“Trust in science” is a seemingly harmless nonpartisan slogan that ostensibly claims that government policy should be based on facts and hard data. In practice, of course, roar The Radical Left is using “science” as a stick to disguise itself as a war to shove increasingly authoritarian policies. COVID-19 and climate change. Increased politicization Scientific progress has inevitably produced the opposite result: public trust in science. continues to declineespecially among Republicans.
Rather than bridging this political divide and mending a tarnished image, America’s scientific institutions are embracing raw partisanship. Of course, the illusion of fairness was shattered long ago. Scientific American, T.he is the lancetand Nature After a history of avoiding endorsements, they broke the precedent of everyone endorsing Joe Biden as the 2020 presidential candidate. now, Chemistry & Engineering News (C&EN), Major weekly journal published by the global American Chemical Society (ACS) largest scientific associationis publishing article I am against the ban on child sex reassignment.
of article “Where should the scientific community meet as anti-trans laws tighten?]appeared last month. C&EN. Author Crystal Vazquez ultimately urged the ACS and other scientific bodies to withdraw the conference from states that passed “anti-trans laws.” Including those specifically directed at minors because such policies are contrary to their “values” – despite recognizing that such actions are ACS would be incurring “millions of dollars in debt.” In fact, the first paragraph specifically calls out: S.480the Indiana bill would, in Vasquez’s words, ” Prohibit gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.” Concerns about other policies in Texas, Florida and Indiana were specifically mentioned and reiterated. C&EN admit “”[m]Most of the bills proposed were aimed at minors’” The article concludes by calling out:Sith allies need to raise their voices and raise awareness to prevent the passage of “anti-trans laws.”
C&EN Going into this issue seems out of scope range of “maintain [the readership] Stay up to date on the most important chemistry news… [C&EN’s] Reporters and editors track important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career guidance, and more. But more alarmingly, this article specifically protection What Vulnerable Minors Make harmLife-changing decisions such as taking puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and even physical surgery are required, sometimes even without parental consent.
Indeed, the stance advocated there is C&EN Much more progressive than those adopted in European countries. Britain, France, Sweden and Norway have all recently adopted. imposed Restrictions on so-called “gender-positive care” for minors. lack of evidence Such treatment is believed to lead to favorable long-term results. Not only do so-called “scientific publications” go out of their way to defend the absurd, unscientific notion that men can become women and vice versa, they also go beyond the extremely harmful medical practices of children. Actively support action. This is a clear example of how a once-prestigious scientific institution has compromised its integrity in order to conform to the prevailing cultural and political will. Policy does not drive science, not the other way around. Scientific advances have long helped vulnerable populations, and today there are publications such as: C&EN It actively hosts content that harms children in the name of “science.”
nevertheless C&EN It is important to emphasize that it is editorially independent as it is published by ACS. Nonetheless, his ACS actions on this issue are equally alarming, if less than supportive. C&EN In this article, ACS is itself The state has previously successfully used transgender issues as a weapon to influence policy decisions across the state, including the Texas 2017 mandate to use restrooms based on gender rather than “gender identity.” He lobbied to repeal the state bill by threatening to cancel two conferences from the state. Interestingly, C&EN Editor While justifying its activities based on the “safety” of its so-called transgender and nonbinary members, the ACS does not turn a blind eye to hosting major conferences in liberal, crime-infested cities. . San Francisco, new orleans, and Chicago Doing so could jeopardize the safety of all participants. In opposing “toilet bills” like the proposed Texas bill, the ACS is also concerned about the safety of female participants who are forced to share restrooms with “transgender women” (aka men). He also made it clear that he had little concern. a crowd of of violent toilet assault or offal Occurred around it of Country. Also, mixed bathrooms are not particularly safe for “transgender” people with similar reports. to be of victim of assault on bathroom.
More broadly, the proposal that the scientific community should use the conference site to blackmail individual states and cities sets a dangerous precedent. One might imagine a similar approach being used for high-profile issues such as abortion and energy policy. And perhaps this is exactly the approach conservatives should take. For example, it threatens to boycott all events in blue states like California and New York based on policies that support the murder of countless newborns. Bringing politics into every industry, event, and institution is a terrible thing for a country, but the reality is that while the political left has been actively engaged in this for decades, the political right has not. be. What is the final result?Something like a so-called scientific publication C&EN and institutions such as ACS It blindly circulates clearly anti-scientific terms like “transgender,” “cisgender,” and “gender non-binary” to undermine the credibility of our scientific institutions.
J. Allen Cartwright writes about the interaction of politics with cultural and scientific institutions. His work has been published in Human Events, The Federationist and Areo Magazine. You can follow him at @jallencartwright on his Parler.
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