I support your new thread.

Malion @ 1/1/2015 13:33

Part of me is glad this is a continued discussion but the other part of me is pissed that there was such an outcry to exile it into it's own thread, which reeks more of "take it away from the place that I usually post so I don't have to see it" rather than "I'm genuinely interested in this topic and would like for it not to be cast into a general discussion thread where it won't get the attention it deserves"

there wasn't an outcry, it was a joke, chill out.

Moose @ 1/1/2015 18:21

Her parents took Leelah out of school and took away all of her access to social media for almost half a year. She literally told her parents to fuck off in her Sorry note. Her parents do not deserve sympathy for the loss of their daughter. They should been taken to court for abuse.

Parents make mistakes but they were probably trying their best. To say they deserve no sympathy, though.. I don't know what was going through any of their heads but don't judge them until you have been in their situation.

Malion @ 1/1/2015 18:58

Pardon my hyperbole. I don't think any suggestions to remove the discussion were a "joke" though.

I do think it was good that this has its own thread but my comment was meant as a joke. Maybe saying it was meant to be light-hearted is more like it.

I don't see how passing judgment on someone because of their race, sexual preference, gender, etc is any different than passing judgment because of someone's religion. No matter what you think about Christianity, lumping everybody who has a certain faith together as all being close-minded bigots isn't fair or correct.