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To say that every single kid who doesn't transition is going to kill themselves is such an insane and emotionally manipulative take. By this logic you could say that because a kid is going to kill himself because he won't get an AK47, you should give the kid an AK47
I hope you know that you can prevent secondary effects without always solving the original primary effect. It's a lot safer and cheaper to do so
Tell me where I said "every single kid who doesn't transition is going to kill themselves". Tell me where I said that. Because as far as my eye can see, I just cited sources for my claims on transgender children taking their lives more than their peers, especially when having cut access to gender affirming care.
And holy fuck dude, I really didn't think you would stoop this low. You literally think gender dysphoria is equivalent to wanting an AK and killing oneself if one can't get it.
Tell me how many children have killed themselves because they couldn't get access to such a silly thing. Show me the data. Because it seems that you think CHILDREN in a specific marginalized group with specific needs are KILLING THEMSELVES over 4 TIMES MORE because they are just being fucking petty.
"Bro, just try to prevent children from killing themselves while they live the worst, most depressed years of their life when they feel like they don't even belong in their own body bro. It's much cheaper to do so bro." Shut the fuck up and just take the L at this point. Your arguments are pathetic.
And here we see yet another person screeching like a banshee over a Lemmy thread
You were overgeneralising your own argument by stating that if children didn't receive gender affirming care they would "likely kill themselves". That is what you said. The word "likely" is doing insane amounts of heavy lifting, however it implies that they are more likely to kill themselves than not. You are saying I am misconstruing your point when I understood it in the way that any other person would
Trans children are 4x more likely to commit suicide. Okay, well do you think that's simply because of there not being gender affirming care available? Or do you think its because of the actual transphobia perpetuated in our media and society that you accuse me of?
Sure, the AK47 example was a tad bit extreme and I will concede that it was a bad example, but the point still stands that children should not be making permanent life-altering changes. The fact is, the cost to society and the individual itself due to detransitioning will likely be greater
I support trans people and their plight for acceptance in this world but this rhetoric and ideology is not how you do it
"People get angry when I spread rhetoric that kills children, and that makes me sad :(" Quit whining dickhead.
Do you not know how to read? How many more times do I need to share this statistic with you?:
The extent of my ideology I have shared in this comment thread is wanting children to not have to go through mental torment because some person somewhere doesn't like the idea of them thinking for themselves. You know nothing more about what my ideas are. Period.
Edit: Just saw your statement about me using the word likely. Likely doesn't mean 100%. Here's a definition of that word for you:
