Category: Questions

A call from my allergiest, yes the doctor called me.

The backstory is that I was on Metoprolol to control my heart rate.   However that drug interferes with the function of the epinephrine which is a form of adrenaline, as it keeps the heart rate low.   I need allergy shots for my allergies.   I am a person who really shouldn’t stop them after the maintenance dose is reached.  I don’t retain the sensitivity or what ever they call not having bad allergic reactions.   So as I was going to be getting my shots again, I needed to be removed from the medication.   

When I was removed from the Metoprolol my heart rate soared uncontrolled.   The first two weeks I was running in the high 130s to lower 140s.   I also had huge shortness of breath and my Apple Watch EKG function showed my rhythm was not even, giving pauses and double beats.   Ron worked open heart ICU and he was freaking out.   I contacted my primary care doctor, who referred me to my old heart group.   The doctor who treated me there was no longer with them, and they simply ignored the referral.  Almost a month went by with first me then the primary care office trying to contact their appointment desk and they never answered us.  So I got referred to a different group at my request.  

In the wealthiest country in the world the next appointment I could get was three months away at the end of May.   My heart rate settled down to running in the 100s to the lower 120s.   However the shortness of breath remained bad.   Here is where the current trouble begins.  I used the patient portal to ask my allergist office if they treated asthma and included the details.   And the nurse replied that yes they did but due to the heart rate she referred the information to the doctor.  Danged if yesterday afternoon I got a call from the doctor himself.  He was very concerned.   He asked questions and said he felt that the heart rate even at the lower rates it is now down to from the upper rates it was still too high and the shortness of breath which he thought was not asthma but heart related.   The allergist really pushed hard for me to go back on the Metoprolol until I have seen the cardiologist.   When I reminded him I have an upcoming testing for the level of my current allergies so they can correctly prepare the serum, he told me with my heart rates so high he wouldn’t give me the test nor the injections anyway.   

So as of yesterday afternoon I am back on the heart rate medication, my heart rate has already fallen into the high 80s, low 90s after exertion.   The allergy stuff is on hold.   Hopefully I will be back to normal me soon.   I was already feeling much better as the heart rate settled in to the 100s, but when it gets back into the 70s I will feel even better.   This is not the result I wanted, and the allergist was not sure if I would ever be able to get my shots because metoprolol is the only drug doctors use to slow the heart that he knew of.     Hugs

Let’s talk about developments in the Fox case….

Beau says, “Facts Are Facts”!    I like that.   Hugs

Arsenokoitai / How a Bible Error Changed History and Turned Gays Into Pariahs

Arsenokoitai

I want to thank Ali for sending me this back in February.   I have been meaning to post it.  I followed several atheist blogs that already went over this in depth, but this is the best post on it that I can show to the followers of this blog.    Hugs

Or ‘young boy molester’, in Greek. A mistranslation of the word in the 19th century, present in all modern Bibles, is the basis for today’s Xristian homophobia.

https://www.advocate.com/religion/2022/12/17/how-bible-error-changed-history-and-turned-gays-pariahs

How a Bible Error Changed History and Turned Gays Into Pariahs

Bible and translation

In a new book and documentary, two researchers claim the original bible never condemned homosexuality.

 

The words “homosexual” and “heterosexual” were first coined as German nouns by Austrian-born Hungarian psychologist, Karoly Maria Benkert, in the late 19th century, who wrote under pseudonym K.M. Kertbeny.

Ed Oxford is a scholar and researcher. A gay Christian, as well as a graduate of the Talbot School of Theology, his specialty is the history of the Bible, focusing on Bible translations, with a focus on the Greek and Hebrew translations, especially those that relate to human sexuality. Kathy Baldock is an LGBTQ+ advocate and executive director of Canyon Walker Connections, an organization dedicated to repairing “the division that exists between social and Christian conservatives and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community through education, training, and dialogue in both secular and religious environments.”

 

 

Each had been dedicated to researching the roots of antigay theology, and together have written Forging a Sacred Weapon: How the Bible Became Anti-Gay, and they are also the researchers behind the documentary, 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture. In the process of this research, they discovered boxes and boxes of notes in the Yale University archives, among them a half-century old letter written by a young seminarian named David S., to the RSV — Revised Standard Version of the Bible — committee.

Now, the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, is, according to the National Council of Churches, the “authorized revision of the American Standard Version, published in 1901, which was a revision of the King James Version, published in 1611.”

This is important to know, because the actual word “homosexual” appears for the first time on February 11, 1946 in the Revised Standard Version. In it, their translation of 1 Corinthians 6:9, they substitute the word “homosexual” for the the Greek words “malakoi” and “arsenokoitai.”

Further, as Oxford shares with Forge, a nonprofit organization that “that creates space for post-evangelical conversations, which includes tools and resources for lgbtq+ inclusion in the church,” “…we went to Leviticus 18:22 and [the translator is] translating it for me word for word. In the English where it says, ‘Man shall not lie with man, for it is an abomination,’ the German version says, ‘Man shall not lie with young boys as he does with a woman, for it is an abomination.’ I said, ‘What?! Are you sure?’ He said, ‘Yes!” Then we went to Leviticus 20:13– same thing, ‘Young boys.’ So we went to 1 Corinthians to see how they translated arsenokoitai (original Greek word) and instead of homosexuals it said, ‘Boy molesters will not inherit the kingdom of God.'”

 

 

Further from there, Oxford shares, “I then grabbed my facsimile copy of Martin Luther’s original German translation from 1534. My friend is reading through it for me and he says, “Ed, this says the same thing!” They use the word knabenschander. Knaben is boy, schander is molester. This word ‘boy molesters’ for the most part carried through the next several centuries of German Bible translations. Knabenschander is also in 1 Timothy 1:10. So the interesting thing is, I asked if they ever changed the word arsenokoitai to homosexual in modern translations. So my friend found it and told me, ‘The first time homosexual appears in a German translation is 1983.'”

 

 

Although the mistake was corrected from “homosexual” to “sexual perverts” in the Revised Standard Version in 1971, the damage had been heavily done, with the word “homosexual” appearing in most translations of the Bible, mostly in 1 Corinthians 6:9 and 1 Timothy 1:10. This became the fuel for the antigay movement embraced by American conservative Christians, as well as others around the world.

The documentary, 1946, explores and enlightens about this issue, using research and physical evidence, as well as the testimony of scholars, academics, and experts in the field. The movie also features an original score from celebrated queer musician Mary Lambert.

As the director, Sharon “Rocky” Roggio, has said, “It is my goal to change the Christian narrative and liberate the many LGBTQIA+ people living in the dark; oppressed by bad theology. I want us all to live and be acknowledged as equals, under God’s love. There are truths that must be shared.”

Check out 1946themovie.com for ways to watch the documentary.

https://youtu.be/U8fRnIACGXk

 

Those supporting the rabid right republicans culture wars, their gang thug enforcers. Also some good news. I was off the news for 2 days and have 40 open tabs to review.

This post has taken me three days to do.   I had all these open tabs that I finially got cleared.  I have to even looked at todays news yet.   But I think after I post this I will go to bed.   Hugs

Nazi Arrested In Anti-Drag Firebombing Of OH Church

Bilderbeck4 hours ago

Trans people deserve better journalism How the anti-trans movement took over legacy media.

“As far as trans health care is concerned, however, the medical consensus is well-established: Nearly a dozen major medical associations, including the World Health Organization, the American Medical Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics support and recommend gender-affirmative care.

“Yet the specific arguments about this care that make it into many mainstream media outlets result in stories that undermine the experts, stemming not from legitimate concerns but from a larger orchestrated push by the far right to mainstream transphobia.

“Journalists are failing at more than just reporting on the science. Mainstream publications like the Times increasingly follow the lead of anti-trans agitators, treating what should be understood as a fundamental human rights battle more like a semantic “debate,” fixating on terminology and labels and medical minutiae, instead of humanizing trans and nonbinary people and their experiences. In fact, this has become such a contentious pattern at the Times that this February, contributors and members of the Times’s staff posted an open letter protesting the paper’s escalating bias toward anti-trans talking points and pointing out many of these tactics.

https://www.vox.com/culture…

Ann Kah4 hours ago

Men have been performing in drag since at least Shakespeare’s time, and probably long before that. But the fact that someone criticizes this as being “sexual” tells us more about the person who claims that than it does about the person performing.

Manhattan DA Deluged With Racist Death Threats

Trump Judge Blocks Tennessee Ban On Drag Shows

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Brain Drain: Florida Students Seek Colleges Elsewhere

Infamous Troll Found Guilty Of Election Interference, Posted Memes Telling Black Voters To “Vote By Text”

As proven at trial, between September 2016 and November 2016, Mackey conspired with other influential Twitter users and with members of private online groups to use social media platforms, including Twitter, to disseminate fraudulent messages that encouraged supporters of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to “vote” via text message or social media which, in reality, was legally invalid.

For example, on November 1, 2016, in or around the same time that Mackey was sending tweets suggesting the importance of limiting “black turnout,” the defendant tweeted an image depicting an African American woman standing in front of an “African Americans for Hillary” sign. The ad stated: “Avoid the Line. Vote from Home,” “Text ‘Hillary’ to 59925,” and “Vote for Hillary and be a part of history.”

The fine print at the bottom of the deceptive image stated: “Must be 18 or older to vote. One vote per person. Must be a legal citizen of the United States. Voting by text not available in Guam, Puerto Rico, Alaska or Hawaii. Paid for by Hillary For President 2016.”

 

FL House Approves Expanded K-8 “Don’t Say Gay” Bill

The wide-ranging bill (HB 1069) also seeks to restrict the way teachers and students can use preferred pronouns in schools and bolsters a process for people to object to instructional materials and school-library books.

 

It also expands school board jurisdiction to classroom libraries. The bill would allow a parent who disagrees with a district’s ruling on a book challenge to appeal the state education commissioner to appoint a special magistrate to hear the dispute.

“This bill has given a ticket for racist, homophobic people — that this chamber does not support – to pull books that matter to our children,” said state Rep. Robin Bartleman (D-Weston).

BeccaM2 days ago

And in about a month, they’ll expand it yet again to all grades and start looking for ways they can force their anti-LGBTQ pogrom on colleges and universities.

DJ  BeccaM2 days ago edited

Their ultimate goal is to get rid of everything gay.
That includes but is not limited to Marriage Equality.

 

Todd20036 2 days ago

Great. Gay people are illegal. But guns for all

Florida. The Shithole State

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DeSantis Gets Bill Legalizing No-Permit Concealed Carry

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AyJayDee2 2 days ago

When are we actually going to become a decent country? Think about all the nice things that other industrialized nations have and have had for decades: reasonable gun control, universal health care, paid maternity leave and the like, not to mention democracy that isn’t slipping into outright theocratic fascism.

When do we get to have those things? How fucking shitty and unlivable does America have to become before it finally hits rock bottom and starts to become a better country?

I’m just so fucking sick and tired of watching everything deteriorate and nothing ever fucking gets better, and anytime something does get better everyone knows deep down it’s only a matter of time before the Republicans demolish it. Meanwhile the world passed us by a long time ago when it comes to just basic human development.

I’m becoming increasingly convinced this country is headed toward fascism, civil war or both, and there’s really nothing we can do about it. The Democrats are too weak to stop it, and the media will just bothsides it.

I’m sorry to be pessimistic, but shit like this just completely drains whatever hope I have left.

Fox News Memo: “Label All Biden Policies As Socialism”

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russian warship go fucck yrslf2 days ago

“Socialism is a scare word they have hurled at every advance the people have made in the last 20 years….Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.” – President Truman, 1952

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Idaho GOP Votes To Criminalize “Abortion Trafficking”

This is the first time that a state has put a law on the books that restricts its residents from interstate travel for abortion access. Idaho already has a near-total abortion ban in place. Neighboring Washington and Oregon allow minors to get an abortion without their parent’s consent.

Idaho’s HB 242 would imprison for up to five years any adult who accompanies a minor across out-of-state without a parent’s consent — an action that the bill calls “abortion trafficking.”

Librarykid  SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad2 days ago

I heard last night on MSNBC that Obstetricians are leaving Idaho. Soon there will not be doctors to deliver babies in the state. It seems that doctors were not without alternatives in front of a maniacal state government.

SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad  Librarykid 2 days ago

Correct. Its happening in multiple states. First, blue states have a surge in demand so can offer higher pay. Second, treatment of legit miscarriages could cause an a doctor to be subject to police investigation or worse. The maternal death rate in red states (already higher than blue states) is going to skyrocket.

ZhyKitty  SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad 2 days ago

My daughter is an OBGYN in Georgia. She calls me and tells me terrifying and gory stories of things that happen on occasion, sometimes to young and perfectly healthy women, in the delivery room. Sometimes even the most skilled doctors have to hit the panic button and summon in a specialist because things can go terribly wrong in a fraction of a moment, even under the best of circumstances.
Imagine now what will happen when the doctors have fled from the red states and there are not enough to go around to save the lives of these mothers and forced mothers to be? I get a chill when I think about it.
What a terrifying time it is to be a girl/woman.

SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad  ZhyKitty 2 days ago

Frightening as hell. I image we will see an intra-country medical tourism where wealthy women will travel to blue states to spend there last few pregnant months near a hospital capable of delivering competent care.

ZhyKitty  SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad 2 days ago

…and poor women and girls will die in horrifying circumstances that could have been prevented but for the red state policies being put in place.

Friday2 days ago

Republicans want to knock girls up and then hold them prisoner as breeding ovens in their shithole states.

Uncle Mark  Friday2 days ago

It’s starts with “protecting the kids” to “we know what’s best for our women.” I’ve heard arguments that “the unborn are our state’s citizens, and we have the right to safeguard them.” How women and any men who love them aren’t outraged & unleashing hell upon their would-be captors stuns me to no end.

“Papers please. Please pee on this stick for us before you leave the state.”

Florida Bill Would Change School Board Residency Rules

Read the full article. Perhaps obviously, the bill is meant to allow Moms For Liberty fascists from anywhere in the state to run for school boards where they’d have a shot at winning. Last year Steele, a freshman rep, reported a net worth of over $440 million.

Friday2 days ago

Florida Fascists want to import Christofascists to take over local school boards they don’t even have kids in the district or live near.

 

TallyDink 2 days ago

I expect that the bill will pass so that rabid GQP candidates from the reddest counties will try to pack the school boards in blue counties.

bambinoitaliano2 days ago

Seems the GQP are blood thirsty for children.
“One statistic in particular stood out: one in 25 American five-year-olds today will not make it to their 40th birthday. No parent should ever have to bury their child, but in the US one set of parents from every kindergarten class most likely will.”

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Missouri House Votes To Defund Public Libraries

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Boebert: Let’s Not “Nitpick What The Bible Says” About My Teenage Son Knocking Up His Underage Girlfriend

“And I mean, there’s things all throughout the week that I know is right to do. And sometimes, I don’t do them. And so we can nitpick what the Bible says is right and wrong, but I think just having that heart posture of wanting to serve God and do the right thing is so important.

Says the woman who attacks the gays and trans because her god hates that, but her underage son having sex outside of marriage and getting a girl pregnant is OK and hands off for some reason.   WTF!    Hugs

liondon#traitor-ex-president2 days ago

You see, whenever I apply the rules to people I don’t like…the bible is absolute…but with my family…we get to pick and choose the rules…so eff you .

Buford  liondon#traitor-ex-president2 days ago

Exactly. Some portions of the Bible must be taken verbatim, and some require interpretation and context… but only Republicans can decide which and when, and that decision can vary dependent upon the situation as they see it at that particular time.

Very convenient for them.

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clay  Craig Howell2 days ago

Situational Ethics, a philosophical system originally developed by Congregationalist pastor Charles Sheldon and Episcopalian priest Joseph Fletcher. In the hands of the GOP, it morphs from “How would Jesus love?” to “How can I excuse this?”

Richard B2 days ago

another white trashy christian family like Sarah Palin’s who wears their religion on their sleeve to justify attacks on our LGBTQ people.

tbj5 2 days ago

“I failed my math test, but what’s important is that I have the heart of a person who passed the test.”

Houndentenor 2 days ago

No, bitch. Jimmy Carter is a Christian. You are a hypocrite.

TX Bill Seeks Power To Overturn Blue County Elections

SB1993 author Sen. Mayes Middleton [photo] last appeared here for his bill to prosecute and disbar members of a law firm for “reimbursing travel costs of employees who leave Texas to murder their unborn children.”

BeccaM3 days ago

Fascism. Pure and simple.

 

Nic Peterson  BeccaM3 days ago

They know very soon they will not be able to win. Ever.

BeccaM  Nic Peterson3 days ago

Aye, and now Republicans want to rig things so elections no longer matter. Ever.

William3 days ago

Gerrymandering isn’t enough anymore?

BeccaM  William3 days ago

Nope, not for Rethugs. First they turn a majority of voters into a minority of representation. Then they take away that minority representation altogether, creating one-party-only rule.

Just like the Nazis did.

Darreth3 days ago

The demise of the US is accelerating. I can see this being illegal, but not really since so many lifetime judges are now IQ45 worshipers. Even if this were go to the SCOTUS it’s still up in the air. If it goes there and SCOTUS says TX has the right to decide an election and not the People then we will absolutely know for a fact that we are not a republic.

Gregory Peterson 3 days ago

Jim Crow tactics, down and dirty.

It’s long been the dream of “conservatives” to disfranchise Black voters. The polysyllabic racist, William F. Buckley, Jr., proposed legislation doing just that back in the 1950s, in areas where Black voters could influence the outcome of elections…because the “advanced race” just had to prevail.

He conceded that in order for the legislation to have the appearance of being Constitutional, some white voters might also be disfranchised. I don’t think he would shed too many tears over that if they were in heavily unionized areas.

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Grand Jury Probes Trump’s Payoff To Second Woman

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Uncle Mark  ohbear19573 days ago edited

And how creepy is it that Trump told Stormy how much she looks like Ivanka before sinking his 3 inch putz at the golf resort?

SilentMike  Bruno3 days ago edited

Both women have alleged in interviews that the president compared them to Ivanka Trump.

Both below, courtesy of Anderson Cooper interviews with women.

Stormy Daniels : Yeah. He was like, “Wow, you — you are special. You remind me of my daughter.” You know — he was like, “You’re smart and beautiful, and a woman to be reckoned with, and I like you. I like you.”

McDougal: You know, he, he’s very proud of Ivanka, as he should be. I mean, she’s a brilliant woman. She’s beautiful. She’s — you know, that’s his daughter, and he should be proud of her. He said I was beautiful like her and, you know, you’re a smart girl. And there wasn’t a lot of comparing, but there was some, yes. I heard a lot about her. Yes.

Teen Carjackers Foiled By Manual Transmission [Video]

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Texas Judge Strikes Down Insurance Coverage For PrEP

 

The suit was brought by extremist anti-LGBTQ activist Steven Hotze [photo], who was recently ejected from a Texas Senate hearing after repeatedly calling transgender people “pedophiles.”

Hotze appeared on JMG in September 2022 when he explained how COVID vaccines are designed to connect people to the internet “so you can be mind-controlled by artificial intelligence.”

In April 2022, Hotze was charged with two felonies related to a bizarre 2020 “voter fraud search” incident.

Hotze appeared on JMG that year when he left a voice mail for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, telling him to “shoot to kill” Black Lives Matter activists.

You may recall that Steven Hotze has compared gays to “communist termites” eating away at America’s moral fabric. He is also fond of declaring that it’s now a hate crime to denounce homosexuality.

It was Hotze who bankrolled the successful campaign to repeal Houston’s “wicked, evil, Satanic” LGBT rights ordinance, during which he compared gays to rapists and murderers.

According to Hotze, same-sex marriage will result in children “practicing sodomy” in kindergarten.

In 2017, he appeared here when he “prophesied” that God will deliver “just retribution” to lawmakers who vote for LGBT rights.

When he’s not calling on God to kill politicians or for the governor to kill Black Lives Matter activists, Hotze sells “miracle” supplements because high cholesterol doesn’t really cause heart disease.

Hotze regularly quotes QAnon slogans.

Jack Frost 3 days ago

O’Connor has widely been described as conservative. O’Connor has become a “go-to” favorite for conservative lawyers, as he tends to reliably rule against Democratic policies. Attorneys General in Texas appear to strategically file cases in O’Connor’s jurisdiction so that he will hear them.

More judge shopping by the Republicans. But you won’t hear Democrats even talk about this.

 

Let’s talk about schools, legislation, and security….

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Nan pointed out in a comment that she felt the longer video had more information that should be shared.    I have not listened to the longer video and right now I can’t due to the pain in my back and a large backlog of videos I want to watch, but I trust Nan and the other viewers that come here.   If she says it is worth watching, then it really is.   Hugs

SURVEY: 80% Support Broad LGBTQ Protections

SURVEY: 80% Support Broad LGBTQ Protections

Finally some good news.   This is why when the republicans in the red states say they are doing the will of the people, what they really mean is the will of their own minority, not the will of the majority of people.    Republicans have always been about a rabid ideologically driven minority ruling over the majority.   The majority of the people are pretty accepting with a live and let live attitude.   It is only those that demand the right to oppress others and to force others to live according to their church doctrines that support the republican anti-gay anti-trans legislation.    Hugs

The Freedom From Religion Foundation reports:

A new national survey has reassuring findings that Americans of almost all religions and no religion are growing ever more supportive of LGBTQ rights.

For instance, eight in 10 Americans (80 percent) in the Public Religion Research Institute survey support laws against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations and housing against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Even 62 percent of white evangelical Protestants, tied with Hispanic Protestants, favor such nondiscrimination laws. Jehovah’s Witnesses were at the bottom of the barrel, yet half support nondiscrimination protections.

Interestingly, in states showing the lowest level of support for nondiscrimination (Alabama, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota), two-thirds of state citizens themselves are against such discrimination, showing that state legislatures are not keeping up with demographics.

Read the full article.

The original survey is here.

Breakdown by religion is here.

 

 

Lazycrocketta day ago

Yeah, but it’s the 20% that are doing the work to take rights away.

Ross  Lazycrocketta day ago

The GOP lost its biggest vote driver: Abortion.

So, we are the new boogeyman.

But I can find no data showing that this is attracting new voters. Indeed, it’s repelling young voters, and the die-hard GOP base, the Silent Generation (late 70s), is dying off at a clip.

And this, this, is why the GOP is now openly trying to steal elections.

Nick in Pasadena  Ross21 hours ago

You’re dead-on. With its base eroding, and scapegoats proving less effective, the GOP is becoming more desperate. Blatant disregard for laws and protocols is the order of the day.

Randy503  Lazycrocketta day ago

in a normal democracy, one that actually represents the people, we LBGTs rights would have been secured a long time ago.
The good news, though, is that despite all the efforts of our enemies and the news media, we are winning the hearts and minds of Americans.

Rossa day ago

I live in Kansas.

In a town of 450 people.

I’m openly gay.

The town has always embraced me, and my sexuality has never been an issue.

Another openly gay man sits on the town council, and he’s an EMT. He’s also a cowboy.

One of the largest ranchers in the area is a lesbian.

And so on.

None of this would have been possible when I was born in 1957.

Cel  Rossa day ago

SO true, the same with where I grew up! Coming out of closets in the last 50 years to our family, friends and neighbors has made all the difference. They see us as regular normal people now, the old stereotypes are gone for the most part but politicians are still pushing them with their “groomer/pedophile”. It’s not going to work, it will backfire!

J.Martindale  Cela day ago edited

I hope you are right. The drag queen stuff is not on this poll, though. I have a feeling that a lot of people will say yes to rights for generic gays and lesbians, but not some other specific subgroups.

Bungeea day ago

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Rossa day ago

I keep saying this:

While the evil voices have been very LOUD of late, LGBTQ acceptance is higher than it’s ever been.

Elagabalus  Rossa day ago

And yet, I worry that there’s always a time lag with any cultural shifts. Give it a few years for the GQP’s current anti-gay campaign to take effect and let’s see what the numbers are then. I like to be optimistic, but I often harbor serious doubts about this country whenever this topic comes up.

Give the current gay-positive generation of young people a chance to have children, only then to decide that they’d rather not have their kids be gay and then shift their political allegiances accordingly. I’m old enough to have seen this happen before, as have you.

 

“I P*SS MYSELF TO TRIGGER TRANS WOMEN” (CRINGIEST TERF FAILS) | NOAHFINNCE

HELLthcare | Christopher Titus | Armageddon Update

A must watch even if you don’t like his comedy.  He breaks down the US health care and shows which nations we fall in with on it.  Not something we would want to brag about.    Hugs

Let’s talk about David, The Simpsons, and Tallahassee….

100-year-old woman slams Florida book bans and brings the house down at school board meeting

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/24/2159893/-100-year-old-woman-slams-Florida-book-bans-and-brings-the-house-down-at-school-board-meeting

 

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Florida’s book bans continue unabated. On Tuesday night, the Martin County School Board met and held an hours-long hearing about the proposed banning of books that some feel are inappropriate. 

During the meeting, where some people voiced support for banning books while many others voiced anger and dissent at such censorship, 100-year-old Grace Linn, a Martin County resident, spoke into the microphone from her wheelchair. Saying she was “a hundred years young,” Linn spoke about her husband who was killed in action during World War II while “defending our democracy, Constitution, and freedoms. One of the freedoms that the Nazis crushed was the freedom to read the books.”

Linn brought and displayed a quilt that she made in protest of a potential book ban. Stitched into Linn’s quilt are books that have either been targeted or banned. She explained that the books on her quilt represented “a few of so many more books that are banned or targeted and need to be proudly displayed and protected and read.”

The end of her remarks brought the audience to cheers, and rightly so. Linn’s speech is all that needs to be said about banning books.

“Banned books and burning books are both the same,” Linn said. “Both are done for the same reason: fear of knowledge. Fear, not freedom. Fear, not liberty. Fear is control. My husband died as a father of freedom. I am the mother of liberty. Banned books need to be proudly displayed and protected from school boards like this. Thank you.”