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Leftists Call Free Speech ‘Violence’ To Mute Critics Of Barbaric Transgender Surgeries For Kids
The Federalist ^
| 12/16/2022
| Chad Felix Greene
Posted on 12/16/2022 8:24:12 AM PST by SeekAndFind
We simply cannot allow the left to keep bullying critics of their agenda by accusing us of causing violence.
The Human Rights Campaign, an LGBT advocacy organization, has targeted conservative commentator Matt Walsh of The Daily Wire; the person who runs the Libs of TikTok Twitter account; and Seth Dillon, CEO of the satire site The Babylon Bee, accusing them of causing violence in a new report titled “Online Harassment, Offline Violence.”
The report argues, “Anti-equality, online extremists are leading a proactive and coordinated campaign of hate against hospitals and medical providers who offer gender-affirming care for transgender, non-binary and questioning youth.”
The report states it consists of “an informal exploration across Facebook and Twitter” that identifies “24 different hospitals and providers, across 21 states, who were directly attacked online following harassing, inflammatory and misleading posts from Libs of TikTok, Matt Walsh, and other right-wing accounts.”
Relying on misleading allegations of “lies” and “misinformation,” the report draws a line of causation from Libs of TikTok posting a video from a particular hospital detailing its own practices to inevitable online outrage resulting in angry tweets, emails, and phone calls from individuals, causing the hospital to stop youth-oriented transgender advocacy and/or practices and ultimately resulting in legislative efforts to ban the practices in the first place. The report gives examples of hospitals and doctors receiving hostile or angry communications, threats, and specifically, the false bomb threats against Boston Children’s Hospital.
The report insists, “What occurred in Boston is just one example of coordinated campaigns of hate, violence, and harassment being waged both online and offline against health care providers and children’s hospitals simply for providing age-appropriate, best practice, medically necessary medical care to transgender youth.” However, its claim of offline violence remains abstract and assumed. It provides no examples of actual violence.
Accusations of Hate Speech
Detailing what it argues is a coordinated campaign to target pro-LGBT organizations, the report notes: “hate speech accounts such as Libs of TikTok or Matt Walsh, a known transphobe at the alt-right news site The Daily Wire, post an inflammatory message full of disinformation about gender affirming care and call out a specific hospital or doctor by name.” The alleged campaign continues with “right-wing politicians looking to rile up the most extreme members of their base join in spreading the same transphobic rhetoric from their platforms, in some cases going so far as to introduce legislation to regulate children’s hospitals and gender affirming care providers.”
The final “stage” of these campaigns involves hospitals discontinuing transition practices for minors or legislative efforts that heavily regulate or ban said practices. The report concludes by placing responsibility on social media companies, arguing, “Social media companies have a responsibility to act and to not be bystanders while angry mobs intimidate LGBTQ+ people and our allies into silence.” Continuing, “Without intervention from social media companies, this will just lead to more hate speech, more threats, and more violence.”
Again, without citing any actual examples of violence, the report’s implication is that all negative interactions, from tweets to illegal activity like bomb threats, are essentially equal. The report’s authors then go further by arguing direct causation between the posting of information and the dangerous response. Their conclusion is that authorities must prevent or punish those posting the original information, which allegedly “caused” the violence.
Attempt to Silence Criticism
While obviously any form of violence or threats against an individual or organization is wrong and should be handled by the authorities, the popular left-wing argument that responsibility falls to commentators is absurd — even more so as the targets of their anger quite literally share the information left-wing activists post themselves. What the Human Rights Campaign and other LGBT activists stubbornly refuse to consider is that the outrage and anger are perfectly justifiable. Despite activists’ best efforts, many people reasonably view transgender surgeries on minors as barbaric and destructive.
What these organizations are attempting to do is stigmatize anyone who participates in such criticism by accusing them of contributing to any potential violence that may occur. More to the point, they want to intimidate conservative commentators to prevent them from discussing or sharing provocative LGBT activism, often in their own words, in a way that will result in criticism or outrage. So convinced they are morally justified, they view the natural result of the public viewing this information with outrage and legislative pushback as inherently violent and hateful.
In truth, what we see is the very nature of the democracy they champion in action. A children’s hospital boasts of performing elective double-mastectomies on teenagers as young as 15, as the Boston Children’s Hospital does on its website, and the public is rationally outraged. They express their outrage to the hospital and to their elected representatives, who introduce legislation. The left typically champions public protest and the targeting of organizations with phone calls, tweets, and emails when they disagree with a policy or product decision. Such action only appears to become “violence” and “hate” when the left supports what an organization is doing.
In terms of “causing” things like fake bomb threats or threatening voicemails, the idea that illegal behavior from one individual is the fault of a completely unrelated individual is dangerous and irrational. Libs of TikTok sharing a video produced by a children’s hospital is not a direct link to an unstable person calling in a bomb threat later on. Only the person making the call is responsible. Whatever motivated them to do so is entirely within their control. We simply cannot allow the left to continue bullying critics of their agenda by accusing us of causing violence by doing so.
Chad Felix Greene is a senior contributor to The Federalist. He is the author of "Surviving Gender: My Journey Through Gender Dysphoria," and is a social writer focusing on truth in media, conservative ideas and goals, and true equality under the law.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: elonmusk; freespeech; genderdysphoria; genitalmutilation; hatespeech; homosexualagenda; lgbt; mengeleism; musk; transgender; truthsocial; twitter; violence
To: SeekAndFind
Why don't these headlines read "Leftists Call Free Speech ‘Violence’ To Mute Critics Of Barbaric
Transgender Surgeries GENITAL MUTILATIONS For Kids"?
By using "transgender surgeries," conservatives are buying into the liberal playbook and accepting their damned premise.
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posted on
12/16/2022 8:29:47 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
To: SeekAndFind
They should shut up and go steal some real woman’s luggage.
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posted on
12/16/2022 8:39:58 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(IF OLD twitter management had stood up to Homeland & FBI goons they'd be 'hurt 7 ways from Sunday'.)
To: SeekAndFind
I don’t care what the morons on the left call it. They are idiots and woketards. Freedom of speech is a right that comes from God, not from the stinking government. Why do they think free speech is violence? Because they hang on every word tweeted by some numb-nuts “influencer”. They react violently to their “truths”, and secretly fear that we will act in a kind manner as the actual truth trickles out. The left has so much emotional energy invested in their point of view that anything that challenges it is violent, regardless if true or not. They are very unstable, and probably dangerous.
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posted on
12/16/2022 8:40:06 AM PST
by
bk1000
(Banned from Breitbart)
To: SeekAndFind
The left is hyper passionate about allowing mothers and their paid agents, doctors, to kill babies.
The same left is hysterically obsessed with allowing doctors to slice functioning organs off children.
They then claim to be “looking out for the children.”
Hypocrites.
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posted on
12/16/2022 8:45:29 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(News media not worth camel spit. My pronouns: Who, What, I Don't Know.)
To: SeekAndFind
Mutilating healthy bodies, whether adult or child, for a mental disorder is barbaric. If this is what the medical “community” believes is best practice, they are barbarians. We do NOT perform liposuction on anorexics!
Voicing disagreement with something isn’t hate, phobic, or violence.
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posted on
12/16/2022 8:45:56 AM PST
by
CitizenUSA
(Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
To: SeekAndFind
They are literally butchering children, and yet they have the gall to call criticism of themselves “violence.”
To: SeekAndFind
Oh no, leftists calling for violence? That’s scary, kinda like when I saw some of those little ants crawling on my counter top next to the stove. But I’m still alive after my battle with them.
To: SeekAndFind
In what world is ANYONE in favor of “Barbaric Transgender Surgeries For Kids”?
Or ANYONE?
A Satanic world.
“Three times Jesus referred to Satan as “the ruler of this world” (John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11). Other passages of Scripture call Satan “the god of this world” (2 Cor 4:4), and “the prince of the power of the air” (Eph 2:2), informing us “that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one” (1 John 5:19). Satan rules as a tyrant who has “weakened the nations” (Isa 14:12), and currently “deceives the whole world” (Rev 12:9). He personally attacked Adam and Eve (Gen 3:1-7), Job (Job 1:6-12; 2:1-13), David, (1 Chr 21:1), Joshua the high priest (Zec 3:1-2), Jesus (Matt 4:1-11), Judas (John 13:27), and Peter (Luke 22:31-32). He continues to attack God’s people today (1 Pet 5:8), practices deception (2 Cor 11:13-15), and has well developed strategies of warfare (Eph 6:10-12). Furthermore, humanity is living in an “evil age” (Gal 1:4), under “the dominion of Satan” (Acts 26:18), whose sphere of influence is called “the domain of darkness” (Col 1:13).”
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posted on
12/16/2022 8:52:44 AM PST
by
faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
To: SeekAndFind
But I thought “Silence is Violence”?
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Call it what it is …..Mengeleism
To: SeekAndFind
We wont let kids sign contracts or get tattoos because we know they are not mature enough to make sound long term decisions, but for some reason we will let them have abortions and gut off their genitals!
The left is SICK! and this needs to be prosecuted! anyone advocating for this should be charged!
To: SeekAndFind
OpenAI ChatGPT weighs in.
How to protect free speech rights when speech is being called violence?
Free speech is a fundamental right protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. It allows individuals to express their thoughts and ideas freely, without interference or censorship from the government.
However, free speech is not absolute and can be limited in certain circumstances, such as when it incites violence or poses a clear and present danger to others. In these cases, it may be necessary to balance the right to free speech with the need to protect public safety.
To protect free speech rights when speech is being called violence, it is important to:
- Understand the legal framework: Familiarize yourself with the legal principles and guidelines that govern free speech and the limits on speech that may be considered violent or dangerous.
- Know your rights: Be aware of your rights as a speaker and the rights of others to express their views, even if they disagree with you.
- Seek legal counsel: If you are concerned that your speech may be deemed violent or dangerous, seek the advice of a lawyer or legal organization that can help you understand your rights and the potential risks of your speech.
- Engage in respectful dialogue: Rather than resorting to violence or trying to suppress the speech of others, engage in respectful dialogue and debate to express your views and listen to the perspectives of others.
By understanding and exercising your free speech rights in a responsible manner, you can help to protect this fundamental right for yourself and others.
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posted on
12/16/2022 9:31:22 AM PST
by
DannyTN
To: bk1000
First, the Woke Mob defines violence as just hurting their feelings and causing anguish.
Second, they don't believe in God.
That said, what we are dealing with here is battling ideologies.
Individualism vs Collectivism.
Individualists believe the individual is the basic unit of human civilization. Individual freedom and responsibility are the foundation of culture. Individuals may be in groups, tribes, or families (i.e., collectives), but they are still responsible for their individual actions and have the freedom to decide what those actions are. Individuals own themselves.
Collectivists, on the other hand, do not recognize an individual's right to exist. Only the collective exists. The collective owns and controls everything...and the individuals own nothing, including the freedom to speak.
The odd thing is, collectives are free to exist in an individualist culture. Families, tribes, clubs, communities, and states are collectives and have a right to exist in an Individualist culture. They have individuals as members.
But individuals DO NOT exist in a pure collectivist culture.
Rarely discussed is that the totalitarian urge of people who adhere to the collectivist ideology (i.e., you have no freedom to move, to create, to speak...no right to yourself) is what the Woke people are demonstrating.
They call us "Fascists" but at the heart of their Woke ideology is this demand that we all bow down to the "total" (i.e., the collective, the group, the state).
To: GOPJ
The violence they should fear is when these “kids” grow up and realize these adults were responsible for their mutilation as children.
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posted on
12/16/2022 9:48:29 AM PST
by
Kenny500c
( )
To: SeekAndFind
Chopping off a boy’s penis and removing a girl’s breasts to satisfy the lust of some degenerate pedos seems pretty violent to me.
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posted on
12/16/2022 12:02:52 PM PST
by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Funny how we don’t hear the lamentations from these same sickos about the Muslim FGM like we did not too long ago.
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posted on
12/16/2022 12:03:48 PM PST
by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
To: SeekAndFind
Best part of HRC’s attempts to stifle free speech is that as the barbarism behind genital mutilation surgery and the physical harm of puberty blockers are exposed, HRC’s support of torture will negate support for them. Plus their support of sexually explicit drag queen story hour and “family friendly” drag shows will increase distaste for HRC. They think they’re in charge of child indoctrination.
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