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01-03-2023 09:14 AM |
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Originally Posted by Liam-
(Post 11266604)
Even trying to compare the trans rights movement to the horrific, historical, systematic abuse and cover ups of the church is actually just braindead
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It's not, it's actually quite accurate as parallels go. The vast majority of clergymen were sincere religious people who would never have directly harmed a child. The church was seen as being beyond question and to do so was blasphemy. Paedophiles and sex offenders abused that, alongside the access clergy had to children, to commit terrible crimes against children with impunity. Various other members of the church, who would never harm anyone themselves, nonetheless either turned a blind eye ("it doesn't happen/it's not happening") or made excuses and covered things up to protect the image of the church, and in order to "not give the secularists ammo" to use against religiosity.
And that's why it's the same. The important part is the first part - the vast majority of trans people are sincere and would not directly harm anyone. Yes there are those out there who genuinely would rather there be no trans people - but that's far from the majority of people. Most people know and understand that genuine trans people just getting on with their lives are not a risk to anyone.
HOWEVER, the aggressive pursuit of "quick, unquestionable" progression of rights has led us to a situation where there was a hard pseudo-religious dogma around "not questioning" when it comes to LGBTQ issues, to do so is seen as a form of "blasphemy" and people branded bigots in the same way those questioning the church were branded heretics. It's all but inevitable that when a "shield" like that is created, individuals acting in bad faith will abuse that level of protection to circumvent safeguarding measures and access victims, and to get away with their activities for a prolonged time under the ruse that anyone who notices "is just a bigot".
And then you have the "allies". The people who would never harm anyone themselves... but will turn a blind eye, claim it's not an issue, or outright brush clear examples under the carpet, again for the exact same reasons - to protect the image of all LGBT people, and to not "give ammo" to the genuine bigots.
It is exactly the same. Sociologically speaking, the current LGBTQ+/Trans Rights (and a lot of other progressive activism) has more in common with religiosity than anything else. There are rules, there's dogma, there's accepted terms and enforced language. Unbelievers are cast out. People who start questioning are to be immediately regarded with suspicion. That's all religion.
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