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originally posted by: ElectricUniverse
originally posted by: humanityrising
I've said it before and I'll say it again: If this subject is even on your radar, you need to start asking yourself some existential questions.
Oh I see... Let's try this with an analogy.
So, if let's say the government suddenly mandated all Hindus to stop viewing cows as being sacred, and the government mandates them to simply accept the new government mandated version that cows are not sacred It shouldn't cross the mind of Hindus that the government is simply attacking their religion?...
originally posted by: BatheInTheFountain
The "Traditional" family and heterosexuality is waning. I supported gay marriage and I always will. BUT Heterosexual Men, have been beaten down consistently as clowns, rapists, feeble idiots. And the "Progressives" seem to do all they can to deteriorate the BOND between Men and Women. A bond that I once knew and felt, which is fading fast. Women are not what they were just a couple decades ago. Something is off, I don't know what it is.
"Progressivism" has turned how we relate to each other into something that feels sterile. It's not even SEXUAL anymore. It's cold, indifferent, lacking intimacy, and of convenience or habit.
I don't think this bathroom stuff will have any effect in either direction on that. But the CONVERSATION and hype over it is sending a signal I don't like and isn't bringing the BOND Men and Women had, back
Just my two cents.
originally posted by: lavatrance
YouTube search: brave new world. That's were things are likely going
originally posted by: darkbake
a reply to: queenofswords
You have this issue backwards. Transgender people look like the opposite sex. The law you support would actually promote people who look like men walking into the women's restroom.
originally posted by: BatheInTheFountain
originally posted by: darkbake
For someone who likes freedom, are you sure you aren't on the wrong side of the bathroom issue? You should be supporting a transgender person's right to use the restroom of their choice. And for someone who loves others, why are you so against transgenders? They are people too.
Hmmm, interesting...."Rights"
What about the RIGHTS of the women/girls/females that are IN the bathrooms and showers?
Remember them? 50% of the planet....roughly?
originally posted by: queenofswords
a reply to: Shamrock6
You're naive.
Hide and watch! We are going to have a sudden "rash" of boys "identifying" as females in jr. high and high school...LOL...it's just a matter of time till some of the more rascally ones try it so they can shower with the girls.
originally posted by: KesleyJ
The "Traditional" family and heterosexuality is waning. I supported gay marriage and I always will. BUT Heterosexual Men, have been beaten down consistently as clowns, rapists, feeble idiots. And the "Progressives" seem to do all they can to deteriorate the BOND between Men and Women. A bond that I once knew and felt, which is fading fast. Women are not what they were just a couple decades ago. Something is off, I don't know what it is.
"Progressivism" has turned how we relate to each other into something that feels sterile. It's not even SEXUAL anymore. It's cold, indifferent, lacking intimacy, and of convenience or habit.
I don't think this bathroom stuff will have any effect in either direction on that. But the CONVERSATION and hype over it is sending a signal I don't like and isn't bringing the BOND Men and Women had, back
Just my two cents.
Nonsense.
The problem that we face is that men are no longer men.
A man does not care what someone else thinks and does the right thing, regardless of the situation and a real man does not put themselves in a position to blame others for their own inadequacies.
A man does not let "progressives" define their relationship with women.
Women haven't changed. They are still the same amazing creatures they have always been. The problem is that men have become compliant little bitches and forgot that sometimes, no matter what, you gotta be a man.
What???
How are men supposed to know who they are when society has blurred gender roles. What is a man???? Who defines that? Schools now are telling children they can choose their gender. Talk about manufacturing confusion. Men have been chastised as being too manly, too arrogant.
If you truly understood what he is saying, you would agree. You say men are bitches, well that is pretty much what he said. Men have followed society's dictates and have become metrosexual, hair gelling, eye-liner wearing, screw anything, no scruples having hot messes. To the detriment of the family unit, the marriage, the children, the community, etc.
And no women are not what they were, Not in the least. I see women with more tattoos and piercings than men. I'm not against tattoos, but I'm against the general increase in the manliness in many women. It's like both sexes are moving away from the poles and merging into some kind of androgynous creature. The culture has completely changed.
People think America's culture is a given and that changing it won't have an effect. Culture changes destinies. Just look around the world to see how culture has shaped societies and people.
originally posted by: ketsuko
Gender is in the brain. The brain tells you who you are.
See? Here's the problem...
But under the new guidelines, created solely to "solve" a problem no one created, one of the first two gentlemen can simply declare that his brain is telling him he's a lady. Who can say whether or not he's telling the truth about it? Can you? Do you read minds? I sure don't. So there is no way anyone can tell him no because no one knows for sure if he is being sincere in his declaration or not. Maybe he is. Maybe he always has been a lady deep down inside, but maybe he's not. Maybe he's simply taking advantage of the fact that no one can question him now in order to gain access to the women's locker room because he's a stalker and his quarry is in there.
And the only way anyone will ever know the difference is when it's too late, and THAT is the problem.
The whole standard is 100% arbitrary and subjective.
originally posted by: MysticPearl
I thought what Gavin Mcinnes said on the topic was both funny and correct.
"Transgender isn't a thing. You can't go out and become a bat or go out and become a giraffe. It's not something you can go buy off a shelf."
What you can do is alter yourself biologically to an extent but mother nature always wins and mother nature decided whether you were going to be a male or female. There's no changing that. Essentially, there's far more what makes a male biologically than whether you remove the penis and get breast implants. It goes down to DNA and chromosomes.
It's basically window dressing.
originally posted by: woodwardjnr
Is there any other nation on the planet that is falling apart from transgendered. If not,the problem probably lies else where. Geez. What about Thailand not falling apart but has many transgendered individuals, living happily alongside American ex pats