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i don't have kids but i can't even comprehend someone saying something like that about their own child
That's nothing compared to what she's said he's said to her directly. No exact quotes, but she made it pretty clear that he was constantly saying homophobic things to her. And that was before she transitioned and he just thought she was gay.
This is sadly a pretty common thing for trans people.
I'm no psychologist or sociologist, but it seems that most of the people who treat their kids this way had kids because of external expectations or for status. They treat their kids like property or as an extension of themselves. Raising them to be cis no matter what is not about their child's well-being, it's about how having a trans child makes them look in the eyes of their bigoted, greedy, status-seeking, peers. When their kids come out as trans, they see this as a personal attack on their place in the pecking order.
In general, they treat even their cis children like shit, because they don't think of their children as people, children are just assets in what they think is some kind of cosmic dick measuring contest.
It's incomprehensible because it's pathological and generally sick.
Yes, the thought/behavior patterns aren't unique to transphobia. I always refer back to this beautiful guardian op ed https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/aug/11/devastated-by-my-sons-tattoo
It's a work of art I love it so much. wish some voice actor would do a dramatic reading.
the most disrespectful part of it all was that she never even looked at it
He’s just building up his conservative cred.
Harden the mind against silly weak things like compassion: check
Treat your family like property: check
“Woke mind virus”: lol
Luckily, you sound like you consider kids to be their own individuals and not little copies of yourself for you to control like puppets.
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for every parent.
Robert Evan’s (AKA Podcast Daddy) had a piece about this. His denial of his daughter’s transition is of a piece with his pro-natalist stance and his desire to colonize space. He is trying to become immortal. His child transitioning marks her as her own person, rather than an extension of him, which reinforces the fact that he will die one day.
How does that reinforce it? I want to be immortal too, but I want my kids to be independent and strong.
I can't wrap my head around how someone who wants to be a transhuman would have a problem with transgender humans. How does he not see that leopard coming to eat his face?
I can't imagine saying stuff like this about someone else's kids, let alone my own. I have a non-binary kid, who I love with all my heart. The only thing my wife and I want them to be is happy. I get that having your kid tell you that they're the wrong gender is hard to deal with - I don't want to minimize that - but it's not like it's harder than what the kids themselves are dealing with.