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#327 Mar 16 2013 at 2:22 PM Rating: Decent
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Eske Esquire wrote:
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I find anyone that even hints at suicide to be trash.


This would strike me as a very silly position to hold.


Selfish trash?
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Not a thing. If someone's going to call me a hateful bigot (not you, you just jumped in on it), I think I deserve to question it without it being about whether I "win" or "lose".

I guess? Subjectively you do seem to be coming across noticeably more dismissive and hostile of this than you would of, say, gay people. Maybe that's not happening, but it "feels" that way.
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Subjectively you do seem to be coming across noticeably more dismissive and hostile of this than you would of, say, gay people. Maybe that's not happening, but it "feels" that way.

Maybe if we said gay people were really "Super-Heterosexual" and calling them anything else was wrong and evil I'd argue back against it the same way Smiley: laugh

But since we're on the topic, I'll not the dissonance between your regular taunts towards religion and this topic. Apparently saying you believe in a deity is mock-worthy because you know that's not true but saying "I'm a girl!" when you have a ***** is something you need to agree with and to do otherwise is hurtful and cruel. Not that I feel you need to change your relationship with religion but it's curious that you're so defensive of humoring one group and not the other. At least in the opposite one could fall back on "Well, there might be a God" but it's really hard to deny the existence of that *****.


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#330 Mar 16 2013 at 5:56 PM Rating: Good
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Eske Esquire wrote:
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I find anyone that even hints at suicide to be trash.


This would strike me as a very silly position to hold.


From the outside looking in, its only natural he'd hold a position like that. Inside looking out, imo, suicide is just pure weakness.

I'm sure there are exceptions for situations where you're terminally ill, dying, etc, though.
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the ICD-10 was completed in 1992 and we're awaiting a revision in 2015. The DSMIV was completed in 1998 and the DSMV will come out in 2014. Basically to talk about these manuals at this point, unfortunately is to talk about things that are out of date and will be revised soon. Most clinicians refer to more current research, their own professions code of conduct or what has been written and said about the upcoming manuals.


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Apparently saying you believe in a deity is mock-worthy because you know that's not true but saying "I'm a girl!" when you have a ***** is something you need to agree with and to do otherwise is hurtful and cruel. Not that I feel you need to change your relationship with religion but it's curious that you're so defensive of humoring one group and not the other.

You don't need to agree with anything, little buddy, but you'll note I don't mask my feelings about religion with rationalizations and claims of tolerance. I'm not particularly tolerant of people who believe in "a higher power". I think it's an obvious failing, a weakness. I think it's harmful, I think it's particularly harmful to children. I think it makes critical thinking more difficult, and lays the groundwork for being sold a whole slew of lies by various groups with whatever agendas.

See the diffidence? I don't have to play pretend. I don't really care if TG people make you uncomfortable. This whole elaborate dance you're doing for the sake of justifying a little soft bigotry, though...what's the point? Just say you don't like it. It's ok. We already know you believe in God, no one's holding you to some standard of reason.

Edited, Mar 16th 2013 9:27pm by Smasharoo
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Awwww... you sure you don't want to pat me on the head and humor me and say "You're absolutely right"? I mean, you would if I told you I had a ******, right?

Now my feelings are hurt Smiley: frown
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Awwww... you sure you don't want to pat me on the head and humor me and say "You're absolutely right"? I mean, you would if I told you I had a ******, right?

No, that would be pretty odd. If you told me you wanted to be called "she" I really can't see that bothering me in the slightest. I guess I could see it being an issue if I felt threatened or something? Actually I'm sort of guessing, I can't really imagine it being an issue.

Maybe if I thought people were faking it so they could...live some sort of marginalized life where they're regarded as freakish by large segments of society? To feel...special, I guess? It's hard to understand what the motivation would be. We're at a point where it would certainly just be easier to out as gay if was a mask for that, there are 10000 other ailments one could claim to have if sympathy were the goal. So if we can stipulate that's probably not occurring and they genuinely feel the way they say they do, why would you be offended by someone correcting your pronoun usage?

"You mean 'She"
"Oh, right, ok, whatever"

or:
"You mean: She"
"Wait, there's a *****, I mean "He" how dare you to presume to tell me which pronoun to use to refer to a class of people I was certain barely existed in any significant way 10 posts ago! I'll actually link to a dictionary definition of the word 'He' as if that had some sort of provenance here! People like you aren't allowed to tel people like me which word to use, OH NO!"

I'm assuming it went something like that inside your head, but probably with cartoon Jesus vegetables?
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No, that would be pretty odd. If you told me you wanted to be called "she" I really can't see that bothering me in the slightest.

As I said, you'd be happy to humor me despite all evidence to the contrary.

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I'll actually link to a dictionary definition of the word 'He' as if that had some sort of provenance here!

That was in response to someone saying it fit the standard definition of "girl". Maybe you feel we need the ICD Or maybe Wikipedia! to look up the standard definition?

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I'm assuming it went something like that inside your head, but probably with cartoon Jesus vegetables?

You must feel threatened, you bigoty hate-filled hater-head bigot!
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That was in response to someone saying it fit the standard definition of "girl"

Ok? I still haven't read the exchange. I still don't think it matters much. Your tone this entire thread has been "Please, we're not going to do that for those people, don't be ridiculous." Which is fine if you feel that way. The part I don't understand is all the posts justifying it, trying to establish this is just an objective thing, and that you're suddenly SUPER concerned with grammar and word definitions because you know, you are NOT bigoted! Not needed. No one's fooled into thinking you're fine with TG people, but no one thinks you're actively trying to make their lives harder, either, It's PAINFULLY obvious you've never had any significant interaction with a TG person in your private life, I'd imagine none whatsoever. So, xenophobia and all that, I guess. It's just weird to me.
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Maybe you feel we need the ICD to look up the standard definition?

As previously noted, I think it's as important as how "marriage" is defined in the dictionary to the subject of gay marriage. Ie: Not very. I notice that metaphor hasn't interested you much in your replies. I could hazard guesses why, I suppose. I'm sure it'll turn out that it wasn't worth dignifying with a response. I'll ask Nexa about the ICD thing tomorrow. It may have been a revision or a yearbook or something. It's genuinely not something I made up. I could certainly be mus-remembering, that happens, but not really that often. Actually, I won't. Let's just go with you're right and I was wrong. I can't imagine anything changing if I found it, anyway.
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That was in response to someone saying it fit the standard definition of "girl"
Ok? I still haven't read the exchange. I still don't think it matters much.

You didn't read the exchange you're making some half-assed attempt to taunt me about but it doesn't matter anyway.

Well, okay then! Smiley: laugh
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#339 Mar 16 2013 at 8:48 PM Rating: Good
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Eske Esquire wrote:
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I find anyone that even hints at suicide to be trash.


This would strike me as a very silly position to hold.


From the outside looking in, its only natural he'd hold a position like that. Inside looking out, imo, suicide is just pure weakness.

I'm sure there are exceptions for situations where you're terminally ill, dying, etc, though.


Is that a defense? Setting aside "pure weakness" for a second - he said "anyone that even hints at suicide is trash." That's not quite the same thing as saying that they're weak.

"Pure weakness" itself is a gross oversimplification; as convenient a mental dissonance as the one that lets some rich folks believe that the poor are only poor because they deserve as much.
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You didn't read the exchange you're making some half-assed attempt to taunt me about but it doesn't matter anyway.

Making half attempts to taunt people is my entire persona, can't be that shocking. In all seriousness, though, you seem to have some sort of issue with this. Maybe you think it's not real or is so rare as to be effectively meaningless, I don't know. Maybe that's not the case at all, obviously you have a better idea of how you feel about it than I do.

I have an issue with very young onset, personally. It's a hard sell to me that a 5 year old feels like he should have been a girl. If my son told me that at 5, I probably wouldn't encourage him to live as a girl at 5. It would be equally hard for me to identify a 5 year old as gay. It doesn't seem to me to be something that would be fixed at that stage of life, or if it were, not to have presented that early. As a parent, I think I'd choose the "well, let's try living as a boy and if you still feel this way in a few years we'll do something about it" route sooner than the "let's make you the focus of the school and fight to change things for you" route. I think there's damage to be done there, trying to accommodate obviously socially deviant feelings at that age, regardless of how genuine they may be. So, while I'd support letting the kid use the girls bathroom, it's that I think there's no harm in it, not that it's a laudable crusade against injustice. I'm sure that makes me bigoted in some way, and I'm ok with that. You should be too, in my opinion, if that's the case.

The god thing on the other hand, I really don't understand. You're too smart to not realize it's a ludicrous proposition that you lucked into being born into the correct geographic area and point in the history of humanity to happen get the myth that turns out to be true. I imagine you like the tradition and the idea that there's something more to life, etc, but the specificity doesn't trouble you?
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Making half attempts to taunt people is my entire persona, can't be that shocking.

Well, it was shockingly poor Smiley: laugh

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In all seriousness, though, you seem to have some sort of issue with this.

Not especially but there's nothing I could say to convince someone otherwise. Hence ignoring all the "You're so threatened!" and "You obviously have a problem", etc remarks. Playing the whole shame-emotion card is pretty overdone but I can't stop you from doing it. No sense in responding to what's obviously bait though. I honestly don't spend much time thinking about the topic at all but, regardless, don't buy into the whole "You're a girl if you just say you are" schtick and haven't seen anything to the contrary to logically say why I should. Just appeals to emotion and shame for not playing along.
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Not especially but there's nothing I could say to convince someone otherwise. Hence ignoring all the "You're so threatened!" and "You obviously have a problem", etc remarks. Playing the whole shame-emotion card is pretty overdone but I can't stop you from doing it.


I don't think there's shame involved in either case, really. I'm just honestly telling you that you seem to be treating this topic radically differently than you treat others. Which you do with a few others, but it's fairly unusual and immediately noticeable. I felt the same way when you were couching hitting kids in terms of "oh a little swat on the bottom never hurt anyone" or whatever. It's bizarre to me that you hit your kids. I can't think of a better word for it. No interest in re-hashing that topic, but my point was that it's the same feeling in this thread for me. It's not understanding the motivation or reasoning behind your posts, which is unusual. Then again, maybe that's all me. I mean it's known that you're a complicated man and that no one understands you but your woman.


No sense in responding to what's obviously bait though.

I promise you it isn't. Perhaps someone else will chime in and feel the same as I do. Obviously I'm not someone anyone should worry about being held in high esteem by.

I honestly don't spend much time thinking about the topic at all but, regardless, don't buy into the whole "You're a girl if you just say you are" schtick and haven't seen anything to the contrary to logically say why I should. Just appeals to emotion and shame for not playing along.

It appeals to compassion. Why wouldn't you "play along" and call someone who feels they are a woman "a woman"? To remind them that they aren't? They know, trust me.

"that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it."

Some ******* from Tarsus said that once. It might apply here.
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I mean it's known that you're a complicated man and that no one understands you but your woman.

No, I puzzle her too.

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It appeals to compassion.

i.e., "emotion"

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Why wouldn't you "play along" and call someone who feels they are a woman "a woman"?

I likely would "in real life". Partially out of kindness, partially out of not caring enough to make it a point. As an abstract, I think it makes as much sense as saying "That there fellow is a gorilla. He told me it's so. Be careful, because that means he can lift over a thousand pounds, climb trees and is threatened by prolonged eye contact."
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As an abstract, I think it makes as much sense as saying "That there fellow is a gorilla. He told me it's so. Be careful, because that means he can lift over a thousand pounds, climb trees and is threatened by prolonged eye contact."

This crystallizes what I'm saying when I talk it about it seeming unlike you. The above essentially dismisses GID as a legitimate phenomenon. People who understand psychology far better than either of us seem to be fairly certain it is. If the G stood for Gorilla instead of Gender and it was a pervasive, then it would be a legitimate comparison. It's a thing. Really.

I don't quibble with midgets wanting to be called "little people", nor do I link midget and argue with them if they want to be called little people.

I mean, I do pick them up by the feet and shout "You're a fucking a midget! Say it, Say I'm a midget!!!" if I meet one, but that's different, I'm usually trying to find their pot of gold by then.

Edit: Oh and it feels like the "if we let gays get married then people will marry dogs!" stuff, too. There's not much of a slope to slide down here, that I see.

Edited, Mar 16th 2013 11:52pm by Smasharoo
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I promise you it isn't. Perhaps someone else will chime in and feel the same as I do.


I'll raise my hand. Joph's approach to the topic weird's me out. Stuff like this:

"...the whole "You're a girl if you just say you are" schtick"

(bolding mine)

...is oddly flippant and dismissive, especially for a topic like this.
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This crystallizes what I'm saying when I talk it about it seeming unlike you. The above essentially dismisses GID as a legitimate phenomenon.

It is legitimate. It is, per the previously mentioned texts, a legitimate mental disorder. It's a state of perceiving something that isn't actually true. A "desire to live and be accepted as a member of the opposite sex" because they are not actually a member of that sex.

How is this different from any other disorder where you perceive something that isn't true?

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I don't quibble with midgets wanting to be called "little people", nor do I link midget and argue with them if they want to be called little people.

Me neither. Because neither term is contradictory to who they are. If they demanded to be called giants, I'd probably have a different opinion.

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It is legitimate. It is, per the previously mentioned texts, a legitimate mental disorder. It's a state of perceiving something that isn't actually true. A "desire to live and be accepted as a member of the opposite sex" because they are not actually a member of that sex.

How is this different from any other disorder where you perceive something that isn't true?


Because gender is more complex than sex organs? It's a "disorder" because there needs to be a diagnosis for treatment. Surgery or whatever the endgame ends up being for each person. I don't think the feeling among clinicians is that it's any more of a "disorder" than begin gay is. Or to phrase it more clearly, the "disorder" is being born the wrong gender not "Perceiving something that isn't true" You seem to view it as Billy hallucinating that he has a ****** and no *****.

If we accept that differences in gender extend beyond anatomy, which current research indicates seems to be the case, then Billy might enjoy "The View" and hate boxing...or whatever the criteria is. I don't know how it works in someone else head. I can't project myself into the POV of someone in that circumstance. It doesn't seem that unlikely to me that there could be a genetic component to a "female brain" that can be distinct from "female chromosome" and occasionally result in someone being born with the wrong brain/genitals. Much crazier genetic expression happens fairly frequently. You can rest assured, though, that many many methods to "correct" the misconception that someone is actually another gender have been attempted, with virtually no success. Far less success than those attempted for people who seem to think they are a hat or broccoli, or the like.
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Me neither. Because neither term is contradictory to who they are. If they demanded to be called giants, I'd probably have a different opinion.

You realize I understand the argument your making, right? I get it. You're correct, it's not a great metaphor. There aren't any. Gender identity is a complex thing. Why can't a boy who feels born a girl be just as happy assuming the gender role he sees girls performing? I don't know. They aren't though. This isn't my field, it's Nexa's, actually. If you want to know why and how people organize to kill trans people, THAT I can speak to with some authority.
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Because gender is more complex than sex organs?

Sex organs are, however, the primary determiner we used for ascribing the labels "boy", "girl", "man", "woman", etc.

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Or to phrase it more clearly, the "disorder" is being born the wrong gender not "Perceiving something that isn't true" You seem to view it as Billy hallucinating that he has a ****** and no *****.

Not at all. I quoted what the disorder was (although in children it can apparently manifest as a belief that they will grow the opposite genitalia). Although, neither the term "Gender Identity Disorder" nor the definition suggest that the disorder is being "born the wrong gender". The disorder is in their gender identity. Again, perceiving something that is not accurate (that they are a girl). Obviously I'm not an expert or anything but the sources I've been turned to don't seem exceptionally ambiguous on the point.
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BTW: I find the specific poster in question to be annoying, also. You can understand what it is though, right? A sense of empowerment likely after years of struggle. She's probably fairly screwed up. In my anecdotal experience, that's pretty common. It would seem fairly difficult to end up well adjusted and philosophical after dealing with a lifetime of being stigmatized and ostracized. It would seem to have to suck a lot. I'm equally annoyed by deaf people who are angered when others have surgery to restore hearing, or people who say how great their autistic kid is and how it's really a blessing. All of that I have little patience for, but it's usually a coping mechanism, not malice. Or maybe she's just an asshole. I haven't seen any mental or physical deviation that rules that out.
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