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[–]FlanJam 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I remember at the beginning of the pandemic, QT made themselves look bad when they complained life-saving surgeries were prioritized over trans surgeries. But that was a brief passing moment. Other than that, I dunno if one side really benefited over the other due to the pandemic. At least, none that I've noticed.

[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Oh I feel like maybe I heard about that, that probably did no favors for people complaining. Do you think much has changed at all for either side, even without advantages or benefits? Or do you think there was a significant impact that the pandemic had on the overall argument(s)?

[–]FlanJam 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I guess I've noticed some infighting among QT, perhaps due to being cooped up and online during the pandemic. But idk if that's really significant or just regular infighting that any group will have.

There was also the Bell v Tavistock case and the Maya Forstater stuff, but that just happened to overlap with the pandemic, not so much a result of it.

But overall I dunno, I can't think if any significant changes that happened because of the pandemic. But I haven't been paying close attention so I could be missing something lol

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So maybe whatever changes are happening or happened or will happen are less about the topics and more about just sort of how humans behave with each other? Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying, but that seems like it could just very well be the case!

There was also the Bell v Tavistock case and the Maya Forstater stuff, but that just happened to overlap with the pandemic, not so much a result of it.

Do you think that those things occurring during the pandemic had more or less impact because of it? Did the pandemic affect the impact of instances like those at all?

[–]FlanJam 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So maybe whatever changes are happening or happened or will happen are less about the topics and more about just sort of how humans behave with each other? Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying, but that seems like it could just very well be the case!

That could be the case, I definitely think infighting is prone to happen especially for groups with deeply held beliefs. I'm kinda surprised we haven't seen more infighting among QT tbh, but maybe I'm just not paying attention.

Do you think that those things occurring during the pandemic had more or less impact because of it? Did the pandemic affect the impact of instances like those at all?

Maybe more people were made aware because more people are spending time online, that's how I found out. But idk how significant that number would be.