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   From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net   
      
   "Joel"  wrote in message   
   news:rl3b3id19u6e92a9tvhbqbn9e8mfiql5bb@4ax.com...   
   > Klaus  Schadenfreude  wrote:   
   >   
   >>There are only two genders, and you're one or the other. You don't get   
   >>to choose.   
   >   
   >   
   > No one is talking about choice, here.  It's a recognition of one's   
   > biological, developmental trait to be trans.  Choosing is simply not   
   > what transgender individuals do, they were assigned a particular   
   > biological sex, but it's not in harmony with their inner makeup.   
      
   IOW, they are in denial of reality. Which is also know has having serious   
   mental illness.   
   Now we can go into long and involved discussions about the causes, issues,   
   etc, but in the end it reflects a fundamental inability to accept and deal   
   with reality. Such a  person then retreats into an imaginary personality   
   they somehow feel will help shelter then against their reality as they hide   
   behind the mask they attempt to project to the world.   
      
   Sure we can discuss this back and forth but in the end that's what it boils   
   down to.. a rejection of reality and the construction of a false persona   
   which they feel is better able to deal with reality as they hide from it.   
      
   Their "particular biological sex", is a fact in reality. the while the   
   "harmony of their inner makeup" is a delusion they create to hide from   
   reality.   
      
   "Denial is a type of defense mechanism that involves ignoring the reality of   
   a situation to avoid anxiety. Defense mechanisms are strategies that people   
   use to cope with distressing feelings. In the case of denial, it can involve   
   not acknowledging reality or denying the consequences of that reality."   
      
   "But denial can also cause problems in your life, particularly if it keeps   
   you from addressing a problem or making a needed change. In some cases, it   
   can prevent you from accepting help or getting the treatment that they   
   need."   
      
   https://www.verywellmind.com/denial-as-a-defense-mechanism-5114461   
      
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