your own position.
Agreement or disagreement on their own does equate to right or wrong. But when there is other support then its a different story. So when it comes to agreement that a male cannot become a female and this should not be taught or forced on sports and womens change room we have additional evidence to support that agreement which is from real life experience and biological scientific fact. Unlike agreement based on likes or dislikes and ideological beliefs.