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RE: That Trans Thread
February 19, 2022 at 9:49 pm
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(February 19, 2022 at 5:28 pm)Lawz Wrote: Am I alone in thinking that transsexualism fundamentally reinforces "carcinogenic/old fashioned" and wrong sexist gender role stereotypes i.e. men are/feel/do like ABC and women are/feel/do like DEF?
I don't think so. My daughter recently asked me what the harm was in referring to her as he. None at all - but plenty of harm in validating dysmorphic isssues wholly attributable to society rather than biology. Do you see your nipples and hate yourself, or do you see how society treats a girl and wish you were otherwise? If it's the second thing.....
Can it reinforce that shitty thing in some contexts? Certainly. Does that apply to the majority of people who levy such complaints - unlikely.
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RE: That Trans Thread
February 23, 2022 at 1:41 pm
Greg Abbot has officially directed Family and Protective Services to begin investigating all trans children in Texas and prosecuting their parents as child abusers.
He has also instructed all teachers, doctors, and caregivers to begin reporting any trans students they see.
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RE: That Trans Thread
February 23, 2022 at 1:44 pm
(February 23, 2022 at 1:41 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: Greg Abbot has officially directed Family and Protective Services to begin investigating all trans children in Texas and prosecuting their parents as child abusers.
He has also instructed all teachers, doctors, and caregivers to begin reporting any trans students they see.
Just read this.
What an absolute piece of shit.
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RE: That Trans Thread
February 23, 2022 at 1:49 pm
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Florida is doing the same. Originally, the don't say gay bill they wrote had an exemption for outing kids if they thought a kids wellbeing may be jeopardized by informing their parents. Magats saw that and figured they could make it shittier, so they got rid of that exemption. As the bill reads now, educators will have a duty to report, and to enforce it.....drumroll please.....parents as bounty hunters suing the school.
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/20...ext/c1/PDF
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RE: That Trans Thread
February 23, 2022 at 1:50 pm
Republicans constantly whine about the "big government", the government telling them what to do, messing with their private lives, and then they do exactly what they are accusing Democrats of doing.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: That Trans Thread
February 23, 2022 at 1:56 pm
(February 23, 2022 at 1:49 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Florida is doing the same. Originally, the don't say gay bill they wrote had an exemption for outing kids if they thought a kids wellbeing may be jeopardized by informing their parents. Magats saw that and figured they could make it shittier, so they got rid of that exemption. As the bill reads now, educators will have a duty to report, and to enforce it.....drumroll please.....parents as bounty hunters suing the school.
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/20...ext/c1/PDF
What the actual fuck?!
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RE: That Trans Thread
February 23, 2022 at 2:20 pm
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Apparently, that was the general reaction - just looked it up again and they decided to claw that one back yesterday on account of shit optics.
Quote:On Tuesday, Florida Rep. Joe Harding, R-Williston, withdrew his amendment to the controversial so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill that would forcibly disclose sexual orientations of LGBTQ students.
The amendment was proposed on Friday and removed Tuesday before a House question and answer session began.
https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-don...t/39176167
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RE: That Trans Thread
February 23, 2022 at 3:28 pm
Oh look who is more progressive than Texas
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RE: That Trans Thread
February 23, 2022 at 5:38 pm
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(February 23, 2022 at 1:44 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: (February 23, 2022 at 1:41 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: Greg Abbot has officially directed Family and Protective Services to begin investigating all trans children in Texas and prosecuting their parents as child abusers.
He has also instructed all teachers, doctors, and caregivers to begin reporting any trans students they see.
Just read this.
What an absolute piece of shit. Merely a fool who thinks he can stop progress. His side lost before and they will lose again.
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RE: That Trans Thread
February 23, 2022 at 5:43 pm
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Trans issues are the most serious social issues of our time, IMO. There is more bigotry against the transgender community than perhaps any other community.
I'm trans myself. And appalled at the state of—generally speaking—the world's intolerance, hatefulness and folly directed at me and many who I care about.
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