minus-square@CaptPretentiouslink-1•9 months agoBy definition it is mutilation. The difference is consent. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutilation
minus-square@Captain_Waffleslink0•9 months agoThen removing a ruptured appendix is also mutilation by that logic.
minus-square@CaptPretentiouslink1•9 months agoYeah… Because that’s what it means. I don’t know if your providing an example because you agree or you thought that was a gotcha.
minus-square@Captain_Waffleslink1•9 months agoThen I’m not sure what you point was supposed to be. If lifesaving surgery is mutilation then mutilation isn’t inherently a bad thing and isn’t an argument against gender affirming surgery.
minus-square@CaptPretentiouslink1•8 months agoI never made an argument for or against any surgery. My point, was consent. Please read the first response that I had made in this thread.
It is mutilation.
Agreed.
The transitioning? No.
The child abuse? Yes.
By definition it is mutilation. The difference is consent.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutilation
Then removing a ruptured appendix is also mutilation by that logic.
Yeah… Because that’s what it means. I don’t know if your providing an example because you agree or you thought that was a gotcha.
Then I’m not sure what you point was supposed to be. If lifesaving surgery is mutilation then mutilation isn’t inherently a bad thing and isn’t an argument against gender affirming surgery.
I never made an argument for or against any surgery. My point, was consent. Please read the first response that I had made in this thread.