Parents who refuse to allow their children to change gender would face up to seven years in jail under SNP plans to ban “conversion therapy”

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[–]Brewdabier 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Seems like it would be cheaper to just treat the Gender dysphoria problen rather than jailing the parents.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I don't think anyone knows well how to treat it, makes sense since we don't really have any solid evidence as to what causes it. I suspect there's numerous causes of that aren't easily solved many of which foster as outward identification as the opposite sex, probably more so now since it seems to have become trendy and is the sort of thing that formerly goth or emo or whatever you wanna call them kids would be identifying as now.

Still I once visited Scotland and I must say as a proud alcoholic I was appalled at how they brutally committed an act of violence against my religion by banning the sale of scotch on Sunday mornings, to say nothing of the alcoholism-phobic practice of taxing alcohol at a higher rate. Since I was brutally assaulted by the Scottish government, where is my compensation?

[–]wylanderuk 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Unfortunately I think there are a combination of far too many dour as fuck "wee frees" (who have a fucking conniption fit if they think somebody enjoys something) that have a unholy alliance with progressives to keep power.

Its like that Cs Lewis quote in realtime...

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be "cured" against one's will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals.”

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Indeed. I think it's the simple fact that those who are highly empathic will necessarily fall prey to narcissistic sociopaths. In this case you've got a lot of people who are telling their stories about how much they suffering being denied their true identity or whatever, and perhaps that is true, or at least true from their perspective. The highly empathic, often progressive types can relate and feel a deep need to end that suffering, which I think puts them right in the crosshairs of narcissistic sociopaths who are happy to jump onto whatever bandwagon they think can grant them status.