Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts recently endorsed taking care away from transgender adults, saying in an episode of the PBD podcast that the organization is currently “running the numbers” on the supposed correlation between gender-affirming surgeries and violence. His proposed solution? “You outlaw it.”

“But where there continues to be disagreement is on what you do with adults. At Heritage, we believe that so-called transgender surgery is bad for anybody because of what you saw in Rhode Island yesterday,” Roberts said, referencing the Monday mass shooting that left three people dead, including the shooter, and three others critically injured, all of whom were related to the shooter. Police have described the attack as targeted and domestic in nature.

“There does seem to be a mounting body of evidence that suggests a correlation between that surgery at any age, mental health issues, and increasingly, although we’re running the numbers on this at Heritage, acts of violence,” Roberts added, falsely.

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    By his logic, if one trans person shooting folks should make all trans medicine be banned, the ridiculous amount of white male mass shooters should see all white dudes put into prison camps at birth.

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      Not only that, but us straight, white dudes do so many shootings that despite there really not being that many trans people they’re still under-represented. It’s not like there were only five shootings and so 20% was by a trans person, there were so many that it’s less than a percent.

      It’s not just the flat numbers, but the percentages, too.

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      By his logic

      Nobody here is using that shit.

      Logic that is.

      This is meant to do what it always did, rile up stupid hicks against a manufactured enemy and provide leverage for politicians who want to succeed on the backs of a fearful mob of hicks.

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    There is a correlation between Christian indoctrination and political violence. I think we should outlaw that. Exposing your children to religion is traumatic and should be considered child abuse.

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    Aww. Does the poor widdle baby get confused feelings about pretty girls?

    I know people who have done steroids my entire life and they are against gender affirming care

    They will never understand that they are getting gender affirming care. Just for a different gender

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      Haircuts are gender affirming care. Clothing is gender affirming care. Glasses are gender affirming care.

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    Not surprised, this is the main reason why I never said “Well I guess you should be 18 to transition”, I knew gender affirming care bans were never going to be just for minors.

    Trump himself gave up the game when he made 19 the minimum age for federal plans.

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    Of course he does. He undoubtedly wants to mass-murder trans people, too. Baby steps.

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    Time to close all the gyms nation wide. Whatever will the gym bros do? Oh and no more cosmetic surgery for anyone.

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    It’s so fucking crazy that a handful of creepy weirdos have so much influence on this country, just because the Republicans hold power. I shouldn’t have to care what an asshat like this “wants”; the rule of law should prevail and most people should be able to point and laugh at an unflushable turd like this.

    Imagine if the Democrats worked anything at all like this. Some random scribbler with a weird personal hobbyhorse expresses what they want in relation to a marginalized group and the entire party acts on it.

    It cannot be stated enough: conservatives are WEIRD FREAKS. The Republican Party: same thing.