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Re:Wokeness Is Here to Stay – Slavoj ŽIžek by jrm4 on Monday February 27, 2023 @10:39AM (#34957651)
This is one of those unfortunately effective wedge points that the right exploits. I personally do think that MEDICALLY altering children's growth is an extremely dangerous idea that has to be handled very carefully, and perhaps more carefully than it is now..

..but again, the Right will happily use this tiny point to drive the wedge to say "TRANS IS BAD ALL THE TIME."

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Re:Wokeness Is Here to Stay – Slavoj ŽIžek by tharne on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @11:50AM (#34971557)
> ..but again, the Right will happily use this tiny point to drive the wedge to say "TRANS IS BAD ALL THE TIME."

I have no doubt that folks on the right will exploit that, but I'd also argue that supporting irreversible transition procedures on children, often against the wishes of the parents, is not a tiny point as you callously put it. It's THE point.

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Re:Wokeness Is Here to Stay – Slavoj ŽIžek by jrm4 on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @10:42PM (#34978510)
Against the wishes of the parents? While I'm not deep into it like that, I'm pretty darn certain that's very much NOT a thing.

(However, I do have therapists in my family, and they do have serious concerns that too many parents are encouraging their kids in this direction)

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