“It is reprehensible to tell children their bodies are wrong and should be rejected, and to convince them, not only to hate their bodies, but to actually consent to let doctors cut off healthy body parts and disrupt endocrine systems in a vain effort to achieve greater happiness and peace of mind.”
Does anyone TELL a kid their body is wrong? The kids are telling US that there’s a problem.
And since the 1930’s, the most successful treatment for the condition has turned out to be transition.
And no one does bottom surgery on a minor except in extreme emergency.
“What makes these horrific actions even more disturbing is the pretense that this is being done out of love and care. When the perpetrators are allowed to convince others that anyone who tries to protect these children is the enemy, we know the world has turned upside down.”
Well, if your efforts to block it were based in actual science, that might be worth listening to. But you ignore the science, wave the bible, shout about PENIS!PENIS!PENIS!, because you’re protecting your world view, not any child.
“In the upside-down world, friends and neighbors fight to allow the perpetrators of these atrocities to continue their crimes unimpeded,”
Yeah, weird how everyone but you is in favor the best treatment.
“ while silencing anyone who objects.”
If it’s an illogical objection, then your misinformation deserves to be silence.
“ Those who caution medical providers against immediately halting puberty, introducing cross-sex hormones or cutting off healthy body parts are seen as “transphobes.””
Yes. Your objections are not rational, so your hate and fear reveal phobia.
“Suggesting that teens who feel uncomfortable in their bodies might benefit from therapy to align their minds with their bodies is endorsing “conversion therapy.””
Well, it’s brainwashing. And this exact treatment was nowhere near as successful as matching the body to the mind.
"Concern about sterility, sexual dysfunction, incontinence, infection, bone density problems, increased risk of stroke or heart attack, cancer, liver or kidney failure is somehow hateful.”
You’re not concerned, though, you’re dredging up excuses, not rationally appraising the risks.
“The best way to stop this psychological and bodily harm to our children is to let the world know what is really happening.”
Scare tactics, in other words. If you can’t change the patient’s mind or the doctor’s, it’s time to poison society against them.