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[-] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 days ago

Not that I've thought a lot about this specific issue, but I just want to mention that intersex babies have been receiving surgeries for decades in order to make them conform to the majority, far before they were capable of having or expressing any opinion on the matter. So I'm going to be really skeptical of people who oppose trans teens requesting surgery when they themselves have been asking for it, and they have the support of their doctors, as it just looks like the fact that they're straying away from normativity makes a lot of people apply an unfair double standard.

[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 0 points 1 day ago

Butchering intersex babies to make them "normal" isn't the defense you think it is.

[-] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 0 points 16 hours ago

Please work on your reading comprehension.

[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 0 points 15 hours ago

What I'm saying is don't equate the two things, especially if you're for one of these things and against the other.

[-] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago

A donkey will keep on banging its head against the wall no matter how may warnings you give it, huh?

My whole argument is: "We have been doing surgeries on kids without their consent just because society wanted them to conform. If you're against trans teens receiving surgery after they ask for it after ignoring non consensual surgeries on intersex babies, you probably don't actually care about the well-being of children, but rather, have a bias against what you don't consider to be normal". Instead, you failed to understand what kind of argument I was even making and assumed you had a fight to pick. Again: work on your reading comprehension.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

https://youtu.be/kkfX1mpsMKk?si=9GgAN_xD7iVlgFkz

Please remember we knew all of this about Donald Drumph in 2016, and we allowed The Electoral College to vote him in. This was before he was elected and John Oliver was pleading for us to vote this guy out.

Biden isn't who anyone wants, but if you want to stop having to decide between a shit sandwich and a steaming pile of shit, you have to be constantly vigilant.

Engage on a local level so that RCV or anything other than FPTP voting is enacted. Do the same at your state level. Literally 80+% of the voters would support RCV if it is presented with no political bias, some will recommend some addendums, but will still be fine with the overall idea.

The federal level will follow because they have to or we start exercising our second amendment rights.

Make the government scared of the people, to the point that we can disband the slaver gangs called police.

#DonaldDrumph, #BabyHands, #LetsPissOffTheEstablishmentToSeeWhatTheyDo

[-] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

Glad you posted this, it reminded me to update my Lemmy content filter! Up to now, I've just filtered out any headline including the word "slam, slammed, or slams." Because those headlines are garbage. Now I've remembered I need to add the word "blast, blasted, and blasts," because those are garbage too. Thanks!!

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Cool. Wait until you realize some of those garbage headlines represent great articles though. Obviously not all of them, but it seems very weird to filter out so many words

[-] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Nah op is in the right here, it's a really reliable indicator of ragebait, tabloid and/or amateur journalism

[-] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Nahh, an article can present a point of view we deem to be "correct" while still engaging in clickbait and sensationalism. I'm not interested in clickbait or sensationalism, so I find that my filtering methods do a pretty good job of getting rid of most of the trash.

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[-] Corvidae@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Circumcision is not gender-affirming care? "Oh, that's different!"

[-] Frokke@lemmings.world 47 points 3 days ago

It is different. It's genital mutilation. Has fuck all to do with gender affirmation

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[-] MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

jfc what kind of sacrifice do I need to make to what ancient diety to get him to step down?

I think we gotta have a conversation as a society about when the hand over the reins to the kids. I'm in my 30's and glad life expectancy peaked cause seeing the gerontocracy from this end is horrifying.

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

I'll accept Cthulhu. I always assumed an ancient being as old as the universe would destroy my puny existence

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 days ago

If we're going to be ruled by Old Ones, they might as well be Great.

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[-] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Biden was never much of a fighter. He's done almost nothing to help while dozens of states pass anti trans legislature. But hey he made it so trans people can join the military again, if they can survive their state that is.

[-] jmsy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

What do you propose he does?

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[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

You mean like hoods executive order that was blocked by courts? I’m not saying he’s the biggest trans ally but saying he’s done almost nothing is unfair imo

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