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There is at least one. If you read enough comments you'll find them eventually. I think it would probably be inappropriate to single them out specifically though so I won't do that

Transphobic, ableist, willfully ignorant and hateful.

So this is your final resort. When you realize you can longer defend your position you resort to name calling

What you should do is reread what you’ve been typing all over this thread. If you don’t think your post and replies are hateful, you might want to look into therapy.

Wow you sure got me! Such a hero, looking out for the little guy by pretending that he's literally a puppy! Reread your comments. You'll find that what you're saying is absolutely absurd. You think defending people's delusions that they are literally an animal is some sort of social justice. Well, it's not. It's telling people what they want to hear, but that can be harmful, especially when someone is suffering from delusions. People like you make a mockery of the LGTBQ+ movement and give ideological ammunition to the right and discredit the transgender movement. You should be embarrassed for choosing such an utterly stupid hill to die on

Why do people think its so odd that someone could find it bizarre that some people genuinely think they're animals? Have you guys ever talked to someone irl before? Judging by the downvotes this is an unpopular opinion here, but 99.99% of the human population would agree with me about this

It's weird. If people were just being weird by themselves, that would barely worth any comment. But when people co-opt the language of social justice to justify their weirdness, and accuse you of being a bad person for not going along with it, then things have gone too far

you also exhibit such hatred for them because of their supposed mental health issues that it’s difficult to see your arguments in any other lens than ableist at best.

So it's hatred to not affirm their delusions?

And what about you? Should I be patient with you, too, as someone who is enabling these delusions and, by extension, potentially harming people?

Also, I hope you’ll reconsider your views on furries!

The person I was conversing said their belief they were an animal was a furry thing, so that's the word I used in this post. Since then have been a number of comments here explaining the technical terms used to describe the different subtypes of furries. If someone just likes art of anthropomorphic animals then I don't take issue with that

You went to great pains to correct me earlier that you were talking about "otherkin" or "therians" not furries. But now we're suddenly talking about furries again? Whatever word you want to use, I'm talking about the people who think they are literally animals

If someone is delusional, affirming that delusion is actively harmful. That is why ChatGPT leads to mental breakdowns. What do you want me to do? Say "you're absolutely right, you actually are a zebra fish"? Because I won't. Saying stuff like that is actively harmful. And I won't tolerate being called a bigot because I refuse to go along with an adult's game of make believe

From Harvard Medical School:

Delusional disorder is characterized as having one or more false beliefs based on an incorrect interpretation of reality lasting at least one month.

If someone sincerely believes that they are a fish, and this belief persists, is this not (1) a false belief based on an incorrect interpretation of reality which (2) lasts more than one month?

You realize that enabling people's psychosis is actually really dangerous right? This is why ChatGPT can lead to mental breakdowns