100% agree. You might be better off staying a layer higher in the message for effectiveness.
You trust your doctor because the Hippocratic oath starts off “first, do no harm…”. A trans person fundamentally does no harm to anyone else. If any group of citizens is doing no harm to others but can be singled out and harmed by a democratic government, that government is no longer a democracy, and the meaning of citizenship has fundamentally been lost. This is a battle for democracy versus fascism. Regardless of how you feel about transgender issues, if you fail to stand up for citizenship and democracy now, the exception is your undoing and you will have no recourse in the future. Setting precedent in law for singling out a group for harm is not something that can be reversed. It is not one thing to overturn. It leads to avalanches and decades of struggle. This is about freedom, citizenship, and democracy versus the neo dark ages with witch burnings, plagues like the measles, and constant frivolous wars.
The Hippocratic Oath really isn’t a big thing anymore. Just to make you aware; nothing to do with your overall sentiment.
The principal of first do no harm is still a foundational one. Sure there is nuance, but calling it the Hippocratic oath is still a powerful rhetorical tool that holds useful symbolism. I’ve fallen through the cracks of the atrocious state of medicine in the USA and could even be fixed in Japan with stem cell treatments. I’m well aware of the lack of ethics in US medicine and practice.
Amen. We’ve got a lot of lessons to learn. We’d best get busy with it.
This is a far too complex explanation for cons to understand. 100% true though.
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