TheProgressivePatriot
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You certainly don’t disappoint! I said that you were unwilling to learn anything that might undermine the basis of your belief – that trans people are just mentally ill- and you proved me right. I suggested that there are underlying biological causes or gender dysphoria and you want nothing of that. You called it :gobbledygook to confuse the gullible. "Psychological gobbledygook to confuse the gullible. It appears to work.
So, let me ask again, what about anorexics? They view themselves as fat, should we also support them by trying to dissuade them from eating?
Transsexualism and anorexia are both examples of body dysphoria.
Willfully ignorant is more accurate
I will add that even if gender dysphoria is entirely psychological, that is not an excuse to disparage and demean trans people as you seem to revel doing, Clearly those of you who are invested in believing that they are just mentally ill treat them and talk about them differently then others with mental health issues. So either way you’re a bigot , Calling them mentally ill does not really provide you with much cover.
This anorexia thing is just another distraction -another logical fallacy -this time a red herring employed to avoid an honest discussion about trans people . You’re doing the same thing here as you did when you interjected the topic of polygamy into the discussion on gay marriage
True, Transsexualism and anorexia are both examples of body dysphoria but with different cause and different approaches to treatment. The anorexic does in fact have a distorted body image. The trans person likely is in touch with the essence who they really are on some level. But again, I understand your reluctance to actually consider any such esoteric viewpoint because it threatens everything that you thought that you know-and desperately need to believe- about gender.
I’m going to guess that your question asking if we should dissuade those with anorexia from eating is another attempt to set up one of your appeal to hypocrisy logical fallacies. You encourage an anorexic to eat and you encourage the trans person to explore their gender identity. Come back when your ready to have an honest, adult discussion of the topic-which I think will be never