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[–]MiaXiang 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I still am. Everyone is deserving of "rights". But "rights" has a definite and legal meaning, it doesn't mean the "right" to someone else's perception, sexual attraction, or even language. Those aren't "rights". Also, I make an absolute distinction between transsexuals and TRA assholes.

[–]JulienMayfair 10 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

People seem to have lost the distinction between civil rights and "what I want."

[–]insta 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

“Rights” to many utopian idiots nowadays just means “things I like”. You can’t just slap the label “rights” on everything that sounds nice. It’s just the lazy man’s way of arguing politics.

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

I said up thread that I believed that transgenders should have the same human and civil rights, and I do believe that about human rights, but then I remembered this interesting opinion piece I read by a lawyer who'd worked for the US government enforcing civil rights legislation.

She (I think the author was a she) was worried that if we changed civil rights legislation to ensure civil rights for transgenders, it would lead to a slippery slope, with other niche groups demanding that the law cater to their beliefs about themselves.

I don't remember her examples, but think about if Furries demanded that we consider them human animals and called not wanting sex with them "Furphobic" If you think that's far-fetched, a few years ago I saw a piece in I think, ROLLING STONE, about Furry acceptance.

And look how fast it went - 6 or so years - from "I just wanna pee" to if you don't loudly proclaim that biological sex is a spectrum or a social construct (or both!) you'll lose your job in academia.

So, I think perhaps society is better off sticking to this is a mental illness and rather than changing the body to match the brain try to encourage the opposite (like with anorexia) and leave the surgery to the intractable cases. In the meantime, encourage every person on Earth to dress and behave as "gender conforming or non-conforming" as they'd like, and encourage every person on Earth to accept that.