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[–] chuso@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago

If you have some time, some months ago I shared an article that I think explains that (and how that argument started decades ago with gay people and then moved to trans people now) in !lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org: https://beehaw.org/post/12888662

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 6 points 1 month ago

Because it's sexual and they aren't developed to believe sex exists

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because clearly the only reasons to change your gender is to creep on women and children in changing rooms/public toilets, and for cheating at women's sports that pay a fraction of the male sports in winnings.

I'm afraid there's just no other way that those activities can be done!

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Seems like a lot of effort to creep on women. You'd have to be the most determined individual on the planet to change your sex just for that purpose. Too bad people have absolute dogshit critical thinking skills in general. They cannot comprehend how ridiculous or impractical their views are :-/

[–] Brutticus@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Everyone is right; its an easy way to equate "deviancy" and to deny people rights. Its not just LGBT+; whenever nazis want to make a group of people a target, they accuse them of being "rapists" or "pedophiles." The OG Nazis accused the Jews of wanting to molest Aryan women. Just look at Birth of a Nation. Or Trumps comments about Mexicans being rapists. It is also just generalized dehumanizing language.

But also: there is power in redefining "pedophilia." It lets them attack LGBT+ by calling them "groomers" but then involve the services of inspectors who exist to... "verify" genitalia? It allows them to bring back child marriage or protect powerful clergy or rich assholes like Epstien, while attacking gay marriage. Libertarians attack the age of consent and want to bring back child labor. Everything becomes pedophilia except actual pedophilia. The real question becomes, why, when one has enough money or institutional power to do anything, like go to space or buy a senator to protect your wealth systemically, why does become extremely interested in fucking children?

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They are pedo projecting. Every accusation is a confession. The ones that call random people & groups pedos without any evidence like Musk does are telling on themselves.

[–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It's always this. History has borne it out.

[–] ThePiedPooper@discuss.online 5 points 1 month ago

Because projection.

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Once you call someone a pedo, that's it end of thought end of evidence. They are a oedo and so they are evil

[–] genevieve@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Projection is confession when one chooses to inflict pain on others and self.

They want to abuse children. By blaming trans folks, they ate seeing up “see they do it too!” as cover for their evil actions.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It's not meant to make sense. It's meant to make you shut down any argument in favor of giving non heterosexual people human rights. That's all.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

projection, they are most likely pedophiles themselves, or pedos in the closet that hadnt SA a child yet. Also seen this with people bragging that they know a pedo.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

yes that's the spirit

[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Because people they shouldn't trust but do, lie to them.

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I think that because of hypersexualization in society, which includes, for example, sexualization of nudity, has led to a situation where anything related to sex that deviates from the so-called norm, is lumped together. This also leads to transgender people who support helping young people with gender dysphoria or just want to raise awareness and make transgenderism not be a taboo and therefore also be taught in schools/talked about in public, to be lumped together with anyone who associates sex with children. of course the sex part in transgender people talks about gender while the sex part in pedophiles talks about sexual intercourse, and these people are so close-minded that to them talking about sex and children instantly means pedophilia.

I think it's similar to people who consider nudist families to be incestual.

Of course there are also those who just can't accept anything that is different from them and therefore just blame them at being the worst possible thing they can think of that they see any sort of connection to. For example, people call other races monkeys because they are too different to them to consider them human and so they are more related to something that isn't human but is similar, and importantly inferior.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think you're correct except for your cause and effect conclusion.

They've ALWAYS been saying these things. It wasn't caused by anything that's developed in the past 100 years.

I would say that the "hypersexuality" is caused by people not listening to those fucks anymore.

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Hyper sexualization has been around for hundreds if not thousands of years, it's just that it has gotten way worse with the digital age.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

They are conflating trans healthcare for children with pedophilia.

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