But why does your questioning of how other people are treated inform this discussion of whether other people should have access to that treatment? Why is this germane at all, unless it’s the reason you think that this treatment shouldn’t be provided?

So? You asked “literally millions?”. In the US alone there are 6 million cases annually. So we’ve already reached millions. Are you suggesting that the rest of the world has negative 4 million cases, magically bringing the numbers below 2 million?

So what you’re saying is that you don’t believe surgery is a part of a solution for trans people? Why not just say that, instead of this whole runaround about nonessential services? If you’d said that from the beginning things would have played out much differently here, because “I don’t agree with modern medicine” is…

Denying people the appropriate treatment for their medical conditions is a hugely inefficient way to run any kind of system. Not every transgendered person will require genital surgery, but some will, and for those people, it makes far better sense to give them the treatment their condition requires. Witholding…

#1: It’s not elective. This has been agreed upon by the AMA, the APA, and other major medical organizations. So let’s not with the “elective” talk, unless you care to post your credentials as to why you know better than the medical establishment.

Why is this specific thing where you draw the line, though? Or do you also oppose birth control when it’s for actual reproductive control, and Viagra, and dental services, and other “quality of life” stuff? I ask because people seem to express your opinion a lot, but somehow they don't exactly man the barricades when…

Goddamn...I can practically see your crew cut.

I don’t know what’s sadder. The typo, or people flapping and squawking around the typo like it’s actually in any way important.

Maybe he doesn’t feel comfortable with the media dishing about his genitals. I mean, that’s why they call them “privates.” It doesn’t matter if the reporting is, erm, largely positive.

...Brenda, who has absolutely no problem getting into and spreading around the business of strangers she doesn’t know for malicious reasons...

Ever notice that the people yelling at others to speak English never have that great a grasp on it themselves?

You know, I consider myself many different people as well, so I totally get Hansel Jortsnot. There’s court, the Jezebel poster and functiong alcoholic, then there’s Professor MC courtatronic, the jezebel poster and pain pill popper, and finally, there’s court, the jezebel poster who engages in reenactments of the…

Although it sounds like the result of some freaked-out parent being annoying, these sunburns are legitimately terrible.

Wait... are you comparing slaughtering animals for food to actual human slavery? You don’t see how that analogy is really, severely fucked up?

The only requirement for being “from the Midwest” is being born and/or raised in the Midwest. You can do ballet and be from the Midwest. In fact, I’m in the Midwest right this second, and I’m going to ballet class after work tonight at one of the nation’s premier ballet companies. CRAZY!

FYI, not a consensus on the “unfunny” conclusion. I found it amusing.

Re: Bathroom Trash Diaper Disposal

Yes, bathrooms are where we defecate. But we flush it away because it is a bio-hazard and do not leave it for someone else to clean for $8.00/hour. Unless you’re a super asshole. Leaving bodily fluids of any sort for a stranger to deal with makes you an asshole. This also applies to…

Kids shouldn’t be pooping nuggets though.

I only ever ziploc’d the poop diapers. If someone can smell pee in a diaper that’s in the garbage in the bathroom, they’re sticking their faces too far into the bathroom garbage can and should be smacked.

Do what moms do on Facebook: fling shit at other moms.