Gotcha

The nuances inherent in issues have largely disappeared in this age of whataboutisms and gotcha finger pointing. 

I was watching a clip of Bill Maher and Rob Reiner where the former was talking about trans kids and surgeries with complete obtuseness and lack of knowledge of the subject matter. Maher had simply jumped on a right wing talking point without having sufficient information. 

Sadly, this is what passes for discourse today where the truth is often hidden under layers of argumentation meant to score points instead of provide clarity and help people understand what is involved. 

Trans kids don't have elective surgeries without first being treated by experts who then recommend tiny steps forward only as required. To hear Maher explain it they were walking in to clinics and coming out the same day with body alterations. Sometimes these kids err along the way just like people who opt for other types of elective surgeries yet nobody tries to interfere with them. 

Maher, who has become unwatchable, now plays footsie with the right wing as he enters his golden years by notching up his "you kids get off my lawn" curmudgeon aesthetic to an 11.

Do human beings do things that they may later regret? Just about everyone. Welcome to the human race but the obsession with transgender people is getting tiresome.

The truth is always hidden somewhere under the bluster and the misinformation.

Until you've done some homework, please shut up Bill.