Right - that’s what the original post I was commenting on is all about. A man declares himself a woman and dominates a female sport. That’s why there are separate divisions for men and women. Hey, I’m a man so what should I care, right? Who cares if a woman gets unfairly thrashed in a sport? Feminists. Wait…
I’m frankly not really all that interested in this argument, but since that makes me pretty impartial on the matter let me give you my impartial perspective. ISTM that not only were your original comments jerkish because they were deeply insulting to transgender people to an extent bordering on hate speech, but you’re so oblivious to it that you’re doing it again right here, and doubling down on the insults by declaring them to suffer from a mental illness equivalent to the delusion that they were some kind of animal.
Yes, this is a matter of science, but not in the way you think. I’m far from an expert on the matter, but what the science says as of the DSM-5 classifications is that gender non-conformity is specifically not a mental disorder, so by calling it a “mental illness” and comparing it to the delusion of being an animal you’re not just wrong but intentionally hurtful and inflammatory. At most, the condition that should be recognized – and treated with respect and compassion – is gender dysphoria, the stress and unhappiness caused by the dichotomy between physical and mental gender identity. Inconsiderate, hurtful, and scientifically ignorant attitudes like yours are counterproductive to this goal. I don’t think adopting hateful and scientifically ignorant attitudes is a critical success factor to the future of this board, as you seem to think.
I mean, I think it’s a lot of work for not a lot of value to karyotype everyone I meet before I determine how I will gender them, but if that’s what you think is necessary, who are we to stop you.
If you’d like to be banned, we can oblige. If you want to not post, you can oblige?
OP, do you not understand that some people are born with mixed messages as to gender, and a decision is made by a doctor to pick one, and sometimes that is wrong? Even aside from all the other things you have said, you cannot make your stand on science when even science does not support you in this.
This, from a guy who wants us to issue warnings to people who out debate him?
Hey fuckwad I was the one who got a warning
You were the only one in that thread who was breaking any rules.
This from someone who complained (in the OP) about being “sworn at”. I guess it’s ok to call someone names (esp. a mod) but not ok to say “fucking” in a post. Interesting.
Your claim to be “scientific” is completely bogus. You are utterly ignorant of science.
If a boy says “I am male”, is he directly sensing his chromosomes, or feeling between his legs to judge that? Of course not. It’s an internal mental state that has just as much objective physical reality as karyotype or genitalia - it’s a neuron configuration. Our mental phenotype (neuron configuration) is a complex result of genetics and environment. There’s obviously a high correlation between XY karyotype, male genitalia, and the mental phenotype “male”; but the correlation is not 100%, nor is there any a priori scientific reason to expect it to be.
In some animals, sex determination is by temperature; some animals routinely change sex during their lives. And the human mental phenotype (neuron configuration) is a complex product of genes and environment. It would indeed be preposterous for someone with human genes to have the mental phenotype of a giraffe. But since the Y chromosome carries a negligible number of genes, and the rest of the genome is common to all humans, it’s not surprising that somebody with an XY karyotype can sometimes have a mental phenotype “female” or an XX karyotype can sometimes have a mental phenotype “male”; or indeed that the mental phenotype wrt gender identification is bimodal but not binary.
It may one day be possible to map neuron configuration so that we can physically discern a person’s internal mental gender phenotype (with something much more advanced than fMRI) just as reliably as we now can check their karyotype or what’s between their legs. The fact that we don’t have the technology to do so doesn’t make the mental phenotype (the internal mental state “male” etc.) any less physically and objectively real than an XY karyotype or a penis.
But at present, the only way we have to discover someone’s mental phenotype is to ask them. So the question is, how you treat someone who says their internal mental state is “male”. It appears that your approach would be to check their karyotype, and if it’s XX, either accuse them of lying or tell them they are mentally ill. Yet you have no scientific reasoning or empirical evidence to support this view; and apparently little respect or compassion for other human beings.
There’s room for a discussion of these issues, and they have been discussed on the board. But if you are spewing your ignorant nonsense around the board with a know-it-all tone, it shouldn’t be too hard to understand how this then crosses the line from a being a reasoned debate, the free exchange of ideas, to simply treating other human beings terribly.
You seem angry. Are you angry?
It’s a shame you don’t enjoy posting here. I wish you the best when you leave and find a place where you’re more comfortable. Be well.
Who waits 21 days to whine about a mere mod note?
Umm, you might want to read the referenced thread a little more closely.
What am I missing? The mod note was 12.26.2018. The last post was on 12.28.2018. Today, when this was started, is 1.17.2019
It was a (well deserved) warning, not a note. You are correct on the lengthy delay before coming here to whine.
Gotcha. 
Just to boost my stats, I’m going to give you a warning for this before banning you.