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Originally Posted by Liam-
Abusive trolls are everywhere, everyone gets them, footballers, singers, artists, actors, it’s not exclusive to people with opinions, trolls aren’t indicative of any type of specific culture other than anonymity based confidence to be offensive, I feel like it’s being lumped into a discussion to try and help a certain narrative
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The thing is though, I can see the issues quite clearly and I have no chips on the table whatsoever. I'm not female, I'm not trans, I'm not right-wing...I don't even HAVE a Twitter account... I have no agenda whatsoever other than the belief that if you close off issues from any discussion it will result in a mess of uneducated populism that doesn't reflect any reality. The trans debate is headed that way with its various mantras and expectation of consensus "transwomen are women", "silence is violence" and recently descending into some really questionable pseudoscientific biology. Are transwomen women? My only answer is "I don't know, because you won't let anyone do any proper psych work in that area".
And no, it's not just Twitter, there's currently a massive and very real issue with organisations like Mermaids and Stonewall refusing to let child mental health specialists work with young people, even with open and non-judgemental conversations, that do anything other than unquestioningly confirm. It's so far from responsible health practice that I don't even know where to start, but people have been harassed and, yes, forced out of their jobs for non-compliance. Its becoming a very real-world problem with massive ethical implications but no one is allowed to talk about it for fear of causing offence, and insane allegations that discussing it is akin to "murder".
Im afraid that I do have my own hard line "wrong think" thoughts I guess.
Anyone who tries to tell me that you "can't, shouldn't, or aren't allowed" to have an adademix debate or discussion about any topic is... Wrong.