In case anyone didn’t read the entire tweet thread, this is not simply a case of “speak out about trans issues, go to jail.”
The court had issued a gag order prohibiting the parties from discussing the case. C.D. intentionally violated that order, and was charged with criminal contempt. Which, you know, is the kind of thing that happens when you intentionally violate a court order. If you think a court’s order is improper, there are courts of appeal. Generally speaking, you can’t just ignore them and expect not to suffer consequences.
And in fact, C.D. pled guilty, so it was only a question of what the sentence should be.
I’m not a fan of “gag orders,” and they’re generally not used in U.S. courts, but my understanding is they’re pretty common in Canada, and I hardly think they’re a symptom of dystopia.
John Scopes was found guilty too, but he did draw attention to how the word of God took priority over all human knowledge. The parallel with current assertions regarding childish assertions of gender identity being the equivalent of the word of God, regardless of the reality of their sex, is worth pondering.
He mentions the previous Judge Bowden who stated that if C.D. referred to his daughter as a girl that it would constitute family violence.
But pumping her actual, only, physical body full of drugs and hormones, followed perhaps by a medically unecessary double mastectomy is just fine. All the above is “gender affirming care,” while “watchful waiting” and counseling, <i.which leave the body intact are rebranded as “conversion therapy.”
Wondering how long before Canada has its own equivalent of Kiera Bell vs. Tavistock.
As much as I fear the future of the United States I definitely have no wish to move to Canada, Land of Fuck Free Speech.
Obviously this nightmare is based on the “science” that his “son” likes to keep her hair short and that she plays with trucks.
Amnesty International, TOS, would have supported the father as a political prisoner.
AI, TNG, is locking the cell door and throwing away the key.
In case anyone didn’t read the entire tweet thread, this is not simply a case of “speak out about trans issues, go to jail.”
The court had issued a gag order prohibiting the parties from discussing the case. C.D. intentionally violated that order, and was charged with criminal contempt. Which, you know, is the kind of thing that happens when you intentionally violate a court order. If you think a court’s order is improper, there are courts of appeal. Generally speaking, you can’t just ignore them and expect not to suffer consequences.
And in fact, C.D. pled guilty, so it was only a question of what the sentence should be.
I’m not a fan of “gag orders,” and they’re generally not used in U.S. courts, but my understanding is they’re pretty common in Canada, and I hardly think they’re a symptom of dystopia.
More information in this Toronto Star article
John Scopes was found guilty too, but he did draw attention to how the word of God took priority over all human knowledge. The parallel with current assertions regarding childish assertions of gender identity being the equivalent of the word of God, regardless of the reality of their sex, is worth pondering.
No relation of mine as far as I know. I hope not, anyway.
But pumping her actual, only, physical body full of drugs and hormones, followed perhaps by a medically unecessary double mastectomy is just fine. All the above is “gender affirming care,” while “watchful waiting” and counseling, <i.which leave the body intact are rebranded as “conversion therapy.”
Wondering how long before Canada has its own equivalent of Kiera Bell vs. Tavistock.
Meanwhile, in Oregon, if you question the orthodoxy, you can be fired.’
https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/04/17/should-two-oregon-educators-be-fired-for-making-an-anti-trans-video/