ZenithCKLW wrote: ↑Mon Jun 07, 2021 2:13 pm
Lower-case "pride", as an internal feeling, isn't granted by anybody else. Nobody has to obtain permission, or "earn" from somebody else their sense of pride of anything, especially pride of who they are. Nobody can hold captive somebody else's sense of pride.
Okay then, there is nothing remarkable about being a part of the LGBTQIA+ population that should encourage a person to feel pride. Feeling proud because of who you want to sleep with or who you want to dress up as is quite a low bar. And if we are considering the actions of LGBTQIA+ people in their individual groupings or as a whole, they have not done much of anything to encourage pride. To the contrary, they should feel shame.
Let me tell you why, and I will take the trannies as an example.
There are many people who fit into a classic definition of gender dysphoria, and who should be supported through mental health services aimed at determining the safest strategy for care for patients. However, over the past decade or so, there has been a community that has evolved among trannies that rejects standards of care that would involve the diagnosis and prescription of treatment for these people. They refer to medical professionals as gatekeepers who work to prevent the transition of trannies, which is why simply relying on informed consent is the preferred model among so many trannies now.
This is a problem because of what it means for children and people who are mentally unwell. Research supports the existence of a phenomenon where young people in social media groups are experiencing a type of gender dysphoria referred to as "rapid-onset gender dysphoria". The use of drugs such as puberty blockers and HRT, or even surgery can damage children and young adults. "Egg cracking" is basically emotional conditioning that trannies use on vulnerable people.
It also creates an opportunity for abusers to hide behind vulnerable people. If you do some research, you will see that there is a high prevalence of trannies who are also sex offenders and that people who are questioning experience sexual assault. Also, the ratio of sexually explicit content among tranny social media profiles supports Blanchard's research on autogynephilia, which, in general, is rejected by the transgender community.
This is an example of why people in the LGBTQIA+ movement should be ashamed of themselves, rather than prideful.
ZenithCKLW wrote: ↑Mon Jun 07, 2021 2:13 pm
Capital letter "Pride", as a civil rights movement, came as a response to those trying to impose shame and violence on non-heterosexuals, and will continue regardless of the permission granted (or lack of) by those who already want non-heterosexual people removed from the Earth. The celebration of Pride comes from those persecuted groups of people saying "we will not accept your shame anymore; we are proud of who we are."
I find it hard to see how exploitive deviants who manipulate and con other people out of money and gender identity should be proud of who they are.
Donald Trump was and is the best president this country has ever had. And he will return to glory as our leader again.