I hope others watch the documentary about the detransitioners and all of the medical malpractice that comes with gender affirming care. I think calling a teenager a she when she is a he is not an act of kindness but promoting mental illness. Unfortunately, the time we find ourselves in- it is very difficult to say this without receiving extreme prejudice and hateful backlash. Ironically, the person calling the transgender by their actual gender would be labeled a bigot and intolerant. If their influence is large enough they even risk financial consequence and "deplatforming."
It's a tough lesson for sure- and I'm not saying to go gung-ho guns blazing and start a personal war with people who wish to be referred to as the opposite sex. There are even people who get offended when you don't refer to them as an animal. There is a time and a place, and sometimes it's better to give the person what they want, even if it is ultimately prolonging their suffering.
I think it takes a great deal of courage to call a radicalized transgender by their appropriate gender. Such an act is not without its risk and consequences, as speaking the truth now days could mean being publicly shamed and ostracized by the so called outside world. But when you really consider the individuals long term happiness, and see that making the transition in genders turns you into a lifelong medical patient- it really makes you ask deeper questions.
And it would seem that the subject has become so politically polarizing that to ask such questions is considered a great offense, and society is robbed of an ability akin to critical thinking and civilized forum. Instead, it becomes mob-rule. Especially when we enable a still developing youth.
Your truth Eric not mine and not necessarily the truth of others. That is the problem with our culture today we have these people who decide it is their duty to define morality and enforce it on others. But you see I agreed with you about vaccines; it’s a personal choice but when it comes to other issues you seem to have the view that it isn’t. And if you do feel that others have free choice on the matter….you some how believe it is courageous to name them the way you deem appropriate and not them. This shows a lack of respect for the values of others. Let people decide their own values. Why must anyone decide the choice they have for themselves also fits everyone else’s?
