(05-23-2023, 07:32 PM)OG-JAGFAN Wrote:

(05-23-2023, 02:48 PM)mikesez Wrote: I'm aware of that show.  They even made children's books based on the show.  I was not aware the kid now has regrets.  That's truly awful.  Not only do the parents need to question their own judgement, but also TLC and many others. 
Edit: It's not clear whether or not Jazz is truly having regrets. Jazz is 23 now and had surgery right around age 18.  Obviously as a reality TV star, the show is still going on, everything we hear Jazz say is being tailored to an audience.

Yea just do a quick youtube search. There are tons of videos covering it.  Jazz stays in depression and has blown up to over 300lbs.

First thing I see is a video that is about a month old. It's "her" speaking to the camera saying "she" happy and Matt Walsh and Ben Shapiro are wrong.  Right from the horse's mouth.  Now I think there is a lot of self deception in play.  "Her" brothers went to UF but "she" went to Harvard.  Harvard doesn't let "her" in without that reality show and the reality show doesn't happen without the dysphoria.  And frankly going to Harvard, just by itself, should produce times of emotional distress and seeming regret.  It's supposed to be hard!

All of which is to say, I agree that "she" will be in what they call dysphoria for the rest of "her" life, but, I don't think we will ever have totally rigorous evidence of that.  Which is fine.  This is my religious belief, I don't need evidence.  The mom was way too quick to start "affirming" the female identity and probably was the one who suggested it in the first place.  I'm sure about that.  I'm not sure how we can ever address this as government and as voters going forward.

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