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Pastor David Barnhart once famously said that "the unborn" are a convenient group to advocate for because they're morally uncomplicated, make no demands of you, and don't require you to do any introspection. You know who that's also true for? The children who Republicans say are being turned trans.

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And also children who parents disown or go no-contact with for being queer or trans. Parents who disown their children for being turned queer or trans, or fret that their children might be turned, get all the same benefits of advocating for the so-called "unborn."

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Think about it: the decisions they made as parents don't have to be examined when there is no injured party in their life to instigate introspection. There are no demands made of them by the idealized versions of their children that they're mourning.

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They get to make themselves advocates for the entirely fictional versions of their children. An idealized imaginary child is just as morally uncomplicated as a fetus. It's the ultimate display of whiteness: casting oneself as a "good person" by fighting a cause you say you sincerely believe in,

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