Transitioning and suicide

An interesting perspective from Keeping up with the FITs and comments, 7/1 by Arnold Kling.

I think of transitioning as akin to committing suicide. Both transitioning and suicide tend to cause deep pain in those around you. You are at the point where you don’t mind inflicting that pain, and maybe deep down you want them to feel pain.

I can imagine people objecting to this analogy between transitioning and suicide. But that is where I come down.

When we encounter people in extreme emotional distress, we should try to be sympathetic and helpful. That includes people who are in distress over gender issues. But as for trying to drum up support for transitioning, count me out. I would no sooner support someone’s wish to transition that I would support someone’s wish to commit suicide.

Something to think on.