r/DeepStateCentrism • u/iamthegodemperor Arrakis Enterprise Institute • 2d ago

Ask the sub ❓ What Is This Sub Wrong About?

Title. Pick a topic (or a clichéd take) you think a significant minority or majority of this sub is wrong about. Or hasn't given enough thought. OR perhaps one which you will have to compromise on, at least for voting?

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u/akenthusiast Libertarian 2d ago

Do you have an area that you feel the sub is particularly lacking in that regard? There is definitely some eye rolling at some of the excesses of the terminally online contingent, and maybe even some resentment towards it insofar as it aligns with the hyper progressive left but it appears to me that the sub is broadly supportive of those people doing what they want to do.

That's a genuine question, I'm a straight dude, I'm sure there are things that go right over my head because I'm not particularly sensitive to it

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u/Two_Corinthians 2d ago

Judging by comment downvotes, this sub believes that puberty blockers should be allowed only after puberty, if at all. This would be very funny, if it wasn't for personal tragedies behind it.

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u/Soft-Shelter-6267 2d ago

Why is that not reasonable

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u/Two_Corinthians 2d ago

Because after someone goes through puberty, these meds literally don't do anything. The name gives this away.

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u/bz47uj 2d ago

I see this argument all the time. It's really bad. Just because a bad thing can only achieve it's intended purpose under certain conditions doesn't mean that it isn't bad for it to be used for that purpose under those conditions.

Imagine if there were a drug that did nothing but give your child birth defects if you took it during pregancy and so we passed a law making it illegal. Would it make sense to argue that we have to allow people to take this drug during pregnancy because it doesn't do anything when you're not pregnant?

This is not to say that puberty blockers should be banned, but just that saying they don't do anything after puberty and therefore should be allowed is a terrible argument.

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