Antisemitism within intactivist leadership
Published: August 13, 2022 Updated: February 3, 2023 The Facebook page Antisemitism in Intactivism is doing a fine job of documenting the virulent hatred of Jews that daily permeates the intactivist presence on social media. Antisemitism isn’t limited to rank-and-file members, however. Sadly, this centuries-old bigotry has infected the highest levels of intactivist leadership. Today we'll examine the actions of four prominent individuals in the intactivist movement. They incl
The 2021 Philadelphia Counter-protests
October 14, 2021 Last weekend your Circumcision Choice team had planned to hold counter-protests outside the American Academy of Pediatrics annual conference in Philadelphia. However in light of the Covid-19 situation, the AAP converted its conference to a virtual event. Without doctors to harass at the Pennsylvania State Convention Center, the intactivists moved the locations of their protests to busy intersections in the Philadelphia area. Consequently we met them in Sprin
Blood Stained Men invade a medical office building, assault female doctor
Published July 16, 2019
Updated July 18, 2019 On Monday three intactivists targeted a pediatric medical office in Denver, Colorado. This video shot and edited by James Loewen shows three members of the Blood Stained Men – Loewen, Harry Guiremand, and Kenneth Hopkins (the leader who calls himself “Brother K”) – go into a building and attempt to enter a medical office unauthorized in order to harass the physician, staff, and patients.
Hopkins and Loewen have perfected a delibe
Intactivism is a Mental Disorder
Published May 7, 2019 Updated periodically Click here for FAQs and Pushbacks about this post Jonathon Conte, a leader of Bay Area Intactivists, tragically took his own life on May 9, 2016. Five years earlier Conte wrote about his motivations as an intactivist. He grew up feeling normal and whole. As a teenager he learned about circumcision, and he blamed his own infant circumcision for his genital soreness and discomfort. [1] He expressed "a feeling of incompleteness, both ph
Intactivists slander Circumcision Choice, accuse us of harassment - UPDATE
Published April 18, 2019
Updated October 2, 2019 "There you go again." Ronald Reagan - to his opponent Jimmy Carter, 1980 presidential debate Intactivists have again falsely accused your Circumcision Choice team of malfeasance. They first defamed us following the 2016 counter-protest outside the AAP Conference in San Francisco, James Loewen, the subject of our Irate Man series, falsely accused us of doxxing him, of sharing his home address and phone number with the doctors an
Children at an anti-circumcision protest?
April 6, 2019 NO! An anti-circumcision protest is not appropriate for children. We've observed sporadic supervision of children by their protesting parents. At multiple venues an unsupervised toddler was close to falling down concrete steps or running into a crowded street. The weather may be a factor. We've seen children swelter in extreme heat, and we've seen children shiver for hours in freezing rain. An event with profane language, graphic images, fake bloody crotches, an
How should intactivists respond if one of their own bombs a hospital?
July 8, 2018
A young man named Gregory Malchuk has assumed an informal role as strategy advisor to the intactivist movement. He records his musings on videos that he posts on YouTube for his followers. He's offered several proposals, such as suggesting that intactivists hold protests at churches, high schools, and little league baseball games. Malchuk recently uploaded a video in which he admitted that anti-circumcision antics will likely elicit violence, even terrorist atta
The Pathological Liar - and the truth about the 2018 ACOG counter-protest
Andrew Gross
May 1, 2018 Kenneth Hopkins is a pathological liar. A pathological liar is someone who exhibits habitual lying, typically by telling stories that present himself as the hero or victim. The pathological liar fibs so often that it becomes second nature. The founder of the Blood Stained Men who calls himself “Brother K” has repeatedly lied about himself, about circumcision, and about other people - including me. For instance, we've documented how Hopkins has asked p
The intactivist who drove 800 miles to stalk a nurse
February 26, 2018 Meet Sasha Ormand, a nurse practitioner with 20 years of experience in pediatrics. A graduate of Evergreen College and the University of Washington, Ormand serves children and their families in the Spokane area. In recent online reviews, parents wrote that Ormand “is extremely patient, thorough, and caring.” She “takes the time to listen and really find out how to help my kids. She always gives all the treatment options available and never makes me feel like
How do intactivists excuse their own behavior? Projection
January 3, 2018
Projection is a psychological defense mechanism in which a person projects her own thoughts, motivations, or actions on others. This technique allows one to avoid her own feelings of guilt and blame. [1] We’ve found that many in the anti-circumcision movement use projection to avoid looking at their own bad behavior. They blindly repeat intacto-facts like "16 functions" and "117 deaths," and accuse others of being uninformed. They'll say, "We aren't obsessed
