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Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by l_boy, Feb 5, 2024.

  1. citygator

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    Need more threads on pastors and gop leaders too since they account for most of the child porn and abuse cases.
     
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  2. citygator

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    Seems i hurt some feelings.
     
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  3. gator95

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    I thought it was all Trans people that were groomers... Is that how it's done? When you say stupid crap, expect to be called out on it.
     
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  4. citygator

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    I have yet to see a trans groomer settlement for $100M

    Catholic diocese agrees to pay $100 million settlement to hundreds of abuse victims

    Also I always have my list of GOP groomers.


    Lane Rees, Florida Republican Committeeman, Arrested ...

    Lane Rees, who is a current Republican state committeeman, was arrested yesterday on charges of possession and transmission of child pornography.


    GOP lawmaker resigns following child porn arrest

    Pennsylvania state Sen. Mike Folmer, a Republican, resigned Wednesday after being arrested for child pornography possession.


    Ex-RNC staffer gets more than 12 years in prison in child ...

    Politics, Policy, Political News - POLITICO › news › 2022/04/08 › rnc-s...

    Apr 8, 2022 — In November 2020, a Trump appointee at the Commerce Department, Adam Hageman, was arrested on charges he shared a child pornography video and ...


    Eric Lipman Charged with Child Porn Possession

    Law & Crime - Law and Crime News › high-profile › top-attorney-...

    Deputies with the Leon County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) on Wednesday arrested the general counsel for the Florida Elections Commission on charges that he ...


    Penobscot official charged with child porn, asked to resign

    Associated Press News: Breaking News | Latest News Today › article

    Aug 5, 2021 — John Hiatt, who's also a member of the Republican State Committee, was already charged for allegedly stalking and harassing woman through texts


    Former County GOP Chairman Faces Child Pornography Charges

    Rocky Hayes, who previously served as chairman of the GOP in Jones County, South Dakota, has been charged with three counts of child pornography possession


    Indiana Republican Arrested for Child Pornography

    Indiana Republican Joshua Craft was arrested April 11th, 2023 for possessing child pornography.


    Trial begins for Minnesota GOP operative accused of child sex trafficking

    Jury selection started Tuesday, March 21, in the trial of Anton “Tony” Lazzaro, a Minnesota Republican donor and strategist accused of child sex trafficking.


    Former GOP Staffer Sentenced For Running Child Porn Ring

    Ruben Verastigui, a former senior ad designer for the Republican National Committee, was just sentenced for 12 years for sexually explicit images and videos of children and called abuse of babies his “absolute favorite.”


    North Dakota lawmaker quits after child porn suspect texts

    North Dakota’s longest-serving state senator, Republican Ray Holmberg, announced Monday that he would resign following a report that he had traded scores of text messages with a man jailed on child pornography charges.


    Former Trump Official Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charge, Is Sentenced to Prison

    A former Commerce Department official in the Trump administration, Adam Hagerman, was sentenced to a five-and-a-half year prison term after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography


    GOP lawmaker resigns following child porn arrest

    Pennsylvania state senator, Mike Folmer, a Republican , resigned on Wednesday, a day after being arrested for child pornography possession


    South Dakota GOP state Senate hopeful charged with child abuse after allegedly grooming, raping family member

    Joel Koskan, a Republican running for the South Dakota Legislature was charged with felony child abuse following accusations he groomed, molested and raped a child family member for several years.


    Republican Matthew Reilly accused of sex abuse

    An ex-Rhode Island Republican councilman, Matthew Reilly, found passed out in his car while holding a crack pipe has been busted again — this time on molestation charges involving a 12-year-old girl


    GOP State Sen. Mike Folmer Arrested On Child Pornography Charges

    Republican State Sen. Mike Folmer of Lebanon County is accused of child pornography possession, sexual abuse of children and criminal use of a communication facility because of photos that law enforcement officials say Folmer had on his cell phone.


    Indiana Republican Arrested for Child Pornography

    Indiana Republican Joshua Craft was arrested April 11th, 2023 for possessing child pornography. Craft ran as a Republican for Otter Creek Township Trustee of Vigo County in 2022.


    Former Oklahoma state senator sentenced to 15 years on child sex trafficking charge

    OKLAHOMA CITY — A former Republican state senator in Oklahoma was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Monday on a child sex trafficking charge.


    Randy Gene Kaufman Caught Masturbating Near Preschool: Cops

    A Republican candidate for a seat on the Maricopa County Community College District Governing Board may face felony charges after the police say they caught him in the act of masturbating across the street from an Arizona preschool.


    Louisiana GOP official charged with juvenile cruelty running for House

    The Rev. John Raymond of Slidell, an elected member of the Louisiana Republican Party governing board who is charged with four counts of criminal cruelty to juveniles, is running for a seat in the state House of Representatives.
     
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  5. gator95

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    Wow! So if I post more trans people that were arrested than what you posted does that mean I win the argument? Just asking before I post them.
     
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  6. WESGATORS

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    It seems to be an interesting topic that is not fully understood by even those who wish to discuss it. How many threads do you think we would see on the topic if there weren't any back and forth contained within?

    Go GATORS!
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  7. wgbgator

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    Everyone keeps saying the same things over and over though, and it simply breaks down into the camps that finds the whole thing icky (though they are the ones that continually start the threads) and people who want to live and let live. Very few people posting seem interested in the topic on any sort of intellectual level.
     
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  8. citygator

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    Good luck.
     
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  10. demosthenes

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    I consider myself socially liberal and don’t want a big brother in healthcare but I can’t support transitioning at those ages. My take is reversible treatments would be fine with a qualified medical professional attesting to the patient’s and parent’s sincerity. Physical transitioning would be a 21+ type of procedure. How can we say individuals are not mature enough to consume alcohol but they can make a physically permanent decision like transitioning?
     
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  11. gator_lawyer

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    You're old enough to get killed in the military at 18 but not old enough to make decisions about your own body? Do you think an 18 year old should be able to get an abortion? I'm assuming you're pro-choice like I am, right? Shouldn't we afford others the freedom to make their own decisions?

    Just crazy how many folks are comfortable taking freedoms from others because they don't understand them. I really wonder how many of y'all know and have meaningfully interacted with transgender people.
     
  12. AzCatFan

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    As things become more acceptable in society, it shouldn't surprise anyone that there will be more cases. How many homosexuals stayed in the closet, got married, had kids, etc., decades ago that today would have been much more comfortable coming out because it's more accepted? Difficult to say, but there are more kids identifying as gay in school today. But likely not more gay kids.

    I believe this is true as trans kids as well, but I too am skeptical of the numbers. Certainly there are truly trans kids, but are some just using this as a cry for help, knowing coming out as trans will get them attention one way or another? I would imagine there are some kids who fall into this category. Which it's why important we have mental health available for any and all kids who are crying out for help. They are the professionals who should be able to figure out the root of the issue, and how to manage it going forward.
     
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  14. gator_lawyer

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    Keep in mind this same "journalist" responded, after she received criticism, with the claim that we can't trust detransition numbers because the leading studies (showing that they are quite low) are "demonstrably unreliable." The same person who included multiple retracted studies in her articles. Unserious people.
     
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  15. tampagtr

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    But there is an eager audience seeking such confirmation, and the Times aims to feed that need, again and again
     
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  16. ATLGATORFAN

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    I’m very comfortable with line of delineation at 18. Period. I’m very much a libertarian. If you want to shoot fentanyl in your eyes as a legal adult. I don’t care. If you want to gamble away your life savings at 18. I don’t care. If you want to bang hookers as an adult I don’t care. If you want to cut off your junk at 18. I don’t care. Just don’t ask me to pay for any of it or treatments required afterwards

    And yes. Bio females can play men’s sports but no bio males cannot play women’s sports. Once over 18 it’s up to the governing body. And I don’t care. We all know the best woman’s soccer team in the country got run ruled by HS boys etc etc etc Leave it at 18 and do with your body as you wish.
     
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  17. ATLGATORFAN

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    wasnt going to go here but after your hard work I had to. Maybe it’s because today’s version of trans is a new phenomenon. This isn’t your dads harmless miss doubtfire with a drive by fruiting.



    According to the UCLA study below 1.6 million out of 331 million identify as trans. .004%. So given those numbers having 4 true mass shooters identify as trans is pretty alarming. and before you start conflating gang violence with mass shooters. No reasonable person thinks 4 Gang bangers Getting shot on a Friday night in south Atlanta counts as a ‘mass Shooting’ so don’t give us the purposely and knowingly misleading everytown stat of 15 mass shootings everyday.
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    Everything above is heartbreaking and they need help. Not enabled and used as pawns

    How Many Adults and Youth Identify as Transgender in the United States?
     
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  18. l_boy

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    If a dataset of 4 means anything, I think it says what I have been saying all along, as well as the article in the OP, that there is a heavy overlap between identifying as trans at a young age and mental illness.
     
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  19. okeechobee

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    Homosexuality and transgenderism are two totally different things. One involves physical attraction, the other involves denial of one's sex assigned at birth. You can convince me you're gay, but you can't convince me you should have been born with a penis.
     
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  20. AzCatFan

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    Why? I agree trans and homosexuality are different. But so is every human on the planet. Why isn't there room for both song the billions of us on Earth?
     
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