The pope says 'gender theory' causes divisions

[ArabellaScott]

'Peace requires respect for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Attempts to introduce new rights, which are not always acceptable, lead to instances of ideological colonization that create divisions rather than fostering peace, as in the case of gender theory.'

https://twitter.com/Pontifex/status/1746147585331703936

There is no gender identity "ideology" any more than there is a "gay agenda". The very fact you express it in those terms is villifying.

I identify as someone tall but for some reason I need help getting stuff off the high supermarket shelves, reality is so oppressive.

There certainly is an ideology that any male saying he identifies as a woman means that everyone has to validate and accept his proclamation. How can you claim in good faith that there is not?

Of course it's an ideology. It's one that I don't ascribe to. There are many of those.

Being gay is not an ideology.

I'm sorry, how rude of me to imagine concepts like an "internal perception" are obvious when I appear to be talking to a group of robots who've never had a thought or feeling in their life and need to be handheld through what one is or where it might occur.

The faux-naivety persists and is off the scale.

Yes, it's all going on in either a male or female body. One of the two.

Unless you think I have a lady brain and men can get lady brain accidentally?

Do tell?

I don't get why TRAs and their supporters think it's some kind of gotcha to pretend an obviously subjective belief which other people are expected to accept without question isn't an "ideology".

It's really quite a curious argument.

Is this "ideology " in the room with us right now?

Well yes, obviously, you brought it in.

Come on Prawn, you can debate better than this, surely?

People have all sorts of internal feelings

The only reason this particular internal feeling has caused a conflict is because it was singled out for new legislation in 2004

Hopefully the law will correct at some stage so safeguarding can be re established, and women can access single sex spaces

Also, that's a silly, meaningless Twitter response. You'll have to do better where people are expected to actually back up their opinions with rational arguments.

I genuinely don't know what else to say to people who are floundering around pretending to struggle to understand what a feeling is.

Yes, as we all know trans people sprung into existence in the UK in 2004.

I genuinely don't know what else to say

Yes that's abundantly clear.

@PrawnLiberationFront

Is this "authentic"?

😂

Do you usually think with your vagina?

"Faux niavity" claims from someone who's had men tell them they are women and believes it?

Gullible seems to fit.

Why do men with internal lady feelings need a fauxgina?

You seem to be missing biological reality here

People seem to be panicking at the idea that feelings exist in your head, but I'm supposed to believe in this mysterious unifying "ideology " that apparently all trans people subscribe to? Bit of a double standard.

I'm enjoying the education 😄

The biological reality that people have thoughts?

This thread has given me a right laugh. Your responses to Prawn's 'internal feelings' are brilliant! I'm trying to think about when I last had an external feeling.