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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #500 on: June 21, 2022, 02:20:00 PM »
Probably.  Good luck getting them withdrawn.
Super easy, barely an inconvenience.

Just say that unless they feature the new progressive pride flag they are fascistic holdovers from the patriarchy and insufficiently transdemisensitive.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #501 on: June 21, 2022, 03:30:55 PM »
Or you put four of them together and they formed a swastika
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #502 on: June 21, 2022, 04:02:33 PM »
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #503 on: June 22, 2022, 08:51:46 AM »
How about madness of a different sort as in a woman beaten and set on fire "reportedly" by a group of teenagers.  :mad:

BREAKING: Women Beaten And Set On Fire In Kensington
https://phillycrimeupdate.com/2022/06/21/breaking-women-beaten-and-set-on-fire-in-kensington/

Philadelphia woman in a medically induced coma after reportedly being set on fire, police investigating
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2022/06/22/philadelphia-woman-in-a-medically-induced-coma-after-reportedly-being-set-on-fire-police-investigating/

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #504 on: June 22, 2022, 11:30:44 AM »
Damn, that sounds pretty bad. 

I hope they catch the ones who did it. 
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #505 on: June 22, 2022, 11:43:12 AM »
....On a lighter note:


Ain't No Way...HAHAHA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjX0qJAuOjg
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #506 on: June 23, 2022, 10:22:12 AM »
On the Kroger thing, no link, but I just heard on Fox Business that this one rando was not exactly a rando. She is a North Carolina lawmaker. They just said "lawmaker" so I don't know where she is in the scheme of things there, but it was her tweet that made them tremble.


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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #507 on: June 23, 2022, 12:49:20 PM »
On the kids transitioning way too early: one of the pioneers of the trans movement has gone public stating that we're allowing this far too early.

https://nypost.com/2022/04/15/transitions-have-gone-too-far-trans-psychologist/

A trans woman. And doctor who pushes for trans rights. Saying "y'all have gone off the deep end"
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #508 on: June 23, 2022, 12:53:02 PM »
On the kids transitioning way too early: one of the pioneers of the trans movement has gone public stating that we're allowing this far too early.

https://nypost.com/2022/04/15/transitions-have-gone-too-far-trans-psychologist/

A trans woman. And doctor who pushes for trans rights. Saying "y'all have gone off the deep end"

A round of applause for the newest members of the Far Right Wing Extremist club
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #509 on: June 23, 2022, 01:08:18 PM »
Whoops, wrong thread
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #510 on: June 23, 2022, 02:17:34 PM »
That's been a thing among the trans community for ages: any dissent is crushed hard.

Kinda funny: most of the LGBTQ crowd that I know are actually fairly conservative otherwise
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What was that about a pearl handled revolver and someone from New Orleans again?

Screw it: just autoclave the planet (thanks Birdman)

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #511 on: June 23, 2022, 02:44:39 PM »
A trans woman. And doctor who pushes for trans rights. Saying "y'all have gone off the deep end"

That's been a thing among the trans community for ages: any dissent is crushed hard.

She's gonna get Zumboed
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #512 on: June 24, 2022, 08:22:31 AM »
"‘womb carriers"

Fresh term for women thoroughly rejected by the ‘womb carriers’
https://twitchy.com/foundersgirl-313133/2022/06/23/fresh-term-for-women-thoroughly-rejected-by-the-womb-carriers/
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #513 on: June 24, 2022, 12:43:31 PM »
"‘womb carriers"

Fresh term for women thoroughly rejected by the ‘womb carriers’
https://twitchy.com/foundersgirl-313133/2022/06/23/fresh-term-for-women-thoroughly-rejected-by-the-womb-carriers/

That's about one micron away from just calling them "c**ts."
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #514 on: June 25, 2022, 10:05:43 AM »
Crazy story

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Police say teen traveled to Florida, seeking revenge on officer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lh9UbfqcEQ
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #515 on: June 26, 2022, 10:27:58 PM »
New Rule: I Want My Lawyer! | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdJvEGokuAk

I heard about these comments on another video.  He makes some comments on why Democrats are losing support with some people.  Makes some good points.  Seems to be saying radical Democrats are ignoring a number of traditional constituent groups or actively insulting them.  When he talked about Asian Americans, he didn't mention the hate crimes against them in some areas which local Democrats are doing nothing about. 

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #516 on: June 29, 2022, 05:50:04 PM »
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #517 on: June 29, 2022, 05:56:16 PM »
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"‘womb carriers"

Fresh term for women thoroughly rejected by the ‘womb carriers’
https://twitchy.com/foundersgirl-313133/2022/06/23/fresh-term-for-women-thoroughly-rejected-by-the-womb-carriers/

That's about one micron away from just calling them "c**ts."

Actually it's thirteen backspaces and five letters.

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #518 on: June 29, 2022, 06:09:34 PM »
Jordan Peterson has been locked out of Twitter for "hateful conduct":

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/06/29/remember-when-pride-was-a-sin-jordan-peterson-locked-out-of-twitter-for-hateful-conduct-deadnaming/

The offending tweet:

[img width=400]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWYYUjjXEAAhpbj?format=jpg&name=large

So it apparently wasn't even because of the comment per se, but because he called her "Ellen" instead of whatever name she is using now. "Deadnaming" is one of the stupider things these weirdos come up with as a punishable sin.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #519 on: June 29, 2022, 06:27:10 PM »
So it apparently wasn't even because of the comment per se, but because he called her "Ellen" instead of whatever name she is using now. "Deadnaming" is one of the stupider things these weirdos come up with as a punishable sin.

Just wait.  One day "deadnaming", or whatever it's called then, will become a criminal offense.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #521 on: June 29, 2022, 06:37:00 PM »
"extremist Supreme Court"

Apparently they're really upset over not letting men in women's sports among other things

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    As we witness an extremist Supreme Court and state legislatures across the country attack and roll back the fundamental rights of trans people and target trans communities with hateful and bigoted attacks, we are standing up and saying enough is enough.https://t.co/ZepueykOUk

    — Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) June 29, 2022

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The Hill reports:

    The proposal, dubbed the “Transgender Bill of Rights,” would codify the Supreme Court’s 2020 Bostock v. Clayton County decision that protects employees against discrimination for being gay or transgender.

    The proposal would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to explicitly include protections for gender identity and sex characteristics, expand access to gender-affirming care and ban conversion therapy.

House Democrats introduce Transgender Bill of Rights to expand access to gender-affirming care
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/06/29/house-democrats-introduce-transgender-bill-of-rights-to-expand-access-to-gender-affirming-care/
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #522 on: June 29, 2022, 07:05:51 PM »
Neopronouns Explained
https://intercultural.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/Neopronouns-Explained-UNCG-Intercultural-Engagement.pdf

What the *expletive deleted*ck is a "spivak"?

They make it impossible to keep up with this *expletive deleted*it. Which makes it that much easier to ignore it. Whether I learn what it is or not, I will never call someone "spivak" or any of the other dumbass senseless names.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #523 on: June 29, 2022, 07:16:30 PM »
What the *expletive deleted*ck is a "spivak"?

They make it impossible to keep up with this *expletive deleted*it. Which makes it that much easier to ignore it. Whether I learn what it is or not, I will never call someone "spivak" or any of the other dumbass senseless names.

I don't know what it is but as soon as someone asks me my preferred pronoun that's the one I am using. :)

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« Reply #524 on: June 29, 2022, 07:23:32 PM »
Got curious and apparently it goes back a ways
According to wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spivak_pronoun

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The Spivak pronouns are a set of gender-neutral pronouns in English promulgated on the virtual community LambdaMOO based on pronouns used by American mathematician Michael Spivak. Though not in widespread use, they have been employed in writing for gender-neutral language by those who wish to avoid the standard terms "he/she" or singular they.

Three variants of the Spivak pronouns are in use, Rogers (1890), Elverson (1975), and LambdaMOO (1991), highlighted in the declension table below.

Quite a bit more in the article.
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