{"id":142,"date":"2020-03-02T21:46:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T21:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/?p=142"},"modified":"2020-12-02T22:17:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T22:17:34","slug":"just-because-i-do-not-agree-with-you-does-not-mean-i-hate-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/just-because-i-do-not-agree-with-you-does-not-mean-i-hate-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Just because I do not agree with you does not mean I hate you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This was a personal reflection on gender fluidity growing up in the &#8220;sexual revolution&#8221; in the Left during the 1980s and 1990s and how the &#8220;tolerance&#8221; once experienced in the &#8220;alternative lifestyle&#8221; community has been replaced with intolerance to outsiders and accusations of &#8220;hate speech&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Names and details have been changed here to protect people\u2019s identities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Originally written for a student publication.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trigger warning:<\/strong> <em>you might find parts of this story shocking, emotionally traumatic, deeply offensive, the language sexist\/homophobic\/transphobic and a challenge to your most deeply held and cherished beliefs. The views expressed are purely those of the author and no endorsement by any third party is implied or to be assumed. Some content here is written from a Brtish perspective and may read more offensively to people in other parts of the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Glossary for the Non-British<\/strong><br \/>\nLEA = Local Education Authority \u2014 county level governmental organisation in the UK that manages administration for university loans\/grants<\/p>\n<p>NHS=National Health Service \u2014 British federal health care system (Universal Medicare on steroids)<\/p>\n<p>Halls = official university (often on-campus) accomodation<\/p>\n<p>Jesus Army= bit like a British version of the Jesus People USA, recently closed down because of abuse claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWor Nessie\u201d = Scots dialect for the Loch Ness Monster, a mythical monster that is supposed to live in Loch Ness, Scotland. 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