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Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts recently endorsed taking care away from transgender adults, saying in an episode of the PBD podcast that the organization is currently "running the numbers" on the supposed correlation between gender-affirming surgeries and violence. His proposed solution? "You outlaw it."

"But where there continues to be disagreement is on what you do with adults. At Heritage, we believe that so-called transgender surgery is bad for anybody because of what you saw in Rhode Island yesterday," Roberts said, referencing the Monday mass shooting that left three people dead, including the shooter, and three others critically injured, all of whom were related to the shooter. Police have described the attack as targeted and domestic in nature.

"There does seem to be a mounting body of evidence that suggests a correlation between that surgery at any age, mental health issues, and increasingly, although we're running the numbers on this at Heritage, acts of violence," Roberts added, falsely.

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[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 13 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Aww. Does the poor widdle baby get confused feelings about pretty girls?

I know people who have done steroids my entire life and they are against gender affirming care

They will never understand that they are getting gender affirming care. Just for a different gender

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Haircuts are gender affirming care. Clothing is gender affirming care. Glasses are gender affirming care.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

I did Nazi that one coming.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

It's so fucking crazy that a handful of creepy weirdos have so much influence on this country, just because the Republicans hold power. I shouldn't have to care what an asshat like this "wants"; the rule of law should prevail and most people should be able to point and laugh at an unflushable turd like this.

Imagine if the Democrats worked anything at all like this. Some random scribbler with a weird personal hobbyhorse expresses what they want in relation to a marginalized group and the entire party acts on it.

It cannot be stated enough: conservatives are WEIRD FREAKS. The Republican Party: same thing.

[–] ChadGPT2@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

Does this ghoul go out in public? Does he expect to continue to be able to live in society, go into restaurants, rent cars, go for a walk?

This is the piece I don’t understand. Do these people not have a notion of the social contract? Do unto others? How could a person knowingly be associated with something like project 2025 and just keep on trying to exist in the public sphere?

[–] TheHighRoad@lemmy.world 25 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

There is a correlation between Christian indoctrination and political violence. I think we should outlaw that. Exposing your children to religion is traumatic and should be considered child abuse.

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Opus Dei are quite dangerous, they even support slavery. Kevin is probably part of "the cult within the cult".

https://www.youtube.com/live/aqgfhZpRZhg

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 26 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

How about they run the numbers on fat cis white guys. Then compare them.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 17 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You can really see meal team six's gravy seals holding the thin crust line here!

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

What are those plate carriers supposed to cover?

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That's a dinner plate carrier.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago
[–] Stern@lemmy.world 32 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

By his logic, if one trans person shooting folks should make all trans medicine be banned, the ridiculous amount of white male mass shooters should see all white dudes put into prison camps at birth.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

By his logic

Nobody here is using that shit.

Logic that is.

This is meant to do what it always did, rile up stupid hicks against a manufactured enemy and provide leverage for politicians who want to succeed on the backs of a fearful mob of hicks.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago

Not only that, but us straight, white dudes do so many shootings that despite there really not being that many trans people they’re still under-represented. It’s not like there were only five shootings and so 20% was by a trans person, there were so many that it’s less than a percent.

It’s not just the flat numbers, but the percentages, too.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

At Heritage, we believe that so-called transgender surgery is bad for anybody because of what you saw in Rhode Island yesterday," Roberts said

He conveniently doesn't mention that the shooter was also a Trump supporting Nazi.

[–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 7 points 10 hours ago

For the curious..

Dorgano at some point appeared to have a Schutzstaffel insignia tattoo with a skull on it on her right arm. In addition to the tattoo, she posted pro-Nazi content on Twitter, including stating repeatedly that being "to the right of Hitler" was a "compliment" and replying "wp" to an image of someone giving a Nazi salute.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

Yes, ignoring Nazis among their movement and party is a regular feature of conservatives/Republicans.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The mass shootings are all just blending together. Which one was this?

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] yakko@feddit.uk 8 points 23 hours ago

Strong contender for Most Useful Idiot of 2026, there. Hard to see anyone topping that with only ten months left.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 22 points 23 hours ago

Project 2025 creator needs to feel the same type of fear that he is whipping up.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Preventing trans people from physically transitioning isn't going to make them not trans.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No, but they're trying to exterminate the groups. Once they're done genocide-ing the immigrants, they'll add on the other undesirables. That's why they're making the camps so big.

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 87 points 1 day ago (6 children)

We should just ban white men then too, eh?

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[–] SayJess@piefed.blahaj.zone 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’ve been shouting from the fucking rooftops They will come after ALL trans healthcare, and indeed all other rights. No one cares. They are mostly totally ignorant of us, so they believe whatever bullshit they read.

Just like the republicans will come, and likely succeed, in overturning Obergefell.

I won’t be able to legally access healthcare, nor will I be able to marry.

Remember, all of our “activism” is because we want special rights, not the same ones that cishet white people take for granted every goddamn day.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 hours ago

they start with kids because they have no rights and are thus easier to oppress, and they then use that to come after the rest of us

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 day ago

I am a cis gender woman.

I just found out one of my prescriptions is for a drug that is also used for gender-affirming care.

It made me so angry. I didn’t know much about that kind of care. It wasn’t my business and didn’t affect me. A patients care is between them and their doctor. Now, that I actually know what is prescribed, I realize how much stupider the whole debate is.

Just let doctors do their job. If a legitimate doctor prescribes a healthy patient something, it’s not any of our god damn business. Leave trans people alone and let them live their lives.

[–] rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net 13 points 23 hours ago

Are they going to ban balding treatments for cismen too? That's gender affirming care.

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not surprised, this is the main reason why I never said "Well I guess you should be 18 to transition", I knew gender affirming care bans were never going to be just for minors.

Trump himself gave up the game when he made 19 the minimum age for federal plans.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

it's age 25 in oklahoma, in case you were wondering where the "your brain isn't mature until 25" lie was going this whole time

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That's why I always push back on this stuff when people say it

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I'm reminded of the TERFs who say "Oh so you're keeping the dick? Interesting..." while simultaneously making it nearly impossible to get Genital Reconstruction Surgery

They want us to transition as little as possible. Not because they think it will stop us from being trans but because it makes us easier to identify.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Breaking News: Inch Given, Mile Taken, more at 11.

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[–] rogsson@piefed.social 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Heritage Foundation should collectively off themselves publicly.

[–] TheHighRoad@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

If anyone wants to help out in private, I won't complain.

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[–] Floon@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 day ago

Viagra is gender-affirming care.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Of course he does. He undoubtedly wants to mass-murder trans people, too. Baby steps.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (4 children)

One of the first groups the Nazis targeted even before the night of broken glass were the LGBT. They're foaming at the mouth with rage about the LGBT, and they operate on a last-hired-first-fired basis. They'll work their way up to the Ls, Gs, and Bs eventually.

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[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 day ago

Mind your own fucking business. Why do conservatives want to dictate how people they will never know live?

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