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What is one hill you will die on?

833 replies

whitetip · 03/12/2023 12:59

One opinion that you have that will never waver, no matter what?..

OP posts:
MadCattery · 03/12/2023 14:16

The death penalty does not prevent murders, but it does cut down on repeat offenders.

dontcallmelen · 03/12/2023 14:17

keye · 03/12/2023 14:07

I don't have a hill to die on, at least I don't think I do. I like to think I'm flexible in my mindset and open to learning and happy to change my opinions if I become better educated.

The grammar one in particular, as a hill to die on, is very closed minded and really quite depressing. Not everyone has the benefit of a basic education, let alone a good one and many are simply not as clever as you - I'm certainly not clever and I didn't really come through school well never mind further/higher education. I try to pick things up along the way but the bottom line is I just don't know the grammatically correct detail that is your hill to die on

Agree wholeheartedly, I had a stroke a few years ago which has affected me in lots of ways, especially with reading & writing I really struggle with spelling & grammar tbh I’m quite proud of myself for being able to/too? string a reasonably coherent sentence together but reading posts that Spag are a hill someone would die on is upsetting.

Crooklodge · 03/12/2023 14:17

BoreOfWhabylon · 03/12/2023 13:56

Transitioning children is child abuse.

This is the exact reason I'm delaying getting my dd assessed for asd/adhd. Vulnerable Girls in particular are chucked in to the trans indoctrination by so called therapists. I don't trust the NHS to keep my child safe. I'd sooner kill her myself, and that's the hill I'd die on.

for anyone that's not squeamish, look at this thread and tell me that it's normal to support your child through torture, mentally and physically. https://kiwifarms.st/threads/srs-and-grs-surgeons-and-associated-horrors.76786/

Brightandbubly · 03/12/2023 14:17

A man can never have periods or go through childbirth. Women’s rights and voices should be heard

gnarlynarwhal · 03/12/2023 14:17

Sex not gender. Every single time. I have a daughter to think of which is why I feel this way.

CatMadam · 03/12/2023 14:17

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Yowlingcat · 03/12/2023 14:17

If you are capable of working then, unless you are rich enough to keep yourself in the manner that you want you SHOULD be working and contributing to society. It’s good for your own self worth and it’s also a good example to your children.

Doesnt necessarily have to be full time but it should be in line with the lifestyle you want and can afford.

Quisto · 03/12/2023 14:18

@MsJuniper you are absolutely correct. I can't believe someone is arguing with you. If they think they're correct, they've got another think coming.

hairbearbunches · 03/12/2023 14:18

Ebokebok · 03/12/2023 13:31

Yes it does and you should therefore know that you never put a coma before and 🙈

Or have only one m in comma.

(You asked for that 😂)

Userxyd · 03/12/2023 14:18

lifeturnsonadime · 03/12/2023 13:02

As Pacora says, gender identity should not trump biological realities.

Where keeping spaces single sex is important for the inclusion of women and girls in society then ALL MALES should be kept out, no matter how lovely they are.

This

theDudesmummy · 03/12/2023 14:18

We don't know that Brianna was "murdered for being trans".

ballsdeep · 03/12/2023 14:19

That water from a can just tastes wrong!

gnarlynarwhal · 03/12/2023 14:19

BoreOfWhabylon · 03/12/2023 13:56

Transitioning children is child abuse.

Well said. And I hope in years to come the people who allowed this to happen are held to account. These children are vulnerable and were harmed for the sake of an ideology.

GarlicMaybeNot · 03/12/2023 14:20

Hardtime · 03/12/2023 14:10

I wholeheartedly agree with this, but see that there are women campaigning to gain membership of the men-only Garrick Club.
My worry is that this provides ammunition for those men seeking unfettered access to women's safe spaces.

Only if they're campaigning to be recognised as men.

There's a very big difference between excluding people on the grounds of their actual sex, and including them because they claim to have changed sex.

The first is about equality between the sexes; the second requires denial of reality.

FreshWinterMorning · 03/12/2023 14:21

Social housing, (safe, clean, warm, well-looked after social housing,) with lifetime tenancies, and reasonable rents, should be available to almost anyone and everyone, with the rent being set at a percentage of the household income.

Say 15%..... So if you have a household income of £20,000 the rent is £250 a month. £25,000 - £312.50 a month. £30,000 - £375.00 a month. £35,000 - £437.50 a month. £40,000 - £500.00 a month. £45,000 - £562.50 a month. £50,000 - £625.00 a month and so on. £55,000 - £687.50 a month. And a maximum of £750 a month. (Which is what you'd pay if you had a household income of £60,000 - (and this is the most anyone would pay... £750 a month.)

Not everyone wants to buy, and owning a property is often a burden, having to foot the bills for thousands of pounds worth of repairs.

Along with years and years of ongoing maintenance, never-ending decades of rising mortgage rates, and the risk of losing your home if you lose your job, (or become long term sick, or the interest rates rise to a very high level,) being a homeowner is a millstone around the neck for some people.

I know someone will say 'what about those earning a million or more a year?' but the fact is, most people who are wealthy/very high earners, probably won't want to rent social housing anyway! And we could have an upper earning limit. Say no-one with a household income of half a million or more can apply. Why shouldn't higher earners be allowed cheaper rent? (As well as lower earners...)

KnittedCardi · 03/12/2023 14:21

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Brianna Ghey was not specifically targeted for being trans. The sick individuals in question had a list of others they may or may not have murdered, none of whom were trans.

Nightmare2022 · 03/12/2023 14:22

That men cannot be women and women cannot be men.

darklady64 · 03/12/2023 14:22

MsJuniper · 03/12/2023 13:10

It's "another think coming"

Yes!! Thank you!!

And the proof is not in the pudding, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

theDudesmummy · 03/12/2023 14:22

@Yowlingcat that is too blunt a view. People who could have employment, but do not "work" (as in are not employed/paying tax), because they are providing essential support to someone else, are contributing to society.

Crispedia · 03/12/2023 14:23

Mojolostforever · 03/12/2023 13:24

I put a lot of importance on good manners, honesty, spelling and grammar.
I wouldn't stop speaking to anyone who violates these ideals but I would definitely think less of them.

What about those with dyslexia? Harsh.

theDudesmummy · 03/12/2023 14:25

My DH, for example, is a highly skilled professional but is not employed, because I could not do my job without the (unpaid) support he provides.

lifeturnsonadime · 03/12/2023 14:25

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These stats include misgendering which, whilst this might be upsetting to the individual, why should humans be compelled to lie about the sex of the person they see?

If we lie and have to call males in women's clothes women then this leads to women being harmed in single sex spaces.

Do you think that women should be incarcerated with Male rapists who identify as women in women's prisons?

Do you think that female children should be forced to share dormitories or changing facilities or twin rooms in university accommodation with males who identify as girls or women?

Do you think women should be forced to compete with males who identify as women in sport?

Do you think that women should have single sex rape crisis support or domestic refuge support?

Do you think that heterosexual males are lesbians if they identify as women?

What about Katy Dolotowki who sexually assaulted 2 young girls in the women's toilets, do you think that Katy should still have unfettered access to women's spaces because Katy claims to be a woman?

It is very sad that Brianna was murdered and it seems her trans identity may have been part of it but 100s of children are murdered by knife crime a year so it is not evidence that trans children are more at risk of being murdered than other children.

We have laws to prevent trans people being discrminated against in employment and housing and any employer or landlord etc who does so should rightly feel the full force of the law.

ElfontheShelfIsWATCHINGYOUTOO · 03/12/2023 14:25

@@TyneTeas 🤣🤣

KnittedCardi · 03/12/2023 14:26

Mine involves religion, so contentious. I will never conform to anyone's else's interpretation of God, or religious dogma, or supposed will. I would want a completely secular world, where state and church are separate, where anyone can have any religion or none.

This single thing would improve women's rights, LGBT rights, minority rights, decrease wars, poverty, famine.

StoorieHoose · 03/12/2023 14:26

Religion should be banned and have no place in laws, education or any decision making