Discussion systemically forcing minorities to ctb

[PoisonousPotato]

ok so this is an issue that disturbs me since about the time i'm on this forum.

there's a lot of people here that want to ctb at least partly because they are trans, and i am kinda one of them, even though i have other motivations too. this is smth that has to be expected when you are pushed against your will in a world that won't let you live as who you are.

there's probably a lot more people that are from a minority or another, which could even be ignored by current politics, and that want to ctb because they won't be accepted as they are. this is, in my opinion, a completely valid reason to ctb.

the problem is, progress in the fight for equality and respect of minorities is achieved because people in these minorities are a reality that can't be ignored or repressed anymore. in a world where people have the right to ctb whenever they want, it is expected that minorities will be systemically "forced" (in a passive way, with no government directly involved) to leave this society, while no effort will be put to improve society.

in a way, it would be a "silent genocide" (which already exists, but would be made easier if ctb is normalized for minorities at an institutional level).

my opinion on this issue is that people should have the right to choose if they want to live or not no matter what. however, i can't ignore that if assisted suicide would be legalized worldwide, it would be expected that minorities would be a huge part of those who choose to die.

i would like to have your opinion on this topic. also, i apologize for my english.

 

[soontobedone]

Not sure if desire to CTB has too much to do with race.

 

[HerculePoirot]

Interesting debate. In other words, we shouldn't allow minorities to access legal, assisted suicide, because this would result in their extinction. So we must protect them against themselves by prohibting them from committing suicide.

Looks like protecting endangered species...

 

[CTB Fella]

Using the race card is often overused, but you take the biscuit.

 

[PoisonousPotato]

Not sure if desire to CTB has too much to do with race.

i quite don't understand why you're talking about race. could you explain more about that?

also, yeah, desire to ctb has a lot to do with being in a systemically oppressed group

Interesting debate. In other words, we shouldn't allow minorities to access legal, assisted suicide, because this would result in their extinction. So we must protect them against themselves by prohibting them from committing suicide.

Looks like protecting endangered species...

yeah, it looks a lot like that. again, forcing people to live for a reason or another is not smth i agree with. i'm just worried about ctb as a tool of systemic oppression.

 

[leavingsoon99]

Not sure if desire to CTB has too much to do with race.

It can. Being in a social system that is anti-YOU wears on you after a while. No matter how positive you want to be or how much you want to praise some god. The human mind can only take so much adversity before its finally destroyed.