The long and the short of it is that these people are genuinely hurting.
The corporate media isn't making it better. They're feeding lies and disinformation that are, in fact, harming "trans" people.
We don't have to accept the bullshit corporate narrative, and we don't have to allow the mentally ill to rebuild society to make themselves feel more comfortable, but we should treat anyone so lost in the world as to want to alter their basic humanity, we should treat those people with compassion.
I'm not saying we can't post hilarious memes here. I'm saying that, if you encounter one in the real world, remember, they're deeply broken, and it's probably not entirely their fault.
I can carry on a compassionate conversation with a mentally ill person without submitting to their world view. Can you?
The long and the short of it is that these people are genuinely hurting.
The corporate media isn't making it better. They're feeding lies and disinformation that are, in fact, harming "trans" people.
We don't have to accept the bullshit corporate narrative, and we don't have to allow the mentally ill to rebuild society to make themselves feel more comfortable, but we should treat anyone so lost in the world as to want to alter their basic humanity, we should treat those people with compassion.
I'm not saying we can't post hilarious memes here. I'm saying that, if you encounter one in the real world, remember, they're deeply broken, and it's probably not entirely their fault.
I can carry on a compassionate conversation with a mentally ill person without submitting to their world view. Can you?