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Offworlder1 posted...

I think a "live and let live" policy needs to be applied to both sides, transgenders need to stop trying to force their way onto everyone else, and people who are uncomfortable around them need to stop making such a huge issue about it.

People who are against transgenders often are just as bad as the transgenders who want everyone to use their pronouns, their political agenda with bathrooms, or how people have a "if your not with us your against us" mentality.

There needs to be a neutral ground, or atleast a "you leave me alone we will leave you alone" kind of deal. If your trans fine great, but please stop trying to force your views and beliefs onto everyone. People against transsexuals need to just ignore them, let them live how they want to, stop harassing them because they are different.

Somehow I know someone will find something in my post offensive, but I take the risk in posting anyway because I feel both sides have their asshole people who are making trouble when trouble need not occur.

I don't think your post is offensive, or at least intentionally. I too think marginalized populations are better off having thicker skin. Resilience is an adaptive trait. At the same time, I recognize that it is very easy for me to say that from a position that isn't experiencing the kind of shit they deal with on a regular basis.

It's like telling a person with major depressive disorder to stop experiencing their syndrome, or someone with chronic pain to get over it. Ultimately it's just a lack of empathy, and the whole TG issue is nothing more than a call for a basic level of empathy.
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