Although this current situation has been driven by political figures, I don't even feel like basic fucking decency and respect for other humans should be a political issue anymore than anything else. But here we are.
I think so of most "poilitical" things people are talking about online. I never feel like they have anything to do with politics (at least not how I understand the word politics in Dutch). Sure, some of them are used by politicians to push and agenda, but most of the time it's just a different viewpoint on human issues (I don't have a problem with people thinking differently than me in most of these as long as they don't act like assholes). This would be the same if there weren't any politicians around imo (but maybe it's just a different use of the word in English).
Even though I usually can see both points in an argument, some of the reactions to this specific topic are baffling to me (how the hell do you see this as a mental disorder?), but I still don't see it as a "political" issue. It's asshole politicians who use these type of issues to try to get votes and who try to divide the people on these issues which make them "political".
I thought the segment on CDP's tweets was really well-reasoned and I'm VERY glad they brought it up, but... whew, they didn't even use the word 'trans' once that entire time. That's... a little weird, right?
It's totally fine, I liked the segment, but Kyle taking the time to explain trans issues without being too 'explicit' about it stuck out like a sore thumb, haha.
I noticed it too, but it seemed to me that Kyle just wasn't sure how to tackle this/talk about it because it's such a sensitive topic for some people. I think he did well, but I also noticed they never used the word trans.
It's sometimes difficult to talk/discuss about things you aren't super involved in as it's easy to make mistakes.
I personally don't listen to them to touch on "political" topics, but I honestly feel like Kyle did a good job on the last 2 podcasts and I don't really mind them doing those either.
I am glad they talked about this one in particular because I was somewhat shocked when I read those articles, I couldn't believe how this medieval way of thinking is still a thing. It's not going to impact my life directly as I live on a different continent and I am not part of the LGBTQ community, but reading about this one really made me feel bad. The idea to proclaim that people who think/feel differently then you do have a mental disorder is absurd and to just try to take away so many people's rights is insane.
Btw, writing this made it even more clear to me that it can be difficult for "outsiders" to write about these sensitive topics because I wasn't sure if I would screw up (I don't want to hurt people, so I hope I didn't). It took a long time to write this down. I suspect it's the same for Kyle.
