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[–]cinnaflo 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

If adults gave children the language to persuade them into being spiritually a dog or a cat inside, I bet you there would be a bunch "trans species" identifying kids.

[–]worried19[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hell, that happens even without parental encouragement. Kids talk about being animals, kids believe in imaginary friends, and so on.

Children are not adults. They don't have a firm grasp on reality because they're little kids, for God's sake.

[–]LeaveAmsgAfterBeep 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Isn’t that... how we got... otherkin/furries

[–]cure_osa_disorder 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Then I would have been screwed because I pretended to be a lot of different animals at various times.

[–]Femaleisnthateful 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

When the tables finally turn on child transition, this is one practitioner I well and truly hope ends up in jail.

The manipulation of children reminds me so much of the Satanic Panic in the 80s and 90s, culminating in the McMartin preschool trial, wherein children were 'given the language' to accuse caregivers of the most insane abuse, and were believed on the basis that childrens' narratives were inherently reliable.

[–]worried19[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I share your hope. I post a lot about Olson-Kennedy just because I can't get over how reprehensible she is. I hold out hope that one day she will face legal consequences for what she's done.

[–]3MistersAndAMissy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I hate how she acts like the wrapper is the body, something that is ‘wrong’ can be changed and is ultimately not important and can be thrown away. It’s less dangerous to just say the wrapper is the clothes a person chooses.

More accurate would be a strawberry poptart that wants to be a cinnamon poptart. Some poptarts just take a cinnamon or wrapper. Others try to have their strawberry insides removed and refilled with cinnamon. This never gets rid of the strawberry taste and often ends up damaging the poptart crust.