Doesn't change the fact that children can't consent.

>But as someone who actually knows people that have been abused, bullied and looked down on by people like you, I would stand by them a 1000x over.

That's a strange stance considering that you're proposing abuse to vulnerable people that aren't able to consent.

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>But rather by the hateful bigot that felt the need to push their views on other people.

That's pretty much what I'm against. People who would force children into things they're not ready for.

I just posted some actual testimony. If you think children are old enough to consent to this type of thing, makes me wonder what else you want them to be able to consent to.

Wanting to pressure children down a path they're not responsible enough to be able to consent to is child abuse, simple as that.

I trust the sources I posted a lot more than I trust Vice. Vice is trash, has been for a long time. They're an opinion site, nothing more, and their opinions always skew one way.

Wanting to protect children is not hate or any type of phobia. Once they're adults, once their minds are developed enough to be able to consent and be able to recognize peer pressure and the impact of constant exposure to social media, they're free to do what they want.

>Ask any gay person if they think being gay is a mental illness.

Doctors used to define it that way, before changing not based on anything tangible, but due to pressure from the public.

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> I hope you get punched in the face for the question.

Condoning violence towards people with opinions that you don't like. Nice.

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>Not to automatically label them as mentally ill.

You're basically stigmatizing mental illness.

https://nypost.com/2022/06/18/detransitioned-teens-explain-why-they-regret-changing-genders/

https://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/news/20220322/doctors-have-failed-them-say-those-who-regret-transitioning

https://segm.org/unknown_gender_transition_regret_rate_adolescents

Versus being bullied or pressured into something they don't want and aren't yet able to recognize as such? That's why we call them children. They're not adults.

That would be abuse considering the child cannot consent.

It's absolutely my business when it's in the public schools and affects people within my community. Child abusers would say the same thing, none of anyone else's business, right?

It's gender dysphoria, it's absolutely a mental illness.

>Block being allowed to make your own medical decisions?

They're children. Children don't get to make their own medical decisions.

They're not. They're delaying the decision until the only individual that would be affected by it is able to consent.

I've read many reports of boys who were underdeveloped, not as strong or as big as the other boys at their age levels, end up getting peer pressured into thinking they're actually girls and pretty much get pushed into some form of transitioning, only to later realize it's not at all what they wanted. There are a lot of truly disturbing stories out there. Having been bullied for being thin as a child, it's chilling to imagine what school would have been like if I were that age now. It was pretty terrible as it was, without all this grooming going on. I don't know how anyone can view it as anything other than child abuse.

>If you're for children having the right to live happily, then I also feel you must acknowledge that trans and gender-nonconforming adolescents have the highest rates of suicide and depression among any demographic.

Yes, they're mentally ill. They need treatment for their mental illness. Altering their body to support their disturbed thoughts while their brain is still developing isn't a good approach, you don't need a PhD to realize that.

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>In today's world, it is too easy for us to forget that individual liberty exists and needs to be protected.

As adults. Until then, the health and safety of children must be protected.

Children aren't generally afforded the same rights as adults. They don't yet possess the mental faculties to make adult decisions.

"Agency twists facts to justify own existence." That should have been the article, but it's WMUR.

What do you think reddit is, exactly?

We depend too much on natural gas for electricity. If you lived in the neighboring province of Québec, electric heat would be a no-brainer thanks to their hydro-electric power.

>The problem with the local noise ordinance is it is for dwellings only.

Not much you're going to be able to do if you can't convince the business to accommodate you. Maybe install better insulation and windows in the home? That's a solution used for homes near noisy airports. The NH RSA isn't likely to help. You'd have to get the town onboard and they're probably going to side with business given its zoning.

People normally keep a set of "inspection tires". Something tiny that will bring the vehicle down to spec. Not saying I condone it.. but that's what many people do. Other option if you ride private trails is to trailer it, if you can afford a daily-driver/tow-rig.

Average of the bottom ten job categories bottoms out at $11.59 and the number of people employed at those lowest categories is practically nil. There isn't a problem for the state to solve here.

Scroll up to the document I linked. Even the lowest job category is averaging above $15/hr.

If you look at the pdf I linked, average for food prep, the lowest category, was $16.21/hr in the first table. I don't know what you're going on about.

I don't have that stat offhand, but the state published a lot of info here:

https://www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/documents/wages-all.pdf

This actually follows the motto, the state leaves it up to employers to figure out. I posted the stat in another thread recently, but only 1% of NH workers make minimum wage. That's why we don't set it higher than the national, there's no reason to.