That Trans Thread

[Charlie Boy]

Ironically, the very “rules” you found restrictive are now enforced with far greater zeal by ideologues who believe a preference for trucks over tiaras indicates an ontological mismatch.

How can anyone be so stupid as to claim that allowing people to freely identify their gender imposes rules and restrictions on them? It's literally quite the opposite.

Seriously, you are either an idiot or a troll.

A curious formulation—“How can anyone be so stupid…”—which, while certainly dramatic, is regrettably not an argument. It suggests emotional urgency rather than intellectual clarity. One might suggest that if your case were as self-evident as claimed, invective wouldn’t be necessary.

To your assertion: that gender self-identification imposes no rules or restrictions—you’ve misunderstood, or perhaps conveniently ignored, the operative critique.

No, the issue is not with adults choosing to identify how they wish. The concern is that others are now obliged—by policy, law, or social pressure—to participate in those identifications regardless of their own reasoned beliefs. Misgendering, even inadvertently, can cost someone their job. Children are being transitioned without full psychological assessment, while teachers and parents are sometimes legally or professionally penalised for raising doubts or suggesting caution.

Freedom to identify oneself is one thing. Compelled affirmation by others, under threat of sanction, is quite another. That’s where “rules and restrictions” enter—subtly but forcefully. When expressing biological facts is rebranded as “hate speech,” one might reasonably conclude that the terrain has shifted.

So, yes—gender self-identification may feel like liberation to some. But for many others, it arrives packaged with expectations, enforcement, and penalties. One person’s freedom cannot hinge on another’s compelled agreement.

Would you care to revisit your claim with that in mind—or would you prefer to continue debating shadows of your own invention?