Best Response to a Yahoo News Article

[Lewkowski]

http://news.yahoo.com/transgender-te...234758770.html

"How ever you feel about these peoples situation the fact is that there is trucker out there who was put through the fact that he ran over someone and killed them. I worked with a guy who went through the same thing, thought he saw something in the road late at night though he swerved and missed the person the jiff and rear trailer tiers totally crushed and spread the body over both lanes of the road in a pile of unrecognizable flesh and guts. He and the truck that was behind him that ran over what remained had to stop and witness this pile of human remains that had a stench unlike anything they ever smelled and saw before. He is a good man and was put through this horror because someone jumped off a low bridge which is too low to die from to end it all for themselves and make some poor guy the executioner. When you read this persons story don't forget about the poor truck driver that was made to kill this person and that he and others like him will be haunted for life because of it."

Let's not lionize a person who was selfish enough to kill themselves in such an evil manner. That kid was fucked up and probably a borderline sociopath.

[LittleFuzzy]

Right, human beings are only capable of feeling one emotion at a time. Feeling regret for the impact her suicide had on others and feeling sympathy for her situation are 100% mutually exclusive. The thing is, Lewk, we're not all as developmentally stunted as you apparently are.

[Aimless]

the irony of Lewk speculating that someone must be a borderline sociopath is just...

[Spenni]

http://news.yahoo.com/transgender-te...234758770.html

"How ever you feel about these peoples situation the fact is that there is trucker out there who was put through the fact that he ran over someone and killed them. I worked with a guy who went through the same thing, thought he saw something in the road late at night though he swerved and missed the person the jiff and rear trailer tiers totally crushed and spread the body over both lanes of the road in a pile of unrecognizable flesh and guts. He and the truck that was behind him that ran over what remained had to stop and witness this pile of human remains that had a stench unlike anything they ever smelled and saw before. He is a good man and was put through this horror because someone jumped off a low bridge which is too low to die from to end it all for themselves and make some poor guy the executioner. When you read this persons story don't forget about the poor truck driver that was made to kill this person and that he and others like him will be haunted for life because of it."

Let's not lionize a person who was selfish enough to kill themselves in such an evil manner. That kid was fucked up and probably a borderline sociopath.

Probably manic depressive more than sociopath...

[Dreadnaught]

I don't think anyone is lionizing this person. The attention is more focused around sadness and anger than anything else.

If I were a bigger devil's advocate troll, I'd start thinking about how it can also be difficult for a parent of a transgender child to accept their identity. Or I would spill oil on the ground about whether all youths have the emotional depth to change their gender.

But the truck drivers aren't really top on my list of people for empathy here.

[Lewkowski]

I don't think anyone is lionizing this person. The attention is more focused around sadness and anger than anything else.

If I were a bigger devil's advocate troll, I'd start thinking about how it can also be difficult for a parent of a transgender child to accept their identity. Or I would spill oil on the ground about whether all youths have the emotional depth to change their gender.

But the truck drivers aren't really top on my list of people for empathy here.

If you want to go down the route of oil spills... I wonder if feminists find those who insist on changing themselves to conform to the opposite gender they were born with as counter productive since they wish to end gender stereotypes all together.

[Aimless]

I reckon you have to be a real special kind of asshole to not feel for the kid who was forced by their idiot parents to undergo some form of conversion "therapy" to change their identity.

[coinich]

I reckon you have to be a real special kind of asshole to not feel for the kid who was forced by their idiot parents to undergo some form of conversion "therapy" to change their identity.

Depends on the therapy and context, I guess. Attempting to "change" your gender is a terribly difficult process, and I imagine incredibly stressful for all involved. I can definitely understand therapy prior, during, and after transition for the family involved. That being said, I'm much less inclined to support solely theological therapy, as good as the intentions of all involved.