The thing is, in order to get off on breaking the rules of gender you have to think those rules are real in the first place. And I just don't, which is why I don't think I could ever get "trans joy" or whatever you call it by breaking those non-existent rules.
The Hegelian dialectic in the hands of retarded Americans was bound to be an absolute disaster.
The whiplash from this is what set me up to reject troonery.
I can’t find the quote now but I think it was also him who said that because men and women were treated so differently at his time, it was impossible to tell whether the sex differences are due to nature or nurture. Very interestingly he added immediately after, that we would only be able to tell the “nature” of men and women when they aren't treated so differently.
Social media plays a pretty significant factor in this, IMO. Kids are constantly bombarded with messages about how their peers are all prettier, funnier, more interesting, more successful, and have more fulfilling lives full of nicer stuff than them. Through social media we have a continual window into the lives of friends, pseudo-friends, and celebrities. And what we see is not some unvarnished peek into their world but a highly idealized image that they present.
This. And keep in mind what you've described is how an intelligent adult sees this. Kids are dumb and gullible, they have no concept of false pretenses, they will wholeheartedly believe that everything they see on social media is a perfect image of reality as it happens all the time.
Yess!!! When I was trans, I never got that joy either. Not because I "nEvEr WaS tRanS" like these cultists claim- hell, I am more trans than a lot of the ones who medically transition because I really do believe / have believed that I am a man trapped in a girl's body, so much so that the thought of physically transitioning never felt enough. It never felt enough to "dress like a man", never felt enough to be referred as one. Because if I'm just trapped in a girl's body, then transitioning would never do anything because at the end of the day I'm still a girl. Clothes and appearance don't define my gender. It was like I never really came to terms with puberty I guess. My body never felt like it was mine. Still never reached that awakening like so many other girls have where they were instantly able to adjust to everything. Even when I tried dressing more feminine and doing typhical girl things, I felt like a cross dresser. Like a trans woman objectifying womanhood if that makes sense. I felt gross. But in the end I know it's all irrational, like this is probably just due to facing sexual trauma at such a young age before puberty. That and I never liked men to begin with, never had that "omg men >w<" moment like all the other girls. So many times I pretended admiration was attraction, so many times I tried so hard to fit in. Even when it came to sexual trauma though, even those girls are more feminine than me. Even they are straight too. If not, they hate men as a result- which I don't. That's what always trips me up. Puberty felt way more painful than it had to be lol
Nailed it.
Troons make the mistake of viewing transition as their accomplishment. Denial of reality is the accomplishment.
They'd probably counter this by hiding behind the gay community and comparing this to homophobes saying gays are born wrong. But gays don't insist that you need drugs and surgery to affirm your gayness. They just think you need to learn to exist whilst accepting that this is the way you are.
The worst part is is that somehow these grown adults have been convinced that being trans is real so instead of just telling a kid “No.” they actively brainwash the kid into believing in an unobtainable, unrealistic reality. Which as a kid they most certainly will. I honestly have no idea how we got to this point in such a short time.
That's what irks me about all this. You're essentially telling kids that say this stuff that they have to shell out huge sums of money for surgeries and hormones that don't work. You're essentially setting these kids up for a life of misery.
Your argument is a good one, but that movement exists. It's called Mad Pride. There are also "Hearing Voices" groups/support groups, for people who hear voices but don't go with the whole medicalized vibe about it.
Troonery is like if the government said it was illegal for anyone to make fun of middle-school goths, but it's also a lot like the Indigo Children. Not a lot of Indigo Children these days; almost like it was a fad for parents who like a certain flavor of attention.
Honestly Mad Pride has more validity than transgenderism. They are not downing peoples' throats with "NO, my reality is the TRUE REALITY and you are terrible for saying otherwise". From what I understand, it's people tired of the mental health field's bs. I totally get that. If you ever focused on spiritual growth regarding self improvement, you'd find most mental issues can be fixed through simple life style changes instead of cramming down medication and talking with a do-nothing therapist every other week. Their approach toward schizophrenia is literally to just affirm their delusions or throw meds at them or to simply lock them up in a ward. Sure, the ward part might be helpful in some cases. But damn. The psychiatric industry gets people hooked on the possibility of being "cured" rather than being self sulficiant and having self acceptance for when problems arise.
