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Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that by philipallstar on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @07:38PM (#45110525)
This seems identical to saying that convincing someone with anorexia that they aren't overweight is "social death", and "social death" is (somehow) genocide.

I.e. it's nonsense.

Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that by ethersteeds on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @12:56AM (#45112370)
Hm, what you're saying only makes sense if you believe that being gay or trans is a mental illness comparable to an eating disorder.

i.e. it's nonsense.

Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that by graemep on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @04:59AM (#45113635)
Body dysphoria is a recognised mental illness.
Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that by account42 on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @05:00AM (#45113649)
That's because they are.
Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that by graemep on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @11:54AM (#45117233)
Being gay is not generally recognised as mental illness, although it has been in the past. Being trans is less well defined (historically even being gay was not well defined, or defined the same way).
Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that by Akronymus on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @06:12AM (#45114064)
dysphoria is certainly a mental illness, transitioning is merely one possible treatment for it (though, pushed as one of the first rather than as one of the last options, which I personally find concerning.)
Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that by bombcar on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @07:54AM (#45114682)
Using the same word “genocide” for what is happening in Gaza and what is happening in the US seems to make language pretty useless.
Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that by graemep on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @11:52AM (#45117204)
To say nothing of using the same word as what happened in the holocaust or to the Armenians or native Americans or Rwanda or is happening in Xinjiang....
Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that by ryandv on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @12:52PM (#45117987)
This is what I have been saying for years. The far-left progressives have literally raped language beyond all recognition.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Men are women.

Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that by watwut on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @09:13AM (#45115350)
The obvious difference is that people with anorexia die and people who transition live happily.
Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that by boppo1 on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @11:51PM (#45123362)
Uh, some do.