RE: Why are transgender people more likely to commit suicide?
July 22, 2020 at 2:04 pm
(This post was last modified: July 22, 2020 at 2:09 pm by Porcupine.)
(July 22, 2020 at 1:59 pm)onlinebiker Wrote:(July 22, 2020 at 1:22 pm)Porcupine Wrote: The article you linked to disagrees.
And I have to agree with every opinion expressed in any link I post?
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How many attempt suicide is factual - it is a quantifiable number.
Why they do it is a matter of OPINION...
Nobody said you have to agree with anything or anybody ...
Just seems rather odd to post a link and then ask a question about it without even addressing the answer it gave.
And the fact you're ignoring data says something. If 98% of suicidal transgender people did it after being discriminated against then I don't think it's rational to dismiss that as merely coincidental or not why they did it. Seems like you just don't like the idea of that being the explanation. Saying that such data is just 'opinion' is just silly. You seem very irrational. And emotional. And you don't seem very tolerant.
(July 22, 2020 at 2:02 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Suicide is after all a rather personal thing.
So is one's gender identity. So when that gets attacked it it's not at all unreasonable to understand that that can cause suicidality. And why ignore clear data that testifies to that? I could understand that even BEFORE I read the data in your link that backs up exactly what I already understand. Data which your ignore and dismiss as 'opinion'.
Yes, data that merely said that transgender people are often suicidal wouldn't by itself say why. But data that says that 98% of suicidal trans people do it after being discriminated against absolutely is an explanation for why.
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