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WarriorN · 2022-09-21T19:57:30+00:00

In case you've not seen it (and I can't see a thread) Matt Walsh did an investigation into a clinic in Tennessee. Which was pretty shocking. The main dr went into it because gender care "would make lots of money" and then got members of the local trans community to "buddy" patients and spy on drs, so he could check for any dissent. Low ages for mastectomies etc. Pretty horrific. Apparently the clinic was immediately shut down this week and an investigation launched. Details all in thread. https://twitter.com/mattwalshblog/status/1572313369528635392?s=46&t=vhVBVHdxZLVXRvqf0YscHw

nauticant · 22/09/2022 16:24

I realised the other day that there's a crossover between this and other unscientific realms of thought like 'body positivity' where the idea of a 'healthy diet' has been removed from scientific notions of nutrition, and negative health outcomes, to that of 'mental wellness.' On the face of it mental well-being as opposed to being obsessed with food seems practical until you see that they mean a morbidly obese person can describe themselves as having a healthy diet, so long as they're feeling mentally well, while still eating whatever they want as much as want to.

If you look at the HAES (Health at Every Size) movement, after a while you begin to realise that for many it's a form of self-identification. They are identifying as healthy and other positive things even though that is directly contradicted by material reality and the evidence. The parallels are very much there.

My worry is that in a virtualising and atomising world, self-identification of many different characteristics, that are free to deny material reality, is going to really catch on, even more than it has at the moment.

JacquelinePot · 24/09/2022 10:57

This is absolutely sickening

DysonSpheres · 24/09/2022 13:53

nauticant · 22/09/2022 16:24

I realised the other day that there's a crossover between this and other unscientific realms of thought like 'body positivity' where the idea of a 'healthy diet' has been removed from scientific notions of nutrition, and negative health outcomes, to that of 'mental wellness.' On the face of it mental well-being as opposed to being obsessed with food seems practical until you see that they mean a morbidly obese person can describe themselves as having a healthy diet, so long as they're feeling mentally well, while still eating whatever they want as much as want to.

If you look at the HAES (Health at Every Size) movement, after a while you begin to realise that for many it's a form of self-identification. They are identifying as healthy and other positive things even though that is directly contradicted by material reality and the evidence. The parallels are very much there.

My worry is that in a virtualising and atomising world, self-identification of many different characteristics, that are free to deny material reality, is going to really catch on, even more than it has at the moment.

I agree. It's scary actually.