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wackyteen posted...

See, I read it more as "Just because your child shows interest in *thing* (he used to 'feel pretty') doesn't mean you need to full send them into the culture surrounding the thing". If his parents had heard he 'felt pretty' and assumed he wanted to be/look like a girl, that would've been the rash decision he talks about.

I read it more as being concerned that well-meaning parents ('glad my parents didn't make rash decisions') will push their child into a culture or lifestyle instead of letting their child be a child.

The problem is that despite him approaching the argument from an area of concern instead of from malice like the people usually making that argument, it's still the same argument.

First off, it's been shown to not reflect the reality of the situation in the least, so there is no need to bring it up.

Second, when Dee (who proclaimed himself a lifelong ally) saw that his erstwhile allies reacted poorly to those arguments, the best course of action is to find out why, not say "yeah well maybe they have a point."

He's not being tarred and feathered, he's just not performing at the event anymore, no different than any big-name performer would be dropped from an event in the wake of controversy connected to said event.