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Re:Stop that It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass soci... by incomingpain on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @10:55AM (#33895807)
>Please do not repeat this right-wing talking point. It is a moral panic, and it causes real harm to kids who need genuine mental health support who are instead being dismissed as being part of a trend.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/24/an-explosion...

The guardian is right wing?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/apr/05/10-per-cent-...

This was from 2015, the actual numbers are now over 25% today. Hence why the first article from days ago is so concerned with the huge increase.

>"all the kids" are not suddenly becoming trans - the incident rates in society are still extremely small.

Perhaps nothing is wrong. LGBT rates pre world war 2 was a fraction of a percent. Perhaps society has always been >25% but socially people couldnt admit to it?

>Happy to answer any other questions if needed.

What's the association between LGBT and "Commie"? There is one.

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Re:Stop that It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass soci... by deanCommie on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @03:22PM (#33899718)
The UK specifically has a disproportionate blindspot about transgender issues across the political spectrum.

In US, Canada, and much of the rest of the world, it's a mostly partisan issue.

> What's the association between LGBT and "Commie"? There is one.

Communists don't call themselves Commies. I'm not sure what usernames have to do with one's arguments, mr. "incomingpain"?

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