I don't know.... Margaret Atwood is Canadian, so since she's neither American nor British, she may be acceptable. That being said, Canadians have solid Anglo Saxon roots, and we all know that Anglo-Saxons are th worst.pErvinalia wrote: ↑Fri Sep 21, 2018 11:13 pmI don't support what they are doing, but you are probably totally unaware of what this is actually about. It's about an incredibly good TV show (which you would undoubtedly hate), based on a great book (which you would undoubtedly hate).
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“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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The funny part is that saying that women don't have penises is somehow viewed by some douchebags claiming to be "progressive" as worthy of these kinds of "consequences." If this is the test, then fine, everyone can play at that game. And, if the middle of road folks wake up and start giving a fuck what this small minority of shrill, vocal douchebags do and say, then it may well be that these scumbags will start suffering their own "consequences." Only, whenever someone wants to hold the far left "trans" machine accountable and impose "consequences" it's no longer permissible -- it becomes pathologized as a "phobia" and an exemption to "consequences" is claimed by the same group that awards themselves (zirzelves?) license to impose consequences on their supposedly "so fragile" opposition...Hermit wrote: ↑Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:34 amThe "Women don't have penises" campaign was started by a group of women in Liverpool. A month ago they spread these stickers all over the place:Forty Two wrote: ↑Fri Sep 21, 2018 1:37 pmSaying "women don't have penises." Very problematic. https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/09/h ... e-penises/
The ReSisters, as these people call themselves, deny transgenderism. According to them you can't be a woman just because you identify as one. From their website:Enter Angelos Sofocleous. He asks other twits to retweet "Women have no penises." Harmless? No. That's just disingenuous. Sofocleous is blatantly siding with the ReSisters.There is no scientific basis for an innate feeling of gender. [...] We call for all women everywhere – whatever their sexual orientation, economic status, race, ethnicity or creed – to stand up for our rights. Stand against Self ID...
Now that he has discovered that his words have consequences the snowflake is crying into his beer, the consequences being that the student magazine, the student philosophy journal and the humanist students society don't want anyone who shares the toxic values of the ReSisters to have an official role of leadership in their outfits. What a surprise.
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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It's problematic that a government recognizes more than one gender.
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I wrote a science fiction book set in the old west. It's trans-genre. 

“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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I write Handsome Rogue/Large Raptor/Vampire /Alien Abduction erotica. I'm not sure what you call it, but fat trailer park women in their 50s lap that shit right up.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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I am once again thankful that you share your life with us. This must make it SO fun to be you...to think of all those flabby bean-flickers schlopping away...man.
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Hey, Mama June needs lovin' too, you know.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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FUCK yes she does!
And until she gets it, you can entertain her at a distance. Very clever that you get to make lots of women orgasm, without having to let them leave a snail-trail on you anywhere.
You are keeping romance alive and realistic for them, I trust? This isn't just lurid and overly graphic, is it?
And until she gets it, you can entertain her at a distance. Very clever that you get to make lots of women orgasm, without having to let them leave a snail-trail on you anywhere.
You are keeping romance alive and realistic for them, I trust? This isn't just lurid and overly graphic, is it?
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After reading 50 Shades of Grey I realized I needed to say things like "he touched me down there". They're a fickle audience, you know.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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Please.... use the correct terminology... it's "non-traditionally beautiful, housing-challenged persons who identify as women of a certain age..."
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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Don't they like, "he ham-fisted my meat flaps?"
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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They're looking for romance, not hubby.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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No. The funny part is how you left out the bit explaining why the slogan "Women don't have penises" is not as innocuous as you pretend it is even after I highlighted it. I'll try again: "Women don't have penises" is not merely an undeniable, neutral matter of fact. The slogan is being used to deny transgenderism. The organisation that produced the "Women don't have penises" stickers makes the intent explicit and undeniable. From the website announcing and advertising the stickers: "There is no scientific basis for an innate feeling of gender." In other words, if you have a penis you cannot simply claim to be one because you identify as being one. Checkmate, transgender people.Forty Two wrote: ↑Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:28 pmThe funny part is that saying that women don't have penises is somehow viewed by some douchebags claiming to be "progressive" as worthy of these kinds of "consequences."Hermit wrote: ↑Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:34 amThe "Women don't have penises" campaign was started by a group of women in Liverpool. A month ago they spread these stickers all over the place:Forty Two wrote: ↑Fri Sep 21, 2018 1:37 pmSaying "women don't have penises." Very problematic. https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/09/h ... e-penises/
The ReSisters, as these people call themselves, deny transgenderism. According to them you can't be a woman just because you identify as one. From their website:Enter Angelos Sofocleous. He asks other twits to retweet "Women have no penises." Harmless? No. That's just disingenuous. Sofocleous is blatantly siding with the ReSisters.There is no scientific basis for an innate feeling of gender. [...] We call for all women everywhere – whatever their sexual orientation, economic status, race, ethnicity or creed – to stand up for our rights. Stand against Self ID...
Now that he has discovered that his words have consequences the snowflake is crying into his beer, the consequences being that the student magazine, the student philosophy journal and the humanist students society don't want anyone who shares the toxic values of the ReSisters to have an official role of leadership in their outfits. What a surprise.
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well, I must admit that I don't take pre op trans folk very seriously... post op ones, I respect and regard as full members of their gender of arrival. One thing I've noticed that I never understood is why so many trans people happen to be homosexual in their arrival gender. To me, that's totally counter intuitive.
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