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Quiet Em

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4. It is hard to overstate how hostile people like Lakshya are towards trangender children.

Reply to Demixs (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:22 PM

18 hrs ago

Children who cause absolutely zero harm to Lakshya or anyone else.

Any person who sets out to pick on a very small percentage of CHILDREN, and to rile up people who will cause those children actual harm, is the lowest of the low.

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It's not surprising TommyT139 17 hrs ago #6

It is hard to overstate how hostile people like Lakshya are towards trangender children. Quiet Em 18 hrs ago #4

Are you basing that on the article? TommyT139 17 hrs ago #7

The author said there's an electoral backlash Demixs 16 hrs ago #11

He is amplifying a hostile talking point about children. Quiet Em 16 hrs ago #13

I'm a grandparent of a "Demi-Boy" I am familiar with the issue. haele 18 hrs ago #5

More hammering on the wedge. hunter 17 hrs ago #8

Trans has been undermined by overreaching gulliver 17 hrs ago #9

Many Civil Rights leaders of the 'sixties could be quite abrasive. hunter 14 hrs ago #15

Data isn't surprising at all. BannonsLiver 17 hrs ago #10

This honestly doesn't surprise me pinkstarburst 16 hrs ago #14