RE: Where are all the Ancaps at?

@steampunk-penny I'm not claiming that trans people have no right to exist, or are incapable of understanding, or are somehow inhuman/subhuman. Far from it. I consider the community as equal as any other member of society. As mentioned I know several ancap trans individuals, and consider them my equal at minimum WRT the topics I tend to comment on.

That said, the idea that any group deserves special treatment because of their grouping alone is collectivism. It is antithetical to the philosophy of individualism, which is what anarchocapitalism is based on. That implies that the group is more than equal to others in society and deserves special treatment, or privilege to use the collectivist terminology.

Your group identity should have no bearing on whether or not the content you provide has value, either to the community as a whole or to other individuals.

Now if the content is being downvoted solely because of the tag, you are making a fair and reasonable argument. I would say those doing the down-voting should be confronted, and made to think critically about the issue.

If, however, the content itself is making claims that are invalid, then the issue is more muddled. I haven't delved into your content much to be honest, as this was the first post from yourself that I saw. So, instead of making a presumption or assumption on anything discussed, I tried to demonstrate the framework of rationality I work from.

I cannot say what research you have done, or what reasons that those downvoting your content have for downvoting. I always work from the position that no research has been done, unless it is presented, and as no research was presented, I was forced to presume none was done. As you have clarified this, I will assume you are correct in your analysis, as you are more aware of the issue at hand.

I had no intent to offended you, nor was it an attempt to pander to either yourself or anyone else. I am simply a logically minded individual, and was expressing alternatives to the idea that the tag itself was equating to a downvote for those that used it.

You are correct to state that the tag should not be down-voted simply because of the tag. There should be no ambiguity on that. The content behind the tag is a different matter, but the tag itself should not warrant such activity.

However, it is important to be aware of whom is interacting with that tag. Are they from an Islamic culture, which treats such individuals as haram? Or an Christian African culture, where the laws against said community are draconian? From the cursory review I had when I first posted my comments, it looks to be skewed to those regions for comments and posts. That alone might explain the cause of the down-voting. If it does, then the ancap community would be limited in their ability to mitigate this. The reasoned arguments we would make will be coming into combat with religious ideologies, and like all dogmatic beliefs, logic takes a back seat to the writ religions are based on.