There is going to be an accountability crisis in our institutions. They have knowingly and actively participated in medical practices (Gender Affirming Care) that have little to no evidence of their efficacy and plenty of evidence of their harm.
The lawsuits are just around the corner as children are still being surgically mutilated and sterilized for life by medical professionals who decided to throw the notion of “do no harm” and “evidence based medicine” out the window in favour of dogmatic fact free ideologies (transgender ideology).
Tildeb is a frequent loquacious commenter here on DWR, but in this comment he really puts a fine point on what is about to happen in so many of our institutions here in Canada. I recommend you check out his work over at Questionable Motives. Tildeb writes:
“Now we get to find out who is actually ethical – and able to change their much ballyhooed ‘just-be-kind’ opinions and beliefs based on best evidence and facts to align with reality – and who is not. Let’s see who the ideologues really are, the modern day snake oil conmen.
We get to see the naked truth about those who remain dedicated to a lie: they are not concerned with what’s true nor are they able to use reality to judge their beliefs. They do so for some other reason… and they leave a trail of victims in their wake… a small price, apparently, to pay for them to feel oh-so-good about themselves.We get to see who is promoting even more deceit in order to maintain this incredibly selfish need to feel good about themselves over and above the basic health of children.
Children!
Now we get to see which of these ‘champions of social justice’ who have claimed they ‘support the science’ step up and actually do so by rejecting the lies of gender ideology. And we will see who is rejecting the science when reality is unable to align with what turns out to be a faith-based belief narrative about gender ideology with its harsh and condemning judgement of it, that implementing this ideology on vulnerable children – supported from the classrooms of the nation to our ‘best’ legal minds – is both scientifically incoherent/unjustifiable and medically cruel.
And we shall see why those who insist that they are concerned about the welfare and mental health of vulnerable children are not the ones acting against these kids’ best interests in the name of this pernicious pseudoscience but those who have been so widely condemned as ‘transphobes’ for their criticism of it.
Truth will win out in the end because reality is not a personal opinion or cherished belief. It is not altered by magical words, by playing linguistic games. It is there waiting to arbitrate our beliefs about it. The method to do so is called ‘science’ and it is uncompromising. And that’s why more of us need to support seeking what’s true and be humble enough to go along with its judgement about our beliefs rather than giving in and giving up to activists promoting this most recent example of hysterical popular delusions in the name of something else.”
Powerful stuff. Thank you Tildeb for your words.
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March 18, 2024 at 8:35 am
tildeb
Thanks for the shout-out Arb.
I suspect personal integrity and honesty will take a back seat to virtue signalling. But I recall the words of Soviet dissident Solzhenitsyn (The Gulag Archipelago) telling us ‘all’ it takes to defeat totalitarianism in whatever form it comes: live not by lies.
Sounds easy, I know, but it isn’t. It takes work. It takes dedication. It takes principle. It takes integrity and, sometimes, it takes courage. It’s easy to signal virtue; to go along to get along, to avoid others judging us. It’s hard to live it except by standing firmly on principle such as Live Not By Lies.
I have nothing but admiration and respect for those people strong enough in principle to be both willing and able to change their minds when the principle of seeking what’s true and allowing reality to have this final say is followed. People who allow reality’s judgement to direct their opinions and beliefs I think are much more worth listening to because one knows the position is not due to personal preference, bias, bigotry, or some imported faith but held (often) in spite of these because of the admirable principle followed. And then changing one’s mind becomes the easiest thing in the world to do when we learn to allow reality to arbitrate our beliefs about it. It’s honest because it has merit independent of the holder (the holder is often vilified by the ignorant) and so its position is not falsely equivalent to an dependant on transitory feelings and wishes and hopes. What’s true matters. That is the necessary common ground sadly lacking in so many partisan divides. And accepting that need for recognizing and respecting independent common ground is the very first step to begin healing and repairing what has been so intentionally badly broken.
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March 18, 2024 at 10:36 am
The Arbourist
@Tildeb
I am blessed to read so many cogent thinkers and how they form their arguments, and even more so when I can share them with others. Sharing well crafted writing is always a pleasure Tildeb, thank you for taking the time and sharing your thoughts here, it is appreciated.
People will need to be strong to repudiate their beliefs that have shown to be in error. A significant problem with the gender ideological movement is that there are many parents out there who knowingly/unknowingly endorsed the permanent mutilation/sterilization of their children – how do you walk that back?
I suspect these people will likely never change their position, to do so would be admitting that they had a hand in drastically limiting the potential of their children. Many won’t have the fortitude to face monstrous truth of the harm that they perpetrated on those they were supposed to protect and nurture.
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