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Country singer's PR firm drops him after wife's comments on trans

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by rivergator, Sep 10, 2022.

  1. partdopy

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    I agree that the parents should have gotten their child mental health services to deal with the obvious mental illness resulting in a desire to mutilate their body and take life altering hormones.

    The original post this sub discussion branched off from is

    I see nothing to indicate they didn't support their child's mental health, just that the school usurped the parental role and encouraged the growth of the kid's mental illness. Very unfortunate.

    You making assumptions and then trying to use them as facts is also unfortunate.
     
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  2. fda92045

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    Schools don't advocate for shits and giggles.
     
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  3. gatorpa

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    You really have no idea what some educators advocate for….
     
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  5. duggers_dad

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  6. VAg8r1

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    While I like Bill Maher in this case he was clearly over the top.
    Neither irreversible surgery nor hormone therapy nor even puberty blockers are ever prescribed for 8-year olds who think that they may be transgendered. The standard treatment for children that age is counseling and maybe letting a genetic male grow his hair out and wear girls' clothing and conversely letting a genetic female cut her hair and wear apparel more appropriate for a boy than a girl. Never anything more.
     
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  7. Orange_and_Bluke

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    That doesn’t mean parents and libbie media aren’t encouraging sex change at a very early age. It’s disappointing when religion interferes at this young, impressionable age, and it’s disgusting when the libbies promulgate it for impressionable children.
     
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  8. rivergator

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    And that's the trouble here. Sexual identity issues, transgenderism, etc., are really complicated and I'm sure vary a good bit from one person to another.
    But the whole discussion gets derailed with the idea that parents are rushing out by the thousands to get their kids' sex changed because the girl climbed a tree or a boy played with a doll.
     
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    It was so much easier before it became a social contagion. In the 90’s our four year old son asked for a Barbie doll. Without trepidation we got him a Barbie Doll. Seemed like the next month he was a Ninja.
     
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    This is exactly what you insinuated. Hobby Lobby (or any company offering insurance for that matter) has never denied anyone the ability to seek the healthcare services they want.
     
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  13. rivergator

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    Who is 'they?'

    But here is the NYT story it showed. Yes, it's happening.

    More Trans Teens Are Choosing ‘Top Surgery’
     
  14. VAg8r1

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    Obviously off-topic but I'll respond anyway. Cute, especially considering that the migrants weren't Mexicans they were Venezuelans but then according to the supporters of the Ron DeSantis stunt apparently all Hispanic immigrants are interchangeable except maybe the Republican-leaning Cubans of South Florida.

    Chutzpah is a Yiddish term roughly translated as extreme audacity, the common example of which is a person who murders both of his parents and then asks the court for mercy because he is an orphan. A prime example of chutzpah is the implicit criticism of the residents of Martha's Vineyard because because they supported the relocation of Venezuelan migrants to a facility (a military base by the way) better able to accommodate them. This was after the migrants arrived with no advance notice and were welcomed by residents of the community who scrambled to provide them with support after they were flown from Texas at the expense of Florida taxpayers being induced to do so based on the blatantly false promise that jobs and housing would be waiting for them. Giving DeSantis a free pass and in fact praising him for the stunt while criticizing residents of the island who actually welcomed the migrants is chutzpah at its best (or worst).
    Donations poured in and volunteers rushed to help: Here's how Martha's Vineyard communities responded to the arrival of migrants | CNN
    On Martha’s Vineyard, a rush to help migrants, from restaurant owners to Spanish students - The Boston Globe
    Migrant Relief Action Was Islandwide Effort
     
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    None of this is happening but it’s happening is no longer the case. It’s being celebrated!
     
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  16. rivergator

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    Want to try again to answer the question?
     
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    This was brilliant from the Heartbreak Kid. Sure the migrants were from Venezuela. Yet they crossed the border from Mexico. It did not take long to remove the migrants from Martha’s Vineyrd…
     
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    It is a cute video but it in no way reflects reality. The migrants were moved by the state to a military facility on Cape Cod better able to accommodate them. Contrary to the narrative from the right-wing media including social media they were not removed by the residents of Martha's Vineyard because they were unwanted.
    Martha's Vineyard migrants offered shelter at Joint Base Cape Cod
    Migrants in Martha’s Vineyard given shelter at Joint Base Cape Cod
    Migrant children can join other military base kids at Cape Cod schools
     
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    Studies have shown the suicide rate in those who undergo transgender surgery to be 441 times higher than the general population. Staggering. So yeah, I think on this one I'm going to go with the conservatives. In my opinion, the surgery shouldn't be allowed until the person turns 21. Can't even drink a beer until you turn 21.
     
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