That takes us right back to body vs mind, doesn't it?
Legolas Send a noteboard - 08/03/2017 07:13:32 PM

View original postThey believe something which does not conform with the reality of the situation. They may feel that they are a woman, but their genetics and their body says otherwise. They may feel black, but their genetics and their body says otherwise. To another individual, they may feel/perceive "Fat" or "too heavy", but their body says otherwise.
I dare say transgender people know only too well what body and what genetics they have - it's not a delusion. They're not in denial about the 'reality of the situation'. The point is their mind, their inner self, doesn't match their body or their genetics (leaving aside the surprisingly large amount of people whose body and genetics have some degree of ambiguity and aren't entirely male or entirely female in the first place).
So I ask again, phrased in a different way but essentially the same question as before: would you not agree that a person's inner self should take priority over their body? Or is it just that you reject the possibility of someone's inner self having a different gender than the body they were born in? And in the second case, what would it take to make you acknowledge that possibility?
View original postCome on man...don't get in a huff and walk away. You very well may be perceiving that I'm in an argumentative state. I'm not. I'm very much trying to gain a measure of understanding of why we choose to view one as an illness and the other as not. So far, the best that someone has been able to articulate is that the harm is minimal and they want it real bad.
It's not about getting in a huff. But depending on your answers to the questions in my previous paragraph - the same questions I tried asking before, just phrased differently - it's quite possible that we fundamentally disagree and wouldn't come any closer to agreement in even a hundred posts.
Self-Identification vs. Mental Health Issue *trigger warning*
06/03/2017 08:53:17 PM
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I have to say I'm very confused about what your question is... and I don't think it's just me.
07/03/2017 12:04:27 AM
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Yes, I'm talking about...
07/03/2017 05:03:18 PM
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Okay, clear.
07/03/2017 06:50:00 PM
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Mind over Matter?
07/03/2017 09:06:53 PM
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Mind over body might've been more apt. I believe I did answer your question actually.
07/03/2017 10:41:01 PM
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Let's be clear....
07/03/2017 11:17:02 PM
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By all means.
07/03/2017 11:58:41 PM
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Well that's the crux of the topic isn't it....
08/03/2017 05:48:50 PM
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That takes us right back to body vs mind, doesn't it?
08/03/2017 07:13:32 PM
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Well that would be the difference...
08/03/2017 08:54:59 PM
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So do tell me what in fact the purpose of our discussion is, then?
08/03/2017 09:40:09 PM
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There's a distinction to be made with eating disorders.
08/03/2017 08:31:08 PM
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That brings us all the way back around....
08/03/2017 09:05:40 PM
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you're missing a rather obvious difference, aren't you?
08/03/2017 09:50:09 PM
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Yeah, Snoop was just saying the same.
08/03/2017 10:14:41 PM
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Well now we are bridging a rather big gap....
09/03/2017 07:12:26 PM
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Re: Well now we are bridging a rather big gap....
09/03/2017 08:52:30 PM
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So two conversations now.....
09/03/2017 09:39:55 PM
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Re: So two conversations now.....
09/03/2017 10:23:39 PM
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And this is what you're overlooking....
09/03/2017 10:47:47 PM
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So this is an interesting point.....
09/03/2017 05:56:12 PM
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Sure about that?
09/03/2017 08:53:14 PM
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It's a mater of persepctive....
09/03/2017 09:12:09 PM
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I feel like this has been said several times already, in several ways
10/03/2017 04:10:27 PM
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I find your wording problematic and agenda driven.
07/03/2017 11:58:03 PM
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It always goes from it doesn't hurt anyone to the whole world has to change accommodate me *NM*
10/03/2017 02:46:38 AM
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That's true - doesn't change the issue as such but certainly there's intolerance on that side too. *NM*
10/03/2017 07:45:43 AM
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I self-identify as a deity, so I need you to use My preferred pronouns in reference to Myself
07/03/2017 05:15:56 PM
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