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You win. I just don't care enough.
You're just mad because they're not accepting your excuse that the ignorant masses know best. We know for a fact that's not the case for many things. People are fucking stupid, especially when it comes to issues that don't directly affect themselves.
Issues like this should be decided by experts who have dedicated their lives to researching these exact things, and they recommend the exact opposite.
I'm not mad or upset at all. I could not care less. I don't know anyone that are trans, especially any children that are. It doesn't affect me, but I still have an opposing opinion, however ignorant that may be.
There was a short period of time in the 80's when medical professionals believed you could contract HIV from someone by simply drinking after them. My point is that medical professionals can be wrong.
I'll be completely honest. I'm on the fence about all of it, but I do take an issue with our children basically being the Guinea pigs. However, I'll concede because as I said earlier, I really do not care enough.
Puberty blockers have been used to treat precocious puberty in cis kids since the '80s and gender dysphoria in trans kids since the '90s. Your "guinea pigs" argument is 45 years too late:
Give me a break on the guinea pigs shit. Folks have been using hormones to transition since the '50s. And a poster above linked to you a ton of good research on this.
Yet you still spread garbage like this under the veil of I don't really care anyway... cool then see yourself out of the conversation and leave medical decisions to professionals and their patients.
I don't want to "win", I want you to defend your argument to the best of your ability so that I can improve my own.
So, come on! Name one doctor that thinks its unsafe for trans kids to take puberty blockers. I'm not asking for much!