Kosh's Shadow 5/26/2023 8:29:21 PM

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Occasional Reader 5/27/2023 7:33:44 AM

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Vermin.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/feds-charge-climate-protesters-allegedly-defacing-edgar-degas/story?id=99636926

JCM 5/27/2023 7:44:37 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 2:

There actions tell me several things.

Their beliefs are more religious zealotry.

They don't have the knowledge and data to back up their arguments. A person who is confident in their knowledge doesn't have to resort to acting out.

Because it is a belief it is personal. Knowledge is impersonal.

They are personally offended when their belief is reject they act in a emotional way.

JCM 5/27/2023 7:45:57 AM

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Kosh's Shadow 5/27/2023 9:09:47 AM

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In #4 JCM said: Basically they are two years old and act like it.

Probably because they were indulged when they were 2 - and since then.

BTW, there is some rich person behind the organization, iirc heir to the Getty fortune. RICO act, get him or her to pay for all the damages, until he lives in a van tent down by the river.

vxbush 5/27/2023 12:45:04 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 5/27/2023 1:48:11 PM

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I got reminded of the story of the art thief who was caught because his getaway vehicle ran out of fuel.

He said "I did not have the Money to buy the Degas to make the Van Gough"

Kosh's Shadow 5/27/2023 1:49:56 PM

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Reply to vxbush in 6:

And that their lip service to "social justice" is just lip service:

However, neither dispositional altruism nor social justice commitment was related to left-wing anti-hierarchical aggression. Considering these results, we assume that some leftist political activists do not actually strive for social justice and equality but rather use political activism to endorse or exercise violence against others to satisfy their own ego-focused needs. 

Kosh's Shadow 5/27/2023 3:08:24 PM

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Suggest that gender dysphoria results from social contagion and the publisher will retract the paper.

Admittedly, their sample was self-selected, but this shows something

Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD) is, the article stated, a “controversial theory” that “common cultural beliefs, values, and preoccupations cause some adolescents (especially female adolescents) to attribute their social problems, feelings, and mental health issues to gender dysphoria,” and that “youth with ROGD falsely believe that they are transgender,” in part due to social influences. 

The paper reported the results of a survey of parents who contacted the website ParentsofROGDKids.com, with which the first author is affiliated. According to the abstract, the authors found: 

    Pre-existing mental health issues were common, and youths with these issues were more likely than those without them to have socially and medically transitioned. Parents reported that they had often felt pressured by clinicians to affirm their AYA [adolescent and young adult] child’s new gender and support their transition. According to the parents, AYA children’s mental health deteriorated considerably after social transition. 

Kosh's Shadow 5/27/2023 4:58:38 PM

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