Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "Biden HITS BACK At DeSantis On Trans Kids, Signs EO Protecting Gender-Affirming Care" video.

@stephaniezena9863 I think there is literally no way a child can know, professionals have an incentive to push it (imagine if free services were mandated, ha) and every adult human being has a human right to try to become a birth parent of a healthy baby. Transitioning can deprive a person of that right.
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@superbide What's your sample? How long have minors been transitioning? How many are in their 60s today?
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You're an angel. It comes as no surprise to me that in some cultures, transgender people are considered exceptionally wise.
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WHAT are they doing to kids? Leave the kids alone.
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@reinsmano There's some of that. Munchausen by proxy.
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The fact that discussion is shut down, the Precautionary Principle suddenly disappears, . . . where have we heard this before?
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@superbide There is no sample of people over 60 who transitioned before puberty and can tell us they are as happy as you claim. Just wait until trans stops being fashionable and people introduce themselves, "I'm a Mom," and giggle again. "First do no harm."
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I don't agree. There are things you cannot have done to your child, such as sterilization for example. Castration would be another. Giving them LSD or marijuana "under medical supervision." When did we lose our minds?
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@TheNancypoo Not worldwide, no.
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@utah_koidragon7117 Amen
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@lauriesamuelson5 Check out the countries refusing to denounce Russia. The affluent West isn't the world.
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@darkwingduck4793 Yup.
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@darkwingduck4793 First of all, most of humanity is Asian. Add in Africa, and that is over 70%, close to 75% of all people. We haven't mentioned Latin America yet, or acknowledged that Eastern Europe is often culturally non-Western. Those are regions that have Western and non-Western affinities. You can't count them as "Western."
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@darkwingduck4793 Why do you think the attitude exists?
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@darkwingduck4793 Thanks for answering, very important to think about for sure.
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@datruth4766 Outstanding point: young adults with no diagnosable affective disorder of any kind have trouble deciding upon a career, and they also marry and then divorce. But we expect dysphoric children to make irreversable decisions about medical interventions that could render them sterile? Wow, just WOW. How crazy do we have to be now?
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@franmoore8811 Excellent! Thank GOD people are speaking up.
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@dustinbaker8272 Why are you lying about studies? Shame on you and your agenda.
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@kateofone No, puberty is not "essentially torture."
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@AthenaNKnight How many 12-year-olds who feel sure they were assigned the wrong gender outgrow that conviction? Saying that most or even nearly all transgender kids know they are transgender, even if true, means nothing unless non-transgender kids know they are NOT transgender. If non-trans kids think they are trans, overtreatment and inappropriate treatment is certain.
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@dustinbaker8272 Say, aren't you the same guy who pushes vaccine mandates? You seem to opt on the side of more medical intervention, regardless of risks known, highly likely, or reasonable to suspect. Leave other people alone.
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@AthenaNKnight As a matter of principle, I am very leering of supporting legislation that prohibits a medical treatment, BUT in this case we need to take the time to consider all sides carefully, because a fundamental human right is involved: namely, the right to try to become a birth parent someday, without huge impediments because of what doctors did to you when you were still a minor. Would you allow non-trans kids who were treated as trans to sue for malpractice once they attained adulthood?
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@kateofone I know what the word "torture" means. Unless you're using it figuratively.
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@dustinbaker8272 Ha, ha. My multicultural, multilingual ECHO CHAMBER! (not)
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@dustinbaker8272 What strawman? The Precautionary Principle and "First do no harm" are fundamental principles of sound medical care. Do you agree? "First do no harm" presumes taking the time to examine and weigh all options in all non-emergency, non-life-threatening settings. Well?
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@kateofone As do a lot of people without gender dysphoria. We have nevertheless abandoned lobotomies and never use any form of electroconvulsive therapy as a first resort, and we give antidepressants to kids under 20 or so with extreme caution because of the suicide risk. See James Baldwin on the madness inherent in trying to end all suffering. His suffering led him to Dostoevsky by age 15. You know the rest.
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@kateofone People with infertility issues who need assisted reproduction also report severe depression, distress, anxiety, and panic. Plus loneliness, abandonment fears, the suspicion that they are somehow "defective," and guilt.
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@kateofone Except that certain gender affirming interventions can cause fertility issues.
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@kateofone Do 12-year-olds have the capacity to decide this??
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Another issue: the age of puberty has been declining over the past 125 years, by a lot. Could this be a factor in dysphoria? It's not easy to start puberty at age 10 to 12, and look at all the children who do. We need to consider why this is happening and how to help all kids, not undertake irreversable medical procedures on the most severely afflicted when we don't even know what's going on or why.
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@kateofone At 12 you knew you didn't ever want birth children? And you knew how other people going through puberty felt, and that it was less distressing for them than it was for you? Considering various body dysphorias are highly resistant to treatment for substantial numbers of people, as is depression (see, for example, Naomi Judd), I'm glad that hormones worked. I'd like to see the racial/ethnic breakdown for this phenomenon. Social contagion is real, medical interventions can be permanent.
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