It's obviously exacerbated by him having 5m+ followers granted but if my brother did the same thing to my child on social media I'd be furious. By posting it online, he made the decision to take it outside family.
But look, he apologised swiftly, fair enough. It's actually provoked a bit of...
As painful as that scenario sounds for all involved, I'd be extremely wary of basing my opinion on a subject on one negative outcome. I know first hand of many positive outcomes.
Additionally, I think there's a lot of middle ground between the situation as you describe it regarding sex change...
Don't you think doctors, mental health professionals and parents are better placed to understand the best course of action than a bloke on a football forum?
Two recommendations.
1. Read a bit of Marx, rather than using his name as an insult completely out of context belying the fact that you haven't got a clue about him or his beliefs. For better or for worse, Marx wasn't really all that big on individuality.
2. Spend some time with trans people...
I don't suppose you've got any evidence for that have you?
Ah, right, in that case we should just bully people for being different then. Cool.
They wouldn't. They would have been at best ignored, at worst legislated and openly discriminated against.
1. Who decides what normal is? Straight...
I don't get what all the fuss is about. Lewis Hamilton should be free to publicly humiliate children who don't conform to gender stereotypes.
Actually, that sounds like a good idea for a Channel 5 show.