Comment on It would be so interesting if humans didn't have a gender assigned at birth and could choose who they want to be.

• arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The amount of people who detransition is incredibly small compared to the overall trans population, and even then most people detransition because society didn’t accept them and battered them down until they gave up.

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  • definitely_AI@feddit.online ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I take that as a yes, people can be wrong about themselves and who they are.

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    • Janx@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Wow you don’t sound like you have a prejudiced opinion at all!

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      • definitely_AI@feddit.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Ok. Do you have an argument you would like to discuss or is it just name calling today?

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    • arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      People can be wrong about literally anything. That is not an excuse to say “fuck everyone else in this group.”

      If you extend this argument, we shouldn’t believe what anyone tells us about absolutely anything because they might have made a mistake. Truly a great basis for human society.

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      • definitely_AI@feddit.online ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Why would you presume that questioning someone’s beliefs would mandate to treat them like shit? What a bizarre worldview. Everyone deserves to be treated with kindness and respect, whatever they believe.

        But your beliefs about the world do not dictate my beliefs about the world. That is surely not a hard concept to grasp?

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• GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “Wrong” is probably not the best term for it. People’s understanding of their own identity can evolve over time, but their own assessment of their sense of self will always be the most accurate barometer to go by. Yes, some people detransition, but as others have stated they’re a small minority and ultimately that’s their decision to make whether it’s due to a change in how they identify or pressure from external forces.

  But to the original commenter’s point, we should just allow people to be the masters of their own identity and meet them where they are at any given point. If that were the case, the idea of getting it “wrong” wouldn’t be a big deal at all, they could simply give us an update and the world keeps turning.

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  • definitely_AI@feddit.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    their own assessment of their sense of self will always be the most accurate barometer to go by.

    Does this claim extend to people who are schizophrenic?

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    • GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨26⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      That’s a complete separate discussion. We’re talking about gender dysphoria, not schizophrenia. I hope you understand why people assume you’re a troll, because what is even the point of bringing that up in this context?

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    • WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      love the transphobia to ableism pipeline. Not a great look.

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      • definitely_AI@feddit.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        What? What gives you the right to judge people you don’t know like that? You’re literally just trying to shame me into silence, you have not said a single rational thing to me, you have not met the argument, you are arguing in a thoroughly disingenuous matter because you are incapable or interacting in any other way, it’s pure domination tactics and base rhetoric very much like that that is seen on the far right.

        This is just straight up immature behavior on your part. Please be civil.

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