People can FEEL however the ◊◊◊◊ they want to feel. But their FEELINGS don't get to supplant reality for everyone else, and nobody else should be OBLIGATED to pretend that their feelings mean anything to anyone else.
Then I will ignore your feelings on this matter. They mean nothing.
Putting a strawman between quotation marks takes an extra helping of chutzpah.
Now, now, don't have a "hissy-fit" ..."If you can't exactly and specifically address every single possible variation, known or unknown, then you're not allowed to draw any conclusions or recognize reality, you have to pretend like nothing is known at all!!!111"
I don't expect my feelings on the matter to alter your reality. Most rational adults don't expect their feelings to alter reality.
Fine. I'll counter with: If you are going to assert that some people are neither male nor female, or are some mystical blend of male and female, then you better come armed with something more than wishes and what ifs.
Then why make laws based on these feelings?
I don't think he's "asserting that some people are neither male nor female". Methinks it's more a case of "just asking questions" ...
Please elaborate on what you mean.
Seriously?? You don't get that all these anti-trans activities are based solely on peoples' feelings towards them?
LoL. Rolling on the floor, howling with laughter.
www.whitehouse.gov
The vast majority of them are based on 1) the acknowledgement that allowing males to supersede female boundaries based solely on their feelings represents a risk and a serious disadvantage to females being able to participate equally in society and 2) the recognition that minors cannot reasonably give informed consent to medical interventions as a treatment for a mental health issue, when the effects of those interventions have no scientific support for efficacy, produce material bodily harm to those children, and have long-term negative side effects.
These proposed laws are based on peoples' feelings towards others. They feel that all their women are somehow going to be disadvantaged and have their "boundaries impinged" because a tiny handful of men have personal gender questions and are trying to resolve them. They feel that minors will be forced by the state to have unspecified medical procedures without diagnosis or consent, even though that is an over-hyped and utterly ridiculous fantasy. They feel they have the right to intervene in these highly personal issues because it doesn't feel right to them. They feel that they need to create blanket laws for everybody.
It's not the State that's forcing minors to have "unspecified medical procedures" -- AKA, the sterilization and castration of autistic and dysphoric children turning them into sexless eunuchs.
"qualified doctors". What a flaming joke.
www.theguardian.com
Are females not allowed to have opinions of our own, but must be subjected to the whims of the males who own us?
Is it your position that females in prison have no protection against cruel and unusual punishment, and that the mental health issues of males with gendery-feels trumps any expectation to safety and consent for those females? Is it your position that males should be granted the privilege of moving to the female wing on the basis of their unverifiable, subjective claim to "feel like a woman"?
Do you see any difference between "I am skeptical of your claim" and "I assert your claim is false" either in practice or in theory?
Imagine applying d4m10n's logic to other branches of science... such as planetary sciences.."If you can't exactly and specifically address every single possible variation, known or unknown, then you're not allowed to draw any conclusions or recognize reality, you have to pretend like nothing is known at all!!!111"
"I'll take false analogies for $100 please Alex" ...
That's what the legislation is all about. Come on! Surely you knew this?!
When you have stopped putting words in my mouth, I'll respond to that.
If you say so. Doctors seem to think it helps in some cases. But does any of this need legislation? Surely it is up to the doctors, parents and children to resolve.
Oh I dunno. Perhaps it's because I like to beat up my wife and daughter, and force them to be subservient to whatever medical controls I deem necessary to make law and force on them. Or maybe I don't. And I prefer that whatever their medical and mental issues, we work together as a supportive family with professional doctors to resolve them so they can be the best people they can be.