Transitioning is a mental health sickness, not an identity issue and therefore we should stop medically and socially transitioning people

Well said.

I suspect it will be argued 1 therefore 2, which is the angle I’d personally attack since I can’t even imagine how someone would prove that negative…

People do body mods for self confidence all the time. Proving that it’s a sickness AND not an identity issue (regardless of if it’s caused by a sickness), seems neigh impossible.

Ok fair point Ill clarify

1 is basically a truism if voters accept his definition of sickness, which I assume they will lol

2, 3 and 4 are, I guess somewhat debatable.

5 might be where the issue lies for Pro, but I dont really think its impossible to connect 1 and 2 to 3 and 4. All he needs to say is that transitioning doesnt cure sickness, with 2 being proven to support that claim.

You are trying to do too much pro. You have to prove way too many things.

1. It is a mental health issue
2. It is not an identity issue
3. We should stop medically transitioning them
4. We should stop socially transitioning people
5. That because of 1 and 2, we should do 3 and4

Technically I can agree with points 1 2 3 and 4 and disagree with 5 and win. So con can choose one point to defend while you are stuck defending 5 different things