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Free Thinker's avatar

Your version is just to feel sorry for them and not offer anything resembling an explanation because it could hurt them too much to cross examine themselves.

So you don't really care about the root cause, you'd rather just not saying anything that might get them to look at what they may have done to aid in her dumb decision. Stop being an enabler! cause your advice is about as helpful about as helpful as some gender affirmer in the opposite direction.

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MeetandGreet's avatar

Root cause? Oh I see all the liberal socially progressive parents with the larger percentage of trans kids were also hardcore Jesus freaks. Who knew?

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Jean S's avatar

It's called empathy and compassion.

Try it sometime "Happy Soul"

It used to be quite common to show kindness to another person who is in deep pain.

Have a good day.

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Free Thinker's avatar

I would advise you to try coupling that with some rationality, as mere empathy is just a way of ignoring the problem that caused this to occur in the first place. That's how con artists do so well against empathetic people because the only tool in their target's toolbox is their heart while their brains gather dust on a shelf.

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BC's avatar

i’ll say this lastly to you. your lack of

empathy and continuous rail against God or anyone who has a kind word is totally disgraceful. obviously youre tactless and mean spirited. You should also look in the same mirror yourself. And use your brain for some good , since your have no heart

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Free Thinker's avatar

You attack me because you have no good argument. Stop being a horrible person and use your head more.

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BC's avatar

i’m not attacking you as i can see you’re a tool of the devil . please leave me alone or i’ll report you

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Jean S's avatar

Wow.

You've have gift for writing for sure.

First of all...I believe there is a time and place for everything.

To be clear..I am not one that shirks from standing up and speaking truth.

I simply believe we see things differently in this particular situation.

I feel the poster didn't need more sand kicked in her face with advice... including "what she did wrong in her daughter's life by raising her in the Christian faith"

...as she was laying face down on the beach already.

I also don't think calling me an enabler or implying that I am an irrational person based on this brief exchange of differences is the best way to continue to engage.

But one thing...

It seems I have been successful in directing your criticism and passion towards me instead of the original poster whom again I feel needed empathy...

not an armchair critical assessment of her parenting.

And may I add ... it really doesn't matter what you say...

As it is well with my soul. ☝️🙏

Again...happy soul ...have a good day.

👋👋👋

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Free Thinker's avatar

She wrote what she did for honest feedback, you don't control for her what gets written back. I never met a trans kid yet who held the beliefs of their parents who mostly foisted it on them with domineering attitudes. IF that was her or the father's way, they should examine their own propensity for harsh persuasion.

You can throw in your own two cents as much as I can tell you how wrong your strategy is for another way to look at making amends by recognizing something she maybe didn't see before as so many theists only sees their religion as an abstract good.

But mostly my original comment you know wasn't meant for you, so don't ignore your own suggestion about not armchair quarterbacking but which you did anyway, or what respect does your opinion hold?

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Jean S's avatar

"She wrote what she did for honest feedback"!?!? Where did you see that?

She wrote what she did because she was expressing her pain.

Otherwise why would she have written this...to me..after your comment:

"Thank you for standing up for me . you know how painful this is."

Again there's a time and a place for everything.

And in this time and in this place... I felt she needed empathy.

You continue to think that she "needed" your opinion and advice.

Ok.

Like I said we differ and we don't need continue to engage.

Unless there's some other nice compliment you wanna throw my way. 🤷‍♀️

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Free Thinker's avatar

I didn't need your opinion or advice but you gave it anyway. So you should self censor next time by taking your own advice first if you ever actually believed in it in the first place.

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Jean S's avatar

🥱 👋👋👋

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