08-10-2023, 03:22 PM
(08-10-2023, 03:17 PM)Nately120 Wrote: You may be right, but let's be honest "I'm all about freedom, but this needs to be banned because it's hurting women/children!" has been strapped to everything from women voting, to letting Italians into the country, to gays and teachers being "groomers." It's so open-ended.
I'm just saying that making an argument that HRT for adults hurts kids is almost certainly in the playbook.
Sometimes I feel like conservatives think everything hurts kids except corporal punishment, drunk driving, and guns. Hyperbole alert there. . I need to disconnect.
You're not wrong. Honestly whenever I hear "we need to protect the children" as an argument for something my bullshit detector goes off. But that doesn't mean it's always a wrong or a disingenuous tactic. There are some very real concerns about this and the consequences, even for puberty blockers can be lifelong. So, yeah, you're actually making my same argument about poisoning the well, just in the reverse direction. If you cry wolf a bunch of times it won't make you wrong when one is actually there, but it does ensure that many people won't believe you this time.
