osite. The Cass Review is already being cited by their Republican opponents, so in the absence of any actual response grounded in evidence, SPLC’s huge resources are turned to an international smear campaign – one that is exemplified by their CAPTAIN report, which as I’ve previously discussed is built on an echo chamber of activist groupthink and conspiracist logic….
I think that anyone seeking to understand and address the misinformation and disinformation currently being spread about the Cass Review need to take a long look at the incredibly well-financed activists in the US who have been successfully traducing tiny organisations and blameless individuals, with no serious opposition, for years. As with feminist targets before, these attacks don’t stop at the door of SEGM – they spread, by relentless guilt-by-association, to contaminate absolutely everyone who touches them, or anyone connected to them. Unchecked claims like this are toxic to public discourse, spreading and gaining traction with zero corrective force, creating an unwarranted chilling effect around their targets. Bystanders are quick to believe there is no smoke without fire, and UK clinicians cannot realistically defend their reputations from this sort of partisan dreck from the US. Blandly wondering why the Cass Review has been “largely ignored” in the US misses the point – it is not merely being ignored, it is actively being undermined.
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