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I mean, that depends on the meaning of 'coming for the children'. Trans activists see themselves as benevolent saviors, swooping in to protect innocent trans children from being tortured into suicide by evil Christians. In that sense, of course they would not be embarrassed about it. But you probably don't mean it in the same way.
I think the way that Christians see “coming for your children” is what the trans activists are doing. That’s why it seems so bizarre to me that they are trying to claim both at the same time. “We’re coming for your children” seems like it could practically be the header text of every pride event.
(I’m paraphrasing this is not an actual quote):
“We are coming for your children, but don’t worry we aren’t going to sexually assault them, we are just going to cut off parts of their body, mutilate others, give them hormones which will irreversibly sterilize them, and convince them that you, their parents, are trying to commit genocide if you try to stop us XOXOXO”
Dont forget: They still want to have sex with "your children" as a group. That some of them dont identify an individual 10 year old they want to bang at 10, 12, 16, or 18 is still only a small defense. If a bunch of heterosexual men started going to girls schools espousing the merits of unprotected sex and then we saw a spike in teenage mothers, few in the media would fail to recognize the connection.
Who are these abstract, Platonic pedophiles? Are they, by any chance, made of straw?
What are you talking about? It is well documented that there are large discords dedicated to "hatching eggs" which means convincing kids they are transgender.
There was a question posed in my post you didnt even attempt to address: Is there a sexual incentive for gays and trannies to convince more kids to be gay and trans? Answer that, and I can answer you further.
Look at this from a transgender person's viewpoint:
when I transitioned, it was a good thing, my life immediately improved
if I had transitioned even earlier, it would've been even better
thus, when I help people realize they could have been born in the wrong body, show them the way out, and they transition at 12 instead of 32, I do very good things
Do you think this transgender person has a right to groom other people's children into outcomes that they believe are beneficial?
If a pedo thinks back very fondly on being diddled by his uncle, does that make it okay to diddle your kid?
I don't care about groomer logic, do whatever you want to your own disgusting body as an adult but stay away from children or face the chipper
Before you can even talk about this right, you have to establish that this is what they actually want. They would never use the word "groom", and this is important because they do not see themselves as changing the child's disposition, only revealing what was always there.
"Expose kids to the idea, the ones who are serious will take it on, those who aren't won't" is precisely the reasoning they use, not "we want as many as trans kids, regardless of how seriously trans they may be".
Oh, you're not actually interested in the nuance, never mind.
You don't have the right to expose other people's kids to any ideas the parents don't want them exposed to. Parents have an absolute veto on any random creeps having physical or digital contact with their kids and doing it behind their back via discord is disgusting.
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