@amandam @Shellie Hart Well, the problem I have with doing the 'fair and balanced' thing, presenting both the Republican platform variations and their Heratige Foundation and Family Values Council base arguments is that it sets us up for a debate weighted very heavily against us.
TRIGGER WARNING - Trans invalidation arguments
If we look at the arguments from the 'other side', they have a few core tenets. First, 'transgender' is not a real thing, but merely a mental illness. Second, gender dysphoria and related issues, including depression, anxiety, and suicidal tendencies are all symptoms of the same mental illness. Third, gender is merely another name for biological sex as assigned at birth.
Starting from such premises on the opposing side is rather like holding a discussion on the Space program, with equal time being granted to the Flat Earth Society.
If such a discussion is held, there will be an infinite series of 'prove it' demands from the opposition, as we retrace over 150 years of research into gender, sex, and identity from psychology, neuropsych, neuroendocrine, cytology, and embryology perspectives. Note that the lack of scientific education on the part of the general public will make it extremely difficult for them to follow the discussions, and the innate distrust of much of the population for science in favor of cultural commonalities will render the discussion moot.
I suppose if someone was really interested in doing this, or in discussing the space program with the Flat Earth Society, that one could use any of the free blogging sites to host the discussion.
Susan doesn't want it here. Her servers, her home, her rules.
