{"id":1700573,"date":"2022-10-17T21:03:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T01:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1700573"},"modified":"2022-10-17T21:03:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T01:03:10","slug":"researcher-fact-checks-john-olivers-misinformation-on-new-trans-rights-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/researcher-fact-checks-john-olivers-misinformation-on-new-trans-rights-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Researcher Fact-Checks John Oliver\u2019s Misinformation On New \u2018Trans Rights\u2019 Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fresearcher-fact-checks-john-olivers-misinformation-on-new-trans-rights-episode%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1700573&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>John Oliver is not a doctor, but he apparently played one on his program Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ns8NvPPHX5Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new episode<\/a> of \u201cLast Week Tonight,\u201d the talk show host made a slew of false and misleading claims about \u201cgender-affirming\u201d care and the adolescents seeking it. Most of his smugly-delivered claims relied on jabs at Republicans, clips taken out of context, straw-man arguments and activist-approved talking points.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/john-olivers-misinformed-transgender-commentary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent article<\/a> published in City Journal, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeorSapir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leor Sapir<\/a>, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, rebutted\u00a0each claim Oliver made, beginning with Oliver\u2019s insistence on shoe-horning transgender-related issues under the umbrella of \u201cLGBTQ rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOliver demonstrates his lack of critical thinking at the outset, when he informs his audience that he is about to discuss \u2018LGBTQ rights,\u2019\u201d said Sapir. \u201cThis is yet another example of activists using the LGB as a cover for the T, exploiting public sympathy for the former in order to conceal the radical nature of the latter,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver attributes \u201csocietal acceptance\u201d for the meteoric rise in transgender identification, but contradicts himself in the next breath by saying America is a hostile environment for \u201cLGBTQ\u201d people, rife with \u201cviolence, threats and harassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf \u2018trans kids\u2019 \u2026 are coming out in droves because of warming social attitudes rather than \u2018social contagion\u2019 (an explanation he dismisses as \u2018horse s***\u2019), it cannot also be the case that American is increasingly becoming a hell-hole for \u2018LGBTQ\u2019 people,\u201d said Sapir.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver incessantly frames any criticism of transgender-related issues as a right-wing overreaction. \u201cSome on the right have truly lost their minds about trans rights,\u201d Oliver diatribes, relying on clips from Republican candidates running for office who have used trans issues as part of their political campaigns, but neglecting to include the various ways Democrats have also used it to elevate their platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe attributes all opposition to the trans movement to \u2018the right,\u2019 as if feminists, gay rights activists, and even some transgender (or transsexual, as they often prefer to be called) people and groups are not key constituencies in the opposition to medical transition for minors,\u201d said Sapir, who believes that this was a deliberate choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis framing is clearly intended to persuade moderates and liberals that they are safe in supporting \u2018gender affirming care\u2019 because only \u2018those people\u2019 oppose it\u2014never anyone with secular, progressive values,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>In what may have been an attempt at humor, Oliver dismisses the social-contagion hypothesis as \u201ctotal horses***.\u201d The social-contagion theory posits that peer influence may contribute to trans-identification, especially in the extraordinarily high rates of teenage girls in recent years seeking transition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOliver\u2019s dismissal of social contagion\u2014which, to be sure, remains a working theory\u2014is highly irresponsible, and disingenuous,\u201d Sapir said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScholars with years of experience treating and doing research on minors with gender dysphoria have observed a dramatic increase in the sheer number of teens showing up for transition, in their sex ratios, age at onset of conditions, and high rates of mental health problems alongside gender distress,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver makes an appeal to authority by citing the medical institutions that caved to transgender ideology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerican medical organizations, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realityslaststand.com\/p\/on-gender-the-aap-has-chosen-ideology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Academy of Pediatrics<\/a>, have gotten the science <a href=\"https:\/\/sensiblemed.substack.com\/p\/the-aap-american-academy-of-pediatrics\">wrong in the past<\/a>; there is no reason to assume that this could not happen again,\u201d said Sapir.<\/p>\n<p>Another major revelation missing from Oliver\u2019s bit is any mention of progressive countries such as Sweden and Finland that have changed course in treating adolescents with gender dysphoria in favor of a more cautious approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOliver never once mentions Sweden and Finland, or the systematic reviews of the evidence that have led their health authorities to place severe restrictions on hormones,\u201d said Sapir.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver narrows his focus to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realityslaststand.com\/p\/the-distortions-in-jack-turbans-psychology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cgender-affirming\u201d care<\/a>, the model adopted by pediatric gender clinics across the county that <a href=\"https:\/\/publications.aap.org\/pediatrics\/article\/142\/4\/e20182162\/37381\/Ensuring-Comprehensive-Care-and-Support-for\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discourage<\/a> medical professionals from questioning a minor\u2019s self-reported transgender identity or exploring possible underlying factors that may be causing their dysphoria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOliver makes the very misleading claim that \u2018social transition\u2019 (using a child\u2019s preferred name and pronouns) is totally harmless,\u201d said Sapir. \u201cIn fact, all available <a href=\"https:\/\/acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/camh.12330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research<\/a> suggests that this seemingly innocent act of support is an active psychosocial intervention with potentially iatrogenic consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comedian also claims that puberty blocking drugs are \u201creversible\u201d and only a \u201cpause button\u201d on puberty. However, this relies entirely on referencing their approved on-label use to treat precocious puberty in young children, not how they are increasingly being prescribed off-label to treat gender dysphoria in adolescents.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver briefly concedes that sterility \u201ccan happen\u201d as a result of these treatments, which Sapir said is misleading.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen taken as a follow-up to puberty blockers, sterility is virtually guaranteed, since the organs responsible for producing sex gametes (ova and sperm) are not allowed to develop,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The talk show host also neglected to mention the impact that the combination of puberty blocking drugs and cross-sex hormones have on sexual function such as impairing an individual\u2019s ability to ever achieve an orgasm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransgender surgeon Dr. Marci Bowers infamously<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Oliver is not a doctor, but he apparently played one on his program Sunday night. In a new episode of \u201cLast Week Tonight,\u201d the talk show host made a slew of false and misleading claims about \u201cgender-affirming\u201d care and the adolescents seeking it. Most of his smugly-delivered claims relied on jabs at Republicans, clips &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1890418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1700573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1700573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1700573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1700573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1700573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}