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🐆 Right-wing trans woman finds out "gender-criticals" cannot be reasoned with (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Armand1@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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...I could have told you that 🤷

Source: https://x.com/BriannaWu/status/1984574165643403370

Not my usual kind of source (Xitter), but I want any centrists out there who ask trans people to "just get along" / compromise with actual hate groups that want them eradicated to know that it doesn't work.

There is no such thing as a reasonable bigot, by definition.

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[–] bss03 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

If a patient is dead-set on getting a medication that is very likely to harm them, I’m not going to write that prescription

Then, you don't value bodily autonomy as much as I do, and will deny it to some of your patients, gatekeeping -- no matter what you "think" you are doing.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Does my ethical autonomy count for nothing? Am I really obligated under your worldview to harm my patients by acquiescing to their demands carte blanche?

Even as a medical student, I have had patients die in my care from things I couldn't do anything about. I had no way to save them because the medicine to fix the problem simply does not exist. As an ER tech, I have had multiple times where the physician running the code called the time of death while I was the one doing compressions on the patient. Most of those were children. I am already haunted by the patients I have lost through no malpractice, negligence, incompetence, or malice of my own. I refuse to intentionally add to my nightmares by doing something that I truly believe would harm my patient, even if it is what they are asking for.

[–] bss03 1 points 9 hours ago

In my worldview, the drugs would not have a gatekeeper. They would in available OTC. You should not have your "ethical autonomy" compromised at all. (And yes, it does count for nothing compared to bodily autonomy.)

If your reason (for not providing the drugs) was only protecting yourself or others from State-backed violence, it could be justified. But, you claimed you would do it because you know better how to manage a patient's body than themselves.