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I find the arrogance of the activists unbelievable. They have largely managed to avoid public discussion and achieved many changes through stealth and dirty tactics. These include vexatious litigation, threats of litigation, e.g. threatening to sue schools, targeting children, intimidation, harassment, crying victim, deception etc. etc. The activist approach is anti-democratic, anti-freedom of speech, anti-intelligent and anti-mature. They have helped to create the very lucrative and violent trans production line.

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I don't think the DSM altered gender identity disorder to gender dysphoria to avoid stigmatisation. The DSM is filled with dozens of personality disorders. These include tendencies to have angry outbursts, be controlling or bossy, tend to complain, tendency to tell lies, anxiety, mild depression, vanity about appearance, and lacking confidence, i.e. ordinary human failures. Arguably, everyone has at least one, albeit maybe a small degree. It was quite appropriate to call gender confusion a disorder.

In the 80s, pro-ECT psychiatrists said, "Stop saying ECT causes brain damage; it is stigmatising our patients". Now, it is accepted that it causes brain damage. The point being is my view is that the avoid stigmatisation claim is an excuse and the real reason was to help

create the trans child production line.

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