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by ImaCake 1110 days ago
Yeah, mental health is so stigmatised that there is little room for the grey, like in your example. A few radicals end up controlling the discussion and most of us, who are too busy with life, are left confused and locked out by the hysteria. I am more sympathetic to those who support trans rights but go too far because the other side is literally calling for their extermination, but the lack of reasonable voices leaves eveyone poorer and disenfranchised.
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SV_BubbleTime 1110 days ago
> the other side is literally calling for their extermination

If literally… citations please.

I ask because I was accused of “supporting genocide” or some such nonsense.

I have not seen anyone literally calling for murder. The point of my post is that I have seen, first hand, people saying it’s rampant out there though. And since I was accused of exactly that, I’d like to see just how real this threat is.

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ImaCake 1110 days ago
I guess it is very marginal rhetoric. People like De Santis are not actively saying it, although their actions indicate a great deal of opposition. For what it’s worth, I dont think its fair or right that you were blocked for your example. But I think it is the siege mentality of the marginalised trans community that explains why you got blocked.
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pxc 1109 days ago
> But I think it is the siege mentality of the marginalised trans community that explains why you got blocked.

100%. Trans people will talk about all kinds of possibilities and realities with nuance, patience, and insight when they feel safe with the people they're talking to and confident that the discussion is in good faith. But the 'issue' is so hot right now that those conditions are virtually never met in public online spaces.

This creates some serious bias problems in terms of what people get to see. If you're not close to any trans people IRL, most or all you get to hear from trans people will be colored by that 'siege mentality'.

I think it'll unfortunately be several years before that dynamic can change. It may take a generation.

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SV_BubbleTime 1109 days ago
> the other side is literally calling for their extermination

Did the trans community seige mentality get you to write that previously?

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