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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Isn't it less accepting and more realistically doing damage control to avoid legitimate damage?

Like sure we can shun them to the point of violence but then they just will hide it, bottle it, and we just have to hope they never actually do anything with those bottled emotions.

We're very quick to get uncomfortable about people's issues, but very slow to do anything to actually prevent those issues from leading to more serious issues.

The reason we're even going in this line of reasoning, is the possibility that it could lead to no actual children being harmed by it. And it's mainly because it has the advantage of deterring people you don't actually know have those issues, which is the #1 issue at the moment with it.