"The primary purpose of society shifted in recent decades from protecting innocent human life to eliminating suffering... Let’s start with the transgender moral panic. In the name of eliminating suffering in children with gender dysphoria, 'do no harm' medical ethics have been cast aside"

WESLEY J. SMITH The Fear of Suffering Is Driving Us Crazy  ... ​The primary purpose of society shifted in recent decades from protecting innocent human life to eliminating suffering. That may seem like a small change in emphasis. But our suffering phobia has triggered a harmful societal neurosis that has both subverted human exceptionalism and undermined societal common sense. ​Let’s start with the transgender moral panic. In the name of eliminating suffering in children with gender dysphoria, “do no harm” medical ethics have been cast aside. [https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-fear-of-suffering-is-driving-us-crazy_4933555.html?utm_source=Morningbrief&src_src=Morningbrief&utm_campaign=mb-2022-12-21&src_cmp=mb-2022-12-21&utm_medium=email&est=ilqOQM5%2FBGMbkP6MRZv05si0%2BdgGRMq4GZsAycSkxvA3zlIVlHAcR5PP7dim]