re: Interesting perspective on transgenderism

Gender reassignment is the modern day lobotomy. Science and medicine will view it as a cruel, barbaric practice in time.

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bullshite. Sex and gender are intertwined.

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did I say they weren't

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Transgenderism is a mental disorder.

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Thanks cause I thought it was normal.

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An uncomfortable truth is that many surveys, including a 2011 Swedish study, indicate that suicide rates remain high after sex-reassignment surgery (the Swedish study reports that people who have had sex-reassignment surgery are 19 times more likely to die by suicide than is the general population); and the National Center for Transgender Equality reported in 2015 that 40 percent of people who identify as transgender have attempted suicide.

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And yet progressive idiots have opened the door to letting them serve in the military.

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There's no known way to cure schizophrenia, either, but that doesn't stop us from attempting to treat it, nor do we throw up our hands and say, "Well, it must just be a normal thing, then”.

The social furor around transgenderism is a direct result of normalizing homosexuality. Progressives hate when the "slippery slope" argument is pulled out, and yet it proves true pretty much every single time. But, nonetheless, we continue to hand out inches, knowing all along that people by nature are some mile-taking motherfrickers.

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High five.

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The Swedish study was poorly designed and is frequently misinterpreted. There are high rates of suicide in gender dysphoria, period. They made no effort to examine suicide rates in transgenders who did not undergo reassignment.

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I have yet to hear someone deny that the rates are high in both those who go through reassignment and those who do not. Granted, this is a complicated issue and the people who go through the reassignment process are not randomly selected (they are selecting themselves to a large extent, with additional variables like social support, medical support, and financial wherewithal to have the procedures performed).

I agree if you want to make the argument that more research should be done to tease out variables but so far it seems clear the use of surgical and medical reassignment as a cure for life threatening depression (if I can use this as a short hand for people likely to kill themselves) is not showing itself to be effective.

On a side note... Remember that tag line
"Secret antiperpsirant. Strong enough for a man, pH balanced for a woman?"

This ad really confuses me.

Secret - Trans Ad

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The right-wing hysteria about transgenderism, both in the military and in civil society, is fabricated fear meant to galvanize opposition to a problem that doesn't exist.

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And the left-wing hysteria over the bathroom thing is blown out of proportion. Really I don't think it should be legal for kids under 18 to be taking hormones anyway, which basically solves the school situation, but since when has the bathroom been a legally binding location? Both sides think it's important, when really it doesn't affect anything and no one gives a shite.

I only read the first 2 blurbs, but I can agree. They do have a medical condition, in layman's terms it's CAF(crazy as frick). They're no different to the nut jobs that think they're cats or adult babies or aliens. They're mentally deficient.

This whole discussion is ridiculous. I’m tired to the point of exhaustion of idiots who take something, whether it be transgenderism or homosexuality, that is clearly contrary to the natural order of things, and go out of their way to normalize and rationalize it. It is clear to anyone with a ounce of common sense that neither homosexuality nor transgenderism serve any natural purpose and are in fact counter to the way nature designed us to operate. Both can and should be classified as mental disorders. But, because the people suffering from them have couched their argument as “I’m being picked on,” well-meaning retards jump to their defense and call those of us who try to see things objectively bullies and bigots.

Look, adults should be able to do whatever they want. If homosexuals and transgenders want to live that particular lifestyle, I have absolutely no problem with it, since it doesn’t affect me in the slightest. What does bother me is the way that those living those lifestyles are lionized and idolized in popular culture, because I have to raise my children in the environment so created. I also grow weary of the “I just can’t help it,” argument. Abdication of personal responsibility is today’s most popular pastime. If you truly can’t help it, then go get help, but if you choose not to, don’t expect me to stand and applaud because you decided to just go along with your mental illness rather than make an attempt to do something about it.

And before someone jumps in with the, “It can’t be cured, you bigot,” defense, let me ask: how do we know? How much effort is being put into curing these conditions? I would propose very, very little since trying to take that approach would be career suicide for any psychologist in the present culture. Even if they did find a cure, they would be vilified rather than thanked for it. So why would anyone bother?

Too many people in this world make themselves willfully stupid in order to feel good about how incredibly open-minded they are. They consider critical thinking not just useless but mean-spirited. These people fail to realize that open-mindedness may be a virtue, but empty-mindedness is not. Open-mindedness simply means the willingness to consider other viewpoints. It does not mean that you must necessarily accept them. I am perfectly willing to listen to whatever point of view you wish to espouse, but I am also perfectly willing to call you a fricking retard when you are finished if that’s what you deserve.