re: Friend's son turns transgender at 17

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I will legit disown any kid of mine who tries that bullshite.

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Ok, so let's operate on the premise that being transgender is some kind of mental disorder. Would you disown your kid if he was severely depressed or had social anxiety or severe OCD?

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DavidTheGnome

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well said...

I have a customer who does business with us every summer. This year she is a he. I don't really give a damn and have no problem calling her "him". What she/he does is their own damn business. Plus I like having customers, and if you're a paying customer you can pretend to be a dolphin for all I care.

is drinking alcohol antisocial behavior?

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Ok, so let's operate on the premise that being transgender is some kind of mental disorder. Would you disown your kid if he was severely depressed or had social anxiety or severe OCD?

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OK, let's say my child has OCD. Would I simply go along with my child's obvious problem and shrug my shoulders about it, or would I, as a loving parent, find help for my child to get through it and learn to deal with it properly?

Going along with this transgender bullshite is just as crazy as the people who act out and pretend to be something they are not.

The suicide rate for transgenders is 10X that of the rest of society. 10-fricking-times!!! You wanna tell me its not a mental issue? Don't go blaming 'bullying' or intolerance for the suicides either.

Johns Hopkins quit doing the surgeries back in the 70s (after being the pioneers of the procedure) because doctors there found that surgery shows no benefit to people with this disorder. Suicide rates were just as high, by their findings, for those with surgery as those who did not go full retard.

Suicide rates for trannies in places like San Francisco, where such mental problems are celebrated, are not demonstrably better than for those who live in Podunkville, NC.

It is a mental disorder. It needs to be treated not celebrated.

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He has a mental disorder. He should not be mocked but helped. Psychological therapy should be seeked immediately.

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"Sought." Not "seeked."

But I agree. He/she/IT is in dire need of professional psychiatric assistance.

its one thing if he's gay. this trans shite goes too far tho

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It is a mental disorder. It needs to be treated not celebrated.

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OK, then we can agree that transgenders shouldn't be treated as outcasts and looked at as sub-human freaks either. If your assertion that it is a mental illness is accurate, they should be given support and some measure of understanding that they aren't any less human beings than a normal straight dude like you or me or that they are any less worthy of basic respect and dignity because of how their brain works.

You ever think that the suicide rate for transexuals is so high because they're treated like absolute dogshit by many people that don't understand the condition? If you don't want to celebrate the way they are, that's fine and I completely get it. I don't agree with celebrating anyone for how they were born, because it's not something a person does or accomplishes. Doesn't make much sense to me either way. But I think some measure of common human decency and respect for these people isn't too much to ask.

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I had a long time good friend have a son who came out as gay.

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Saying you like sucking dick is not the same as wanting to cut one off.

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You ever think that the suicide rate for transexuals is so high because they're treated like absolute dogshit by many people that don't understand the condition?

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Already went over this in my post. Whether they are in a supportive or hostile environment makes no difference. Suicide rates are the same. The problem is they cannot reconcile what they are with how they feel about themselves. No amount of coddling is going to fix that.

I will love my child no matter what, but love doesn't mean that I will turn a blind eye to something that is an obvious problem. If my child all of a sudden told me she was a he, I won't stop loving her, but I sure as hell will not go along with her obvious charade.

Studies have shown that most transgenders who declare themselves such at an early age will get over it by age 25. Giving them hormones, calling them by the incorrect pronouns, and saying you are 'proud' of their obvious problem is lunacy.

If your kid was a drug addict, would you say how proud you are of him or her? Of course not. Why, then, would you say you're proud of your kid who declares he or she is a transgender when you know that he or she is on the shortcut to suicide?

I have friends who have a two daughters. One kept saying she was a boy when she was very young. They would lovingly correct her and tell her she's not a boy. She's pretty close to a teenager now and she no longer thinks she's a boy. What she is is very athletic. She's a tomboy, but she didn't know how to relate to that.

Letting your children make monumental life changing decisions on their own is a sure fire recipe for disaster.