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Awesome post Dylan Lawrence Moore, I'm saving that one!

Yes and likely it would be far more robust and a LOT faster than it is.

from the same bunch who regularly cover up sexual abuse of children by priests.....

the thing that pops into my mind is how the so-called "anti-gun" (Realistically Pro Government Monopoly on Guns) people seem to think that it is perfectly acceptable that when the facts don't fit their preferred idea that they can completely fabricate something and that everyone should treat it as fact. I guess they must not understand the meaning of the word "Delusional"

Looks like it might have been.... http://thefreethoughtproject.com/man-arrested-pay-taxes-1-bills/

hahaha! Good one!

Funny (Figuratively) how whenever you point out "Inconvenient" Facts like that to a lot of people they immediately resort to the "Conspiracy Theory" or "Tinfoil Hat" Knee Jerk reaction...

this is quite an excellent video on the subject. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cM8R0-hBLM

Yes & they are making practically everything a "Felony" now, it has reached a point that the average "Law Abiding" person commits at least 7 "Felony's" every day without ever having the slightest clue they have even came close to breaking any laws. with that logic Police can "Technically" be Justified for shooting anyone who so much as gets out of bed for being a Felon/In Commission of a Felony.

Happened far more often than government's or military's would ever admit.

In a Nutshell I think that like many other things Feminism most likely started out with only Positive Virtuous Intentions, but like so many things, was quickly polluted/corrupted into a tool to extract/leverage Money and Political Power.

yes Complicated to answer, but i guess the most basic I could break it down to is that they look for Biochemical & Bioelectrical indications that the symptoms (which I have listed several times in past posts) have lessened or been eliminated. That is why it has only recently been removed from the "Mental Illness" Lists (but not everywhere) the area of the medical industry that covers this is "Endocrinology" it is an area of medicine that has long been treated by the medical industry (mostly on the say of psychologists) as a load of nonsense (in a "Flat Earth" manner), its only recently that it has begun to be taken seriously. I'm not here to "Convince" i'm here to list facts that people might not have otherwise looked up. again, the only thing "Society at Large" as you put it is responsible for is perpetuating & popularizing old baseless falsehoods (IE: the Earth is Flat/The Center of the Universe) that can be/are used by certain (for lack of a better description) "brain damaged" Individuals a false sense of justification for mistreatment/evil deeds against someone for not fitting into their own ideal of "Normal". Not sure I would go that far in saying that, their are still a great many out there that think otherwise to varying degrees.

Possibly, but the debit it helps increase is doing far more harm.

Oh It is working, their just isn't any statistics kept (to my knowledge anyway) on how many test negative/positive. those lectures you mention personally I haven't seen, but what would be the point in the lecturer bringing it up? if the test is negative you don't have Gender Disphoria, if it is positive you do (it is not something you WANT to have) also VERY few ever ask if their are tests for it, most are to busy trying to find ways to claim it is a mental illness/sin/perversion etc or defending against such accusations.

That is why they have the test I mentioned above, it filters out the fakes very effectively, the only exceptions are few and rare.

Very Suspicious.

http://www.aol.com/article/2015/01/19/fla-boys-circumcision-spurs-lengthy-legal-battle-protests/21131915/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmaing10%7Cdl6%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D601042 I'm not going to comment on this initial post to avoid posting a heated rant.

ok, Raw Statistics only then. Murders: 1 in 12 Stalking & general harassment: 1 in 5 Kicked out of Rented Homes/Apartments for no other reason: 1 in 2 Disowned by Parents & Kicked out of their homes: 1 in 3 Workplace Discrimination; 1 in 6 M-F, 1 in 18 F-M Incorrect word use on my part in that case, which I apologize for it causing misunderstanding. Was using the term in a non-goverment individual/group sense (thier are groups that are rabidly against Transgendered and Intersexed [most of them classify themselves as Radical Feminists]) No, I was not, If I had I would have specified so, the "Small Minded" description is exclusive to the people who do not bother to even research things and prefer to either create false information or use popular beliefs to go on the attack of anything they deem outside of their view of "What is Normal". Did I specifically name either of you? No, i did not. ok the ones you mentioned at the start are simple to explain. Even Transgendered and Intersex desire to have children & a family, hormone therapy in transgendered usually results in sterility, and Adoption until recently was ruled out due to Gender Disphoria (Gender Identity Disorder as it was then) previously being wrongly classified as a "Mental Illness" as well as various stigmas often attached. Gender Disphoria gets significantly worse with age, when it reaches the point of forcing you to do something about it varies with each individual, it can vary on both the severity and on just how much the individual can tolerate. (Quite similar to Pain in this respect) The "Living a Lie" Portion is in reference to their having forced themselves to portray false masculine personality traits for most of their lives when behaving in a way that is considered natural for a female is what comes naturally to them. Not being Honest with a Marriage mate is common due to the way that most are raised to think that being that way requires Shame & Disgust as the primary reactions, It is not that they don't want their family any more, quite the opposite, many fight the Disphoria a good deal longer to save their family's the nightmare that usually is unleashed as a result. This has been the case on occasion, but most/all of those are weeded out by simple tests, one of which is a test dose of hormone(s), depending on the reaction they can tell with about 90+% certainty who genuinely has Gender Disphoria and who doesn't. in my own case I was given that test 2 separate times (FYI I didn't always know I was born Intersexed) the first time I went into denial because my upbringing teaching me that having such a "abnormality" was wrong disgusting and shameful, the 2nd time I did as well but not as bad due to a discussion I had with a doctor on it and my "extra parts" having been discovered. (A long story that I wont go into) I will answer this in 2 parts. well, at first some mistakenly blame parents etc, but they later realize their parents as little control over thier ending up with Gender Disphoria as they did, one kind of parental blame that does stick (and rightly so) however is in the cases of (these are not "usual", but still quite common) when a child/teen talks to thier parents about it and the only response they get varies from the "Disgust/Shame/Ridicule" level to being drug before a Priest, all the way to being Kicked out of the house and disowned (some have been kicked out as young as 12 fyi) the 2nd part applies more to Intersexed but is indeed a glaring problem with the medical industry, and is linked with the close ties of parts of the medical industry to the government(s), and a common error of believing that children are somehow "property" of either parent(s) or the state. Part of it is societally driven to force "Conformity" which is where my negitive comments about society come in, much of it originates in Brittan and before that in Jerusalem (though not necessarily the fault of their people), most other cultures viewed Intersexed (or Hermaphrodites/Two Spirits as some call(ed) us) with Respect rather than the fear that others did, that baseless fear is in my research where the drive to force conformity via surgical mutilations stems from. It is interesting that you should mention Circumcision, that is what my parents told was done to me when I asked why things were "different" down there on myself (Possibly what they had been told as well). You have part of it, at least in the area of the "problems" related to the stigmas and so fourth that cause the break up of many family's with one member having Gender Disphoria link right back to what Stef has spoken on at length with regards to how men are treated and viewed, to add to that female to male trandgendered also have "some" of the same problems, but FAR FAR Less severe and seldom gets tied to them like a ship anchor. EG on that: If A Female Wears Male/Masculine Clothes what happens? She "Might" be Accused of being a Tomboy. If a Male Cross Dresses in Public what is the Reaction? I'm not saying that their should be blind unconditional acceptance just "because", that would just be ignorance in the opposite direction from what it mostly is now (Also more or less the gist of the Political Correctness BS). I was going to add more but my main goal in this post is to answer your questions, that and this one is getting quite long as it is. please feel free to ask any other questions you have and I will do my best to answer them.

http://gunowners.org/alert1142015.htm

that reminds me of this insane tv ad that they had on British tv some time back.

yes it does, quite clearly to. as a customer I usual tend to consider Quality fist & Price second.

fair enough, However I was not Defending the Suicide, I was only explaining why the suicide rate among the trangendered is so much higher, you will see more related to this if you read the rest of this post. yes, the feeling of "wrongness" as I called it would still be there. ok, for one I was not even attempting any "Emotional Manipulations" as you claim, if It came across that way, then I apologize for my poor choice in wording. to understand the the stigmas mentioned you first need to identify the root cause of them in this case it is 99% rooted in ignorance+fear of people whom, rather than on observing/encountering a Transgender Individual for the first time politely ask about it or go and do research about it, instead the ones attaching the stigma react by instantaneously attacking it verbally and or physically, and all to often with the "goal" of causing either severe mental trauma or severe physical damage or even death. often some will go as far as to "stalk" them until the end goal of either the person becoming traumatized to the extent that they are terrified to go outside (often resulting in suicide) or until they get an opportunity to, try to physically abuse them or outright murder them (Murders happen more often than suicide fyi). I would give examples of that but I do not want to be misunderstood to be "Emotionally Manipulating" again when I am not. the general stigma is in the above mentioned small minded individuals being of the opinion that such a difference from their ideal of "Normal" is a "Freak of Nature" and thus must be either forced to conform, made to disappear, or must be Killed. (Some use Religion as a vehicle for this) the stigma is not the cause of the suicides, the harassment/terrorizing is, which takes its root in those stigmas. "Why not report it to the police?" they do, but as the saying goes "when seconds count, the Police are minutes away" also many police (not all but enough to be a problem) take on the same small minded mentality, "get a gun/taser/pepper spray" many do, often the only one that has any effect as a deterrent is a loaded gun wielded by someone not afraid to use it. "why don't we hear about any of this?" How many Self-Defense uses of a Gun does the Media actually Report on? if it isn't some massacre/other evil deed involving the use of a gun that can be used as a political tool to ban them, the media isn't interested. Edit to add a couple of articles i found on some of the stigma associated with having Gender Disphoria http://tgmentalhealth.com/tag/bias-and-stigma/ http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/stigma-stress-transgender-women-men-0522132 On Blame, Transgendered & Intersexed Blame no one other than the small minded idiots i mentioned above and the parts of the medical industry that forcibly do the Arbitrary "Assignment" Surgeries on infants, I have said that many times, I don't know where you get the "Everyone else is being blamed" thought line from. What is my argument? no argument per se, i'm only posting on this to provide as accurate information on the subject (in the hopes of lessening the ignorance) as I can.* What Causes Gender Dysphoria & Transgenderism? See: Post #167 On what Causes people to be born Intersex?, little modern research has been done on the "Causes" of it, and a large amount of what has been done up until now to research it is often hypothetical at best. *personally i'm very concerned for the human race with the path it seems to be taking into mindless self-destruction (much like in stef's recent video) I am working to clarify this issue (and others) in an attempt to help steer us away from such a path.

ok, for one, they don't "Blame" society "for" the problem, the only blame aimed at society is the misconceptions and outright bs (not to mention needless ridicule & stigma that is a result) that is popularized as "fact" regarding the issue. two, It is not a "Mental Illness" it is a chemical imbalance/mismatch/allergy caused during fetal development. three, it cannot be corrected with psychological therapies, and does not "go away" without correcting the chemical problem (if you are being given a toxin that is making you ill is it just a "Mental Problem"? and will having someone "talk to you" while you are still being given that toxin correct the problem?) (see my above post for more information.) on the Suicide rates it is mostly due to the ridicule & stigma generated by the misconceptions that society popularizes piled on top of the problems that Gender Disphoria causes them. now I know all to well that to dig up any credible information on this topic is very difficult in the sea of utter garbage their is out there on it, hence why I am sharing my own research on it. This is not some pile of Politically Correct Nonsense, I have no time for that garbage.

that is not how it works. The 2 Biggest problems with Gender Disphoria are "Misconceptions" Created by Social Stigmas/BS as well as the Inability of many to be able to accurately describe it (in a way that will be understood) to people who don't have it. for a long time similar was true of Depression, and in some respects Gender Disphoria is quite similar. Rather than a biological malfunction in production or efficiency of the usage of vital chemicals needed to function properly it is a case of 1 (the Primary one) becoming toxic to you when it shouldn't have (*often caused by exposure of your mother to certain kinds of chemicals/medications before your birth). The full effects of Gender Disphoria usually doesn't start until the body starts producing hormones at puberty, but in a number of cases has been proven to have started in at a much younger age (attributed to a heightened sensitivity & or early puberty). It isn't a matter of "I just knew I was meant to be X" as you said, it's a matter of "Everything about myself feels wrong, and I Naturally Behave & Think Like X and don't know why." the "I just knew I was meant to be X" part you mention is only ever said by those who have found out what is wrong and lack the propper language skills or drive to explain it in a way that others will understand. even if you do have the ability and drive to explain it well, the vast majority to avoid using their grey matter will ignore what you say in favor of sticking with the "popular" misconceptions and societal/religious views/bs regardless of how wrong they might be. * "Normally" during Pregnancy a fetus is exposed at a certain stage to the correct hormonal balance for their gender to synchronize the brain development with the body, when this happens correctly@ a balance in the opposite direction will have a toxic effect on the person, those who are transgendered for one reason or another were exposed to the wrong balance and end up with their natural hormone balance when it kicks in (puberty) begins having toxic effects on them, It often manifests in (one several or all of) Extreme Stress (without any reason/cause) Extreme Depression/Discomfort with themselves and an overall crushing feeling of "wrongness". @ Exception being those born Intersexed (Physically Both Genders) very little modern research has been done on this/what causes it.

Yep! I have been through those training Scenarios myself before as well as ones that were much more difficult, guess what, they weren't as difficult as they are made out to be in that video. And that still does not excuse the literal explosion in Police shooting people without need/cause. Certainly "Accidents" Can Happen, but not as frequently as they have been, this is more of a problem with who is intentionally being hired on for police work in the US at present (look it up they have an IQ "Limit" and often look for ones with Violent dispositions and a willingness to blindly "Follow Orders" without question), and the mistake of police departments and other police of covering up for the sometimes termed "Bad Apples". It wasn't all that long ago that a policeman drawing his gun was done as a LAST RESORT, now it is usually the first thing they do, in many cases it's not even a "Escalation" issue, they start out from the maximum level of escalation. Their is an old saying "When someone feels strongly enough about an issue that they write a Letter to a politician expressing concern about it, it is a sign that many hundreds if not thousands for that one letter feel the same" based on that how much worse are things when people write songs about the problem?