Just because everyone you knew before treated you like shit for being who you want to be doesn’t mean everyone after will too. That’s not fair and you wouldn’t want others to treat you like that. Rejecting people for being inquisitive about a newly recognized condition and possible solutions seems short sighted to me.

Your first example would work if one could be in both Florida and Illinois at the same time, but that is impossible. In both states, trans people are able to use public restrooms, whether its the one they want to use or not.

The second isn’t an example. I’m supposed to just take your word for it?

On the third, the FBI never did designate any trans related anything as violent extremists or terrorists. That article is simply reporting what two unnamed officials thought would happen in the future after the Kirk murder. Hardly evidence that the FBI is officially targeting trans people.

As far as I know, trans people are allowed to use public restrooms at least in any state in the US. They also are permitted to have passports but I’m not sure what you mean by the unimpeded part. I couldn’t find any verification that the FBI has labelled any trans people or any trans positive groups as terrorist groups either.

I don’t think that trans people are the vehicle that will bring basic human rights to all. I don’t think framing it in group-speak is helpful either.

Its awful that all of these people are struggling, but we can’t even agree on the cause of or solution for that suffering. I wish the community wasn’t so eager to defend positions that haven’t had time to be established as fact yet.

I’d actually need to make something more like a 10 fps black and white silent film. I’ll make sure I send you the first copy if I make it.

Great description. Its so sudden, and the feeling of falling away from reality is intense. I wish I could draw what I saw and share it with other people.

I’ve never said that but good job with your reading comprehension.

It doesn’t take much to make an idiot feel smug does it? Enjoy your upvotes!

That’s not what I meant. I meant that we are all in the same boat wanting to be treated fairly. Being treated unfairly is not a uniquely trans experience.

Future promises in America mean fuck all.

I’m saying that “basic human rights” isn’t a real thing.

Am I supposed to go research whatever JAQing off means by the way? If you are trying to communicate something, feel free to say it plainly.

Edit: I see you added more already, though it makes no sense at all. Try again to make a point or leave me unreplied to.

Dude, regular people barely get basic human rights. The main problem with the trans movement is them assuming everyone else is normal and happy and treated fairly all the time. Secondary to that is the fact that if you don’t agree with what trans people are saying, they exclude you from their spaces and conversations.

Wouldnt that just make him the 4 out of 5 part?

Fair enough.

If I hate all organized religion does that make me antisemitic as well?

There will always be a story we tell about anything, whether its accurate or not. In my opinion, both science and religion are a form of storytelling.

Yes, and if I spend too much time on here it affects my perceptions of people in real life. I do a few other things that aren’t really healthy as well. I’m sure I could do better.

Maybe, just maybe, parents shouldn’t let their kids in awful places, and also awful places shouldnt let kids in. Turns out parental controls are bullshit, and the only real answer is RTFM or dont use it at all. A business and its customers dont exist without each other, so the blame is on both sides.

All that said, the government definitely could help the parental understand and controls side of thing too using regulation.

Well, thats what you get when non-tech people try to regulate tech. At least we have correctly identified a problem, and are now trying to solve it.

Tech companies taking advantage of regulators lack of knowledge to continue abusing their customers is a different problem.

This solution might not work but we will learn and try something else or refine it until it does work, or until social media somehow isn’t predatory and doesnt need the guard rails.

Or we could focus on preventing the addiction to begin with.

Great examples include making people wait until adulthood to smoke nicotine or cannabis, or to drink alcohol.

Surely there’s always time for both the kids and parents to set aside to learn every new technology and the appropriate controls to restrict them.

And when someone says it makes far more sense to just not give their kids said technology until they are older, we have people like you arguing on behalf of the technology.

Aww poor little facebook, we dont want to hurt its fee-fees! Let’s just give it another chance! I’m sure we can trust it this time if we just learn how to use it right!