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[–]Newzok 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Yeah I mean, I get that but a lot of my friends don't. If all you know is the drama and trannies are offended at x, most people will think x is horrible. I hope people are waking up.

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

no for sure, but i think intentional ignorance is a big part of that. the best trans allies are the ones who have no opinions of their own and work hard to know basically nothing about it. anyone who actually tries to get informed approaches peaking.

[–]Newzok 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah just a small glimpse dispels a lot of illusions; I guess a sign of this and the next generation is media disillusionment. Also I find the grasp of this particular, uh, interest group? covert ad-campaign? psy-op? to be almost overwhelming in scope. It has fingers in so many pies it's insane. It's in everything. How the fuck is it in everything?

[–]alladd 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

i remain confident they'll fuck it up because they're porn-addicted narcissists who lack self-awareness. eventually the veil has to be lifted; they have to admit to someone it's just a fetish. then we keep receipts.

i have faith in the next generation. they're not as media illiterate as we think.

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

I do too. But I think they'll have tech related hurdles that we didn't have. I'm glad I grew up without Facebook. It just got started when I was 19.

Agree that it'll probably course-correct because it's just getting more and more obvious that it's porn-brain and various cluster-b disorders, at least in men. The amount of detransitioning girls will probably be the thing that topples it. And I think the lesbians won't take shit much longer.

I got an FTM friend. I'm supportive and lend an ear. But I'm skeptical to her getting surgery; I hope she won't regret it. She's not a young person, so she probably should know what she wants. But that someone seems so excited to amputate their breasts is surreal to me.