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seahorse [Ohio]@midwest.socialM to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 years ago

Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming

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Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming

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seahorse [Ohio]@midwest.socialM to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 years ago
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STOCKTON, CA—Cackling as the steps of the dastardly plan crystallized in her mind, local trans teen Brie Chandler told reporters Tuesday that she had hatched a nefarious plot to undergo years of medical treatments and counseling to win at swimming. “It’s oh, so simple: several years of sweet-talking medical…
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    It is one thing to have a quirk of the same organs, it’s another to be born with a different organ that effectively produces performance enhancing hormones.

    But fine, then ban cis-women with unnaturally high testosterone.

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      What is “unnatural” though?

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        Atypical of the vast majority

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          That’s a strange redefinition of words.

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            The definition is literally “not being in accordance with nature or consistent with a normal course of events”. How is that a redefinition?

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              Because those women’s testosterone levels are in accordance with nature, and caused by normal events.

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                Normal COURSE of events, i… not normal for a woman in general terms.

                People commonly have high cholesterol. It’s still considered abnormal when you get a lipid panel back.

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      You said it sarcastically, but doesn’t that truly address the situation that you and others believe is occurring, in a non-discriminatory way?

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