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@JLCederblom @free_the_birdy @NotMikeHarlow Also, for the sake of fairness- what would shift my thinking is evidence of harm from GAC. Not on individual levels, but evidence which shows that GAC is less effective than non-affirming methods of care. I'd also like to know what evidence is suitable for you.

@SparrowCloak @free_the_birdy @NotMikeHarlow ...as a step towards that, and to prepare for that answer, I'd like to first ask you the same question. If someone "regrets" their transition surgery, what does that mean?

What “conversion therapy” used to mean was electroshocking someone until they’re not gay anymore. What they call “conversion therapy” today is anything that isn’t immediately “affirming” a child who says they’re the opposite sex. If a child claims to be trans and you try to get them therapy, or God forbid question that and try to explore other causes, that is now considered “conversion therapy”. Laws prohibiting this are nothing but a one-way ticket to medicalizing children. They deliberately call it “LGBTQ” (letters which have absolutely nothing in common, and are often in direct conflict with one another) to hide behind the past medical abuses towards homosexuals. People are sympathetic to that. Forced teaming a completely unrelated issue with it is the only way they could EVER get support for something as abhorrent as “trans kids”. This insanity can’t stand on its own merit. But the gaslighting is no longer working. Getting a gender confused child help and therapy is a GOOD thing and should be the norm. It’s not conversion therapy, it’s called acting like the adult in the situation! There is no greater evil than coercing a child into believing they’re something they’re not, solely because the adult has a particular ideology. Let kids be kids!

@JLCederblom @free_the_birdy @NotMikeHarlow I am looking to argue and have ideas challenged, politely asking doesn't really get people to answer. Anyhow, another essay for organization

@JLCederblom @free_the_birdy @NotMikeHarlow Also, if you have counter sources, please link em

@SparrowCloak @free_the_birdy @NotMikeHarlow You quoted the abstract for the right paper, so this reply makes no sense at all. Perhaps you meant to say that you confused the abstract with the actual paper.

@JLCederblom @free_the_birdy @NotMikeHarlow Yeah, scratch that, I clicked the wrong link when I went to review what you've said. Nvm, will be back

@JLCederblom @free_the_birdy @NotMikeHarlow I am reading through your replies and I want to clarify- my stupid ass somehow misread which article you were looking at, so I have been looking at the wrong article to respond to you. I'll get back to you with a reply to the one you're actually talking about.

@SparrowCloak @free_the_birdy @NotMikeHarlow If you actually read the things you link, you will find out the secret to the 1% detransition or 1% regret meme - it's "we didn't actually measure it".

@ShirionOrg It's easy to just be against genocide. It's not that complex: nobody should be slaughtered en masse. We can address this shit later when they aren't being ethnically cleansed.

This infamous photograph shows a man being thrown to his death from a rooftop by a Muslim mob. He was accused of homosexuality. The crowd then cheered and pelted his body with stones as he lay dying, broken on the ground. This is what a "Free Palestine" actually looks like.

@MinModulation Vibes based writing

why doesn't Toby Fox simply pay someone to write the game so he has more time for translations, which are legitimately a deeper artform. he has more than enough fucking money so there's literally no excuse. just tell a friend the plot and they could just autopilot it

@Qveen_Potato They always say "Their mental health!!" WHAT CAUSED THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FUCKFACE

Ask them what they think contributes to the "41%" of trans people. (in which was suicidal ideation btw but another story)

@Bitcoin_Teddy I genuinely never see activists speaking out against free range ethical farms. They are against factory farms which are pretty objectively worse in every regard.

Activist: "You're killing innocent animals." Farmer: "I am." Activist: "That's cruel." Farmer: "Is it? They live outside, eat fresh grass, never know a predator, receive veterinary care, and die instantly without seeing it coming." Activist: "But you kill them." Farmer: "Once. After 18 months of comfortable life." Activist: "They deserve to live." Farmer: "They do live. Better than their wild ancestors who died of starvation, disease, or being eaten alive by wolves." Activist: "At least that's natural." Farmer: "Natural death is being disemboweled while conscious. My cattle get a bolt gun they never see. Which would you choose?" Activist: "That's not the point." Farmer: "That's entirely the point. You're romanticizing brutal deaths while condemning quick ones."

@GarbageHuman24 My bad I was mistaken. It's not color, nor guns. It's poverty, systemic inequity in sentencing, access to education, and inequitable policing.

@GarbageHuman24 It's not color, nor guns. It's poverty.

People will still tell you with a straight face that it’s a gun problem

If I can agree with the right on one thing it's that you should be armed. Guns are and have been an intrinsic part of American culture- you should know the how to handle one and how it functions. As a society, we do not respect the weapon that you can point to kill with.

@free_the_birdy @NotMikeHarlow Name the study! Do you mean the Sweden study? The Sweden study straight up makes no claims about regret rates, it compares health outcomes to the GENERAL population, which are consistently shown to be worse due to harassment and ostracization.

@SparrowCloak @NotMikeHarlow The low regret rate is manufactured. One of the largest studies produced results that countered your narrative and the author straight up said they weren't publishing it because they didn't want it to be used to counter the narrative lmfao. It's a mountain of lies.

@dots_jenny @free_the_birdy @NotMikeHarlow Wah wah wah

@SparrowCloak @free_the_birdy @NotMikeHarlow "This is exactly like this other thing except it's completely different, anyway, I'm totally smart."

@nick0364 @SuicidalApathy @NotMikeHarlow If curious, this is a more recent review that more or less remains consistent that a definitive statement is yet to be made, but does highlight more studies showing decreases overall share.google/gLLWX0bYXImLPv…

@SparrowCloak @SuicidalApathy @NotMikeHarlow 16.22 Deaths by suicide in trans identifying people of all ages continue to be above the national average, but there is no evidence GAC reduces this, only that these deaths are related to a range of other complex psychosocial factors and to mental illness. (Cass)

@nick0364 @SuicidalApathy @NotMikeHarlow I won't deny that evidence on suicidality is mixed, But as cited- mental health outcomes DO show consistent improvement, and the causality for mental health comorbidities is consistently ostracization and harassment. Also, thank you for giving a source.

@QMoruko @FPCGameSoftware Yeah but it's fun, I have this account just to start shit

@SparrowCloak @FPCGameSoftware this guy isnt debating, bro hes just being a bigot. there is no attempt at a good faith discussion, just a garden variety right wing retard weaponizing a following to push anti trans agenda in other words, business as usual for twitter grifters who need to pay the bills

You know... there's something that has been bugging me. People keep talking about, "Trans Genocide." Speaking from a purely medical pov... Isn't, literally, trans treatment... which results in sterility... the actual trans genocide?

@free_the_birdy @NotMikeHarlow Again, I recognize these risks but parents and children are informed of them. Then you take into account the extremely low regret rate- it's clear the mental health benefits outweigh the risk of side effects or the side effects are irrelevant to those who need them.

@SparrowCloak @NotMikeHarlow Puberty doesn't just restart and then finish properly as it does when you go through it naturally. Puberty blockers are chemical castration drugs with far worse side effects than most medications. Like enjoy your micro penis type side effects. It's nasty stuff.

@bilious72 @NotMikeHarlow Baby had to block me. For those who are lurking- this article has a full interview that explains the article in depth. Unfortunately, there is not a link with just the interview so if you can get over the source, you should try it.

@bilious72 @NotMikeHarlow Have you read it?? Not only does it NOT make that statement, the authors have repeatedly rebutted your interpretation. transadvocate.com/fact-check-stu… That study makes no claims to the effects pre and post op. It is a comparison to the general population and attributed to ostracization.