Censor, purge, defund: how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities

[schmidlap]

What medical science says that? Can you support your silly claim?

An individuals' understanding of his own gender identity is recognized and respected by all major medical associations.

These organizations collectively emphasize the importance of recognizing and affirming the gender identities of transgender individuals, including trans women, and advocate for comprehensive and equitable health care for all.

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1. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)**: The AAP provides guidelines for gender-affirming care, emphasizing the importance of supporting and affirming the gender identity of transgender youth.​

2. American Medical Association (AMA)**: The AMA has consistently opposed restrictions on transgender medical care and supports gender-affirming treatments as necessary and lifesaving.​

3. World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)**: WPATH sets global standards for transgender health care, promoting high-quality care for transgender individuals.​

4. American Psychiatric Association (APA)**: The APA recognizes gender dysphoria as a clinical condition and supports gender-affirming care as essential for mental health.​

5. American Psychological Association (APA)**: The APA provides guidelines for culturally competent and trans-affirmative psychological practice.​

6. American Nurses Association (ANA)**: The ANA supports the rights of transgender individuals to receive appropriate, individualized health care.​

7. Endocrine Society**: This organization provides clinical practice guidelines for endocrine treatment of gender-dysphoric/gender-incongruent persons.​

8. American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)**: The AAFP supports inclusive care for transgender individuals and recognizes the medical necessity of gender-affirming treatments.​

9. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)**: ACOG endorses comprehensive health care for transgender individuals, including gender-affirming procedures.​

10. American College of Physicians (ACP)**: The ACP advocates for the rights of transgender individuals to receive appropriate health care.​

11. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)**: AACAP supports the mental health needs of transgender youth and endorses gender-affirming care.​

12. American Medical Student Association (AMSA)**: AMSA supports the inclusion of comprehensive transgender health care in medical education and practice.​

13. American Counseling Association (ACA)**: ACA endorses gender-affirming counseling practices and supports the mental health of transgender individuals.​

14. American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)**: AAPA supports gender-affirming care and the rights of transgender individuals to access necessary medical treatments.​

15. American Heart Association (AHA)**: The AHA supports equitable health care, including for transgender individuals.​

16. American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)**: ASPS provides guidelines for gender-affirming surgeries and supports the medical necessity of these procedures.​

17. Federation of Pediatric Organizations (FOPO)**: FOPO supports inclusive health care policies for transgender youth.​

18. GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality**: GLMA advocates for high-quality health care for LGBTQ individuals, including transgender patients.​

19. National Association of Social Workers (NASW)**: NASW endorses gender-affirming care and supports the rights of transgender individuals.​

20. Human Rights Campaign (HRC)**: Although not a medical organization, HRC compiles statements from major medical organizations supporting gender-affirming care and the recognition of transgender identities.​

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Glad I was able to help you!

 

[westwall]

An individuals' understanding of his own gender identity is recognized and respected by all major medical associations.

These organizations collectively emphasize the importance of recognizing and affirming the gender identities of transgender individuals, including trans women, and advocate for comprehensive and equitable health care for all.

​

1. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)**: The AAP provides guidelines for gender-affirming care, emphasizing the importance of supporting and affirming the gender identity of transgender youth.​

2. American Medical Association (AMA)**: The AMA has consistently opposed restrictions on transgender medical care and supports gender-affirming treatments as necessary and lifesaving.​

3. World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)**: WPATH sets global standards for transgender health care, promoting high-quality care for transgender individuals.​

4. American Psychiatric Association (APA)**: The APA recognizes gender dysphoria as a clinical condition and supports gender-affirming care as essential for mental health.​

5. American Psychological Association (APA)**: The APA provides guidelines for culturally competent and trans-affirmative psychological practice.​

6. American Nurses Association (ANA)**: The ANA supports the rights of transgender individuals to receive appropriate, individualized health care.​

7. Endocrine Society**: This organization provides clinical practice guidelines for endocrine treatment of gender-dysphoric/gender-incongruent persons.​

8. American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)**: The AAFP supports inclusive care for transgender individuals and recognizes the medical necessity of gender-affirming treatments.​

9. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)**: ACOG endorses comprehensive health care for transgender individuals, including gender-affirming procedures.​

10. American College of Physicians (ACP)**: The ACP advocates for the rights of transgender individuals to receive appropriate health care.​

11. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)**: AACAP supports the mental health needs of transgender youth and endorses gender-affirming care.​

12. American Medical Student Association (AMSA)**: AMSA supports the inclusion of comprehensive transgender health care in medical education and practice.​

13. American Counseling Association (ACA)**: ACA endorses gender-affirming counseling practices and supports the mental health of transgender individuals.​

14. American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)**: AAPA supports gender-affirming care and the rights of transgender individuals to access necessary medical treatments.​

15. American Heart Association (AHA)**: The AHA supports equitable health care, including for transgender individuals.​

16. American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)**: ASPS provides guidelines for gender-affirming surgeries and supports the medical necessity of these procedures.​

17. Federation of Pediatric Organizations (FOPO)**: FOPO supports inclusive health care policies for transgender youth.​

18. GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality**: GLMA advocates for high-quality health care for LGBTQ individuals, including transgender patients.​

19. National Association of Social Workers (NASW)**: NASW endorses gender-affirming care and supports the rights of transgender individuals.​

20. Human Rights Campaign (HRC)**: Although not a medical organization, HRC compiles statements from major medical organizations supporting gender-affirming care and the recognition of transgender identities.​

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Glad I was able to help you!

So, no science, just opinion.

 

[PeterPilot]

How does Trump violate it?

I asked you to be specific. That means you have to present an instance where he violates it.

Try again. Your vague claims are useless.

Strong-arming schools by withholding funds if anybody exercises their free speech rights against a particular foreign state.

Taking legal actions against individuals without honoring due process.

To keep things in perspective, it's not JUST Donald. 30 states do exactly the same thing. It's the Israeli style. In 23 or 24 the House passed a resolution doing the same thing. As we speak the Senate is considering that resolution, and with 96 out of 100 Senators on the AIPAC leash, it will likely pass, a blatant violation of the First Amendment.

 

[schmidlap]

So, no science, just opinion.

If you need to believe that no major medical association bases its medical expertise upon medical science, and that your opinion is superior to that medical consensus, that is what you will do.

 

[PeterPilot]

If you need to believe that no major medical association bases its medical expertise upon medical science, and that your opinion is superior to that medical consensus, that is what you will do.

If you don't understand today what's been learned during the Scamdemic, that virtually the entire medical industrial complex is rotten to the core, then you must live under a rock.

 

[schmidlap]

If you don't understand today what's been learned during the Scamdemic, that virtually the entire medical industrial complex is rotten to the core, then you must live under a rock.

Your benighted personal perspective on expertise in science and medicine is taken for what it is worth.

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[westwall]

If you need to believe that no major medical association bases its medical expertise upon medical science, and that your opinion is superior to that medical consensus, that is what you will do.

You trotted out the favorite logic fail of non thinkers everywhere, namely the Appeal to Authority.

Do better.

 

[westwall]

Strong-arming schools by withholding funds if anybody exercises their free speech rights against a particular foreign state.

Taking legal actions against individuals without honoring due process.

To keep things in perspective, it's not JUST Donald. 30 states do exactly the same thing. It's the Israeli style. In 23 or 24 the House passed a resolution doing the same thing. As we speak the Senate is considering that resolution, and with 96 out of 100 Senators on the AIPAC leash, it will likely pass, a blatant violation of the First Amendment.

You have no free speech rights to support terrorism. Nor do you the freedom to advocate for terrorist activities here.

That's who is being targeted, and rightly so.

 

[schmidlap]

You trotted out the favorite logic fail of non thinkers everywhere, namely the Appeal to Authority.

Do better.

Are there other scientific and medical disciplines in which you believe your knowledge and understanding is superior to that of scientific and medical specialists?

 

[marvin martian]

Your benighted personal perspective on expertise in science and medicine is taken for what it is worth.

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Ah yes, the "expertise":

 

[westwall]

Are there other scientific and medical disciplines in which you believe your knowledge and understanding is superior to that of scientific and medical specialists?

I know enough to not resort go Appeals to Authority.

Do you even know what that means?

Do you understand what a Logic Fail is?

Are you capable of critical thinking, or is your limit being a parrot?

 

[schmidlap]

I know enough to resort go Appeals to Authority.

Do you even know what that means?

Do you understand what a Logic Fail is?

Are you capable of critical thinking, or is your limit being a parrot?

Acknowledgement of one's respect for knowledge gleaned by accruing and assessing empirical data should not be confused with "appeals to authority."

Do you also reject the acumen of cardiologists, lepidopterists, gastroenterologists, geologists?

What studies do you cite, if any?

 

[westwall]

Acknowledgement of one's respect for knowledge gleaned by accruing and assessing empirical data should not be confused with "appeals to authority."

Do you also reject the acumen of cardiologists, lepidopterists, gastroenterologists, geologists?

What studies do you cite, if any?

No, Appeals to Authority are logic fails for a reason.

Look it up.

 

[marvin martian]

No, Appeals to Authority are logic fails for a reason.

Look it up.

Especially when the "authorities" told us vaccinated people can't get covid, and then 300,000 vaccinated people died.

 

[schmidlap]

No, Appeals to Authority are logic fails for a reason.

Look it up.

Your refusing to accept knowledge-based empirical because acknowledged authorities agree and accept it is quite silly.

It does nothing to legitimate your aberrant dogma.

 

[Bootstraps]

Medical science acknowledges that gender identity is personal and must be respected. No authoritarian regime can impose its abrogation of personal freedom in the matter.

A person’s gender is how they identify internally and how they express this externally.​

Science cannot dictate any person's respect. There's male and female. If you choose to identify as the opposite or something else, no one is required to go along with your personal choices.

 

[schmidlap]

Science cannot dictate any person's respect. There's male and female. If you choose to identify as the opposite or something else, no one is required to go along with your personal choices.

What evidence do you have that contradicts the medical consensus, and suggest that one's gender self-identity is a "choice"?

 

[Bootstraps]

What evidence do you have that contradicts the medical consensus, and suggest that one's gender self-identity is a "choice"?

When people choose to identify as they or them, it's a choice. And one that has never been issue before 10 years ago.

 

[schmidlap]

When people choose to identify as they or them, it's a choice. And one that has never been issue before 10 years ago.

I shall continue to prefer the medical consensus to your opinion, but thank you for offering it.

 

[PeterPilot]

You have no free speech rights to support terrorism. Nor do you the freedom to advocate for terrorist activities here.

That's who is being targeted, and rightly so.

When you get right down to it sir, what the US and Israeli Governments (yes, almost one in the same) have been practicing since Dubya declared his Global War Of Terror 20+ years ago is terrorism. So this is very much a pot calling the kettle black situation. As POTUS, several men in successive administrations have been terrorists, and Bibi is the biggest of them all. So members of Congress concocted the AUMF so that terrorism could be advanced with my tax dollars and yours. This means your claim that one is not free to advocate for terrorist activities is rendered false by the historical record.

Can you find that part in the First Amendment or elsewhere that documents the "terrorist" exception? Or the "criticism of Israel" exception? For that matter, might you offer a definition of terror or terrorism? I have one from a USMC General decades ago, but I won't put it out until you respond.

All that the US and Israel have been doing all 'round the globe is illegal military aggression. Thus Bush & Co were convicted of war crimes in 2012 in Malaysia in absentia. That effort was led by Francis Boyle and complied with all international legal standards. Naturally and expectedly the Malaysian carrier was taken down as Israeli revenge in July 2014.

Point is you're on very thin ice with your propaganda. Those actions from Bush on down to Donald are in violation of the US Constitution, but like Dubya pointed out, it's just a piece of paper. It appears you and Donald agree with him, and Bibi laughs on.