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  • I suspect it’s because anyone who disagrees with (or even just calls it) “trans ideology” doesn’t understand it. Trans people aren’t a set of beliefs, they’re a set of people. Some of them are clever enough to understand the sociological, philosophical, biological ramifications, and will argue that way.

    But for most, simply living as their birth gender is a constant uphill struggle of psychological pain or discomfort that they can only ameliorate by going through gender reassignment - itself not exactly a simple pain free process. By arguing against their ideology, whatever that means, you’re in effect saying “you don’t deserve comfort. The right to the pursuit of happiness does not apply to you”. Which effectively robs them of their humanity. And thinking of some people as sub-human is, verifiably, what fascists and Nazis do.

    “Evil begins when you start treating people as if they were things”

















  • 10% of the NHS’s budget goes towards treating diabetes. That’s a huge amount of money. It’s not just a problem for sufferers - its everyone elses problem too.

    In my view*, government has two main jobs: promoting our happiness, and curbing our excesses. This is firmly within those remits, albeit trading short term for long term happiness.

    You probably wouldn’t say firearms/crack cocaine/embezzling shouldn’t be illegal just because some people can’t control themselves, I hope? This is much like that - it just seems harmless because you’re used to it being there.

    People can still buy crisps and pizza. They just won’t get a discount on over-indulging anymore

    *actually, Bertrand Russell’s view.