Jim

The middle one of those links states “Still, the assaults appear to have little to do with the attacker’s gender identity, according to documents filed with the family’s lawsuit. Teachers say he preferred and requested male pronouns, according to a report by a law firm that investigated the assault.”

I was a goth kid. It was my escape into my own world. I needed it to go on. Not many people liked goth kids back then, but I wasn’t up in everyone’s face about it. I didn’t care if I was accepted or not. The world was fine letting me be me. Get some disapproving looks? Sure, I did. I was too smart to get in a tangle.

That’s thing about these…[Read more]

Well, never say never, lol. It happens and will happen. These reports get a lot of fear press and there are feminists who object. Trans people didn’t invent the “TERF” acronym for nothing. Oh, and there are plenty of cross-dressing pervy males walking around, taking advantage of all this. Have you been to Miami lately? You would think 10% to 20%…[Read more]

Robert said“ All the documented attacks and threats on biological women who expressed concern about woman’s safety in bathrooms. A male rapist in a skirt could easily be indistinguishable from a trans woman. Shameful.”

No trans woman has assaulted a woman in a bathroom. This equates to the Hawaiians eating people’s  pets.

It seems extraord…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:

jakelafort wrote:
In any event as long as it can be established that the onset of transexualism is biologically based we take out the free will BS and that diminishes societal condemnation of trans people.

If people chose to be trans, rather than being born that way – so what?

Yes, but it went way beyond that. The i…[Read more]

It felt to me in the final few weeks that it was the Democrats to lose. I thought his “Eating the dogs” line in the debate would sink him but he might as well have shot somebody on 5th Ave for all the difference it made. Here is an interesting article on the topic.

Another spin…..

jakelafort wrote:
In any event as long as it can be established that the onset of transexualism is biologically based we take out the free will BS and that diminishes societal condemnation of trans people.

If people chose to be trans, rather than being born that way – so what?  It’s a harmless thing in itself, and not like molesting children,…[Read more]

Agreed Robert.

The election is in large measure a reaction to the far left. In four years perhaps it will be the far right that swings the pendulum again. If our ersatz democracy survives Trump. Inshallah.

No doubt the GOP made hay with all of the lefty BS. Pronouns? So insignificant in the scheme of things. Identity politics betray liberal…[Read more]

I felt that the ferocity of gender/identity rhetoric by the trans community and allies on social media and in the news was gonna work heavily in the Republicans favor. And it did.

Accidentally misgendering with wrong pronouns is not an act of violence. If you are in a bank wearing a flower dress and have a full beard, guess what, some people are…[Read more]

Simon,

I was not addressing a relationship between being gay and being trans. I assume if someone has male plumbing but identifies as a female then they are straight if they are attracted to males and gay if they are attracted to females. I also assume the multiple causes contributing to sexual orientation are independent of identifying as male…[Read more]

Gays and lesbians for Trump think he’s an ally, LOL. He just banned pride (and BLM) flags from Fed buildings and embassies. With merit-based hiring and firing, the minority employment party is done and over. My white male privilege is back baby! I may need that card when they kill retirement benefits. Oh shit, being old as I am, well that’s no…[Read more]

Washington is an Oligarchy. Half the wealth of the nation was present in just a few individuals at the coronation. Enlightened Europeans crossed the ocean to get away from kings and lords and to revive democracy, at least to a degree. That’s all over now. The judges and congress and executive are all bought and paid for. Release the face-eating leopards.

I don’t think someone needs a “female brain” to feel like they are female.  Who knows where gender identity resides?  The body is a complex system.  Biological sex is one thing.  Psychological and social gender identity can be separate from that.

Where’s the relationship between being trans, and being gay?  Is there one?  How would that even be defined?

The Bishop lumped in gays, lesbians and transgender. I am not aware of any threat made by Trump against gays and lesbians. To that extent i disagree but otherwise reluctantly agree.

I really wish experiments would be conducted on people who identify as transgender. AI can distinguish male from female brains. If the results did not correspond to…[Read more]

It is a tad chilly overnight – but I have two fluffy old dogs with me when I go to bed – cosy!

@Strega Just catching the temperature where you are…..17F but feeling like only 8.6F……….Yikes, stay warm!!

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”

“When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourse…[Read more]

My mother used to say of me that I “would argue with a bishop”. But yesterday I found myself in agreement with one!

Yeah, it’s 1933 all over again. So fucking stupid.

How does Tyranny begin.