Proceeds to write two or more pages then blocks my IP address.
Didn't ban my account because then everyone would see how much of a tyrant you are. You thought I didn't know how to use a proxy?
Its is absolutely pathetic that, in the absence of any supportive evidence or even a coherent logical thought process, your response is to silence any opposing viewpoint. Just goes to show how much faith you have in your own argument. Stay classy, meth.
Get over yourself. The last IP ban imposed on NikeTalk was issued on 4/22 by Bigj505. I assume you're using the same ISP as somebody who tried to flood the site with porn.
If I have the capability to ban your account and delete your posts, wouldn't I do that if I was so intent on silencing you?
Try to make some sense.
You're the only one who feels threatened here. It's gotten sad, honestly.
I've made every effort to understand, you have done nothing but offer up abstract, undefinable, non-biological "feelings" as the motivation for transition. Whats the motivation? They were born with it? Gender is not biological. It's being who they really are? Gender constructs aren't who you really are. I'm trying to understand. What I've heard thus far makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Gender is a social construct. Boys aren't born with bow ties. Girls aren't born with make up. Gender is performed.
Sex has its basis in biology.
Sexuality can be influenced by biology, but it is better expressed as a spectrum or continuum than a binary.
You can claim that sexual attraction is hormonal, but that's not strictly so. Much of the sexual attraction you've experienced in life could be described as "abstract, undefinable, non-biological 'feelings.'" Why do you find one particular trait more desirable than other? Why doesn't everyone have the same "tastes?"
I'll never understand the "feelings" that drive people to do a
lot of things. That could refer to a sexual fetish like S&M or it could refer to watching ice hockey.
That
you don't understand it doesn't make it illegitimate.
Ok, now you are talking about biology again, nature. Gender has no basis in biology remember? Are you now saying that your chromosomes determine your gender? You really need to get focused.
You're the one who's confused, not me. You can't seem to wrap your head around the difference between sex, gender, and sexuality. If you refuse to do anything more than angrily skim my writing for keywords, pick up a damned book. Hell, you could watch today's episode of the "Nightly Show" with Larry Wilmore. They covered exactly this in an episode devoted to the Bruce Jenner interview.
Is there any basis in fact for your claim that it was "always" there or are you just pulling stuff out of your ***
Do you actually read anything, or do you just blindly attack?
Certain surgical procedures may be relatively recent, but sex and gender have been conceptualized differently in different cultures for thousands of years. The existence of "two spirit" persons, "men-women," "women-men," and so on have been well documented in anthropological literature. If you take off the cultural blinders, you'll find that not everyone treats those who exist between the straight male:female binary as deviant or illegitimate.
I called one post quasi intellectual, which was when you tried to incorrectly argue semantics with me when it was completely irrelevant to what we were talking about.
Incorrectly? You weren't saying "Drew Gooden has evolved into a stretch four." You were literally talking about "social evolution." Now you want to act like you weren't talking about something "technical," but speaking in lay terms because you were caught talking out of your rear end.
Now you want to bring up the "academic definition" of evolution, which is apparently different than the dictionarys definition of evolution.
You're right. The one sentence dictionary definition of evolution is more accurate than the University of California, Berkeley's or, you know,
Darwin's.
I learned everything I know about physics by reading Roget's Thesaurus. Gravity is serious.
Gender reassignment surgery is not reconstructive surgery now is it? It's not a need, it's a want.
You keep moving the goalposts. It's so obvious. You can't even consistently articulate your opposition to this. You have to keep inventing new objections each time one is challenged. If a man steps on a land mine and loses his testicles, reconstructive surgery will not restore his reproductive function. He's going to have those icky, toxic silicone simulacrums you're so disgusted by - and they won't be at all necessary to his survival. They will be ornamental, but they might allow him to feel more "whole."
Go ahead, change your argument again. Keep drawing that circle until you can find away to keep straight, cisgender folks in and transgender persons out.
I take offense to the fact you assumed I don't treat all people like people. I treat everyone how I want to be treated.
You would like to be treated like you're mentally ill? You would like to be treated like a deviant?
What if I told you that I don't hate bigots? I treat bigots like people. I just think they're mentally ill and need help. Would it still bother you if I were to call you a bigot?
You need to understand that every single person who doesn't agree with you is not out to marginalize and oppress. There a very hateful people in this world, I realize that.
Yeah, and you're in their company on this issue. Bring up Bruce Jenner on Stormfront and see how many people there agree with you. That's not "a racist likes the same football team you do," or "a racist would also think that murder is bad," that's "a devout racist would have the
exact same views on categorizing transgender people as 'mentally ill."
You are not fooling anyone, you have not learned anything, you have no credible knowledge on the subject. You entire thesis is made up of arbitrary opinions and contradictory statements. If you had knowledge, you've done everything you possibly could to keep it to yourself.
There is an actual body of academic literature on the subject, you know. I'm sure you'll write that off as illegitimate and "pseudo-intellectual" because it clearly can't compare with the wisdom of your unlettered, knee-jerk response.
I would definitely consider any alternatives regarding your need based theory. Just the same, the transgender, and you yourself, choose to believe it is NOT superfluous based on your gut feeling.
Right, because a transgender person can't possibly have any meaningful insight into the experience of... transgender people. Surely, you know as much about their experience as they do.
You don't have to convince me but I don't have to accept it either. How about them apples?
You don't have to "accept" gay people, Darwinian evolution, or climate change if you don't want to, either. You can believe in the tooth fairy if you want. Nobody is denying you that.
Unfortunately, the "right" to bigotry has its consequences. If you're in an interracial relationship, it's not illegal for someone to stare daggers at you when you walk down the street holding hands with your significant other. It's not illegal for them to call your children "abominations."
But hey, as long as
you're comfortable.
In theory, we allow for majority rule with the proviso of minority rights - unless you can manage to deny that someone is a "legitimate" minority entitled to such protections, that is.
I don't reject it, I just don't take them at their word. The world is flat, take my word for it.
Pitiful example. First of all, you obviously DO reject it. You believe they're "mentally ill." Second, saying "the world is flat" is different than saying "I don't identify with my sex-assigned gender."
"I honestly like the Beatles."
"No you don't. I don't believe you. Prove it."
"I've liked them since I was five. You can ask my parents. I had all their albums."
"No, you were faking it. You only think you like them because they're popular and you were trying to fit in. You're a phony."
What must someone do to prove it to you? What do you need? A brain scan? A Vulcan mind meld? Psychic friends?
If you don't want to listen to me, fine. I don't care. But don't pretend that there aren't other sources out there that just might offer you a more nuanced understanding of the subject than "fake penises? EEEEEEEEWW!"
