when people define “trans” as simply a mental illness, is that a denial of existence?https://twitter.com/zephariouself/status/1247574647543037955 …
That's like asking if a false construct can be part of a valid logical derivation. Like if the statement "dragons are greedy, greed is bad, therefore dragons are bad" can be construed as meaningfully referring to something, let alone logically valid.
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i mean, i agree there’s a bunch of flaws in the idea, but it was *really* a leading, socratic question i don’t have to demonstrate the special pleading built into their identity to *you*
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It seems probable that it would be considered a mental illness even if the underlying gender materialism/essentialism were proven beyond any doubt, simply because mental illness is a construct that preceded materialism and comes mostly from social observations and such.
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(The problem here is the fictive, undefined mental illness. It exists as an unclear solution to an unclear problem, and proposing it as a solution without covering more ground than anyone ever has doesn't seem to imply much other than that you haven't seriously thought about it)
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