@raphjd said in Fairfax County VA public schools to suspend students who misgender:
Yes, it does allow parents to sue, but seeing all the TikTok teachers, they needed to be sued.
You, oh great moral arbiter for the entire world, are NOT paying school taxes in Florida!
@raphjd said in Fairfax County VA public schools to suspend students who misgender:
I do love how liberals lie about the Florida law.
It forbids discussing sexual matters with kids below the 4th grade and requires schools/teachers not to keep secrets about what is being taught in class.
That is like saying the US Tax Code encourages home ownership, but little else...
The Florida Law goes WAY beyond the teaching of sex to young children - indeed, that provision in the law is a RED HERRING! Designed to be a LIGHTENING ROD to steer conversations AWAY from the real purpose of the law:
School boards across the state are already re-working budgets to allocate 2x, even 3x more funding to their legal departments to defend against these lawsuits...
Where is that money coming from?
I know this will be a shocking statement, but here goes:
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@Kekkaishi said in Florida joins other states to ban protesting outside someone's home:
@bi4smooth there's already a law that forbids protesting outside of judges' homes. If the new law violates the US Constitution, then so does the old one. I wonder...
I think you miss my point - which is that the rules really ARE different when you're talking about Gov't officials... and JUST HOW DIFFERENT has changed over the years (even the decades/centuries)... and it will CONTINUE to evolve.
The FOUNDERS of this country DID NOT WANT special privileges for the people who served in Gov't... quite the opposite. So, I'd be curious to see if the "fundamentalist" and "originalist" justices of today would feel the same as the liberal "modernist" justices of the 1980s...
@raphjd said in Is it legal to protest outside justices’ homes? The law suggests NO:
Did you read the bit about the federal law that bans this kind of thing?
The federal law (discussed in the article) clearly makes this illegal, even though the White House and DOJ are ignoring it because it suits their agendas.
ROFL - you act as-if the law is clear-cut and boundless... so, all those demonstrators in front of the White House are terrorists (and are in violation of this law)... because the White House is the residence of the US President!
Likewise, people demonstrating outside Speaker Pelosi's house every day should be arrested and deported to their ancestral homes....
Balderdash - of course there are limits (which is what the law REALLY addresses)...
but for YOU - nah... for YOU it's more like:
@raphjd said in Democrats throw "birthing people" under the bus:
Thomas Beatie was legally a man when HE gave birth to all 4 of HIS kids.
Being "legally a man" doesn't stop Mr. Beatie from being a TRANS-man... and Coconut "milk" being "legally milk" doesn't mean "milk" isn't dairy.
AND YET AGAIN, if I dared say that men can not get pregnant or have periods, you would call me a transphobe.
If you had a dick (somewhere other than in your head), we'd call you a man...
I'm sorry, Martha, but not mentioning Trans people in every breath or sentence that references male or female doesn't make you a trans-phobe! Indeed, insisting that every reference to gender include trans is a form of trans-phobia, because you use them as ways to marginalize and "cheapen" the unique existence of Trans people. Indeed, YOU use it as an opportunity to denigrate and even degrade them!
I think there is a clear difference here:
Think: picketers outside the Mayor's house vs the KKK Rally on the lawn of some random black or Jewish family's house.
NOTE: When I'm elected King of Earth, I'll fix all these murky issues with simple, always applicable rules - no exceptions, no judgements, no grey areas... everyone will know right from wrong!
Interesting - the 1988 SCOTUS was a rather LIBERAL court... I wonder if the more Conservative court of 2022 would find the same.
I'm betting this goes back to SCOTUS eventually.
However, this one might not, because it may very well be a violation of the Florida Constitution (vs. the US Constitution).
@jujulette
There are no rules about collections, except that they have a common theme... Oh, and that there has to be a file list in the description.
Be careful how you name your files, I guess?
@raphjd said in Democrats throw "birthing people" under the bus:
@bi4smooth said in Democrats throw "birthing people" under the bus:
@raphjd said in Democrats throw "birthing people" under the bus:
Ah, so there aren't any gay trans-men.
The rest of your post is just typical liberal bullshit.
I know you are too fucking stupid to get it, but I have not argued on either side of the abortion issue. I have just pointed out that you idiotic liberals are all over the map on every topic to suit your current agendas.
What about bald trans man? When they get pregnant, are they denied abortion rights because they're bald? because they're trans? or because they're pregnant?
What about rich, White trans men? When they get pregnant, are they denied abortion rights because they're White? because they're trans? or because they're pregnant? Oh, wait! They're White - they're not denied anything... White people don't want abortion rights, they're too perfect to need them!
So, riddle-me-this, bat-shit-crazy-man? When a Trans person is given a speeding ticket, is it trans-phobia?
More proof that you are nothing but an idiot.
You said men can't get pregnant.
Men cannot get pregnant... Some pre-op Trans-men can, but that's like saying "Milk is dairy" and then being corrected that "Coconut Milk isn't dairy"...
That you cannot accept that simply shows the juvenile nature of your "logic"...
Some little white boys who get bullied on the playground just NEVER grow up, do they?
@raphjd said in Fairfax County VA public schools to suspend students who misgender:
For a "conservative", you say anything thing to defend liberal bullshit.
You stupid, stupid man... I'm not defending it! I'm pointing out that this stupid shit comes from an area FULL of radical leftists (who want to control the way people think JUST AS BADLY as you do! Just in different ways!)
This "story" is like pointing out a barking dog as-if it was meowing like a cat! NO! It's just another barking dog, and another radical trying to ENFORCE their point of view.
IMHO, both should be "put down" (the radical left and radical right, not the dog! I have nothing against dogs!)
@raphjd said in Democrats throw "birthing people" under the bus:
I know you are too fucking stupid to get it, but I have not argued on either side of the abortion issue. I have just pointed out that you idiotic liberals are all over the map on every topic to suit your current agendas.
You DO know that FREEDOM is about each person having their own thoughts and ideas, right?
Or are you still in Middle school, exerting your independence by being just like everyone else!
The Republican Party has plenty of differing views - only the Trumpite wing seems to relish in the old Patty Duke Show song: ... "They laugh alike, they walk alike,
At times they even talk alike - You can lose your mind"
BTW, Comrade - where's your "love of all things Putin" been hiding lately? He's still feeding your narrative! You just don't acknowledge it so much anymore...
@raphjd said in Democrats throw "birthing people" under the bus:
Ah, so there aren't any gay trans-men.
The rest of your post is just typical liberal bullshit.
I know you are too fucking stupid to get it, but I have not argued on either side of the abortion issue. I have just pointed out that you idiotic liberals are all over the map on every topic to suit your current agendas.
What about bald trans man? When they get pregnant, are they denied abortion rights because they're bald? because they're trans? or because they're pregnant?
What about rich, White trans men? When they get pregnant, are they denied abortion rights because they're White? because they're trans? or because they're pregnant? Oh, wait! They're White - they're not denied anything... White people don't want abortion rights, they're too perfect to need them!
So, riddle-me-this, bat-shit-crazy-man? When a Trans person is given a speeding ticket, is it trans-phobia?
@stam8 said in How important is coming out to you? and Why?:
@bearuk08 said in How important is coming out to you? and Why?:
If you can live with your own circle of people then why go into hassle of coming out?
But living with your own circle technically is coming out. Regardless of scale, you did come out to a certain group of people.
The importance of this is releasing the shame you feel, and secondly, feeling safe. Having a sense of safety and security is important, that coming out affords you.
Again, and more succinctly, I will gently point out that some people never experience fear while growing up gay - they feel acceptance and love (and safety) from the get-go....
And others live in a culture, where "coming out" to anyone but your actual lover is virtually impossible - and risky! Not for their health, but for their lives (and those of their families and lovers!)
There is no "shared" world experience to be had...
We each have our own paths... in so far as you can find people whose path is similar to your own, it can be very nice! But not everyone has that luxury...
Do you even KNOW where Fairfax County, VA is located?
Berkely, CA is less liberal than that place!
Being amazed by this "news" would be like being amazed that school lunches in Menphis, TN served BBQ pork! Or that the Waco, TX school district has a "comparative world religions" class that spent 9/10 of the curriculum discussing the differences between the Protestant sects!
Sheesh... talk about fake news!
News flash: the ghost of Imelda Marcos was seen in a shoe store in Manila!
@raphjd said in Health care is now a private matter:
Are you still trying to convince anyone that you are a conservative?
Wait? Isn't this a trans-phobia issue, too?
@raphjd said in Health care is now a private matter:
Are you still trying to convince anyone that you are a conservative?
ROFL - I have no want, wish, or desire to take or pass any litmus test you may have for my political leanings. And failing one (or all) of your ridiculous tests for being a conservative means nothing to anyone not going by the name @raphjd... not worth the photons coming out of your monitor!
@raphjd said in Democrats throw "birthing people" under the bus:
Your extreme TDS is showing.
You can't see the extreme bullshit in the liberal argument.
You clowns tell us that men have periods and get pregnant, then you tell us that men can't have abortions because they don't have vaginas.
If men can have periods and get pregnant, then they can have abortions.
Clearly, you are claiming that trans-men are not men because you said;
Exactly how can a man have an abortion?You haved denied the existence of every trans-man out there.
You denied Thomas Beatie and every man that gave birth after him.
You are a typical liberal POS.
You're a deluded freak - abortion is not a trans issue! If a trans-man gets pregnant, it's pretty damned likely that it was planned... and if not, well the fact that they're pregnant and may want the freedom to choose to abort that pregnancy IS NOT A TRANS ISSUE!
Your White Power -- oops, White Privilege -- is really what's at stake here!
@eobox91103 said in Help me with this torrent.:
@bi4smooth said in Help me with this torrent.:
Just a note: there is no value in deleting the DATA when you remove a torrent to re-download it.
Good point--I think I was on autopilot when I typed this. Deleting torrent + data is my default when cleaning out my torrent data folder after I've archived any downloads to another location. In the case of a "stillborn" torrent, there wouldn't have been any data so nothing was lost.
On a related note, a couple of days ago I had another one of these "won't start" torrents. I was reluctant to delete it and start over as I had carefully selected about 10% of the many files for downloading, and I didn't want to do that over again. I let things be, and after two days or so the torrent started up and I got the stuff I wanted. That's a longer delay than usual, but patience paid off.
(Who was it that said, "Lord, give me patience, and give it to me NOW?")
I heard something from a staffer once:
SO, with that in mind, when there are only a few seeders, sometimes you have to "wait your turn" to connect to them because they're busy seeding other torrents to other users...
IMHO, it helps to keep in mind that ALL of us volunteer our resources to share all this awesome porn (even the fat, hairy, tattooed guys I'm totally not into! LOL)!!!
@raphjd said in Democrats throw "birthing people" under the bus:
It says everything about you liberals.
You idiots flip flop all over the map, to suit your agenda.
As I said, if I dared claim, as you did, that man can't get pregnant, you would have called me a transphobe. But since I sided with the trans community, you idiots claim I'm a transphobe. That is the kind of garbage people you liberals are.
You liberals are nothing more than bad faith actors.
You can't see the idiocy of your own argument.
You hear from 2 different people that you're "inserting" the trans issue into a subject that is patently NOT ABOUT trans people, and largely does not affect any of them (at least not as a result of their being trans).
This is the equivalent of claiming that white privilege is a trans issue... or that social security running out of money is a trans issue...
Just when are you going to make Trump's loss in 2020 a trans issue? I can't wait to hear your twisted mind make a "logical" attempt to make THAT jump!