The worst part about this was, at the time many believed that to be true.

But it was never even in the works

Looks like cable ties. As a former network admin. Fuck cable ties

This is the thing I’m most afraid of. It’s why I’ve been moving everything to self hosting and de-googling.

Oh, sorry I wasn’t trying to imply it was. Just adding to your statement.

No, my assertion is that a government coming for your guns is not the reason it’s fascist

Fascist regimes always come for guns. Governments that come for guns are not always fascist

A implies b, but b does not imply a.

I don’t think it’s solely for that reason. There are privacy concerns and concerns the os could be used for the MIC.

I have to second this. It’s been amazing across the board for so much. Lots of documentation to assist with problems and you learn so much.

There is no damning thing for me because you still haven’t addressed your a priori reasoning for why that would be wrong.

You say I’m afraid, which is hilarious. Of course there are brain differences. There are brain differences in everything. Like being left handed or having epilepsy, or men vs women.

What you haven’t addressed is why treating it like epilepsy is morally better than treating the cause like left handedness.

Especially when doing so would necessitate it being done many years prior to the person having any agency to make a choice on treatment.

Do me a favour and look up the stigma of being associated with left handedness over the centuries and how the attitude has changed. All because of a difference that should never have mattered because it was natural.

Now go back and read this conversation as though we were talking about men vs women.

(Oh and love the straw man argument, really it makes you look just great /s)

I wonder if anyone thought the same way about the Jews in the past? Or black people? Maybe I could look at history and figure that out?

Oh wait. (Hint: this is why the experts think what we’re doing is the morally best solution)

https://madrascourier.com/insight/how-colonialists-used-phrenology-a-pseudoscience-to-justify-racism-slavery/

No, as a matter of fact it’s not up to the individual. As children can’t consent to medical treatment. It’s up to the experts, generally to decide. Which they have. It’s also the reason why it’s not being researched. But you’d know that if you knew the research.

Since you don’t understand what a priori reasoning is you are extremely unqualified.

At least idiots like bailey have an education even if they are extremely wrong.

“I have substantiated my claims with logical reasoning”

You have not. You also haven’t addressed my a priori claim for yourself. if you don’t do that, you have no business here or reading science without understanding what that means.

“I’m of saying there’s something to be fixed, but something that can be treated”

Fixed = treated. As in your example of ADHD.

Neurological issue means there’s something wrong. And it is pathologising, which is the way we talk about diseases.

Honestly, I think you know all of this and are here to sea lion.

“regressives aren’t born regressive” how do you know? How would we test? How would we evaluate that?

You’ve basically decided, a priori that this is the case.

Just as you’ve decided a priori that being trans is a case of something wrong with people, that can and should be investigated with the view of eliminating it.

Im not sure why you wouldn’t see that as wrong.

Saying that we need to look into the “biological root” of transgender identity is like saying "we need to look into the biological root of regressives.

The problem is that such statements are political because they pathologies something that is human diversity.

We should also say, and look at the evidence of other cultures who have had trans people. Like native Americans, who treated us with respect. in those societies there were lower suicide rates.

Even among children, when socially supported the suicide rate goes down with social support.

What you’re conflating is the suicide/depression associated with being treated differently to your identity.