aquascoot wrote on Feb 5^th, 2024 at 8:52pm:


I think it’s fair to say you’ve already lost the battle over trans rights. Younger generations, who’ve grown up accepting their friends and peers for who they are, simply don’t care about the culture war rhetoric.

And here’s the thing, they’ll outlive you.

This is precisely why Trump and his allies are so intent on reshaping the education system: to re-stigmatise trans people, from adults to children. That’s the real goal, to plant the seeds of prejudice early and try to reverse progress by shaping young minds.

Will it win them the war?

It’s hard to say. Outside of your echo chambers, most people remain indifferent. They aren’t obsessively for or against, they simply don’t see trans rights as the existential issue you claim it to be.

There’s a counterbalance, of course: the woke crowd, who care enough to advocate loudly and visibly. The two groups largely cancel each other out in the broader cultural landscape.

What remains to be seen is how this battle unfolds. I can only hope the harm inflicted on real people is kept to a minimum.

What I do see is a strategy. Conservatives watched how advocates for gay and lesbian rights successfully paved the way for societal acceptance, and they’re trying to derail the same trajectory for trans people. They’ve learned where to place the roadblocks, and this time they’re determined to delay, if not stop, progress.

But, Scoot, let’s be honest: you and yours lost the initial battle. The younger generations don’t share your worldview, and time is on their side.

That said, if those in power manage to re-stigmatise trans identities and successfully manipulate young minds, you might just have a chance at winning the long game. But it’s a grim and cynical war to fight, one that sacrifices the dignity and safety of real people along the way.

SadKangaroo wrote on Dec 16^th, 2024 at 5:00pm:


To quote dear mothra - so much to unpack... let's take it slowly -  I'll just copy that rant down and feed truth to you a bit at a time so you can digest it:-

"accepting their friends and peers for who they are"

Those kids are what they were born - nothing can alter that.  If they have issues of 'confusion' about sex and stuff as they approach and enter puberty - that is normal.  None of it means they are 'transgender' - and as you utter these inane words - the transgender movement is being shut down across the world, and is being replaced with full studies and reviews and clear direction back to psychiatric treatment for the real issues.  Where do you get the idea that genuine people wanting to help these kids PROPERLY through a complex time is somehow not 'accepting' - 'accepting' is not the same as simply standing by while someone self-destructs over a fad.

The fad is dead - there'll be no long live the fad.

"culture wars" - there speaks your in-depth indoctrination into the dark side.... get over it - stand back and re-consider reality.

Like ever so many, you confuse emotion with reason, and then try to say that anyone reasonable is somehow malicious and part of some deeeep conspiracy.... mend your ways, grasshopper.