I don’t see Hexbear on the list. Time to radicalize some Aussie kids.

  • yoink [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    12 days ago

    I can’t help but feel this is partially an attempt to ban trans youth by proxy - essentially an attempt to limit the ability for a kid to get out from under the thumb of their parents. You can see it in the arguments that claim this ban returns power to the parents - they know they’re stifling communities and ways of spreading knowledge.

    Australia’s never had a proper reckoning with the trans issue - we just keep importing views and controversies. But if push came to shove, I know exactly where this reactionary country is landing

    • ComradeMonotreme [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      12 days ago

      I agree that’s a negative consequence of the bill but I think it’s unintended. I don’t think it has even figured into the planning.

      It’s surveillance stuff, plus when you’re the ostensibly centre-left but actually still reactionary neoliberal party you can’t do anything meaningful so you just ban something.