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[–][deleted] 32 insightful - 1 fun32 insightful - 0 fun33 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

So, basically, homophobic parents thought their son was gay at the age of 4 and started abusing him because of it and now he identifies as a girl to try to escape the abuse, all before he probably even really understands his own sexual orientation?

And this is being praised by the media?

What a fucking horrible world we're living in.

[–]Three_oneFourWanted for thought crimes in countless ideologies 29 insightful - 1 fun29 insightful - 0 fun30 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The transgender ideology is inherently homophobic

[–]CleverFoolOfEarth 27 insightful - 4 fun27 insightful - 3 fun28 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

It's also inherently against the concept of objective reality as a whole.

[–]julesburm1891 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

“She’s choosing to transition!” wail the TRAs. Okay, what things did you think were feasible when you were eleven? I’ll go first: that I could be more daring than Indiana Jones, that maybe Hogwarts could be real, and that it was totally obvious I’d be an explorer AND super soldier AND historian when I grew up.

[–]Three_oneFourWanted for thought crimes in countless ideologies 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

At 11 I was waiting for my hogwarts letter and wanted to be an astronaut inventor. If someone, especially a doctor, said that taking a shot and wearing different clothes would make me happier, then I'd probably have believed them.

[–]julesburm1891 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If someone, especially a doctor, said that…

100% this. At 11, anything a parent, teacher, doctor, police officer, etc. said was unquestionably true.

[–]CleverFoolOfEarth 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I did believe doctors who didn't mean the best for me as a kid, and a kid older than 11 at that. When I was 14, my mother once took me to one of those herbal-healing quack doctors who claims to be a Cherokee. He claimed to be able to cure ADHD with regular consumption of dried clovers combined with diffusion of essential oil of catnip while I sleep. I thought he was awesome and super smart for months until my mother and I both realized none of this bullshit was actually helping me and I should probably go back on my real meds.

[–]DiveBarDiva 13 insightful - 3 fun13 insightful - 2 fun14 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

My grandma took me to a quack doctor that tried to treat my ADD with vitamin B12 and valerian root

[–]CleverFoolOfEarth 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

B12 might actually be slightly more effective than what the quack Mama took me to gave me, but only because catnip and clovers did exactly shit-all nothing. At least B12 is an actual vitamin proven to have an actual role in central nervous system function.

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

I was convinced Peter Pan was going to bring me to Neverland or that I could actually see fairies.

[–]Datachost 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Is that quote from the mum genuine? Because holy shit

[–]ChunkeeguyTeam T*RF Fuck Yeah[S] 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes and there's footage of her as well

[–]DimDroog 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Pure child abuse. This poor boy is being groomed to be another Jazz!

[–]cutenoobies 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

[–]Femaleisnthateful 15 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I did everything I could think of to cut off that kind of talk. There were time-outs, so many time-outs. There were spankings and yelling matches and endless prayers

Punishing your child for saying "I'm a girl" and playing with 'girls' toys. Yeah, this isn't at all an unhealthy environment. I'm sure Kai's distress was purely related to being born in the wrong body and not having an abusive family.