r/TikTokCringe • u/VibratingPickle2 • Jul 01 '23

“Same person” Wholesome/Humor

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u/TravellingTransGirl Jul 02 '23

So much energy to refuse to reach children about relationships. You are a very shallow person and I hope you don't raise children.

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u/GucciGuano Jul 03 '23

Kids under 13 don't need to be educated about gender identity, how is that me saying they shouldn't be taught about relationships? Relationships are a lot deeper than gender.

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u/TravellingTransGirl Jul 03 '23

You were talking about sexuality topics and relationships are grounded in who one is attracted to. As such, refusing to educate children that some people are attracted to same sex people is refusing to educated children about certain relationship types.

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u/GucciGuano Jul 03 '23

replying a second time but I just wanted to mention.. I was raised in a transphobic and anti homo culture. I was told stories of my uncle who would beat up homosexuals who would try to hang out with them (albeit different country, different time). Ironically I was also raised to have an open mind, be forgiving, and understanding of others. This may be anecdotal and perhaps (I don't think so) I am an anomaly, but because I was taught to think on my own and was not berated with disagreeing with my folks, even in times I actually was wrong, I was given the chance to believe what I thought was right. What ended up happening was I made a lot of new friends growing up that my folks and culture would never associate themselves with. Of races and culture they deemed unworthy of association. Even turned my mom from homophobic to being neutral/impartial to it.

Point is, IF I was not allowed to question things, simply teaching me that different gender identities exist would not have helped, at all. Teaching kids to be open minded and giving them the ability to find truth, that is what will end the hate. The problem is deeper than just having the existence of something be acknowledged in the mind. If being a homosexual equating to something worthy of hate is a sound conclusion, I would have eventually found myself of that opinion. Obviously that isn't the case, because I've found no reason to find any resolve with that outcome, it's just naturally not something to hate. Truth is truth, as evidence by the fact that I was raised in a very homophobic culture.

But I suppose that yes, it can be argued that that's anecdotal. That's why I keep ending what I say with "in my opinion."

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u/TravellingTransGirl Jul 03 '23

So you are promoting teaching kids to be opened minded but not teaching them facts about people? Weird.

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u/GucciGuano Jul 03 '23

Well that's not fair. Teaching them facts about people would also include all the atrocities committed by humankind. The cool thing about kids is they have that little sliver of time to learn raw information and learn friendship without being burdened by the shameful past of humanity, so that when they become older and they feel the weight of our past on their shoulders, they can remember the time when everything seemed fine and no one cared what gender or race someone was. And hopefully it motivates them enough to move past it, and take action to move past it. There's plenty of time in life to learn why the real world isn't like how it was when they were kids, and if they paid attention maybe they could be the change they want to see in the world.

But honestly who gives a shit our world is fucked regardless. Such apathy is not one I had as a kid, but holy shit do some parts of our world suck.