Except what you have in quotes isn't remotely what Brie said. She commented on a tweet which said young ppl who had undergone medical transition were "harmed beyond repair" and would "never come back to us whole." You and others had the option of ignoring that tweet. Instead,
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @KaeleyT
Brie may not have said that. But very often kids say those exact words to their parents. Is that relationship? This is a very real problem.
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Replying to @ClearlyClaire2 @KaeleyT
That's emotional blackmail and no, it's not a relationship. There's a vast landscape of middle ground between caving to those demands & sending the message that a kid is "damaged beyond repair." Nuance matters.
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @KaeleyT
But you do realize that nuance doesn’t always speak much to kids. A lot of the time it’s black and white, you’re either on board and a friend or you’re not, and the enemy.
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Connection does take two people. I know this from hard painful experience. I have never told my daughter anything except that I love her and want her in my life, as deeply as I am opposed to this. And yet I am blocked out. It’s not always possible.
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @KaeleyT
Yes. Sometimes they do. And some of our kids actually have been harmed in ways that are irretrievably damaging. Sterility is forever. So when we say our kids are damaged, it’s the truth. There’s no nuance to sterility.
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Replying to @ClearlyClaire2 @KaeleyT
This is truth. But having now met & worked personally w/several detransitioners, as well as trans ppl who support the cause of slowing down or even stopping youth transition, the msg that ppl are damaged beyond repair isn't the whole truth. There IS life after transition.
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @KaeleyT
So I think some of your statements were a bit lacking in nuance.
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Everyone is human. And this is Twitter. The same could be said of you and others. IMHO assuming good faith engagement--even with people you vociferously disagree with--is key. Have you read "Impossible conversations"?
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @KaeleyT
Well I think we are doing rather a good job of having one.
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