Posted on 05/02/2022 7:01:10 PM PDT by NetAddicted
We’re not sure who decided that Rachel Levine was some kind of national medical authority … oh, wait. That’s right. It was President Joe Biden.
Well, you shouldn’t trust Joe Biden’s judgment when it comes to pretty much anything, and it’s plenty clear that Rachel Levine is no exception:
Rachel Levine says pediatricians all agree on importance of 'gender-affirming care' for children https://t.co/CM7dwKU3We
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 1, 2022
More from Fox News:
Levine made the comments ahead of a Saturday speech at Texas Christian University during which Levine blamed the high rate of suicidal ideation among transgender-identifying youth in part on “harassment, scapegoating and intentional abuse,” according to prepared remarks given to NPR.
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“There is no argument among medical professionals – pediatricians, pediatric endocrinologists, adolescent medicine physicians, adolescent psychiatrists, psychologists, etc. – about the value and the importance of gender-affirming care,” Levine told NPR.
According to definitions laid out in a fact sheet from Levine’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in March, “gender-affirming care” includes social affirmation at any age, puberty blockers during puberty and hormone therapy starting during early adolescence. Irreversible surgery is “typically used in adulthood or case-by-case basis in adolescence,” according to the agency.
And messing with little kids’ hormones doesn’t mess with little kids’ mental health? Doing irreversible damage to their bodies doesn’t mess with their mental health? We bet we can find a few pediatricians and medical professionals who would disagree with Levine’s take. Clearly Levine has some mental health issues of her own if she believes there’s nothing wrong with “gender-affirming care” for children and no one in their right (or left) mind should ever be listening to her about kids or anything else for that matter. If you’re looking for someone to trust, look to The Babylon Bee. Seriously, they’ve had her number from the jump.
Yet it’s The Babylon Bee who’s been declared dangerous for being honest about Rachel Levine. If you think The Babylon Bee has some problems with that, you’re damn right they do.
Here’s what the Bee’s managing editor Joel Berry has to say about Levine’s freedom to promote endangering children while the Bee is accused of promoting endangering Rachel Levine:
This is the "marginalized" person The Babylon Bee was suspended for "targeting."
Rachel Levine is a powerful government official setting policy that targets and abuses thousands of the most powerless people on earth: children. It is our right to challenge and question him. https://t.co/8PidHrotVy
— Joel Berry (@JoelWBerry) May 2, 2022
It’s not just their right; they’re also treating it as their responsibility. And we’re grateful to them for it.
I don't have kids, but I was one once and this drives me absolutely nuts. I can't imagine how parents who actually care about their kids (not all do, admit it) navigate this insanity now.
— Maxine Vandate (@vandate_maxine) May 2, 2022
Very well said https://t.co/ufr35tlSKk
— Kankles (@nah_dude51) May 2, 2022
This, too, is very well said:
Satire doing what it's supposed to do: speak (actual) truth to (actual) power on behalf of the (actually) marginalized
— Joel Berry (@JoelWBerry) May 2, 2022
God bless The Babylon Bee.
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How can Levine, in particular, have any standing at all to lay down the broad strokes of a national consensus on this issue? Of course conflicted Levine would say what Levine said!
Good for Joel for not succumbing to the Orwellian 'correct speak' by insisting two plus two equals five (or that a 'he' is a 'she').
Prog slime trick.
Just like "a majority of Americans agree" blah blah what ever crap they are trying to sell.
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LOL
Yep, that must be their response.
The name Texas Christian University became a oxymoron earlier this century.
Yep. Why don’t they just keep repeating the person’s name, instead of using Newspeak pronouns?
Joel could make a stronger case if he would call the imposter “he” instead of “she”. Afterall, Rachel Levine is a man.
I think it was 'Sara D' (the twitchy author) that called Mr. Levine a 'she'. Joel's tweet referred to him as a 'him'. At least that is the way I read the article. I could be wrong, but the excerpted tweet did correctly refer to Levine as a 'him'.
Every time I mention Richard Levine on Facebook I get another 30 days in FB jail!
Four times last year, three already this year!
Last year it was because I said Ed Gein, Norman Bates (Psycho) and Richard Levine were all trying to become women by different means.
WHAM! Instant 30 days!
It should explain all the suicides POST surgery then.
Kids that are messed up mentality tend to have higher suicide rates. Messing with their hormones and slicing their genitals won’t help.
Not the kind of football I played in high school, I bet.
More like “footsie balls””
I hearby report Levine to the disinformation committee for review of his recent comments.
“Gender-affirming” is a lie. They mean “gender-denying”.
And denial is uniformly considered a major component of mental illness.
Or was considered such until the mentally ill started grabbing the reins of power.
Big Dick Levin?
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