And AGAIN, I challenge you to show me where I have ever used religion to explain my feelings about transgenderism, or where I simply said it's "icky". Is self-mutilation not icky? If you don't think so, perhaps YOU are the one with the problem. You sidestepped my challenge either deliberately or because your ears can only hear the narrative echoing in your own head. You cant have a rational conversation because you're only quoting yourself when you try to quote others.
Okay, so, um, you didn't use religion, but your argument about it being "icky" is that its "self-mutiliation".
But funny, I don't see you going ape-shit over all the other self-mutilation that goes on in the world, from liposuction to boob jobs to my personal least favorite, Asian people who get blepharoplasties to make their eyes rounder and look more like white people. (Note to Asian People... we white people kind of suck, you don't want to be more like us.)
But someone gets a gender confirmation surgery, and man, you are going absolutely insane like this is the worst thing ever.
Because of the constant attention the media gives to transgenderism as pushed by the left, an entire generation of people is now being lured into it as an experimental/rebellious thing at dangerously young ages. This is like setting up a weed dispensary directly across the street from a school and the wondering why 50% in the school develop a rebellious curiosity about it by the time they're 10. Because of this blatant dangling in front of kids now, its highly suspect that they're being deliberately lured toward it, and patted on the head for pursuing it in return for lifelong votes.
So you can't describe why it's bad without coming up with an implausible scenario about something else that you think is bad.
People have had the freedom to surgically alter themselves to look like the opposite sex since the '60s. That's over 50 years of transgenderism. Most people didn't think about it or care if self-responsible adults do it to themselves and hardly gave it more than a shrug. Now there is suddenly a massive push by the political party which promotes wokeism to campaign on it as a major point. Transgenders are now encouraged to MARCH on the world and play victim while the Democratic party plays the part of phony savior, "saving" these people from a media-created sense oppression, when they have had the freedom to mutilate themselves for over 50 years. Most kids don't realize this.
Oh, noes, not marching! Whatever shall we do. Again, you kind of sound like a 1950's klansman who thought that the colored in his town were satisfied with the status quo until MLK and the rest of the outside agitators started making them uppity.
Transgender rights is about more than being able to afford expensive surgery... which most people can't.
They are being taught that there is an active movement against transgenderism, so they'd better get on the ball a stand up for their rights and have their surgery and start voting Democrat before all the demonic oppressive haters suddenly send them to the gas chamber. Well, guess what. That narrative is generating hate on both sides where there was only minor discomfort and disapproval just a few years ago. If you fail to see that this time and just try to put words in my mouth you WILL be put on ignore.
Oh, noes, not put me on ignore... oh, the horror of you not knowing when you are being called on your bigotry.
Yes, a few years ago, this didn't get much attention, until the RIGHT WING decided to make it an issue. The Trannies are coming for your children!!!
Here's the reality. 20 years ago, the Right wing got stupid people like you upset because those darned gays wanted to get married. And you even got people so riled up that they put Bush back into office after he mucked up the economy and lied us into a war! Oddly, after he got that second term, he stopped talking about gay marriage, and now gay marriage is legal in all 50 states and most people don't say boo about it.
So now they tell you to be upset about those uppity transgenders... and you salute and march. And in 20 years, you won't realize how silly you look.