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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. put his junk-science mind on full display in response to the recent school shooting in Minneapolis. When asked Thursday on Fox News whether the shooters reported transgender identity had any bearing on this tragedy, Kennedy revisited a debunked narrative about violence.
We are doing those kind of studies now at [the National Institutes of Health]. Were launching studies on the potential contribution of some of the SSRI drugs and some of the other psychiatric drugs that might be contributing to violence, Kennedy said.
SSRIs are typically used to treat depression and anxiety disorders. Kennedy has repeated the soundly debunked claim that psychiatric medications lead to violent behavior. And Kennedys claim ignores the far more significant factor contributing to gun violence in the U.S.the hundreds of millions of firearms in circulation. In fact, there is evidence that school shootings lead to an increase in young people seeking antidepressant treatments.
Statistically, it is exceedingly rare for transgender individuals to carry out mass shootings, and the right wings attempts to demonize trans children as potential threats is another hideous example of its moral decrepitude.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/28/2340650/-RFK-Jr-is-up-to-his-bullsh-t-again-after-latest-mass-shooting
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(72,543 posts)Midnight Writer
(25,752 posts)GiqueCee
(4,746 posts)THere's so much about this guy that just screams, RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!
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(72,543 posts)Blue Owl
(59,628 posts)struggle4progress
(126,683 posts)GiqueCee
(4,746 posts)... will do anything for attention, even if negative attention. Trump told everyone that he was going to let this brain-damaged junkie who maliciously drove his first wife to suicide, "just go wild". That should tell any sentient being just what an evil piece of shit Trump is, and what an out-of-control sociopath Kennedy is.
As I say whenever this asshole is the topic of conversation, WHAT A SHAME THAT WORM DIDN'T STICK AROUND FOR DESSERT. The whole world would be better off with out him.
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