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No. Trans people have existed for quite a long time. It just happens that the "West" has become more accepting of them, and since it is the "West" that gets mos
by csomar 4y ago
No. Trans people have existed for quite a long time. It just happens that the "West" has become more accepting of them, and since it is the "West" that gets most of the media attention it's looking like a new thing with them coming out.
- yarg 4y agoProving the existence of noise does not prove the non-existence of a signal.
- danielscrubs 4y agoMaybe because we have more trans people we get more accepting and not the other way around? Just a thought, correlation is not causation and all that.
- polio 4y agoThese things are not mutually exclusive. I don't see any evidence that would justify a high degree of confidence that the person you're replying to is wrong.
- AtlasBarfed 4y agoThe extraordinary claim is the top comment: that trans people are exploding in count vs it being a repressed demographic. It is the obligation of THAT person to provide evidence, since they are making the claim that it is some "evil toxin in the environment".
- polio 4y agoNobody has said that the population is exploding or that there is an evil toxin. The evidence here is for a proliferation of endocrine disrupting compounds. Given that gender expression is affected by hormones, I don't see how the claim is extraordinary.
- faximile 4y agoWhy is the "West" in quotes? Typically authors use that to refer to a phrase they're replying to, but parent comment doesn't mention that. Alternatively, quotes are sometimes used in a dismissive manner, but it would be unusual for an author to be dismissive of a word and yet find value in introducing it into a conversation.