Transing ChildrenUS TV "60 Minutes" to cover detransitioners; activists having a meltdown

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    [–]DestructionI ❤️ adult human females 31 insightful - 1 fun31 insightful - 0 fun32 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

    Where did the phrase "it's just a phase" go? Did the goth/emo craze of the early 00's not taught us anything? Teens are impressionable and will try on identities for size while swearing up and down that "this is definitely THE one, Mom, I can feel it!"

    [–]ThiccDropkickGay 29 insightful - 2 fun29 insightful - 1 fun30 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    They latched onto gay activism with that one. If you tell a trans activist that kids can get over a discomfort with their body they’ll claim that’s the exact same thing as telling a gay person they’ll grow out of their homosexuality.

    [–]slushpilot 19 insightful - 8 fun19 insightful - 7 fun20 insightful - 8 fun -  (3 children)

    Did the goth/emo craze of the early 00's not taught us anything?

    Every. Single. Generation.

    Bowie fans were androgynous aliens from mars... and got over it eventually. 18th century kids were scoffed at for the dandy/macaroni craze, too—you can still put a feather in your cap if you want to, but it don't mean shit.

    [–]GreykittymommaMagical lady 💜 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I'm rolling over here.... feather in your cap indeed lmao!!

    [–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Oh, so that's what those words from Yankee Doodle mean...

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

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Doodle

    The term macaroni was used to describe a fashionable man who dressed and spoke in an outlandishly affected and effeminate manner.

    In British conversation, the term "Yankee doodle dandy" implied unsophisticated misappropriation of upper-class fashion, as though simply sticking a feather in one's cap would transform the wearer into a noble. [...] the British were insinuating that the colonists were lower-class men who lacked masculinity, emphasizing that the American men were womanly.

    By 1781, Yankee Doodle had turned from being an insult to being a song of national pride.

    Punk rock, basically. Turning the other cheek as an act of subversion.

    [–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    I keep imagining that clip from Bob's Burgers, where Gene insists that BeefSquatch is 'him now', then it cuts to all the ridiculous outfits (identities) he's insisted over the years are 'him now'. Just replace costumes with gender identities/sexualities.

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

    Supposedly it's bigoted to say "it's just a phase" about anything. 🙄