11-01-2017, 11:48 AM
(11-01-2017, 11:36 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: These medical standards you stand behind are from a group that has highly politized this issue when they changed it and the change has been refuted over and over throughout the profession.
What you fail to realize and accept is that there are a lot of people who just don’t buy into all that nonsense.
Here is what you should be considering .
41% of liberals agree with me on this issue
83% of conservatives agree with me on this issue.
That’s a big chunk and one that should be recognized and at least respected while we discuss and most likely agree to disagree at the end. It’s just not hate speech.... it’s a difference of political opinion.... which is wonderful.
Saying a group has a medical disorder is not a difference of political opinion. You are trying to diagnose a community of people you have never met more than a handful of, have no intimate knowledge of, with no medical training, and not according to the professional standards. Do you know when it is appropriate to say someone has a mental disorder? Really, the answer is never because it's none of your damn business, but even if it was it would only be appropriate when the individual is diagnosed with one by a medical professional.
By trying to make it a political issue, you turn it into hate speech because you are essentially weaponizing the issue to take away the civil rights and liberties of a group.
