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Oh, you promise? I will be happy to take you up on that! Because frankly I'm tired of your nonsensical sophistry.

I didn't move any goalposts. I not only acknowledged the MRI studies, but I explained what they established and what they didn't establish (no, I didn't address the thyroid studies, because I only have so much time for someone who is likely just going to call me a transphobe anyway).

And in particular, I discussed how these studies play NO PART in modern gender affirming care. They are merely thrown out by people like you as an after-the-fact justification for the pillorying of people concerned about an increasingly reckless standard of care in response to a POORLY UNDERSTOOD uptick in transgender identification in teens, which THREATENS THE WELL-BEING of people BOTH CORRECTLY AND INCORRECTLY diagnosed with gender dysphoria. But I suspect you didn't actually read that part, as you often pose questions which indicate that you skim rather than read what I say.

And what you call "gibberish" is the very BASIS for at least the classic interpretation of gender identity and transsexuality (despite the fact that it contradicts other fashionable ideological notions) – that being transgender is something that someone IS rather than something they choose to be. That they are born this way (or effectively set this way in early life development), just like gay people. I would like to establish if this is true, and if so, restrict care to those for whom it IS true. This is something that ANYONE with ANY real familiarity with this issue besides name-dropping Renee Richards and collecting little factoids from advocacy sites would be able to tell you, and I'm frankly stunned that you don't recognize this. Most importantly, this is a CENTRAL QUESTION involved in determining how to treat gender dysphoria in young people, and I shouldn't have to explain to a grown adult why.

So thank you for promising not to subject me to your bull-headed ignorance any longer. I'm sick of wasting my time discussing relevant medical studies and going into detail regarding the worldwide state of scientific consensus on this matter, only for you to tell me that I reject medical science. I'm tired of explaining, repeatedly, why this matters to the well-being of the transgendered community, and making it absolutely clear that I reject right wing bigotry on this matter, only to have you CONSISTENTLY CALL ME TRANSPHOBIC. In your conversations with me you have demonstrated everything that is wrong with modern progressivism, and I am more than happy to never hear from you again.

But just remember: YOU ARE THE ONE who always runs away from the discussion. That should tell you something.

So go ahead and mute the thread now.

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