Re:Elevated rates of autism in transgender and gender-divers...
by vmception on Saturday August 15, 2020 @09:42PM
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if hyperbole doesn't match your worldview of being pedantic then we can rephrase: it is an extremely low effort patch that has a net positive for society. The net positive is empowering productive people in the workforce. People that were otherwise marginalized, or uncomfortable enough to be suicidal. A prerequisite to this worldview is that we don't want them to go away or be dead, which seems to underlie some people's perspective.
Re:Elevated rates of autism in transgender and gender-divers...
by musingsole on Saturday August 15, 2020 @10:44PM
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The unfortunate truth of the world is that no one cares about everyone. Asking people to adjust their worldview so someone they don't know or don't care about doesn't off themselves just isn't a great sales pitch (especially to the conservatively inclined). Some of those people mean it when they say "go f* yourself".
This seems like a pretty broad generalization. Forget the semantic fact that by definition, accommodating something takes effort. Some people's worldviews may not account for gender identity being expressed this way. Whether you agree or disagree with the worldview, saying it costs them nothing to acknowledge it seems pretty unfair. Especially when it assigns a label to people its imploring to be accepting and accommodating of. It's a strange way to try to win allies.