To be completely honest, I don't even know how to get a hard number of people who would become irate when faced with the statement, "Kids can't consent to puberty blockers." I just know that the number of people who would become irate at such a proposition is significantly higher than zero.
So, I might be permanently banned from this platform for bringing this up; but, this is more important than any of us.
If you're mildly annoyed by the proposition that children can't consent to puberty blockers, and cross-sex drugs, I can assume the best of you. I can assume that you were lied to, and you just bought the lies. I can deal with you.
If you're one of the people who gets genuinely pissed, and tries to push people out who question the ability of kids to consent, I have a question for you.
Why am I supposed to simply assume that you have any limitations at all regarding a child's ability to consent?
It's not all that controversial to say that you shouldn't let you kid eat chocolate ice cream for breakfast everyday just because he or she begs for it. You're supposed to be an adult.
It's not all that controversial to force your kid to go to school despite he or she wanting to stay home and play video games. You're supposed to be an adult.
Anybody who was brought up by responsible parents had heard the word "no" a lot, and been told to wait until we're older in a few situations.
If you passionately believe that prepubescent children can consent to permanent sexual disfunction, sterilization, and everything else that goes along with what too many people are doing, what can't they consent to in your mind? Why can't they consent to certain things in your mind? Justify your logic.
If you've made it this far, let's all be honest, you know what the elephant in the room is here.
If you agree that children can't consent to life-altering procedures, we're probably good. If your first instinct is to fight me on this, report me, insist that I'm a bigot for insinuating that kids can't consent, you have a duty to explain your criteria for the limitations of the ability for a child to consent.
If you refuse to provide those criteria, I'm vindicated in assuming the absolute worst of you.