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    1. Robert P. George‏ @McCormickProf Feb 21

      Robert P. George Retweeted Encounter Books

      We need to make clear to the oligarchs at places like Amazon that trying to make dissenting ideas inaccessible is intolerable and won't work. If Amazon blacklists a book, buy it from another seller or directly from the publisher. But buy it. And read it. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-harry-became-sally-ryan-anderson/1125792437 …https://twitter.com/EncounterBooks/status/1363604042761588736 …

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      Encounter Books @EncounterBooks
      Fight back against Big Tech. Support independent book sellers who believe in free speech and do not self-censor. https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/when-harry-became-sally-responding-to-the-transgender-moment/ … https://twitter.com/RyanTAnd/status/1363587820565184521 …
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    2. Robert P. George‏ @McCormickProf Feb 21

      Amazon doesn't want you to read Ryan Anderson's *When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment*. That in itself tells you that you should read the book and learn from it. Buy it for $16.99 from Amazon's competitor Barnes & Noble:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-harry-became-sally-ryan-anderson/1125792437 …

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Feb 21
      Replying to @McCormickProf

      I just ordered a copy. I'm curious to see what I'm not supposed to be allowed to read.

      5:10 PM - 21 Feb 2021
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        1. Renée‏ @ReneeStephen Feb 21
          Replying to @paulg @McCormickProf

          So "contrarian" you'll just buy *anything* someone says is 'banned'?? When, really, a store just doesn't want to carry it bc it's terrible. Free market at work. But I expect you'll be out back the Safeway pawing thro the dumpster bc they won't sell you their spoiled meat next.

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        1. a.m.c‏ @Sarksus Feb 21
          Replying to @paulg @McCormickProf

          "what they don't want you to read" is a common way for grifters to increase the allure of a scam

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        1. Purrtrand Russell (he/she/they)‏ @iamnotaknight Feb 21
          Replying to @paulg @McCormickProf

          I'll second the works of Julia Serano.http://www.juliaserano.com/ 

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        1. Foucault's Pudendum‏ @kai_tave Feb 21
          Replying to @paulg @McCormickProf

          way to let everyone know you're a huge rube that falls for the most basic marketing ploys

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        1. Reasonably predictable 🏳️‍🌈‏ @marileezafari Feb 21
          Replying to @paulg @McCormickProf

          Trans humans deserve so much better than this.

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        1. Sam Panini™  🇺🇸‏ @SampathPanini Feb 22
          Replying to @paulg @McCormickProf

          Cheaper to follow on Twitter for a month and then find out and then get bored with the topic and the people.

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        1. Howard on main‏ @citizen_of_now Feb 22
          Replying to @paulg @McCormickProf

          Hey Paul, amazon doesn't want you to write me a 100k check. DM me.

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        2. Jordan Scales‏ @jdan Feb 22
          Replying to @paulg

          I mean you're allowed to read it, in fact you were even able to pay for it. You have 1.2 million followers, probably 1.199 of whom understand intellectual freedom and our ability to seek whatever information we want - but you just endorsed a piece of pulp transphobia, why?

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        3. Alex Bush‏ @alexabush7 Feb 22
          Replying to @jdan @paulg

          lol he just told you, because there's social pressure not to read it

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        2. Dr BLM: BreonnaTaylor JonathanPrice ElijahMcClain‏ @DumbSci Feb 22
          Replying to @paulg @McCormickProf

          Transition saves lives. Regret is rare: https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/102/11/3869/4157558 … https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323249714_The_Amsterdam_Cohort_of_Gender_Dysphoria_Study_1972-2015_Trends_in_Prevalence_Treatment_and_Regrets … http://web.archive.org/web/20200517234219/https://research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/23662694/POST-PEER-REVIEW-PUBLISHERS.PDF … https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29489533  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6212091/ … https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/145/2/e20191725 … https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/134/4/696 … http://web.archive.org/web/20200809212120/https://www.aap.org/en-us/Documents/solgbt_resource_transgenderchildren.pdf … https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/suicidality-transgender-adults/ … https://epath.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Boof-of-abstracts-EPATH2019.pdf#page=139 …

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        3. Dr BLM: BreonnaTaylor JonathanPrice ElijahMcClain‏ @DumbSci Feb 22
          Replying to @DumbSci @paulg @McCormickProf

          .@paulg is promoting a book that argues for conversion "therapy" ("torture" is more accurate). Major medical orgs (the AMA, APA, AACAP, AAP, etc.) oppose conversion torture because it's "not only unsuccessful but also deleterious". https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2749479 … https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2019/ pic.twitter.com/NnOWLrPFvZ

          "Our AMA... opposes, the use of 'reparative' or 'conversion' therapy for sexual orientation or gender identity." from American Medical Association (AMA) archive.vn/jXu1q
          "Report of the American Psychiatric Association Task Force on Treatment of Gender Identity Disorder.  ... In the past, diversity of sexual orientation and gender identity (e.g. homosexuality, bisexuality, and transgender identities) were seen as a mental illness. This changed in 1973 when the [APA] stated that homosexuality per se is not a mental disorder. While Gender Dysphoria remains a part of the DSM-5, there is growing social acceptance that human sexuality and gender identity can present in a variety of ways as part of the human condition ... gender diverse patients have been shown to benefit from gender-affirming therapies, and given the documented harm of 'reparative' or conversion therapies regarding sexual orientation, it would likely be seen as unethical to research reparative therapy outcomes with gender diverse populations. ... APA recommends that ethical practitioners respect the identities for those with diverse gender expressions." from the APA bit.ly/33sH98E
          "Variations in ... gender expression represent normal and expectable dimensions of human development. They are not considered to be pathological; therefore, they are not included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders... 'Conversion therapies' (or 'reparative therapies') are interventions purported to alter ... an individual’s gender expression.  ... for youth whose gender identity is incongruent with their sex anatomy, efforts to change their core gender identity have also been described... These interventions are provided under the false premise that homosexuality and gender diverse identities are pathological. They are not; the absence of pathology means there is no need for conversion or any other like intervention. Further, there is evidence that 'conversion therapies' increase risk of causing or exacerbating mental health conditions in the very youth they purport to treat ." from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry archive.vn/MIOsR
          "Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents, October 2018.  In contrast, 'conversion' or 'reparative' treatment models are used to prevent children and adolescents from identifying as transgender or to dissuade them from exhibiting gender-diverse expressions. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has concluded that any therapeutic intervention with the goal of changing a youth’s gender expression or identity is inappropriate. Reparative approaches have been proven to be not only unsuccessful but also deleterious and are considered outside the mainstream of traditional medical practice. The AAP described reparative approaches as 'unfair and deceptive.' At the time of this writing,* conversion therapy was banned by executive regulation in New York and by legislative statutes in 9 other states as well as the District of Columbia." from the American Academy of Pediatrics archive.vn/o2YQt
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