{"id":1964432,"date":"2023-07-05T10:28:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T14:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protecting-innocence-means-speaking-up\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T10:31:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T14:31:16","slug":"protecting-innocence-means-speaking-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protecting-innocence-means-speaking-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Speak up to protect innocence."},"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\">10<\/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%2Fprotecting-innocence-means-speaking-up%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=1964432&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--><h2>The Age of Mount Olympus: Protecting Our Children in a Time of Crisis<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There\u2019s a myth about the Titan god Cronus who, for fear of being overthrown, proceeded to devour each of his children. His wife Rhea, being cunning, protected their last child Zeus by feeding her husband a stone. Once Zeus was grown, he overthrew his father and banished him to the deepest pit of the underworld \u2013 beginning the Age of Mount Olympus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Such myths, for their symbolism and imagination, are vessels for deeper lessons; and the lesson here is that certain Ages devour children. Perhaps, we are in such an Age right now; and it\u2019s going to take good parents like Rhea to defend our innocent kids from destruction. As Louisiana\u2019s attorney general, I have prioritized protecting children \u2013 especially from exploitation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Battle Against Child Exploitation<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Major tech companies, such as Google and Meta, are not legally required to look for child pornography; but should they find it on their servers, they are legally required to report it to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. My office\u2019s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit then receives tips relevant to our State and connects with appropriate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Police On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">law enforcement agencies<\/a> to investigate.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These tips can encompass everything from sexual conversations with juveniles to distribution of sexual abuse images or videos via social media. Over the years, the number of tips has grown exponentially with an enormous boom during the COVID lockdowns. In 2009, Louisiana received 172 tips; but in the first quarter of 2023, we have already received over 2,500 \u2014 each a potential crime involving children that likely need protection from groomers, abuse, and sex trafficking.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yet American culture and entertainment have become increasingly sexualized and \u201cpornified\u201d across films, books, and music \u2014 with sexual identity becoming the sole identity of many. And as kids have become increasingly desensitized to sexual content, they have begun to reframe early sexual activity and inappropriate (if not dangerous) relationships as empowering, exciting, and mature.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This has only been encouraged by sexually-explicit content accessible to children in Louisiana\u2019s public libraries, including material that emphasizes sexual relationships with older individuals and sexual exploration of minors as young as 10. With the vast majority of children being molested and abused by other children, placement of these products in sections not exclusive to adults is all the more disturbing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sadly, establishment politicians lack the fortitude to pull the weeds at the roots. While we were able to get the Legislature to place library card restrictions on certain books, sexually-explicit content is still accessible to children on public library shelves. When my ICAC unit requested additional funding to hire more investigators, their request was not approved by State government \u2013 despite the fact that these investigators are each responsible for roughly 1,000 tips per year, face burnout after three years, and many have been working for ten. And when a bill restricting \u201cgender-affirming care\u201d to those 18 or younger went before the Legislature, too many lawmakers argued in favor of the destruction and mutilation of children in the name of \u201cscience\u201d and for fear of suicide.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Risks of Premature Gender Transition<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The harsh reality is roughly 4 in 5 children who <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/22\/four-out-of-five-kids-who-question-their-gender-grow-out-of-it-trans-expert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-now-bans-books-that-treat-gender-dysphoria-as-mental-illness\/\" title=\"Amazon Now Bans Books That Treat Gender Dysphoria as Mental Illness\">experience gender dysphoria<\/a> will outgrow it<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. One study stated that up to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/26754056\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">98% re-identify with their biological sex<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in time. Yet the damages done by puberty blockers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/very-complicated-dr-rachel-levine-dodges-sen-pauls-issue-about-sex-adjustments-for-children\/\" title=\"\u2018Very Complicated\u2019: Dr. Rachel Levine Dodges Sen. Paul\u2019s Issue About Sex Adjustments For Children\">cross-sex hormones<\/a> are often permanent, including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/jac5.1691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">brain damage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/media\/159663\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">vision loss<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/gender-dysphoria\/treatment\/#:~:text=Long-term%20cross-sex%20hormone,term%20cross-sex%20hormone%20treatment.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sterilization<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Those are heavy costs for something children may soon outgrow, with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jcem\/article-abstract\/107\/9\/e3937\/6572526?redirectedFrom=fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the detransition rate <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">now around 30%. To claim otherwise is, as one expert in Finland stated, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/22\/four-out-of-five-kids-who-question-their-gender-grow-out-of-it-trans-expert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cirresponsible\u201d and \u201cpurposeful disinformation.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/> <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moreover, those who transition are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3043071\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">19 times more likely<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to commit suicide than those who do not, according to a 30-year study. Moreover, males who took estrogen <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article\/comment?id=10.1371\/annotation\/dcc6a58e-592a-49d4-9b65-ff65df2aa8f6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">were more likely to plan and attempt suicide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Another study highlighted that 16- and 17-year-olds who received hormones were more than twice as likely to report \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/gender\/report\/puberty-blockers-cross-sex-hormones-and-youth-suicide\/#_ftnref33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a suicide attempt requiring inpatient hospitalization<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d That is why we are calling on lawmakers to override the governor\u2019s veto and protect our children from such a devastating future.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Age of Ignorance<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of course, there are those who prefer to act out of convenience rather than face these facts; they would rather hide behind \u201cthe science\u201d than accept the truth. But until we have difficult conversations about what is actually normal and healthy versus trendy and dangerous, I am afraid that we will continue to devour our children \u2013 not because we fear the future, but because we fear having to admit we are wrong. And what will our children think of this Age of Ignorance, once they are grown and sterilized?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ag.state.la.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Landry<\/a> is Attorney General of Louisiana.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cronus, the Titan god, devoured his children to prevent their uprising. Rhea, cleverly, saved Zeus by tricking Cronus with a stone. 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