“I’m in Texas, and it seems like every commercial break has 4–6 political ads, most of them attacking James Talarico,” the post starts, before lamenting, “My kids didn’t even know what transgender meant until these ads started airing. Now they’re hearing about it constantly, and not because they went looking for it. The anti-Talarico ads seem to talk about these issues more than anyone else does. It irritates me especially when I don’t want to explain what they’re talking about to my children.”

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[–] 31 points 2 weeks ago

Kids don't have a hard time understanding this stuff, adult conservatives do.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 weeks ago

    This brightens my day

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    I also feel like some anti bullying media can give kids the idea that they could bully someone because of their gender/sexuality/race/whatever.

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    [–] 10 points 2 weeks ago

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    Yeah a bunch of anti trans ads might've cracked my egg as a kid. They would've ruined my mental health while doing so, but knowing we exist and being regularly reminded would've done it.

    Mind you, my egg not cracking would've probably led to me not reaching my current age, so what those parents want still is pretty bad for any trans kids they have.

    Also worth noting, teenagers are drawn to stupid taboos. Shit like this is likely going to have a wide range of weird effects on the lifetime attitudes of some cis teens in these households, including drawing some of them to want to interact with trans people more. This wouldn't be the case if parents and society were just fucking normal about us.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    My father's hatred of trans people showed me who I am.
    Made me happy in two ways, i know I'm a woman now, and I knew to cut him out of my life.

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    [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    It's a shame that conservatives exist. If we work together and pick up where we left off in 1865, we can fix that problem.

    Modern methods don't even require organizing an army to accomplish this. We can act locally and independently. We can be merciless and prolific without the need to coordinate any events or battle lines. There's not even a need to let conservatives know what's happening.

    If we fully committed to cleaning up our nation, we could have conservatism solved within a matter of weeks.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    Those children will be ashamed of their parents in the future, because their parents are going to be the bad guys in the documentary.

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