RE: “The Science is Settled” on Trans

( Dreamingsiren )
I really hate to admit this, but it’s this attitude that makes me increasingly skeptical of other mainstream scientific opinions and debate. If it’s not accepted that men can be women, what else is biased?

( rightnow )
I used to mock anti-vaxxers, but now I wonder if mothers in mass noticed that their children were suddenly different after getting certain vaccines, would their claims be taken seriously? Given how women are being ignored about the trans issues and mothers are being told ROGD isn't a thing, I would say the answer is no.

I'm not saying I'm anti-vaxx now, just that I understand the reasoning behind it.

( Moonflower )
I feel the same on this. The unfortunate reality is that our health authorities have chosen to stake their credibility on supporting “gender affirming healthcare” for minors and failed covid policies like school closures / masking / mRNA vaccines — and the result is that I no longer take it for granted that their judgement can be trusted on literally anything, including the old-school anti-vaxx shit. (And to be clear, this doesn’t mean I’m automatically against all vaccines or something; it just means I now need these people to show their fucking work in excruciating detail, including answering the concerns of everyone they felt entitled to dismiss as a quacks a decade ago.)

( tricky )
As awareness grows, TRAs are running out of comebacks and now are just aiming to shoot down all discussion. Like how you hear TIMs say "I'm a biological woman because I identify as a woman and I'm not a robot" and "I was assigned female at birth because female gender is innate in my head."

The way I see it, they're grasping at straws as they continue to lose every debate that relies on logic. Hopefully that means the TRA movement is on its last legs.

( a_shrub )
For me it came in the form of a big list of like 20+ Scientific™ associations who apparently all certify that "gender affirmation" is the best, more perfect cure for men's sad gender feelz in the whole universe, and who was little old me to ask anyone to throw out all that irrefutable Science™. My response was to ask if the dude wanted me to provide a similar long list of "prestigious" institutions that proclaimed Jesus is Lord.