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originally posted by: CoyoteAngels
Since you say your qualifications to determine a false equivalence between how body dysmorphic mental illness manifests in a person aren't our business, then why should we give your opinion any weight at all?
And you have no idea how many people on this thread might also personally know transgenders/transsexuals, or what their relations are. So you declaring yourself the best expert on the thread because nobody else has experience equal to yours is just silly.
originally posted by: Annee
a reply to: AdifferentOpinion
FYI: There is a poster on ATS whose friend is raising a young transgender child.
I know 4 transgenders, one in her 20s.
They’re just people. All 4 are very different individuals.
originally posted by: Annee
Transgender’s are just regular people, who through no fault of their own, have a brain that does not coincide with the physical wrapping.
Imagine if all “outsiders “ just accepted that.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Annee
Transgender’s are just regular people, who through no fault of their own, have a brain that does not coincide with the physical wrapping.
Imagine if all “outsiders “ just accepted that.
I think everyone can accept they have an issue, but when we are forced to participate in their alternate reality then we kind of have a problem.
originally posted by: Terpene
a reply to: AlienBorg
Archaic minds fail to see the relevance in a more differentiated approach between sex and love.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Annee
Transgender’s are just regular people, who through no fault of their own, have a brain that does not coincide with the physical wrapping.
Imagine if all “outsiders “ just accepted that.
I think everyone can accept they have an issue, but when we are forced to participate in their alternate reality then we kind of have a problem.
originally posted by: AdifferentOpinion
originally posted by: Annee
a reply to: AdifferentOpinion
FYI: There is a poster on ATS whose friend is raising a young transgender child.
I know 4 transgenders, one in her 20s.
They’re just people. All 4 are very different individuals.
And this is why you have a more enlightened and educated view than many of the people here and call out the BS when you see it and for what it's worth, I appreciate that and it's nice to see you back.
originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Annee
Transgender’s are just regular people, who through no fault of their own, have a brain that does not coincide with the physical wrapping.
Imagine if all “outsiders “ just accepted that.
I think everyone can accept they have an issue, but when we are forced to participate in their alternate reality then we kind of have a problem.
Isn’t anyone deemed different forced to live in an alternate reality from their perspective?
As I’ve said before, my mom was a polio victim. 30 some years before the Disability Act. We were thrown out of a store once because the owner feared my mom (full length brace + 2 Kenny Sticks/crutch) would fall and break something in the store.
People in general do not easily accept different.
Activism is necessary, because (unfortunately), force is the only way for someone different to gain equality.
I consider transgender a birthright.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
a reply to: DBCowboy
Absolutely!
A person thinks they are a woman (body dysmorphia) , we cut off their penis.
A person thinks they're too fat (body dysmorphia), we get them help.
Do you see the problem now?
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
a reply to: DBCowboy
Absolutely!
A person thinks they are a woman (body dysmorphia) , we cut off their penis.
A person thinks they're too fat (body dysmorphia), we get them help.
Do you see the problem now?
I was never confused. I'm just saying that the mental health side of the subject needs to be understood and explored more, and not so stigmatized. I'm not saying tolerate everything, accept everything, or agree with everything that comes out of that community. Honestly I find most of pretty disgusting. The line crossing politicizing agendas. The corruption in the government runs deep. Their tactics are to divide and conquer. Attempt to make us fear, and hate the 'other'. There are those who have taken the LQBTQ+ community and used it, grown it, utilized it for various ends, turning it toxic by creating the loud and obnoxious, brainwashed idiots we feel sorry for and laugh at, hate on. You know the ones. And the community has a toxic life of it's own now. The gradual indoctrination of younger and younger children (e.g. that how to touch yourself book, or groomy teachers). The divisiveness is real.
All that said though. There are people with different brain chemistries that make them feel as if they were born in the wrong body. It's a struggle, and a mental health issue to be sure. And I think less hate, and more understanding as to why that is, and how they can be helped, is the true acceptance and awareness that they deserve. And if a consenting adult feels that for their mental health, surgery is best for them, so be it. That won't change anything about their biology ofc.
We know this, they know this. It's only the toxic ones with an agenda that will try to tell you different.
So what I would like to see is more study and understanding into the mental inner workings of the subject. But keep the dildos out of school and I don't even need to tell you what else. That sh!t needs to be stopped.
originally posted by: AdifferentOpinion
originally posted by: CoyoteAngels
Since you say your qualifications to determine a false equivalence between how body dysmorphic mental illness manifests in a person aren't our business, then why should we give your opinion any weight at all?
And you have no idea how many people on this thread might also personally know transgenders/transsexuals, or what their relations are. So you declaring yourself the best expert on the thread because nobody else has experience equal to yours is just silly.
I have my reasons for not saying more that some here may know but I did mention decades of study and research into the phenomenon and you’re right, I did assume having more actual experience with trans people beyond maybe meeting one once somewhere, hearing secondhand stories or seeing someone visibly trans out in public may exceed the experiences of others and be worth something but it is more than obvious that no one here has ever known a genuinely trans young person or been the parent of one or they wouldn’t be making the comments they do so if I am wrong that my experience counts for a modest amount of qualification to make statements about what I see as a false equivalence, then please show me the error of my ways.
Thank you.
originally posted by: Annee
Why would I know more than them?
originally posted by: AlienBorg
originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Annee
Transgender’s are just regular people, who through no fault of their own, have a brain that does not coincide with the physical wrapping.
Imagine if all “outsiders “ just accepted that.
I think everyone can accept they have an issue, but when we are forced to participate in their alternate reality then we kind of have a problem.
Isn’t anyone deemed different forced to live in an alternate reality from their perspective?
As I’ve said before, my mom was a polio victim. 30 some years before the Disability Act. We were thrown out of a store once because the owner feared my mom (full length brace + 2 Kenny Sticks/crutch) would fall and break something in the store.
People in general do not easily accept different.
Activism is necessary, because (unfortunately), force is the only way for someone different to gain equality.
I consider transgender a birthright.
It's rather different in this case.
A tiny group of people do live in this alternate reality and we are forced to affirm/verify their worldview which is based on delusions.
Do you know what whataboutism is?
originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: AlienBorg
originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Annee
Transgender’s are just regular people, who through no fault of their own, have a brain that does not coincide with the physical wrapping.
Imagine if all “outsiders “ just accepted that.
I think everyone can accept they have an issue, but when we are forced to participate in their alternate reality then we kind of have a problem.
Isn’t anyone deemed different forced to live in an alternate reality from their perspective?
As I’ve said before, my mom was a polio victim. 30 some years before the Disability Act. We were thrown out of a store once because the owner feared my mom (full length brace + 2 Kenny Sticks/crutch) would fall and break something in the store.
People in general do not easily accept different.
Activism is necessary, because (unfortunately), force is the only way for someone different to gain equality.
I consider transgender a birthright.
It's rather different in this case.
A tiny group of people do live in this alternate reality and we are forced to affirm/verify their worldview which is based on delusions.
Delusion is merely your opinion.
Equal rights is not based on a number.
originally posted by: Terpene
a reply to: AlienBorg
Sure there is slight distinction between the two posts they imply diffrent meanings, considering the brute approach, such details are probably lost on some...
Do you know what whataboutism is?
I'd wager a guess and say it's the only rhetorical technique you're familiar with?