I think you're drinking the conspiracy kool-aid with this claim. I'm 33 and
when I was in school, they needed permission to provide me something small
like Tylenol. I have family members who are teachers and kids in our family
from elementary to highschool. I'm also in Minnesota which has been blue
for a long time.
There is absolutely zero truth to kids being secretly helped to transition
with meds or operations. The claim is absurd.
The claim that people support secret transition operations is also absurd.
I'm socially liberal and fiscally conservative and this is not anything I
would support. I doubt you'll find any sane adult that supports this. That
means the democratic party absolutely does not support this either.
What I and most of the party does support is talking with kids who feel
their gender doesn't match the way they were born. This means therapy,
counseling, consultations with a doctor to talk through everything. Parents
should be involved in the conversations if the child wants to do anything
more than talk. Things like medications and such should not be provided
without parental and doctor involvement. Again, there is ZERO evidence of
schools providing any sort of medical treatment, prescriptions, or
operations in secret to kids. Any such claim to the contrary is absurd.
They don't have enough money for class supplies as it is.
What I do support is the school keeping the gender identity and sexuality
private from parents IF the child feels the parents will be abusive to them
if they come out. There's plenty of examples of strict or religious parents
who would abuse or kick out a child if they came out as trans or LGBT. The
privacy protection is something I'm onboard with. Anything more than
counseling should not be allowed until parents are involved and a doctor
agrees with any plans. Ideally, no physical operations will happen until
they're 18 under any circumstances.
This is my opinion as a slightly left of center voter. Republicans should
be in full support of these views as the self proclaimed "freedom party".
Unfortunately they've repositioned themselves to be in favor of government
control with: book bans, white washing history, controlling women's
Healthcare, trying to ban same sex marriage, forcing religion (specifically
Christianity) into public schools, threatening to imprison the media and
people who speak out against them. Republicans are not about freedom
anymore since Trump became popular. I hope once he's done with his second
term that the party can return to normal.
On Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 5:55 PM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote:
> K-12 schools I am familiar with won't give out a Tylenol without parents
> permission, I'm not sure if they can apply a bandaid. So I'm skeptical
> about the meds part.
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: ch...@go-mtc.com
> Sent: 12/10/2024 1:28:27 PM
> To: af@af.afmug.com
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Analogy
>
> OK, how can I strengthen the analogy? I kinda want it to have a bit of a
> gotcha effect.
> I am purposely trying to be a bit vague as to practitioner and meds.
>
>
> *From:* Bill Prince
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 10, 2024 12:07 PM
> *To:* af@af.afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Analogy
>
>
> That's why context is so important. "Practitioner" is pretty subjective,
> as is "meds". What if the meds were LSD, methamphetamine, psilocybin,
> morphine? What if the practitioner were RFK Jr?
>
> Analogy is weak.
>
>
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
> On 12/10/2024 9:17 AM, ch...@go-mtc.com wrote:
>
> Does this idea work:
> Say the school observes/detects a certain trait in your kid. The kid
> seemingly agrees with the people at the school. They think that if they
> can get the kid treatment, the kid will be much happier and relaxed.
>
> So they pursue some counseling for the kid and help the kid obtain some
> treatment meds from a practitioner.
> All without the knowledge of the parents.
> Seemingly the kid is happier and more well adjusted. They become
> gregarious and outgoing and find it easier to find friends.
> Nobody seems to tell the kid or be worried about the long term physical
> and mental effects.
>
> Some folks in this nation think this is totally OK.
> All for the kid right.
>
> Now, a few details I left out:
>
> The teacher thinks the kid might be an alcoholic. There is some science
> that hints that alcholism is genetic. The school thinks that it might be
> helpful for the kid to explore the world of alcohol. They give the kid
> some books on mixology etc. So they set up a kid bar with a bar tender to
> give them their meds during the day. Spectacular results right.
>
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