ColonizationBrown-nosing to the fullest

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[–]julesburm1891 29 insightful - 1 fun29 insightful - 0 fun30 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Right now, simply being trans is under attack by the US govt

Can they point to even one recent action by the federal government that criminalizes trans people? There’s been nothing but knob-gobbling from this administration.

I suppose they’re trying to complain about the states that put the brakes on male athletes competing against women and/or imposed some regulation on experimental medical procedures for children. (Yes, I know it’s pedantic. But, good god, did anyone at that company stay awake through 8th grade civics to have even a slight inkling about how our government works? Arkansas doing a thing is not “the US govt.”)

But, it’s interesting to see they think trans existence means cheating female athletes and giving irreversible treatments/surgeries to people lacking the ability to consent.

[–]wendyokoopa1 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not to mention taking over women's bathrooms and health care and prisons. I have yet to find a way to bring it up to her but I have an ex female correctional officer in my life seeing her shortly as a matter of fact and she'll tell you that for every 1 or 2 women that actually did something because they felt like it many were there(minus the Doukhobors) because of mental health breakdowns some related yes to men. So putting them in a situation where they have to deal with men and you have problems waiting to happen. Many of these women want to reform and want to be released but now they're risking being re-traumatized because "transgender women are women" and triggered individuals don't act rationally and once you're incarcerated at times the system works against you especially in the places where you have corporations handling corrections.

[–]reluctant_commenter 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

But, good god, did anyone at that company stay awake through 8th grade civics to have even a slight inkling about how our government works? Arkansas doing a thing is not “the US govt.”

I know your comment is sarcastic but honestly one of my most common recurring thoughts throughout all this has been, "Maybe this wouldn't have happened, or wouldn't have happened to such an extreme extent, if we had better education systems." Especially in regards to critical thinking skills, but general knowledge, too.

[–]julesburm1891 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh, I absolutely agree with you. I think a fair share of why we’re in this mess is a combination of our schools falling behind and parents deciding parking their kids in front of a screen is parenting. We aren’t equipping kids with the tools to think critically and are giving them the impression that all ideas hold equal weight.