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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Trans ideology seems to be all about getting people to loathe aspects of our bodies, and to do so mainly based on what these aspects look like.

It’s not about “getting people to loathe” anything. We do. It’s called dysphoria. It’s not a choice it’s our reality.

Whereas most people with a disability, physical anomaly, genetic defect, life-altering medical condition or fatal disease will attest that learning to accept our flaws, physical reality and mortality is key to attaining any level of mental health and peace of mind.

Bold of you to presume to speak for the attitudes of “most people” with those things and assume I don’t have a disability. But again, dysphoria isn’t a choice. Magical happy thoughts can’t make you stop wanting to vomit or cry seeing your genitals.

Also, since when did simply making note of and mentioning a person's sex become "mocking them"?

You are calling a trans woman a man when you cold say nothing or use a neutral address even if you don’t want to be affirming. You are choosing to knowingly insult them.

[–]MarkTwainiac 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Magical happy thoughts can’t make you stop wanting to vomit or cry seeing your genitals.

Who here has suggested that "magical happy thoughts" are the cure for body loathing? Certainly not I.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Who here has suggested that "magical happy thoughts" are the cure for body loathing? Certainly not I.

learning to accept our flaws, physical reality and mortality is key to attaining any level of mental health and peace of mind.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Therapy and personal growth/acceptance of the unchangeable isn’t just thinking happy thoughts.
Very concerning that you reduce all the work people do to learn to accept their disabilities as magical thoughts.

[–]MarkTwainiac 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Learning to accept ourselves is definitely not a magical, instant process! And it's sure not a wholly happy experience, at least not at every step along the way. It's a long-haul endeavor that involves facing our internal demons and experiencing pain.

Human happiness in itself is probably an unrealistic goal. Most people don't go through our days feeling happy. Most of us have a whole lot of unhappy feelings, but we accept them as part and parcel of the human condition and try to manage them as best we can.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

we accept them as part and parcel of the human condition and try to manage them as best we can.

You dismissing trans people then saying this is blowing my mind. That’s what we are doing. Trying to manage by changing what we can.