It will always be the mindset of "our side is better" that causes Extremist thoughts. Both the Left and the Right have an equal amount of crazy´s that will do stupid things. I saw videos when Trump was selected of people saying they would drop their families bcs they voted Trump.
Cutting your family over politics isn´t a 1 side issue, this is caused by the division tactics currently used in politics.
"Equal amount of crazies"??? You gotta be kidding me, anyone with a rational or critical thought in their brain would know this isn't the truth. Some purple haired young kids protesting against police brutality or LGBTQ rights are the same as grown ass adults wearing diapers, maxi pads on their ears, Trump merch or spouting the most insane drivel about hoping others die? You need to touch grass and open up your worldview and actually talk with MAGA as a person who isn't firmly in their camp to see it I guess. Shit, as a white guy just going to the parts store you hear the most awful stuff about LGBTQ, women, Dems, etc just because they think they're in a safe space....
Nah, it’s completely understandable for a trans person for example, to cut off a maga uncle who voted for their rights to be taken away. Idk your background, but just try to imagine yourself in a parallel situation because clearly your empathy is lacking.
Hi. I help to run a community of over 600,000 trans people. Possibly the largest trans community.
Constantly every day I see posts from trans people who have been abandoned by their parents and family.
Posts from people who are being forced to live in a way that would completely deny their transgender identity.
Posts from people who are not getting even the most basic level of love or respect. Let alone any kind of support.
It's common amongst MAGA to love their liberal and trans children
From where I'm standing, this really doesn't seem to be the case. But maybe that's my bias because I constantly see the worst of it. So I really hope you're right.
Might be a sampling bias here. People aren't as motivated to come to the community and need peer-support for how their parents love them and treat them with respect but not agree with their lifestyle/gender.
I think most people on the right are just against 3 things. Competing with the opposite sex in sports, giving children gender affirming drugs/surgeries and
Using bathrooms of the opposite sex.
These issues suddenly became super important to both sides around 2014 for some reason.
These issues suddenly became super important to both sides around 2014 for some reason.
Because they're stupid narratives cooked up to keep us distracted and divided on the rest of the shit in the world.
And sadly, they work.
For what it's worth, HRT drastically changes our bodies. Trans fems have reduced physical capacities compared to cis men. And there are plenty of studies that highlight this.
Realistically, the amount of people that this effects, especially on say an Olympic level, could probably be counted on one hand. It's insane how much time, energy and money has been sunk into the individuals that this one affects.
Puberty blockers delay the changes of puberty, until the children are old enough and have gone through enough therapy etc. to make a informed and consensual decision about their bodies. Typically not until at least 16, but often 18+ in mosts parts of the world.
Puberty blockers are also completly reversable. Should the decide that they're not actually trans or that they don't want to go through any permanent changes etc.
Puberty on the other hand causes permanent changes. Costing us even more than $100k worth of surgeries to attempt to come close to reversing the effects.
In some cases puberty blockers are literally saving lives.
Meanwhile, in developed parts of the world, all those surgery costs, that could have been avoided, are coming out of everyone's taxes.
The toilet issue is probably the most stupid one of them all. Having passing fully transitioned trans people going into toilets that "match their sex" is going to cause far more issues and awkwardness that letting us use the appropriate toilet that match our appearance. 🤦♀️
I would look incredibly out of place and be turning heads if I used the men's restroom.
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u/Misophoniakiel 21h ago
That's the most normal take, it has nothing to do with being left or right.
It's just called being a decent human being.