And also fuckin hell, you are sitting here bemoaning a mythical time when progressive people belived in "love and common humanity" when denying mine. You have had multiple chances to acknowledge my humanity, to acknowledge the pain and damage that I suffered because of exactly +
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Replying to @polerin @MichaShrine and
+ the kind of policies you are promoting. You have steadfastly refused to acknowledge it. You have ignored it, and ignored the same from so many other people. Don't fucking dare berate me for ignoring "common humanity"
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Replying to @polerin @MichaShrine and
You constantly ignore the "what if the kid is actually trans? What about the irreversible damage to that child's body then?" You consistently position yourself as just a concerned neutral party, but that is not the outcome of your rhetoric. You dismiss our pain. Over and over.
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Replying to @polerin @arthur_affect and
You are right to be concerned about actual trans kids getting shunned, ridiculed, abused, ignored. Please keep being like that. I'm asking you to let go of your binary mentality. There are other valid concerns that go along with this. It's not a zero sum game.
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Replying to @MichaShrine @arthur_affect and
Sorry this one is a binary. Either you believe that kids should be able to control their own identity and body within age appropriate ranges, or you don't. There is no third side to this.
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Replying to @polerin @arthur_affect and
Now you're just being silly. You've got this framed within total dogma. You're aware that kids explore and experiment with identity, right?
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Replying to @MichaShrine @polerin and
yes, that is why we’re advocating for puberty blockers, to give kids exploring their identities more time to do so without having their bodies move in a direction they realize is damaging to them
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Replying to @fennecfoxguy @polerin and
please don't act like there aren't risks and down sides. Where are the adults on this topic?
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Replying to @MichaShrine @polerin and
there are “risks and downsides” to antidepressants too but I’d probably be dead if I didn’t start taking them at 13
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Replying to @fennecfoxguy @polerin and
That's why antidepressants shouldn't be handed out to everyone who thinks they need them. Fortunately they haven't been politicized so people are able to discuss antidepressants without losing their mind.
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Pfft the discourse around SSRIs is one of the most politicized fields in medicine
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