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Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by DanBC on Saturday September 04, 2021 @04:16AM (#28413160)
No, the parent said that the numbers of trans people have increased. That's not true. The numbers of trans people able to get treatment is the thing that increased. We went from not counting, to counting. So we didn't increase the number of trans people, we just started counting the trans people that always existed.
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Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by jhgb on Saturday September 04, 2021 @05:00AM (#28413366)
He said "cases", though, not "people". I'm not sure if you can say that you have a case without treatment or diagnosis.
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Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by pseudalopex on Saturday September 04, 2021 @05:30AM (#28413528)
They said "increase in transgender kids".
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Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by jhgb on Saturday September 04, 2021 @05:34AM (#28413541)
I'm pretty sure that it's clear that he meant diagnosed cases. Otherwise the text doesn't make sense. You don't ask "Could the reason for more people with X be more people with X?".
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