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Originally Posted by nfotiu
These types of laws just seem like an obvious attempt to bait liberals. Outlaw something that isn't a common thing happening anyway, and get liberals to start saying things like all kids should be able to get gender reassignment surgery. It just serves to further siphon off moderate Democrat voters.
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Kind of, they’re more meant to bait and outrage the right into action. You have to remember that these people don’t care if liberals say something like “all kids should be able to” they care that anyone is able to because they believe it is fundamentally wrong to begin with.
Take the statement out of Texas. It touches on things that (like you said) aren’t even happening and that no medical professionals recommends. Things that serious people aren’t fighting for or wanting access to. It’s not to bait liberals into fighting for something more extreme, it’s to suggest these people want all of these actions to be available to children, and to cue up the disgust from their base. Talking about whether a child who has started puberty with properly diagnosed gender dysmorphia should get to take reversible medication to halt puberty for 6 months isn’t exciting, but making people think pre teens are going under the knife to have gender reassignment surgery sure is. It baits people like White Out easily.
There is an interesting rolling stone article on some of the strategies the Christian Right use against trans folks in light of having “lost” the fight against same sex marriage:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politic...nt-203248/amp/
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The concern isn’t that parents are pressing for transition. The concern is that people doing assessments aren’t exercising due diligence, and are instead defaulting to gender affirmation because of pressure from outside the scientific community.
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Can you address any of Optimal’s comments about the article?