I think that's a pretty fucked up narrative, myself, but like I just said, I made a New Year's resolution not to care about this whole fucking argument SO WHAT if that's what makes kids "turn trans" Why is "making kids turn trans" a bad thing in the first place
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Replying to @arthur_affect @pythonandpanda and
Unearthing the Zucker files gives us all this shocking reactionary shit he successfully pressured parents into doing Like this mom actually did quit her job and become a housewife out of fear that her kid might "persist" and grow up to be a trans woman
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Replying to @arthur_affect @pythonandpanda and
And you've got to be really fucking transphobic -- you've got to hate trans people A LOT -- to derail your entire fucking life to this extent just to "protect" your kid from this outcome, to have this be the most important fucking thing you can do for your kid
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Replying to @arthur_affect @pythonandpanda and
If Ken Zucker is right that modern feminism is throwing gender roles into chaos and making kids question "What does it even mean to be a boy or girl?" and causing a wave of transitions... So what? Who cares? Why is that not all good? More power to them?
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Replying to @arthur_affect @pythonandpanda and
(The whole concept behind the branding of "gender-critical feminism" is TERFs fighting back HARD against this narrative -- they're terrified of the idea that their feminism and their disgust at trans people will bump heads That the modern "trans narrative" is "their fault")
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Replying to @arthur_affect @pythonandpanda and
(Their terror of this is *overwhelming* and their narrative is *obvious* overcompensation -- "No, transness is actually a resurgence of old-school 1950s sexism! If people really understood what feminism meant no one would ever consider being trans!" -- and it's bleakly funny)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @pythonandpanda and
(Why not just fucking not care? You don't have to go to any trans person's transition party if you don't want to But why not just fucking let it go? Why not be chill? Why not accept other people living their lives the way they want, using the words and concepts they want?)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @pythonandpanda and
Like I've heard SO MANY stupid theories about what makes kids trans, and none of them are a compelling argument to ban the thing unless you just hate trans people They're all things that are also good and give people pleasure and make people happy
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Replying to @arthur_affect @pythonandpanda and
Feminism made people trans (right-wing argument)? Good, feminism and transness are both good things Porn made people trans (TERF argument)? Good, porn and transness are both good things
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Replying to @arthur_affect @pythonandpanda and
Same with "Socializing on the Internet where people can't see your face and body makes people trans" (Luddite conversion therapist narrative) -- good for them! "Anime made people trans", "K-pop made people trans", "fanfiction made people trans" -- good! All good!
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Even the pure "social contagion" narrative -- "The only reason anyone becomes trans is they hang out with trans people and find them cool and admirable and want to imitate them" Well, good! Trans people ARE cool and admirable and worthy of imitation! Sheesh Mind your business
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Replying to @arthur_affect @pythonandpanda and
Funny I've hung out with plenty of cis hetero guys and found them cool and admirable, and yet
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Replying to @S0phie_S0pht @arthur_affect and
Yes its almost as if gender is basically fixed by the time someone is a couple of years old and none of this other stuff does anything except help people figure out who they are.
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