First, I said “so much less”, it contains within it the assumption that it is less. Try reading before launching into your prejudicial tirades.
Second, Coca-Cola are an archetype for the increasing commercialisation pressure leading to the dismantling of cold-war era institutions in the eastern bloc. If the reference wasn’t obvious then perhaps it is you who needs to “think” a little longer.
Well. That didn’t take long.
Edit.
I’ve just noticed the post you removed. I assumed it was my rant about the implications of this news story, but no. It’s the post with the actual fucking data in it from two medical sources…
Where exactly was the misinformation. Was it the Cass report, or the critiques offered by medical professionals in a medical journal?
And you wonder why people get angry about these issues…
No, that’s not what I’m implying. I don’t believe I even mentioned children, but if you want to quote the part you think implies that children undergo such surgery I’ll be glad to add an edit to clarify.
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So, let me get this straight.
Iran does tons of gender affirming surgery (the thing the trans campaigners are pushing for more of)
It does as much surgery as the US plus more.
And all of that surgery (the entire current US surgery docket plus more) is for the wrong reasons.
So what protections are in place in the US to prevent surgery being done for the same ‘wrong’ reasons?
Is that US healthcare system is so notorious for its concern for people over profit and never ever advises treatments that benefit the insurance companies more than the patient?
Is the the notoriously open and friendly attitude some states have toward gays and lesbians so that those people grow up completely comfortable with expressing who they are?
Is the notoriously healthy mental state of our nation’s teenagers so that every decision they make is well thought through and not at all influenced by their peer group, parents, social media, or culture?
No. It’s fuck all. It’s blind ideological faith that something being legally mandated and something being well marketed have radically different effects on people’s willingness to comply.
Well, they do. People are far less willing to comply with something that is legally mandated and will often risk their lives to resist.
That’s all very true.
I said “…that the Nazis did it”, not “…when the Nazis did it” for that very reason.
They say those who don’t learn history are doomed to repeat it. I guess those that do are too. In a few years when Gaza has been wiped off the map, it’s people killed or displaced, I expect everyone will suddenly find a mass agreement that it was terrible and should never happen again.
Trouble with most progressives is it’s always that last war that was unjust, never the current one.
I wonder who Netanyahu has a picture of…
The Nazis didn’t have the support of the world’s major economic powers, the media, and the majority of those on the so-called left.
In short, the world gave a fuck that the Nazis did it.
Well, the AP there doing an amazing job of promoting Russia’s interests.
Instead of ten bullet points showing how and why Swann is factually wrong about Zelenskyy and the Ukraine war, they go off on a rant with barely concealed nationalist overtones about how his work was “funded” and people were “paid to promote it”. Well, stop the fucking press. Journalists influenced by governments and money! Headline fucking news.
If he’s wrong he’s wrong. Doesn’t matter who paid him, who he paid, who else agrees, who else those who agree also agree with… It matters if he’s wrong. If he is, just say it.
Trying to play cold-war era patriotism just plays directly into the hands of the conspiracy theorists who will, as we speak be saying “notice how they couldn’t actually deny any of his claims…”
… is one opinion. Success of westernisation through corporate media is another. The difference is, I’m not trying to dismiss yours.
My actual words: “so much less”
Your judgement: “so you’re saying its more”
Which actual words did you use? The ones in your head?