part of what's so fiendish about Singal's atlantic article, and the discourse around it, is that it capitalizes on the intersection of stigma against trans people and stigma against children in order to target trans children, a doubly disempowered group.
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Replying to @ChrisJKennedy
do you think 16 year olds should vote? lots of people don't.
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Replying to @nberlat @ChrisJKennedy
Do you think 15 year olds should vote? Do you think 14 year olds should vote? Do you think 13 year olds should vote? Do you think 12 year olds should be able to enter contracts? It's arbitrary but necessary. Children shouldn't be burdened with such responsibilities and freedom.
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If I actually believed all or even most kids had parents who were genuinely both willing and able to look out for their interests on their behalf it would be much easier for me to agree with you
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So what, now you're generally suspicious of parental rights and responsibilities in general? I really don't get the point here.
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The instant you start saying "rights and responsibilities" I am instantly EXTREMELY suspicious Parenting is not a right and does not entail rights It is all responsibility
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Replying to @arthur_affect @spqtemple02 and
Look, I didn't even actually say I want to abolish the family unit and raise children in communal creches But the thing is the people who try to make a case for responsible, accountable parenting are always the ones who scare the fuck out of me when talking about it
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Replying to @arthur_affect @spqtemple02 and
"Do you think Joe down the street could possibly be a better father to MY son than *I* could be?" I don't know you or Joe, so how the fuck would I know Quite likely -- why wouldn't he be
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Replying to @arthur_affect @spqtemple02 and
Maybe he's smarter than you, or he's a fundamentally nicer and kinder person than you Maybe he and your son have more in common than you do, or he has a greater capacity to perform emotional labor of the kind your son needs I don't fucking know
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I do know that your son was basically "assigned" to have you as a parent by pure chance, and that a belief that you have some kind of natural magical connection to him through DNA that means you are automatically the only person who can make the right decisions for him is insane
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Replying to @arthur_affect @KittenBalerion and
The first counter-argument that comes to mind is ev psych based, … so yeah, you’re probably right.
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