Is there one legitimate "Black Point of View"? One would think so if one follows progressive politics. Kemi Badenoch (who until recently was vying for Tori Leadership in the U.K.) points out that there is no such thing as the "Black" way of thinking. In fact, it is a deeply racist idea.
I recently wrote about one of the biggest red flags of all: Those who seek to shut down conversation on important topics. Now this news regarding efforts by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to shut down conversation regarding the proper treatment for those seeking advice and treatment for transgender issues.
[US BREAKING NEWS: The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is suppressing support for Resolution 27, a call by member pediatricians for "rigorous systematic review of evidence and policy update for management of pediatric gender dysphoria". Our response].
Here is an excerpt from Genspect's open letter to AAP:
Having a combative teenager who urgently insists on something or makes risky choices is not a new development for any parent of an adolescent. What is new is that professionals to whom we have entrusted our kids, rather than safeguarding them from harm and helping heal parental-child rifts so common in teen years, are encouraging our kids to act on their risky, impulsive decisions with irreversible consequences.
This is a bizarre way to handle the issue of Immigration. These numbers are stunningly high. If we were a normal country with a functioning Congress, we would sit down and deliberate over how to handle immigration, determining the number of immigrants that could meaningfully assimilate in the U.S. And then we would enforce our laws.
America's Institutions are crumbling. We can see it all around us, according to this recent Gallop poll:
Jonathan Haidt comments on one of the main causes of institutional decay: The failure of institutions to nurture and encourage free and vigorous speech resulting in the lack of viewpoint diversity:
America’s institutions were once strong, he says.
“By the mid to late 20th century, America had the best epistemic institutions in the world, epistemic meaning institutions that generate knowledge, like universities, research institutes, intelligence agencies.
“Social media comes in and makes us afraid of dissent. Because if you tell a joke, if you raise a question, if you even so much as tweet, a link to a study, an academic study, that questions an orthodoxy about race, or gender, you can be fired for that.
“When critics go silent, the institution gets stupid.”
Do I really need to open this post with an acknowledgment that in my opinion, Donald Trump is a despicable, dishonest, incompetent and narcissistic person for whom I did not vote? That said, can we agree that pundits should evaluate a person's behavior based on the behavior itself rather than basing it on their personal feelings for the person engaging in the conduct?
