I promise I’m not inviting this particular comparison to be inflammatory, but if you just took out references to trans people, inserted black people, then pushed the clock back to as recently as the 50s, I don’t see how this argument would be materially different.Originally Posted by thethe
The way we’ve always thought or the way the majority of people currently think is not a compelling argument in and of itself.
Trans is a lifestyle choice and one that goes against basic biology. I'm aorry but the comparison to race which one cannot control just doesn't fly for me.
I get the logical argument you are trying to make and I know you aren't really focusing on groups but I think the distinction needs to be made
Would you prefer we go back 20 years to the experience of gay people then? I’m not going to try to discuss race vs. sexual orientation, as I assume it is fruitless (in the sense of convincing one another, not inplying I’m correct). My point remains that a change in the perspective in society can be both radical and justified.
Last edited by mqt; 06-09-2018 at 08:34 AM.
Homosexuality has been a part of our society for well over a thousand years. Yes it was in the closet and it should not have been but transgenderism is a lifestyle choice born out of mental illness. It has never been widely accepted and never will be. The elites push to make it so has caused an unintended backlash that will actuality move us backwards in time. Societal moods but be gradual and organic no matter how long it takes
My point is ultimately that there was almost certainly a Jordan Peterson out there with an ‘intellectual’ argument about homosexuality at odds with what you’re expressing here. Whether or not something should or should not be socially accepted is its own question, but using our preconceived notions and the opinion of the majority to determine it leaves me nonplussed.
Another man turned woman wins a girl's state racing competition.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/0...-championships
Take a look at that picture.
Kate Hall — who last year won the girls 100-meter dash Class M state title as a sophomore — came in second to Yearwood at this year’s 100-meter race and was tearful in the aftermath, the Hartford Courant reported.
“It’s frustrating,” Hall of Stonington High School told the Courant. “But that’s just the way it is now.”
“I can’t really say what I want to say, but there’s not much I can do about it.
Cool, some teenagers had a track meet and one of the teenagers won.Another man turned woman wins a girl's state racing competition.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/0...-championships
Take a look at that picture.
Kate Hall — who last year won the girls 100-meter dash Class M state title as a sophomore — came in second to Yearwood at this year’s 100-meter race and was tearful in the aftermath, the Hartford Courant reported.
“It’s frustrating,” Hall of Stonington High School told the Courant. “But that’s just the way it is now.”
“I can’t really say what I want to say, but there’s not much I can do about it.
goldfly (06-09-2018)
Haha, yeah... Cool
First they came for childrens’ sports, and I did not care because I was not a child sportsman.
Then they came for... nothing, because gender differences don’t really matter in practically any other context.
As I've said numerous times the past couple of weeks. I'm so glad this is the position of the left. It's so far outside of the mainstream and will continually drive more people towards candidates that think sensibly.
It is without a doubt a losing position.
When tax cuts are called armegheddon but social justice is the shoehorned, good luck with that.
The young girl who lost, lost to a boy. Let's just call it what it is, shall we? Nothing but a mental illness
As mqt has noted, this is the exact same argument that was historically made about homosexuality, fwiw.
goldfly (06-09-2018)
Homosexuality is not a mental illness
My dude, it was considered to be and explicitly classified as such for decades. Like, into your lifetime. Educate yourself.
My dude, that is irellevant to the present.
A dude with a penis is a man. That's not political. It's not religious. It's science.
Feel free to ignore ifbyou wish.
Perhaps not into your lifetime. I forget how old you are. But it very much was, and using the same verbiage that you're currently deploying about trans people.
See my reply above
It's just science man. I have a feeling that all the girls in that race and their parents feel cheated over SJW nonsense.
I'm pro gay rights. I was before your god Obama was.
The trans movement is a mental illness and it flies in the face of science and reason.
what do you know about science and reason ?
The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make sure he doesn’t get a gun.
Well I deal with data, evidence and facts so much more than you
I'm still not convinced that you understand the magnitude of the fact that you're STILL making the exact same argument that was used to marginalize homosexuals for decades. Like, to the letter.
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