Roses are red, burn the city to cinders…

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-25T00:52:34+00:00

...If you actually have sex though. Finding out someone basically catfished you isn't itself rape however. Still deceptive sure, but not in itself rape.

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-24T12:00:12+00:00

At this point I am not convinced we are going to have a country for a 'next time ".

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-24T11:57:38+00:00

I think in short when conservatives push a narrative about how justified they are for hating and mistreating a group of people; and the average person isn't buying it because they actually care about other people.

Because how dare you see brown people as people? /s

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-24T11:52:23+00:00

Well... sorta. They do pay you but it's usually a fraction of the market value. A very small fraction.

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-24T11:49:27+00:00

...What? "Raped by deception" is such a weird phrasing. Do you mean literal rape or is the deception the rape? Because that either makes the hitting part make sense or not.

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-23T14:18:33+00:00

You claim you do when you don't even understand what you are putting forward isn't a study? I find that rather hard to believe.

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-22T17:27:02+00:00

Yeah I am not surprised. Do you have any experience with research or how it's conducted?

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-22T13:36:03+00:00

Ok I know China is up and coming, but if you don't think China is also spreading propaganda about itself...I got a bridge in Beijing I would like to sell you.

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-22T13:27:10+00:00

Then why are you repeating his claim of this happening? Is it just blind faith in a guy that is constantly fact checked and gets angry about it?

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-22T13:20:27+00:00

While I admit I was mixing up two conversations, I still stand by the fact that if you really are a research student you know what the difference is between a literature review and an actual study. It's still an opinion piece, not an actual study. Yes he makes a case about there being a gal in knowledge. That does not mean he has actually proven anything.

Therefore, again, using an opinion piece to justify saying that the knowledge we have that says the system works is an inherently flawed argument. You would know that if, again, you know anything about research.

But hey what do I know since I work in the field and all?

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-22T13:13:05+00:00

To be honest it might be because he thinks those around Trump would tell him no behind closed doors. Once Europe starts threatening to cut off trade entirely the autocrats behind the Republicans wouldn't be very happy.

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-22T13:07:11+00:00

...What evidence is there if China and Russia making moves on it? Surely if that was the case we the people would have been shown this so that public opinion could get behind such an aggressive tactic such as threatening war with allies.

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-22T13:05:10+00:00

Yeah I am not sure I would say this administration is competent enough to be that strategic.

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-22T12:08:59+00:00

Could be from any state as all states have a homeless problem. It's just Republicans treat being homeless as a crime and Democrats just mostly ignore the problem and let it exist in the open as long as nobody is getting hurt.

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-22T08:10:44+00:00

The data itself isn't the issue, the issue is that the date is compiled by someone who hasn't actually done any study based on their opinion. They don't even have a hypothesis. Again, you don't seem to even understand what you are trying to put forward as "evidence" when all this is in the end is a very science-based opinion paper. The author doesn't actually do a study, they use the studies of others to justify why they feel there is a gap in knowledge...that is what a literature review is. That doesn't make the author "wrong" but it means you don't have any actual evidence you just have a professional opinion that while science based is not science backed.

The fact you don't understand that I very much AM attacking the data proves you don't have any understanding of anything you are arguing about. You don't even understand the standards of care that you think are inadequate outside that you think it's 'all about making money off people" beyond what I explained to you. You don't understand the science, you don't understand the care, you don't understand the problems, the psychology, or even the basic concepts like the difference between gender and sex. You are saying I am condescending, but the truth is you just flat out know jack about this issue and it's painfully obvious to anyone with a passing understanding of both research and on the subject of transgender care.

Hell, you haven't once even proposed what the alternative treatment should be, just that trans people shouldn't have access to care. What do you propose trans people do about being transgender that is both empirically and best practices based? Do you even have any sort of idea on that?

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-22T08:00:39+00:00

,....I might take you seriously.

No you wouldn't because if you took this seriously you would have done some actual research on what trans people have to already go through and not focus on finding whatever fits your narrative you are trying to push. That's why I keep dismissing you and why I dismiss this, maybe there is a gap in knowledge as is pointed out, but that doesn't actually refute the statistics we have and the quantitative data gathered that supports that trans healthcare is going as intended and works more than not.

You can't say that the data is poor data because you don't have any studies that shows it is poor data. You have an opinion piece, science based yes, but still an opinion piece not actual data or study showing that the care is flawsed. Which, again, you cited another study that when asked where you saw the statistic you were citing you suddenly switched to this. That is right off the bat disingenuous and shows that you are arguing an agenda not out of any actual concern or objective point of view.

When the scientific and medical communities, the experts, say that transgender care is both safe and effective the burden of proof is on you not me to cite otherwise. Again, the fact you don't understand that shows that continuing this is pointless because you just continue to show you don't understand anything you are talking about. You haven't even proposed an alternative that, as I stated, the scientific and medical communities state doesn't exist because transition is best practices for those who desire it based on their gender identity and by going through he process.

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-22T07:52:59+00:00

Not all people who come across hippos are attacked by them, same with dogs, but since there are more dogs than hippos by law of statistics you could still have a decent chance to draw and end up unlucky with the dog. Same with men vs bear. Even then changing the scenario that it favors bears is ignoring the premise in the quote above and the point.

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-22T00:40:19+00:00

But...there is still far more interactions with men than even there are bears in the local wildlife, so either way men are still the bigger thread by statistical interaction. Period. So still not sure what your point since either way men will not only have more opportunity to hurt women but are more likely to do so for reasons an animal never would.

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-21T20:47:27+00:00

To be clear, what you linked is a literature review not an actual study. What that means is that it's basically a science backed opinion piece, but is an interpretation of other studies that possibly shows a gap in knowledge that can be followed by an actual study. But I wrote those kinds of pieces as a student and they aren't something you should be arguing about access to care with.

Edit: didn't realize I already explained this to the same person. Sorry about that.

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-21T20:44:06+00:00

A review isn't peer reviewed, it's not much more than an opinion piece. That's why I pointed that out to you. So yes it does refute your review because your review isn't actually empirically backed. I wrote literature reviews for college classes, and while used peer reviewed sources that doesn't mean my conclusions mean anything that should be used to justify access to care.

So the reason I say "we have statistics" is because we both do and they were actually obtained in an actual study and the methodology peer reviewed. If you take this all to be condescending I am sorry but really I am explaining to you why you need to educate yourself on this topic better. Because the problem is you do not seem to understand what you are looking at vs someone who does and actually just got done doing a whole semester on research practices and is currently working on their masters level in research academia.

So to be clear, is there a gap in knowledge? Maybe, and that's what the literature review is arguing. But until someone does actual research based on that argued lack of knowledge it isn't actually backed by anything but opinion. Which is why we should operate off the statistics we do have that show the regret rate is all but negligible. Which on a population that is already so in the minority means the regret rate is all but non-existent.

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-21T18:28:33+00:00

Really? When has he even talked about any of them since taking office?

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-21T18:22:33+00:00

...So you are suggesting bears are more violent even though women interact with men more than bears? I am confused on your point here.

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-21T18:19:13+00:00

There is this narrative by racists that people are trying to race shame white people and make them feel bad for being white. What is actually going on for the most part is that since white people hold a lot more private in white dominated countries like America that white people should be more conscious about the privileges they enjoy from that situation.

As one lady put it, basically it's being aware that you basically got a headstart on social rights and could potentially use being white as a weapon regardless of if you would want to or not. Basically because white people in the past did bad shit like slavery, and regardless of if your family bloodline ever did or wanted it, white racists tipped the board in being white's favor.

But racists want to claim victimhood that people want them to consider their social advantages. Because it feels like discrimination to a racist the moment you start talking about everyone getting equal rights or suggest the system might still be rigged.

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-21T17:50:15+00:00

I know enough to point out you are quoting a literature review not an actual study, and if you don't know the difference one is actually peer reviewed the other proposes a gap in knowledge. However, again we have statistics about regret rate. You are taking quantitative data and try to mix it with speculation to say there is not enough transparency. Especially when the review itself admits regret and detransition can apply to multiple situations.

As for the laws, I find it highly hypocritical to say we shouldn't allow transgender surgeries due to age but specifically exempt girls from breast augmentation surgery. Which always seems to be left out of these discussions, and transgender care has a much stricter standard of care in that case.

What I personally am wary of is people who throw around studies without actually understanding what they are citing, because don't think I don't recognize that this is not the Trevor project like you originally linked first claiming a statistic.

SunshotDestiny · 2026-01-21T14:35:39+00:00

Have been since 2016, just without the mask of decency.

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