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[–]Horror-SwordfishI don't get how flairs work 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

From what I've read, it appears that some ancient cultures did do this, but it wasn't necessarily a good thing for the priest/shaman. For one, it was almost universally gay men that ended up in those positions, not trans people, and if said gay men could be considered trans it was because they were typically eunuchs.

The fact that they were castrated for being gay leads to them being in positions of "respect" because they aren't competition for whatever leader currently reigned.

Anyway, what Jules said is right: who fucking cares? Even if we assume that it worked like that, that "trans" was even a thing back in ancient times and that someone being trans made society basically worship them, what difference does that actually make today? Our society doesn't worship trans people (well, I guess that can be argued). Are they trying to say we should be revering them and putting them in positions of power? Get outta here with that nonsense.

[–]JulienMayfair[S] 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I mean . . . just reading their subreddits and hearing their own accounts of their mental health issues does not exactly make me think that they have special spiritual insight into the great mysteries of the universe, and I don't think their problems are the result of their simply being unappreciated.

I tend to think the modern trans phenomenon is its own thing, and that direct connections to some kind of forgotten history are tenuous at best.

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

Are they trying to say we should be revering them and putting them in positions of power?

Yes, that's exactly what they are proposing.