Manmoth

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[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago

You have been lied to.

No I haven't. Sorry but kids don't get to do whatever they want precisely because they might kill themselves or engage in self harm. That's a symptom of something else. I suspect it's lack if a structured home life, unmonitored internet access, pornography and the hypersexualized culture at large among other things.

Minors (especially teenagers) will do anything for attention and being 'trans' is often a means to that end. Even worse it's often presented as a solution for problems it can't solve. Parents can fall into this trap too.

This gives kids more time to grow up without having permanent changes

Yeah there's nothing permanent about stunting a childs adolescence while everyone around them naturally grows into their bodies and actually learns what it's like to be a man and a woman instead of weirdly speculating on the sidelines. We're robbing kids of normal childhoods by not just allowing but often encouraging them to obsess over this stuff.

Kids should have hobbies, read books, be responsible for chores at home and be raised by parents not the state. Adults can do what they want but they need to leave kids out of it.

Self-harm and suicide statistics are cited repeatedly as perhaps THE primary argument for the child trans stuff as if it is that cut and dry. It's not. I can guarantee these situations are way more complex than anyone wants to admit. Something like 1 out of every 2 or 3 adults are on antidepressants in the west. It's not because they are transgender it's because we have a nihilistic culture that offers no meaning to life outside of consumption and worship of self.

[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It doesn't say you get any firearm

It says shall not be infringed which means what it says. There is no prescription for what is allowed but instead the opposite. The government cannot and should not prevent the population from arming itself. If people think that's disagreeable then they should amend the constitution not defy it.

The constitution was written by people who had just overthrown a government. This amendment wasn't written to protect the rights of hunters. It's specifically to enable the people to take control if the government gets out hand.

Also, which militia are you a member of, specifically?

Do you think the US would allow a militia to exist when it's entire purpose is to be a check on government power?

[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be clear I wouldn't give them my money even if they did offer all the same features.

[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If you block trans teens from receiving gender affirming care, some of them will commit suicide.

"They will kill themselves if you dont do x" isn't an argument. If anything it's a problem statement.

If you let them destroy their young, still forming bodies many of them will regret it and commit suicide later when they realize they have irrecoverably destroyed their natural sexual function. They are children with a limited capacity to understand the totality of how this will impact the rest of their life. If doctors and schools communicate openly and honestly with parents (which they don't) the situation can be handled in ways befitting a minor.

[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but Newpipe works.

[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

it just freeloads

I watch a number of creators that YT has demonetized so I'm not worried about it.

YT can clearly see what people want in these apps. They simply need to provide the exact same functionality and set a price. They won't though because they want control and data as well.

[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago

Florida has the highest domestic migration in the country. New York, Illinois and California have the worst.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_net_migration

[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I'm not trolling. I legitimately don't understand how people can justify this kind of "treatment" for kids. There is a reason we don't allow the other things I mentioned. It's because the judgement and experience of a minor is inadequate. We are protecting young people from making mistakes and hurting themselves or others. They will have the rest of their adult life to determine how they want to live and/or medically alter their biochemistry.

[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)
[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Youtube Premium offers a fraction of the benefits of something like Newpipe.

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