So I was on modern day debate, and generally, people seem to be either ignoring comments either unable to respond to my argument.
So argument is made out of two parts.
Premise 1:
Parents dont own their children.
This claim is true, because opposite claim is absurd. We cannot say that parents always own their children, since that would allow unspeakable crimes. We also cannot say that parents sometimes own their children, because who gets to decide what sometimes is? Government doesnt own children either, neither does society. So there is no one who can decide this.
Premise 2.
If parents dont own their children, then the decisions affecting child must be in the interest of child's wants, either as current or future self.
Opposite of this premise is impossible, as if no one owns children, the only thing thats left is that child owns himself, either as current self or future adult.
Now, social transitioning accomplishes both current wants and future wants, as over 99% of trans adults agree with social transition as children.
The only response I got from modern day debate is that children cant be allowed to make decisions, because children are dumb and cant be allowed to smoke and do other stuff.
However, this was just a bad strawman of my argument.
First, social transition is not nearly as harmful as smoking, so the mere comparison is illogical.
Second, smoking is generally regretted. Social transitioning as child is not regretted. In fact, it is regretted to not allow social transition as child.
So the argument is very much unchallenged.
