The emerging worldview of the Democratic Party is that five-year-olds can make the decision to permanently change their gender, but 21-year-olds are too young to know that committing crimes is wrong.
This dichotomy is on display in Massachusetts, one of the most permissive states in the country when it comes to transgender procedures on minors. Boston Children’s Hospital famously posted several videos asserting that children can be knowingly transgender in utero and that the hospital helps gender-confused children begin their transgender process when they are as young as two or three years old.
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Meanwhile, Massachusetts Democrats are considering legislation that would move many adult criminal defendants into the juvenile justice system. The bill would gradually raise the age of juvenile jurisdiction to 21 by 2030, meaning 19-, 20-, and eventually 21-year-old defendants charged with misdemeanors or nonviolent felonies would automatically be handled in juvenile court. Even violent felonies committed by defendants 21 and under could be sent to the juvenile system. The only offenses excluded entirely would be first- and second-degree murder.
Massachusetts glowingly advertises that children under the age of 18 can be emotionally mature enough to seek out and receive permanent hormone replacement and other “gender-affirming” procedures without their parents’ consent. On the other end of that spectrum, Massachusetts may soon decide that 21-year-olds are not emotionally mature enough to know that armed robbery, drug trafficking, stalking, sex trafficking, and other crimes are adult crimes that carry adult punishments.
Massachusetts is not alone. California, a “sanctuary state” for trans youth procedures, has been kicking around a bill that would void life sentences for criminals who committed their crimes before they turned 25. The logic behind these decisions is based on the myth (yes, it is a myth) that your brain reaches full development at the age of 25. Therefore, these poor criminals who are old enough to join the military, drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, etc., are just too young and naïve to know that committing a crime is a bad thing that they shouldn’t do.
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But if they wanted to permanently alter their body to “change their gender,” they could begin that process before they are old enough to get their driver’s license. How is that for consistent?
Democrats want to help criminals go free (in the name of “holistic justice” and “reform”) and want to let children transition. Therefore, a 12-year-old girl can be wise enough to get a mastectomy, while a 21-year-old carjacker can’t be expected to know any better. The inconsistency serves its purpose on both issues.