Anonymous wrote:The trans stuff is just hard for most people to deal with - lots of people are pro gay marriage but uncomfortable with issues related to trans people

Anonymous wrote:As a researcher, all I can productively add to this discussion is that real transgenderism is extremely rare.

I think what annoys people and goads them to reply in very negative ways is that there now appears to be:
1. a fashion among teens to question and experiment with their sexual identity, and since they're immature they think they've got it all figured out when we know that most of them will end up married to the opposite sex, with children;
2. a weird surge in a number of parents to somehow be part of this trend that leads them to encourage very young children to live lifestyles they might otherwise have asked for by themselves.

So because humans love drama, the entirely natural and un-interesting issue of trangenderism has become a circus.
We need to calm down.

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is exactly what I'm talking about. Why can't people have well thought out, reasoned opinions on this topic that are different from yours, without being reported?

I will say again, the posts getting reported are almost always along the lines of "Trannies are mentally ill." There is simply no use trying to have a reasoned discussion with such posters.

I am being 100% serious here: is it the use of the word “trannies” that you find unacceptable, or the statement that they are mentally ill. Or the fact that such posts sound too adamant and display that the wriiter has no interest in being educated?

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is exactly what I'm talking about. Why can't people have well thought out, reasoned opinions on this topic that are different from yours, without being reported?

I will say again, the posts getting reported are almost always along the lines of "Trannies are mentally ill." There is simply no use trying to have a reasoned discussion with such posters.

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is exactly what I'm talking about. Why can't people have well thought out, reasoned opinions on this topic that are different from yours, without being reported?

I will say again, the posts getting reported are almost always along the lines of "Trannies are mentally ill." There is simply no use trying to have a reasoned discussion with such posters.

There were posts about the negative and anti-female impact to girls high school sports caused by letting boys who identify as girls compete in small or individual sports that are legitimate examples of how flawed the current policies are on this matter that were deleted.

It is not transphobic to say that it is anti woman to allow boys who identify as girls to participate in girls sports.

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is exactly what I'm talking about. Why can't people have well thought out, reasoned opinions on this topic that are different from yours, without being reported?

I will say again, the posts getting reported are almost always along the lines of "Trannies are mentally ill." There is simply no use trying to have a reasoned discussion with such posters.