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Following in Dr. Mengele’s Footsteps
For me, the entire transgender situation has been a nightmare for this country, in particular its parents and children. I have written my share of stories about the unbelievable abuses and unethical activities that define transgenderism. But recently I watched a video produced by the Daily Wire, shared with us by @stevefast, and my outrage and disbelief reached a new high. I thought I had adjusted to dealing with the topic with some objectivity and thoughtfulness. But when I saw the video, What is a Women, something was triggered in me that I’d never experienced. After contemplating my reaction for a time, I identified the source of my reaction: what we were seeing was the same evil perpetrated by Dr. Josef Mengele and the Nazis.
Now you may say that my observation is hyperbole; after all, Dr. Mengele was a madman, and he conducted procedures and operations on unwilling victims. But when you look more closely at what he did, why he did it and the implications for us today, the results are disquieting, to say the least. These are the similarities:
Experimentation—Mengele was highly regarded in his field:
He was a highly trained doctor and medical researcher, as well as a decorated war veteran. He was respected in his field and worked for one of the leading research institutions in Germany. Much of his medical research at Auschwitz supported the work of other German scientists. He was one of dozens of biomedical researchers who conducted experiments on prisoners in Nazi concentration camps. And he was one of a number of medical professionals who selected victims to be murdered in the gas chambers at Auschwitz.
Among their peers, doctors, therapists, teachers, and social workers today are highly regarded for their gender affirmation work. The Woke environment also strongly supports the transgender movement.
Victimization—Mengele often selected children for his experiments:
The children Mengele selected for experiments lived in separate barracks from the other prisoners and received somewhat better food and treatment. Mengele was friendly toward the children. Moshe Ofer, a survivor of Mengele’s experiments, recalled in 1985 that [Mengele] visited us as a good uncle, bringing us chocolate. Before applying the scalpel or a syringe, he would say: ‘Don’t be afraid, nothing is going to happen to you.’
In our times, teachers and counselors present themselves as advocates and sources of comfort. They reassure children that they are in good hands and are making the right decision when they pursue a change in identity.
Unethical practices—Mengele pursued physical experiments that were often painful and maimed his patients, even resulting in death. Today’s transgender experiments are seriously questionable, although experimenters try to justify their procedures as life-affirming (since they supposedly prevent suicide attempts). The data on suicide attempts is incomplete, including whether their questions about gender identity are the source of their depression, and there is little data on suicide attempts after gender mutilation is completed. And patients are not informed about the long-term effects of the drugs and hormones they are taking; in many cases, procedures can’t be reversed. Some patients become sterilized or have serious physical and health problems.
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We are seeing an attempt to normalize these unethical and devastating procedures. Children and parents are deceived about the consequences; families are traumatized as parents might not be notified about their children’s choices; children are not mature enough to decide whether these life-changing procedures are appropriate for them; and finally, transgenderism rends the fabric of this country in ways that may not ever be mended. This statement says it all:
Mengele acted within the norms of German science under the Nazi regime. His crimes represent the extreme danger posed by science when it is conducted in the service of an ideology that denies the rights, dignity, and even humanity of certain groups of people.
People who support and practice transgenderism are following in Mengele’s footsteps and are a danger to society.
They are, plain and simple, evil.
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The lawyers are going to feast on this for decades.
I couldn’t help but think of this topic while in church last Sunday. Part of the scripture was Genesis 1:27-28a.
27 So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number;
How can we obey God’s plan for us if we challenge the basics of “male and female He created them”? And we certainly can’t fulfill the “be fruitful and increase” part if transgender operations are performed!
This is an issue that has affected my family; the high suicide rate post-transition has been known for years. Six years ago, the counter argument was that the suicide rates did not improve post transition because society was so unwelcoming of trans people. Now that trans people are not only welcomed but celebrated, I don’t know what the counter argument will be.
Regardless, my opinion was and remains that the “dysphoria” is caused by real mental health problems; problems that are ignored when the dysphoria is indulged. And BTW, those mental health issues are often the mommies. If you removed every kid who is unfortunate to have a mommy with munchausen’s by proxy, and every gay kid, the trans community would be very, very small. And not at all lucrative.
To the point of the OP, the Nuremberg Code has been on my mind a LOT these days due to the trans issue and Covid.
It was long and brutal-I teared up more than a few times – but I think worthwhile to see how progressivism goes wrong. It was written well before the pandemic, but I underlined so many passages that also characterized the response to the pandemic. I’m planning a post on it soon.
I wish that was true. But the evolving law is such that one wonders if one can make a compensable claim against any group complying with ideological medicine — regardless of the damage.
The analogy to Dr. Mengele is a poor one. Mengele’s victims were unwilling. Doctors performing transition procedures have willing patients.
Trans is evil, and should be banned for children and adults alike. But not because of any similarity to Mengele or other Nazis.
The problem with trans is that it is an application of liberalism, broadly defined. The problem is excessive liberty.
Watch the video I posted above, and reflect that though that “patient” was of age, he didn’t show up planning to transition. Also consider that this is being done to children.
If you aren’t old enough to go out and buy a six-pack of Bud Light and a pack of Luckies, you aren’t old enough to be signing up for elective surgery that is both life-changing and irreversible.
In addition, to call the transitioners “willing” is a stretch. The culture is coercive along with the parents, teachers, counselors, shrinks, lawyers, judges, and everyone in authority.
The guy in the video mentions that he felt social pressure to go through with the procedure from his peers. There is a fine line between being supportive and egging someone on.
The book QBVII is a hard read because of the atrocities described in it . . .
Social pressure is nothing like what Mengele’s victims endured in a Nazi concentration camp.
As to the children, as I understand it, the law requires either parental consent or court approval, like just about everything else involving minors. Except abortion, of course.
I think that the whole Nazi analogy is intellectually lazy.
The trans ideology is evil. That is the problem. It is perverted for a man to want to be a woman, or a woman to want to be a man.
The trans ideology is rooted in feminism, which is rooted in classic liberalism. The fundamental problem is the elevation of liberty and individualism to the highest good, instead of holiness and submission to the will of God.
And I think you are pathetically unaware of the coercion that is occurring.
I have a loved one whose ex-wife convinced his then five year old son that he was, in fact, a girl. The father immediately began to contact lawyers. He wanted full custody so as to save his son, but was willing to settle for a legal agreement that no surgery would occur or medications would be administered.
He met with several lawyers (a couple of whom you will have heard of). To a one he was advised to drop it; not only would he lose what little visitation he had, but child protective services would be taking a very hard look at he and his wife’s parenting skills with their other children. And that judges consider “transphobia” to be a valid reason to take away your kids.
As to this comment:
Having had personal experience with this issue, IMO, trans ideology is misogynistic and to a lesser degree homophobia. I’m using the term “homophobia” very loosely. To explain I’ll repeat a conversation I had with a gay man.
Me: It must suck to be gay now that no one cares.
Gay guy: Yep. Now you ain’t no one unless you’re tranny.
Which is to say, if you want to be a member of a protected class, being gay doesn’t cut it.
Thanks for speaking up, Annefy. I’m so very sorry for the 5-year old; it’s such a travesty. And where it’s a situation close to you, it must be especially painful for you, too, and his father. I hope he comes out of the situation whole.