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Redefining Patriotism means loving this country enough to redeem it.

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@NYTmag I can’t stress this enough, make sure your students are learning to problem solve in school. Make sure they know how to vet solutions, ask discerning questions, and know machine learning and AI. These will be the skills needed to work for companies solving these issues.

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@sayatemptress Starving!

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Well, damn:

https://t.co/8V3kBKI4de

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@JoelSimmonsss Here are facts: 1) No NEJM/Lancet retractions overturned gender-affirming care. 2) Major orgs—AMA, APA, WHO, Endocrine Society—all affirm it improves health. 3) Retractions include anti-vax and HCQ, not trans care. If you’ve got proof, show it. Otherwise, you’re done.

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Maher’s point rests on exaggerations—‘no age limit, self-diagnosis’—that aren’t policy anywhere. He cherry-picks extremes to generalize about all gender care. Love thy neighbor gets lost when you frame compassion as chaos. Fear ≠ facts.

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Bill Maher takes a SLEDGEHAMMER to Democrats claiming there are more than two genders, there are NO biological differences between men and women, and tr*nsing kids is ethical.

“I couldn’t get Neil deGrasse Tyson. A genius scientist… to agree that it was ridiculous for scientific America and The Atlantic to be claiming that ‘Separating Sports By S*x Doesn’t Make Sense.’ Yes it does! Actually it makes perfect sense.”

“[Democrats] see gender as only a construct and s*x as assigned at birth and [Conservatives] say we’re not doing that.”

“Tr*ns kids by self-diagnosis, with no age limit, no parental notification, and no acknowledgment of social contagion. Not doing it.”

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@JoelSimmonsss Retractions don’t ‘always go one way.’ NOAA never retracted Karl-2015; the ‘whistleblower’ claim was debunked. The Lancet retracted Wakefield’s anti-vax MMR paper and the Surgisphere HCQ paper. Science self-corrects; the consensus on care still stands.

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@JoelSimmonsss Yes, retractions happen—that’s science correcting itself. But NONE of the NEJM or Lancet retractions overturned the consensus on gender-affirming care. Every major org still confirms it: affirmation improves health and saves lives. Even your “sources” will confirm.

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@Big304984731 @Hardley76 @RedWave_Press I have to tell you you’re being idealistic here. I’ve seen students go through this—simply ‘loving yourself’ doesn’t erase the emptiness. It’s not about scars, it’s about survival. Denial isn’t neutral, it can cost lives. I wish you well, but facts matter.

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@TheBasedDPT @CoinBeaver @RedWave_Press Bro, Anthropologists like Walter L. Williams (The Spirit and the Flesh, 1986) and Will Roscoe (Changing Ones, 1998) documented Two-Spirit roles from interviews with Native elders. Over 150 nations recognized them. This isn’t new—it’s well-established history. I am good.

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@TheBasedDPT @CoinBeaver @RedWave_Press Receipts:

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@TheBasedDPT @CoinBeaver @RedWave_Press Actually, it was widespread. Nearly 150 Native North American nations had documented Two-Spirit roles. Hijras in India date back to ancient texts, and Kathoey in Thailand appear in records for centuries. The evidence is global & deep—it’s denial that’s recent.

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@TheBasedDPT @CoinBeaver @RedWave_Press Indigenous cultures worldwide recognized gender diversity long before Western medicine. Navajo nádleehi, Lakota winkte, India’s hijra, Thailand’s kathoey—all documented for centuries. What’s not normal is pretending history started in 1950.

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@JoelSimmonsss Funny how the only retracted papers are the ones conservatives cite — they collapse under peer review, while the supportive evidence stands.

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@JoelSimmonsss Proof?

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@JoelSimmonsss I cite medical orgs because they’re the standard for evidence, not opinion blogs. Science isn’t about picking news sources—it’s about peer-reviewed data and outcomes. If every major org agrees, maybe it’s not them who need new sources, but you.

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@Big304984731 @Hardley76 @RedWave_Press Every major medical org—AMA, APA, WHO, Endocrine Society—recognizes trans identity. They don’t all ‘take money from the same donor.’ That’s global consensus. Calling it delusion ignores the evidence: affirmation improves health, denial increases harm.

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@CoinBeaver @TheBasedDPT @RedWave_Press Two-Spirit wasn’t ‘made up in the 90s.’ It’s an umbrella term coined by Indigenous leaders in 1990, but it describes roles that existed for centuries in Native cultures. Same with Hijra (India) or Kathoey (Thailand). History shows trans identities aren’t new.

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@TX_Truth100 @blackdumpling @RedWave_Press No child is being ‘sterilized by magic.’ Gender-affirming care for minors is carefully regulated, usually social support—not surgery. Every major medical org supports it because it saves lives. Fear slogans aren’t facts; evidence shows affirmation works.

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@JoelSimmonsss Sex chromosomes aren’t the full story. Intersex conditions occur in about 1 in 2,000 births—not 0.005%. That’s thousands each year. Science isn’t black & white; it’s complex. Dismissing real people as ‘not registering’ isn’t common sense, it’s cruelty.

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@Big304984731 @Hardley76 @RedWave_Press Comparing being trans to thinking you’re a dog is a false analogy. Every major medical org (AMA, WHO, APA) recognizes trans identity as real. Evidence shows affirmation reduces depression & suicide risk. Science backs authenticity, not denial.