Quote (YeeHaw @ Aug 21 2024 12:32pm)

Uh, there is a focus on the medical institutions. We are science deniers. That means we have criticisms of major medical institutions………………………..

You mentioned specifically daily wire hosts, and the daily wire has covered the views and actions of basically every major medical institution on this matter over the past few years. It is easy to ignore showing as each host produces easily five hours of content each week with absolutely zero unbiased exposure given to those who don’t actually subscribe.


I can tell you with 100% certainty, the daily wire has been on the morally correct side of this issue since day 1, ya’ll just don’t know that.

Quote (Handcuffs @ Aug 21 2024 08:23pm)

Their content is consumed though by everyday conservatives. To what extent, I'm not sure, and is why I'm inquiring.

Quote (dro94 @ Aug 21 2024 01:01pm)

What would those everyday conservatives do when engaging with a transgender person? Treat them with respect and not intend to offend them in any way, much more often than not.

Conservatives have their gripes with the woke agenda where they perceive too much is defined by race, white guilty, and gender identity, as opposed to defining the individual.

Quote (Handcuffs @ Aug 21 2024 02:20pm)

I would imagine, or at least hope so, yes. At the same time, I don't know that many conservatives have meaningful interactions with people that they know who are transgender such that that actually plays out in real life. I can only speak to what I see online though, limited as my perspective is.

Quote (majorblood @ Aug 21 2024 05:04am)

Yeah I suspect that to happen

specifically handcuffs mentioned "TikTok reaction videos (I've seen Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens do this in particular), and share other forms of content where then conservatives absolutely eviscerate the people featured in terms of their physical appearance, attire, speech, mannerisms, etc."

I would expect those people to generally not hate or dehumanize the individual but see them as a victim and detest the ideology when taken at a deeper level. I can definitely imagine an immediate disgust or disapproval reaction to absurd outward appearances though

Quote (blahaj @ Aug 21 2024 08:22pm)

Nawh it's pretty much a hatred for the individual in a majority of cases

Quote (PapaPsych @ Aug 22 2024 12:45am)

When I was four or five I was walking through the grocery store with my mum, and we came across one aisle intersection and there was a swarthy looking man in a red dress wearing a wig, makeup, and pearl earrings, five o'clock shadow and all.
It was very disturbing to me, as an adult I'd laugh, but as a small child I found it horrific.

Quote (Handcuffs @ Aug 21 2024 07:56am)

I have a legitimate question for resident conservatives about the discourse around transgender people within your spaces. I do try and see what conservatives have to say on this, but I'm left confused and hoping that folks can elucidate:

It appears that the prevailing opinion among conservatives is that transgender people / "transgenderism" is a mental illness. I'm not going to question that position, and want to accept that that is how it is viewed (but am happy to also hear that my understanding is incorrect). Given that the prevailing opinion is that this is a form of mental illness, I wonder what are the standards, principles, or expectations amongst conservatives for when you speak about, or with each other about, people with mental illness?

As an outsider, it seems commonplace that people make transgender compilation videos, TikTok reaction videos (I've seen Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens do this in particular), and share other forms of content where then conservatives absolutely eviscerate the people featured in terms of their physical appearance, attire, speech, mannerisms, etc. This I find difficult to understand or reconcile. I've not seen or heard a conservative thought leader speak out and say that if this is the prevailing conservative opinion, then we should be intentional about how we speak about people with mental illness. I believe conservatives would not find this same behavior acceptable if it were done about people with other forms of mental illness, or at least that is my hope. For some reason though, transgender people are seemingly an exception.

I welcome thoughts and reactions. Thanks!

Quote (Handcuffs @ Aug 21 2024 01:56am)

I have a legitimate question for resident conservatives about the discourse around transgender people within your spaces. I do try and see what conservatives have to say on this, but I'm left confused and hoping that folks can elucidate:

It appears that the prevailing opinion among conservatives is that transgender people / "transgenderism" is a mental illness. I'm not going to question that position, and want to accept that that is how it is viewed (but am happy to also hear that my understanding is incorrect). Given that the prevailing opinion is that this is a form of mental illness, I wonder what are the standards, principles, or expectations amongst conservatives for when you speak about, or with each other about, people with mental illness?

As an outsider, it seems commonplace that people make transgender compilation videos, TikTok reaction videos (I've seen Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens do this in particular), and share other forms of content where then conservatives absolutely eviscerate the people featured in terms of their physical appearance, attire, speech, mannerisms, etc. This I find difficult to understand or reconcile. I've not seen or heard a conservative thought leader speak out and say that if this is the prevailing conservative opinion, then we should be intentional about how we speak about people with mental illness. I believe conservatives would not find this same behavior acceptable if it were done about people with other forms of mental illness, or at least that is my hope. For some reason though, transgender people are seemingly an exception.

I welcome thoughts and reactions. Thanks!