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Post by finreporter on May 31, 2022 4:41:02 GMT
The other one-issue is anti trans rights. I'll say it here because I've never said it before, but one of my twins came out to me 2 years ago. We have started undergoing gender-affirming care after lots of therapy and doctors visits, to ensure we're on the right path. We're definitely on the right path. So I now have a son and a daughter rather than twin daughters (and I'm 100000% behind my son, as is his dad and my parents). But all Abbott and those like him have to do is use my son and those in his position to stoke hatred and some weird unfounded fears into his voters who seriously know nothing about what it is like to be trans (it's quite innocent, docile and unassuming, I promise!) and they throw the precious vote right towards the very shark who would rather my child commit suicide than live his true authentic being.
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Post by birdgal on May 31, 2022 13:30:56 GMT
Either they are hypocrites and fools or they are exactly like trump. They worship a man who brags, outloud into a mic, that he can easily and casually sexually assault a woman and get away with it, that if his daughter wasn't his daughter he could hit on her too.
He probably never worked a day in his life because his daddy, a man who was friends with nazis, left him a lot of money (blood money?) and the list goes on.
Many of these people who worship this lower life form, call themselves The Party Of God. Which God would that be? Do we have a name for this God?
They simply can not live and let live. Or, as the Bible tells us, judge not lest you be judged and take the plank out of your own eye before trying to remove the speck from anothers eye.
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Post by DotRen on May 31, 2022 14:42:57 GMT
finreporter, I've always felt that politicians that try to regulate what happens in other peoples "bedrooms" do it because there's nothing going on in theirs. Your son is very lucky to have your support
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Post by lani on May 31, 2022 16:13:56 GMT
I believe there is a percentage of voters who do not care what idiocy the GOPers spout and support, as long as they put down and defeat Democrats. By any means possible, i.e. suppressing the vote, throwing out legitimate votes, gerrymandering districts, etc. I am so tired of a minority controlling government because they have no moral restraints on their actions.
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Post by birdgal on Jun 5, 2022 17:04:41 GMT
Lani, I believe you are right about that.
I'm not sure how the Republican Party morphed into whatever the Hell it is today. Angry, fearful, self righteous, obnoxious, puffed up bullies, etc.
It is certainly not the Party of Lincoln. The party of trump?
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Post by surfgirl on Jun 21, 2022 17:33:55 GMT
And yet, he will have people who support him. I don't get it. I simply can not understand how that can be. Do you get it? If so, do tell. It's sadly very simple, they continue to support him because they want 'the good old days' back. You know, when white men were in charge, us women knew our place, and people of color knew their place. This is the only reason I can come up with that would push someone to continue supporting these folks. Which is also why the dumpster is still drawing crowds at gatherings and conferences. It's the only explanation - a subset of white America is so afraid of people of color becoming the majority that they will support anything, no matter how heinous, so long as they think it will keep their minority in power longer. The good old days...that's what they want.
The other one-issue is anti trans rights. I'll say it here because I've never said it before, but one of my twins came out to me 2 years ago. We have started undergoing gender-affirming care after lots of therapy and doctors visits, to ensure we're on the right path. We're definitely on the right path. So I now have a son and a daughter rather than twin daughters (and I'm 100000% behind my son, as is his dad and my parents). But all Abbott and those like him have to do is use my son and those in his position to stoke hatred and some weird unfounded fears into his voters who seriously know nothing about what it is like to be trans (it's quite innocent, docile and unassuming, I promise!) and they throw the precious vote right towards the very shark who would rather my child commit suicide than live his true authentic being.
Fin, I'm so sorry that you are having to process this hatred in such a direct way. It's boggling that anyone would care that much about what another person wants to do with their body. I mean, nobody is telling them they have to change, another person's gender identity has no bearing on these people does it? People are people. Love is love. These hateful people will fight to the death over 'saving' an unborn fetus of 6 weeks now, even if it was rape or incest, but they won't support funding for reproductive health/sex education so every child grows up knowing how to protect themselves from an unwanted pregnancy. They try to make it as difficult as possible for gay couples to adopt the very same children that they force women to bear. They want every woman who gets pregnant to be forced to give birth even if the pregnancy is unwanted but they don't want anything to do with that child once it comes out, do they? And now they want gay and trans children to hide in the closet again? I'm sorry but I'm not going backwards, I want to go forward. These same god-fearing folks are so filled with hatred towards anything they don't understand. It's so sad, I cannot imagine living with such small mindedness.
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Post by birdgal on Jun 21, 2022 18:10:24 GMT
Well said, Surfgirl!
They are an obnoxious, angry, and fearful bunch of thugs and bullies. A selfish crowd who seem to believe they are a superior people because of the color of their skin and because they are mostly fearful males. Real men aren't afraid of change, are willing to share, listen, and learn from others.
Times are changing. Move over and get out of the way. It's a new day.
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Post by luanne on Jun 21, 2022 22:41:20 GMT
I went to a very informative training on Saturday. It was called Transgender Cultural Fluency Training and was conducted by the Transgender Center of New Mexico. The presenter Stacy was wonderful. Really gave me an appreciated and more of an awareness of using the correct pronouns for people. There was a whole lot more covered than just that, but that part really hit home. My older daughter has several people in her life that identify as they/them and I am forever goofing when I refer to them. I need to be more mindful when referring to them.
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Post by finreporter on Jun 22, 2022 1:32:23 GMT
Luanne, it’s tough when it comes to getting the right pronouns! My son has a fellow member of his group therapy that was born female but has adopted a male name but identifies as non binary and pronouns are they/them. Because they look like a male I keep effing up and saying he and him. What’s amazing is that my kids and their friends never mess these things up. They’re much better at it than I am! Their dad and I of course kept messing up our own kid’s pronouns at first but now we’re over a year from him having come out and I can safely say we get pronouns correctly probably close to 99.99% of the time.
That was very cool of you to attend a workshop on this topic! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being open and an ally for the transgender community!
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Post by DotRen on Jun 23, 2022 13:29:41 GMT
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Post by DotRen on Jun 23, 2022 14:05:11 GMT
"U.S. Justice Dept delivers subpoenas in Trump fake electors probe" Part of me really hopes they refuse, get found in contempt and spend a few nights in jail lol. You know, as a little taste of "what's to come" later. Might loosen their tongues a bit.
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Post by lani on Jun 23, 2022 14:41:30 GMT
How did we get back in May? And why didn't I notice until today?
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Post by DotRen on Jun 23, 2022 14:48:29 GMT
lani, mulligan? re-do? lol
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Post by birdgal on Jun 23, 2022 18:25:47 GMT
Lol!
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Post by birdgal on Jun 23, 2022 18:36:28 GMT
The easiest things for some people to do, somehow become a big, damn, hairy deal. "Live and let live." How difficult is that? "Mind your own business." That one too. Or, as the Bible tells us, "take the plank out of your own eye before trying to remove the speck in anothers eye." That's one of my favorites. Can you tell?
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