jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoLGBTQ+ orgs blast Joe Biden's "cowardly" statement opposing surgeries for trans youthwww.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1239
arrow-up1239external-linkLGBTQ+ orgs blast Joe Biden's "cowardly" statement opposing surgeries for trans youthwww.lgbtqnation.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareCorvidae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·5 months agoSo genital mutilation surgery is okay, but gender affirming surgery is not?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·5 months agoThey weren’t defending circumcision by calling it mutilation.
minus-squareKitlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoThey were clearly agreeing with the poster above and pointing out the absurdity.
minus-squareCorvidae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoCircumcision (genital mutilation) on infants is widely practiced, thus logically it must be okay. This article asserts Biden says gender affirming surgery should be delayed until 18 years old (not okay on infants)
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoThe person you were berating agrees with you. I’m not sure why you aren’t clear on that.
minus-squareCorvidae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI was not berating Frokke, I was making a comment about Biden’s position.
minus-squareYax@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-25 months agoI read that as not being directed at you but more as realisation that the state of things are even worse than suggested in the first comment. “Why is this specific gender affirming care ok but not the rest?” “That specific thing is actually mutilation” “So to THEM (not you) mutilation is ok but not gender affirming care(any at all)!”
minus-squareCorvidae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoPlease point out where I used quotes and claimed you said it. Go ahead, I’ll wait.
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoWhat the fuck are you smoking?
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So genital mutilation surgery is okay, but gender affirming surgery is not?
They weren’t defending circumcision by calling it mutilation.
They were clearly agreeing with the poster above and pointing out the absurdity.
Circumcision (genital mutilation) on infants is widely practiced, thus logically it must be okay. This article asserts Biden says gender affirming surgery should be delayed until 18 years old (not okay on infants)
The person you were berating agrees with you. I’m not sure why you aren’t clear on that.
I was not berating Frokke, I was making a comment about Biden’s position.
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I read that as not being directed at you but more as realisation that the state of things are even worse than suggested in the first comment.
“Why is this specific gender affirming care ok but not the rest?”
“That specific thing is actually mutilation”
“So to THEM (not you) mutilation is ok but not gender affirming care(any at all)!”
Please point out where I used quotes and claimed you said it. Go ahead, I’ll wait.
What the fuck are you smoking?