Reference is made to a letter to the editor authored by Mr Kevin Baldeosingh and published in the Express yesterday, titled: “ Activists misrepresenting data on bullying”. I am not gay, and I am not one of the activists referenced by Mr Baldeosingh in his letter. I am simply an elderly person whose life’s experiences and training have equipped me with a certain measure of wisdom.
Common sense make before book sense. Despite this, it is fashionable for intellectuals to quote from relevant scientific studies in support of their opinions—a so-called objective test/analysis. In this regard, it is nowadays accepted that there is a causal link between lung cancer and the smoking of tobacco products.
However, several decades ago, the tobacco companies were able to produce scientific studies disputing such a link. Wise individuals were not persuaded by the findings of such studies, given what they were able to observe from the impact smoking tobacco had on their friends and relatives. To his credit, Mr Baldeosingh, in support of his position regarding the bullying of LGBTQI students, quoted extensively from a study commissioned by certain gender activists which attested to his view that LGBTQI students were not “.
..the most victimised in the victim Olympics”.
Mr Baldeosingh asserted, based on the findings of that study, that LGBTQI students were both bullies and were bullied, accordingly “...
bullying based on sexual orientation is not particularly prevalent...
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