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    4 months ago

    I do like socks, but I’m no puppet. I’m interested in discussion about this article because it looks legitimate, which is horrifying. If you’re able to disprove the claims, that would be a relief.

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        4 months ago

        How about this? “WPATH removed lower age limits in SOC8 while consulting with child castration fetishists”

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          4 months ago

          That single statement contains 1 claim:

          WPATH removed lower age limits in SOC8.

          This is true.

          It also contains another claim:

          They did this while consulting with child castration fetishists.

          Based on the article provided, it appears to be true. If that’s the case then I think most sane people would agree they should not consult with them anymore, and revisit any influence they might have had on policy.

          Having said that, gender-affirming care has been shown to be a net positive to individuals and society as a whole, so I’m not sure if you’re then trying to go the next step and discredit that in general as a result of this, because that’s how the article reads and is a separate discussion entirely.

          I’m not seeking to disprove anything in this article, merely understand what kind of discussion you want to have about it.

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            This is the sort of useful conversation I was looking to have. I think we’re in agreement. In another comment, I wrote this:

            WPATH should clean house and purge all pedophiles, retract SOC 8, publish an apology, and write a new version that doesn’t have input from known pedophiles.

            Which might not be how you would phrase it, but largely agrees with:

            If that’s the case then I think most sane people would agree they should not consult with them anymore, and revisit any influence they might have had on policy.