Reddit finds its "fact-checked" narrative for the WPATH files dump

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[–]Femaleisnthateful 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm confused by the reference to 'errors'. My understanding is that these are documents leaked from WPATH. Who's responsible for the 'errors'?

[–]NutterButterFlutter 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The claim is that the errors are reporting bias/misrepresentation by the the far right to further transphobia.

The source is "Erin in the Morn", a TIM activist who is DEFINITELY known for being factual and unbiased, and in no way ever furthering a pro-trans agenda 🙄

[–]AriShekelsteinDDS 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Those commenters are either willfully ignorant or so used to lying in order to prevent their whole worldview from collapsing that they can no distinguish fact from fiction.

My money is on the latter.

[–]LordoftheFliesAmeri-kin 2.0. Pronouns: MegaWhite/SuperStraight/UltraPatriarchy 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Funny how the other side is nothing but fake news and conspiracies and theirs is always pure truth and hard facts.

[–]Countach_3D 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

(Mutatis mutandis "our" "side")

[–]weavilsatemyface 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Reality is transphobic.

[–]PsychoTranyRedditMod 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When you successfully fact check something and the empirical data goes against Reddit's narrative, that usually results in a permanent ban.

[–]thethrowawayReddit refugee 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The comments are unironically calling fascism... because... someone questioned some sketchy medical practices? Isnt having the freedom to say "hey, something isnt right here" quite the opposite of fascism?? The fascists are the ones trying to silence voices lol

[–]fuck_redditThou/Thee/Thy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No, fascism is when the state doesn’t castrate kids unilaterally And can’t silence dissidents

[–]alladd 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Someone called it a gish gallop in the comments which is funny because that term specifically refers to the act of trying to overwhelm with data to dissuade specific arguments. I don't think they realized it has a negative connotation.

[–]bife_de_lomo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Absolutely. The term is also only applicable to spoken bebate because it prevents immediate rebuttal. Presenting lots of data in an article is just being thorough. And what is the point of the Substack platform if not to indulge in detailed analysis?

[–]fuck_redditThou/Thee/Thy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Michael Shellenberger, known for pushing anti-scientific views, released what he dubbed "the WPATH files." In this highly editorialized document…

This is how I know Michael Shellenberger is right. They have 0 self awareness and are so blazenly arrogant all the time.