Willfully Horn

Grew up in Texas. We met in the parking lot.

Lol I’ve my share of encounters with folks who wanted to take a swing at me. Most didn’t, but I gave them the opportunity. Those who did learned I can do more than just take a punch. Never threw one first, though.

Oh, I get it. @fattyflattie you were suggesting that you’d get in my face, and back up your argument with physical intimidation. IOW, your an unbalanced hothead with an arsenal. Fuck you, psycho.

In hind view, @Anastasis declamations against the poster might detract from the survey’s findings. To whit: A recent study based on the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey found that transgender adults who received pubertal blockers as adolescents had significantly lower lifetime suicidal ideation compared to those who desired but did not receive it The first study followed 47 transgender youth and found that mean levels of suicidality significantly decreased from 1.11 before starting GAHT to .27 when assessed approximately 1 year after beginning GAHT [ [7]]. The second study of 128 transgender youth found small to moderate improvements in self-reported depressive symptoms (d = .44) [ [15]]. The third study examined 50 transgender youth at two 6-month intervals following the start of ExcEpts: and found significant decreases in depression as measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale These findings extend previous cross-sectional research conducted with transgender and nonbinary adults and provide support for a significant relationship between access to GAHT and lower depression and suicidality among transgender and nonbinary youth. Among the full sample and those under age 18, receipt of GAHT was associated with significantly lower odds of experiencing symptoms of depression in the previous 2 weeks. Although our study is not able to determine temporal patterns, it is unlikely that many transgender and nonbinary youth began GAHT subsequent to this 2-week time frame. . High rates of depression, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts among transgender youth are sometimes used by antitransgender politicians and activists to erroneously suggest that transgender identity is a mental health condition that can be treated through counseling and conversion efforts [ [27]]. These individuals ignore the impacts of gender dysphoria and minority stress [ [28]] and suggest that GAHT is not necessary if transgender youth can be counseled into accepting their sex assigned at birth. The findings of this study demonstrate that GAHT could be a potential mechanism by which mental health and suicide disparities among transgender and nonbinary youth may begin to decrease. Furthermore, existing evidence suggests that regret is low for gender-affirming care interventions, with one study of 55 transgender adults who had received gender-affirming care as adolescents finding that not one experienced regret [ [29]]. Unfortunately, efforts to legally restrict gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary youth may negatively impact mental health through two separate but linked pathways. The first is by directly prohibiting medication that many of these youth rely on to reduce feelings of gender dysphoria. The second is by increasing minority stress through negative public attention and harmful rhetoric debating the rights of transgender and nonbinary youth to live their lives authentically. As such, efforts to address the mental health of transgender and nonbinary youth must also acknowledge and address the cumulative risk that antitransgender political statements and legislative efforts may have on their well-being. Of course, our self proclaimed, and totally not narcissistically motivated, though given to demeaning rhetoric, expert is soon to explain why these medical researchers are only acceptable to dolts as trustworthy sources.

In support of folks, who, like myself, read this survey ( which evaluated 13000+ individuals) and assumed it was meeting a higher standard of evaluation that @Anastasis recognizes,) consider these findings: A recent study based on the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey found that transgender adults who received pubertal blockers as adolescents had significantly lower lifetime suicidal ideation compared to those who desired but did not receive it The first study followed 47 transgender youth and found that mean levels of suicidality significantly decreased from 1.11 before starting GAHT to .27 when assessed approximately 1 year after beginning GAHT [ [7]]. The second study of 128 transgender youth found small to moderate improvements in self-reported depressive symptoms (d = .44) [ [15]]. The third study examined 50 transgender youth at two 6-month intervals following the start of ExcEpts: and found significant decreases in depression as measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale These findings extend previous cross-sectional research conducted with transgender and nonbinary adults and provide support for a significant relationship between access to GAHT and lower depression and suicidality among transgender and nonbinary youth. Among the full sample and those under age 18, receipt of GAHT was associated with significantly lower odds of experiencing symptoms of depression in the previous 2 weeks. Although our study is not able to determine temporal patterns, it is unlikely that many transgender and nonbinary youth began GAHT subsequent to this 2-week time frame. . High rates of depression, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts among transgender youth are sometimes used by antitransgender politicians and activists to erroneously suggest that transgender identity is a mental health condition that can be treated through counseling and conversion efforts [ [27]]. These individuals ignore the impacts of gender dysphoria and minority stress [ [28]] and suggest that GAHT is not necessary if transgender youth can be counseled into accepting their sex assigned at birth. The findings of this study demonstrate that GAHT could be a potential mechanism by which mental health and suicide disparities among transgender and nonbinary youth may begin to decrease. Furthermore, existing evidence suggests that regret is low for gender-affirming care interventions, with one study of 55 transgender adults who had received gender-affirming care as adolescents finding that not one experienced regret [ [29]]. Unfortunately, efforts to legally restrict gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary youth may negatively impact mental health through two separate but linked pathways. The first is by directly prohibiting medication that many of these youth rely on to reduce feelings of gender dysphoria. The second is by increasing minority stress through negative public attention and harmful rhetoric debating the rights of transgender and nonbinary youth to live their lives authentically. As such, efforts to address the mental health of transgender and nonbinary youth must also acknowledge and address the cumulative risk that antitransgender political statements and legislative efforts may have on their well-being. Of course, our self proclaimed, and totally not narcissistically motivated, though given to demeaning rhetoric, expert is soon to explain why these medical researchers are only acceptable to dolts as trustworthy sources. Edited to point out that the R tactic of fucking shit up and then pointing at fucked up shit to validate their claims is applicable. Just saying.

Okay. Basic premise is valid. Have you interacted with others on this thread, whose posts you deemed inaccurate to the point of spreading disinformation? If so, I missed those. Again, I admit this isn’t my area of expertise. Surveys, that examine 13,000+ people, and reach the conclusion: “Findings support a relationship between access to GAHT and lower rates of depression and suicidality among transgender and nonbinary youth” are untrustworthy, because? And a layman who doesn’t understand the distinction is an absolute dolt, exactly why? Your insecurities were obvious to me a long time ago. Recently, I learned they are indicative of narcissism. I am undisturbed when learning I am wrong, as it is a part of learning, and then attempt to make amends, if necessary. I admit that if I have mischaracterized you, I have done wrong by you. The proof is in your hands. I will carefully consider your explanation as to why I am a dolt.

@Anastasis, I get that narcissists demean others due to their own insecurities. So, I hope you get help with that. I take offense at being indirectly characterized as spreading medical misinformation. I have offered numerous studies that support the contention that GA medical care lead to improved mental health outcomes, and I will link to yet another, more extensive study that reaches the same conclusion. A study that seemingly, to me, though I will yet again admit I am not adept at medical analysis, meets the complex controls you require. (Eschew informing in favor of contempt, if you so wish). Feel free to dig into this study, though you seemed disinterested in doing so with the last bevy of studies I linked that were easily obtained through a quick search. I will again point out that the authors of the studies have the same qualifications you esteem above the ability to comprehend a summary, but I get where you are coming from. It must be difficult for a layman to challenge your expertise. Expecting others to value your conclusions over other conclusions, from equally qualified sources, is a function of your narcissism. I get that. As you have admitted, long term mental health descriptions are complex. You ignored the link that described societal pressure affecting outcomes that were initially 100% positive. You also ignored my contention that fascistic suppression is ongoing in ways that could improve the future of our neighbors who face these difficult circumstances. Under the premise that you are Catholic, I will remind you that the Pope proclaimed Catholics must, must, do all they can to defeat such political oppression. So, it falls upon you to refute each study that concludes that GA medical care improves the lives of transgendered human beings. You chose that role. I acknowledge you linked a study that agrees with doubts you have, but I have yet to discover a peer reviewed study that shows GA care does not do what the consensus believes. Without further ado: https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(21)00568-1/fulltext

Following up on societal stigmatization, a two minute video can inform, and enlighten, and conceivably improve mental health for the most at risk demographic among us. I’m sure the contrarian posters on this board would support this approach, don’t you think? It is fair to say Republican politicians would say that this is “grooming.” Effect of a Brief Social Contact Video on Transphobia and Depression-Related Stigma Among Adolescents Findings In this randomized clinical trial of 1098 adolescents, a significant change in attitudes was found toward transgender youth only in the intervention groups, especially among participants who self-identified as cisgender and/or of heterosexual orientation. As anticipated, a significant reduction in depression-related stigma was also found across all study groups. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2789426

This Dutch study examines the issues you raise regarding stigmatization affecting quality of life post transition. This was a small study, comprised of 20 individuals, ten trans men and ten trans women. Notably, and I will have to summarize as the format does not copy and paste easily, in that all the participants reported feeling happier psychologically, post transition. They were less depressed, had more peace of mind, and fewer suicidal thoughts. And, the more support and acceptance they received, the more lasting these improvements were. Their headwinds came at the blowback of a segment of society. Almost as if stigmatization makes human beings depressed, steals one’s peace of mind, and can lead to despondency. So, the mental improvements gained were abraded over time by the blowhards of intolerance. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340678902_Experiences_with_stigmatization_among_transgender_individuals_after_transition_A_qualitative_study_in_the_Netherlands

Coincidence? Right-wing nationalism comes to ... Sweden? https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/9/21/23364936/right-wing-nationalism-sweden-fascism-democracy-column-se-cupp

This is badass! Researchers have successfully split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen. The international team was led by the University of Adelaide’s Professor Shizhang Qiao and Associate Professor Yao Zheng from the School of Chemical Engineering. “We have split natural seawater into oxygen and hydrogen with nearly 100 per cent efficiency, to produce green hydrogen by electrolysis, using a non-precious and cheap catalyst in a commercial electrolyser,” said Professor Qiao. A typical non-precious catalyst is cobalt oxide with chromium oxide on its surface. “We used seawater as a feedstock without the need for any pre-treatment processes like reverse osmosis desolation, purification, or alkalisation,” said Associate Professor Zheng. “The performance of a commercial electrolyser with our catalysts running in seawater is close to the performance of platinum/iridium catalysts running in a feedstock of highly purified deionised water. The team published their research in the journal Nature Energy. “Current electrolysers are operated with highly purified water electrolyte. Increased demand for hydrogen to partially or totally replace energy generated by fossil fuels will significantly increase scarcity of increasingly limited freshwater resources,” said Associate Professor Zheng. Seawater is an almost infinite resource and is considered a natural feedstock electrolyte. This is more practical for regions with long coastlines and abundant sunlight. However, it isn’t practical for regions where seawater is scarce. Seawater electrolysis is still in early development compared with pure water electrolysis because of electrode side reactions, and corrosion arising from the complexities of using seawater. “It is always necessary to treat impure water to a level of water purity for conventional electrolysers including desalination and deionisation, which increases the operation and maintenance cost of the processes,” said Associate Professor Zheng. “Our work provides a solution to directly utilise seawater without pre-treatment systems and alkali addition, which shows similar performance as that of existing metal-based mature pure water electrolyser.” The team will work on scaling up the system by using a larger electrolyser so that it can be used in commercial processes such as hydrogen generation for fuel cells and ammonia synthesis. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2023/01/30/seawater-split-to-produce-green-hydrogen

Were progressives as extreme, and as contemptuous of religious freedom, as what poses as conservative these days, they’d be passing laws about the non supportive parents of LBGTQ kids being child abusers, and deserving of jail time. https://www.metroweekly.com/2022/10/michigan-bill-would-jail-parents-for-allowing-trans-children-to-transition/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/idaho-trans-health-care-youth-bill-rcna19287 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/texas-investigating-parents-transgender-youth-child-abuse-2022-03-02/

I agreed the murderer you linked was racist. Racism is bad. That’s one reason I vote D. We talk on a message board. So, the difference you mention is unclear. Are these words not directed at you? Perhaps you think I don’t speak my mind to folks face to face? You are mistaken.

It means that, if your political point about racism is that racist black people kill white people, your point will be buried in the avalanche of racism that is how Republican politicians appeal to the Republican base, in addition to the racist voter suppression strategy instrumental to their winning elections. I am the guy, who, if I have something to say about someone, I say it to them directly.

Looks like he has a case here. Not because he had a justifiable excuse against culpable homicide, but because the definition of mass murder is: “A mass murder is defined as the killing of three or more people at one time” He murdered two people.. The justifiable excuse is irrelevant.

Looks like he has a case here. Not because he had a justifiable excuse against culpable homicide, but because the definition of mass murder is: “A mass murder is defined as the killing of three or more people at one time” He murdered only two people (the justifiable excuse is likely relevant.)

This thread is overdue. @fattyflattie has his work cut out for him. Excuse me for a second while I peruse the news. Incredibly grateful that the first appropriate report I happened across was this: . Edit. Another link, as Reddit reddits. US reunites nearly 700 kids taken from parents under Trump https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/us-reunites-700-kids-parents-trump-96861198

Parents who experience “persistent, consistent, and insistent” declarations, you meant to say. And, please note, these same parents likely know that their kids have around a 1% probability of later deciding to detransition. Why should your issues, invoked from a distance, that conceivably could be valid for one child in a hundred, outweigh the decisions of parents, who are overwhelmingly, statistically, correct that transition is the best possible future for their child, in terms of recorded outcomes judged by decisions of those most affected?

Ticketing and Turnout: The Participatory Consequences of Low-Level Police Contact The American criminal legal system is an important site of political socialization: scholars have shown that criminal legal contact reduces turnout and that criminalization pushes people away from public institutions more broadly. Despite this burgeoning literature, few analyses directly investigate the causal effect of lower-level police contact on voter turnout. To do so, we leverage individual-level administrative ticketing data from Hillsborough County, Florida. we show that traffic stops materially decrease (voter) participation for Black and non-Black residents alike, and we also find temporal variation in the effect for Black voters. Although stops reduce turnout more for Black voters in the short term, they are less demobilizing over a longer time horizon. Although even low-level contacts with the police can reduce political participation across the board, our results point to a unique process of political socialization vis-à-vis the carceral state for Black Americans. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/ticketing-and-turnout-the-participatory-consequences-of-lowlevel-police-contact/184A410DFF3DC72F4B9667C8CA3E0730

You are a bundle of raw nerves, it seems. Must be difficult. In this debate, Ana, you are the only one whose argument is unsupported.

I thought you voted R, too. I guess you reject the “apologist” part?

Saw this on Reddit. This would scare the shit out of me.

Correct. Here’s the CDC report. Reports of adverse events to VAERS following vaccination, including deaths, do not necessarily mean that a vaccine caused a health problem. More than 668 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the United States from December 14, 2020, through January 26, 2023. During this time, VAERS received 18,977 preliminary reports of death (0.0028%) among people who received a COVID-19 vaccine. CDC and FDA clinicians review reports of death to VAERS including death certificates, autopsy, and medical records. Continued monitoring has identified nine deaths causally associated with J&J/Janssen COVID-19 vaccination. CDC and FDA continue to review reports of death following COVID-19 vaccination and update information as it becomes available. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/adverse-events.html

On the DT thread, I received a timeout for mentioning Jack Reacher’s comment about why people join the army. That some do so as a way to kill people legally. Was too oblique, my post, but I think that is why KR showed up at the protest. Is the mom included in the civil suit?