Billboard Chris in Dublin

Billboard Chris is 100% spot on - children should not be taking "puberty blockers", drugs that have never been tested on children long-term.

As the lady says in that video, so-called "puberty blockers" have only ever been approved in adults - to treat adults with certain diseases, including specific kinds of cancer. They were never tested nor intended to be given to children for any other clinical indication. Therefore the use of these drugs is experimental in nature. Whether people agree with that experimentation is another matter.

But what we should all agree, is that it's a legitimate debate to be had.

In the footage, the police officer makes a total fool of himself. Without checking the CCTV footage, he blames Billboard Chris, demanding that he not appear near the store in question (i.e. considered guilty first).

And all this, without the new "hate speech" legislation having been passed. Which isn't really about hate speech at all, but rather about what some people - a minority of people - consider "offensive speech", which is entirely subjective in nature. Expect the police reports to come flooding in once this legislation passes.

Imagine how absurd it will become once the legislation is passed? Who wants police resources wasted on cases that involve decent people saying experimental drugs should not be administered to young children? Just because some people, a minority of juvenile adults who have never grown up, claim to be "offended".

Seriously!?

This is an obscenity. It's a violation against children and an added obstruction to freedom of speech.

Long may Billboard Chris persist. I had never heard of him until yesterday, but if he can shine a light on the injustice committed against children, then that can only be considered a good thing - no matter how loud, violent, abusive, aggressive and censorious opposition voices may be.

And for anyone who may not have heard of Billboard Chris, he was on GB News this evening. A perfectly tame, moderate, sensible voice who is airing legitimate concerns whilst also being respectful to others at the same time.

The Garda lied and told him if someone finds his sign offensive he could be arrested. He then tried to make him leave the area.

He made a tit of himself and got his bluff called. A clear attempt at police intervention over an opinion but it failed. It’s all there in the video. What was the Garda’s business even speaking to him?

Do you think children should be given puberty blockers?

The Guards made up call was done after 30 seconds when he was told he wasn’t in the Disney store. End of conversation. Instead he starts asking him about the billboard and what his motivation is.

Clearly an attempt by the Guard to force him to stop and it failed. The Disney store call was bull.

And people are ‘moaning’ about Guards not doing anything about actual crime. Instead they’re now the offence police. Do you consider this a good use of police resources?

The entire foundation of your argument is based on the idea that these kids were sick and needed medical intervention, which is false, and that puberty blockers with permanent affects is any sort of medical treatment, which it isn’t.

These decisions were not based on medical care for the children but ideological dogma and virtue signalling.

Just because parents consent to something doesn’t mean it’s their right to. There are lots of things that should not be forced onto children, regardless of parents consent.

That’s a fair point. Except someone couldn’t ignore him and called the police on him. When the guard realised he had no good reason to intervene he could have left it at that but he still questioned him for ten minutes and tried to tell him he could be arrested if someone was offended by his sign.

So now we have a ten minute video and a thread. You’re welcome to leave the thread if you want

Unless your real motivation is you don’t like a light been shined into this subject

Billboard Chris is highlighting the concerns of the evidence to date re: puberty blockers and the affirmation model.

All the evidence to date from Western clinics shows that this is both hasty and often harmful to the child.

You are asking quite a lot of questions, skirting around the issue - but seem to have no question about the application of puberty blockers in children. And this, despite the fact, that thousands of families are suing clinics in the UK and elsewhere as a direct consequence of the use of puberty blockers in children.

The fact you'd rather talk about Grafton Street rather than the substantive issue behind his messaging, tells me that you're not interested in seriously engaging with this discussion.

Be facetious if you wish, but don't pretend this isn't a serious and legitimate discussion, because it is.