This is a discussion of the topic in general, aside from anything in the comic, but yes because it came up in the comic is why I initiated the topic and yes it is also a discussion of the comic and a topic in the comic. In short, it's a discussion of the comic, but also stands on its own. SJW crusading on their beliefs is not a new thing, nor is the backlash, and I wanted to discuss the absurdity of both sides. This is not a matter of "injection", but extraction. Anyone who spent a small amount of time thinking about what was said in this thread and in the comic should be able to realize this.
This is not directly a topic of morality. There is nothing immoral about believing you are a man in a womans body, or visa versa. Just like there is nothing immoral in believing you are a tree trapped in a human body. Morality comes in when a character in the comic kills off one of the biggest towns in their world for no good reason.
Yes, I think the authors are very intentionally making social commandant on gender identity their selves, since there is no shock value in it. 'Film woman believes she is a man on the inside.' *gasp!*...as if. The authors are using the comic as a soap box in the first place and rather forcefully interjecting it in a way that doesn't make sense. Part of the topic in this thread is how absurd and nonsensical this attempt at injected beliefs into the story by authors is. You really have to blind yourself to not see this.
Jahiliyyah: It's only your ego. Ego that won't accept that there are differing world views or cultural relativism.
Hah? Till I read this line I was more inclined to believe you were just a quick shot who would prefer to mock than think. But you really have to have read none of the topic or turn off your brain entirely to say something like this, such a idiotic statement. This thread is a discussion of other beliefs, which inherently is recognizing that there are other beliefs. Also, my main position is that there are no gender identities, just a spectrum of different kinds of people, which inherently is saying that everyone has their own world views, personalities, cultures; which is a direct contradiction to this inane statement.
What special insight do you have, and what relevance is it to the story?
Good questions. Read the comic and this thread with your brain on to find out.
As previously stated, there are two or three main perspectives on this subject.
1. Is the SJW one that states there is gender minds, and gender bodies, and they don't always match.
2. And the backlash perspective that says this is pretty much impossible, you are the gender you are physically and can not help being that gender mentally. In other words, two genders, two types of personality, you are what you physically are.
3. Well and there is the more moderate backlash that believes it is possible for the mismatch, but SJW camp take things too far.
4. Finally there is my minority perspective. That genitalia has little effect on the brain. And independent of how much effect genitalia has on the brain, people are who they are and that is a very diverse spectrum. There is no point in labeling and boxing people in, telling them they must be this way, or that way, either because of their genitalia or that they must choose a box to live independent of their genitalia but matching one of said boxes. I assume all replies to this thread don't fit in this camp since every reply so far has spoken against me. But considering some seem to reply with their brain off or to troll, I can't be for certain of this. I am of course not saying I am the only one with this belief, but of those vocal on the subject, I do recognize I am definitely by far the minority.
I see with some of you that as you come in to mock me and/or argue against me, you don't properly state which camp you are in or what unknown fifth camp you are in.
Like Wallabe's posts are about 100% just personal attack with no broaching the topics at all, my best guess is that someone with that type of offensive personality would belong to the backlash camp. Jahili who blindly talks about differing world views and cultural relativisms like someone who hasn't read the thread at all, probably belongs to the SJW camp. Pretty certain the other three who have replied belong to the SJW camp. But these are only guesses till someone states their beliefs. Maybe some of you (or just Wallabe) are folks with no beliefs, just a desire to troll everything?
Edited by truepurple, 17 March 2017 - 09:57 AM.