Who exactly is doing the mandating though? And then it’s just a matter of time until the political party in power starts having their opposition committed for being “dangerously mentally ill”.
Are you talking about the kids who are identified as trans and put into conversion therapy?
- "Conversion therapy" generally means programs designed to make children straight, and I have never heard anyone use it the way you're using it
- Puberty blockers are routinely used for precocious puberty in non-trans children, and are no more dangerous than any other routine medical intervention
- Given how difficult it is for minors who themselves insist that they are trans to access medical care, and the fact that I can't find any credible reports of such things happening, I don't believe you when you insinuate that adults force children into transition
- Being gay doesn't require sexual activity; we accept that straight minors can experience romantic feelings, and it's not at all frowned upon in American culture. Asserting that gay minors cannot also experience romantic feelings is simple homophobia. I was a bisexual child before I became a bisexual adult, and I dated people of the same sex in high school.
I haven't heard of anyone using "conversion therapy" on children to make them straight (maybe for teens or adults in the 60s or something, and in fringe groups after that). But there is certainly a booming industry around giving children puberty blockers and hormone therapy
Also there aren't trans children without adults who are leading them into believing that they are in the wrong body, be it through positive reinforcement, abuse, or whatever other means
Your final point is pretty loaded. Children don't have romantic feelings, but they will express fondness for others by emulating things that they see adults doing. I don't think you were a "bisexual child" since you were (hopefully) not being sexually engaged as a child
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At this point it's pretty clear that you're arguing in bad faith. I've read enough Satre to understand what's going on here. Thanks.
You've completely changed the person's argument by replacing "minors" with "children". They used "child" once, but the context clearly didn't mean prepubescent.
Moreover, I'm not sure if you know this, but in general, people can experience sexual attraction without being sexually active. Maybe it's different for you, in which case, just know that in this case it's probably better to switch from extrapolating from personal experience to gathering external evidence.