I don't understand the transgender argument that some people give.

I agree with you for the most part. I don't think the medical profession's current approach to it makes any sense at all.

That's weird. In many Asian cultures, the third gender, that is not male and not female, is actually pretty much accepted. Some places, like in parts Celebes island for example, even make third gendered people to have special rights and duties in society. It's not even called trans gender, because it's considered as a real gender. There are not one, not two, but three genders.

The West may be too influenced by Abrahamic religions that stated that God created man and woman, so it would be really hard to think otherwise.

It's like insisting that types of vehicles are always car or truck, and nothing else. But then there are things like, suv and crossovers, minibus, or even tanks, ATV, etc. How about car-like trucks, or truck-like cars? Why a vehicle must always conform to one of only 2 types? That's absurd.

I don’t understand it much either, but as long as something doesn’t affect me personally, or hurt other people, I just don’t care what life choices people make.
I do think all the different categories people use to identify their sexuality is extreme, but again, it doesn’t affect me so I don’t care.
It sucks people feel the need to ridicule a trans person for being different, but society has come a long way since the Matthew Shepard days. I never thought I’d be alive to see gay marriage get legalized. There will always be assholes, but I think people have become much more accepting of these differences than they used to be.

I'm willing to treat any individual as they wish to be treated, just as long as their lifestyle and identification doesn't pose a real threat to others.

For the most part that is the case with transgender individuals, but then you get into the argument of single-sex changing rooms, prisons and swimming facilities, where some cis women have some legitimate concerns about sharing private facilities with trans women. That is not to say I necessarily agree with them, but I sympathise with some of their arguments.

I agree, it's a mental illness. Similar to those people who want a limb to be amputated so they can look the way they feel like in their head. There's no need to ridicule these people, but I don't get why we all need to pretend with them, like playing along with a child who still believes in Santa.

I dont understand the "argument" in the first place. There's nothing to debate. Trans peeps have their views and perspective, views that are not negative toward others, so I respect their views. Thats that.

I mention negative views against others because I dont respect those, like racism for example.

I've known a couple of people who made the transition. The told me they never felt comfortable with their birth sex, even when they were children. It's difficult to explain how this happens in the first place. Sometimes nature makes a mistake I guess.

I feel bad that Trump has banned transgender people from the military. What's the problem??

Nobody is in favor of treating people badly. It comes down to a difference of opinion about what's best for people. For example, "transphobes" simply believe it is not in our best interest to facilitate a delusional mental illness. They aren't going to stab someone for being a transgender. Haven't we been exposed to enough hate crime hoaxes? I wish we could quit feeling the need to be so defensive about this.

I think transgender is very unhealthy and that we should be looking into the causes so we can try to prevent it. I also think the medical industry is taking advantage of well meaning parents by manipulating them into believing that a child can "transform" by taking some hormone pills. It's not that simple. It's a lifetime of therepy and complications from those pills. It's extremely expensive and I don't want to pay for it especially when doctors are being decietful about it.

I think we also have to accept that accommodating pressure groups never works. Unisex bathrooms have not shut them up. They actually argue that they need women-only bathrooms so they can have "the full experience of being female". Our whole society is built around gender segregation, so this is never going to stop. We need to put our feet down.