aitche
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Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
> Who should I believe? A wiki that links to sources to back its opinions, or some rando on HN?
That wiki is an atrocious source. It's deceptive, uncharitable, openly biased, hate site that exists mostly to vent spleen against anyone that the authors don't like.
Note the paltering all throughout that article on Singal, showing that the authors are clearly intending to mislead.
> https://glaad.org/gap/jesse-singal/ suggests that his articles were biased, and used rare cases of trans kids who changed their minds while ignoring the vast majority of trans folk who did not regret transitioning.
Another opinion piece. Have you actually read any of his articles yourself?
> As far as I'm concerned, this is basically anybody who believes in God
I agree, the gender identity belief system is very cult-like and dogmatic, and accepts no dissent - just like religion.
Comment · 1 year ago
Neither does Singal.
He wrote some thoughtful and well-researched articles on medical malpractice, and this mob descended on him with death threats and other abusive and violent vitriol, simply because they didn't like the conclusions he reached from his investigations, and that he was publicly expressing these to a broad audience.
Then again, then someone's entire world view rests on what is fundamentally a lie, perhaps it's not surprising to see such excessive reactions when reality is exposed. Not that this is any excuse of course.
No he doesn't. In some of his work, he reports on what prominent voices of that community have to say. Like any journalist. And sometimes, he responds when they lie about what he's written in his articles, or exhibit abusive behaviors against others.
Here's one example: https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-alejandra-caraballo-vs...
Now, you might frame this as Singal "harassing" Caraballo, but if you look at what he's written, he's reporting on Caraballo who is the one actually harassing and doxxing.
There are some very, very toxic figures in that community, and the only reason they started to come after Singal is that his journalism challenges their dogma.