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Based Florida Man's avatar

We should stop calling them 'transgenders' but instead 'cross-dressers'. Let's bring that term back.

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Just glad I am retired from the military.

At this point, the Pentagon is run by The Village People.

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Remi Steele's avatar

Did you mean to say it's run by the village idiots?

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Woke village idiots.

...and they got their asses kicked by a bunch of illiterate goat herders.

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Chevrus's avatar

Thats one way to view people in distant lands.

Another way would be to regard them as honest hardworking people of the earth that refuse to submit to corrupt strangers from the other side of the globe who want to farm drugs and steal their earth....?

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

My comment was flippant.

Afghanistan was occupied by an invading force.

And they fought to defend their country.

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Chevrus's avatar

Yeah i was just being flippant back, no worries.

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StraightMail's avatar

It was an "engineered" loss that went on for decades. Same model used in Vietnam, Iraq, and now, the Ukraine. Allows for dirty laundry operations where powerful industries and individuals are enriched and there is no paper trail. VoilĆ”! /sarc ĀÆ\_(惄)_/ĀÆ

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Laurie Styles's avatar

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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Peter Schott's avatar

Now that's completely unfair to the Village People.... ;)

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

...but they did sing "In the Navy."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmGuy0jievs

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Fla Mom's avatar

My husband's Captain used it as the music to play while their ship was docking, until the men could finally convince him it was about being gay in the Navy.

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Chevrus's avatar

Then they told him about "docking"....

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Debra (Rural & Red Oregonian)'s avatar

I honestly need emoji's on here!

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AngelaK's avatar

Great music! šŸ‘

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Fla Mom's avatar

Do you realize it's a song about homosexuality in the Navy? Encouraging signing up, to engage in homosexual sex in what was then an almost all-male force?

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AngelaK's avatar

No one I hung out with even realized they were gay in the 70s. We loved their disco sound and didnt pick it up from the words, probably because we didnt know there were any gay connotations. I heard about them being gay in the early 2000s!

I still love their fun šŸŽ¶.

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My Favorite Things's avatar

I never knew that. I just read the lyrics and can now see where you’re coming from.

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Cathleen Manny's avatar

I just read the entire lyrics to the song…found no gay connotations…?

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Chevrus's avatar

Especially on nuclear deep submarines...

Any port in a storm, right?

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Jay Horton's avatar

Also was with Sly and the Family Stone back in the day. Love that stuff.

Thanks a zillion.

Later Jay

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Melanie Eccles's avatar

Right - LOL. They were a cool group - I love the YMCA - I'm a member - great community facility - and not too expensive either.

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Leskunque Lepew's avatar

I was once mistaken as their manager. It was hilarious.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Kathleen,

Since you refer to your previous employment, this may be the opportunity I have been looking for--a place to express my newest tin-foilism. I have been wondering why on earth the Pentagon would be pushing LGBTQUIWXYZ books on our soldiers, why insist on everyone getting the untested vax--when it could weaken our military strength. Who would possibly profit from a physically weakened, gender-confused soldiery? And my answer, in the dimmest darkest recesses of my brain, is--since so much of our government has suffered capture, what if our Pentagon has been captured as well? I don't need to go further.

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Pentagon has been captured by the CCP, Deep State, and the WEF.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Well then, I no longer consider myself tin-foiled. For this is exactly what I had feared---the CCP would be the only one to benefit from our being weak. Thanks for your reponse.

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Fre'd Bennett, MAHA's avatar

For the past 2 or 3 years, I've been asking this rhetorical question: What if an enemy were able to make war on us, without us realizing we were being attacked?

Welcome to 5th generation warfare, where our own armed forces are being used against us.

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Mary H.'s avatar

The CCP fentanyl crisis has killed hundreds of thousands and Covid millions. Our leaders do NOTHING to stop it … WHO is controlling our government?

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YYR's avatar

CCP picked up Kruschev's commie plan to conquer the US from within, without firing a single shot. No tin foil necessary.

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Sharon Beautiful Evening's avatar

Dr. Robert Malone DEFINITELY espouses to the 5th Gen Warfare "theory"--all I know is I pray more now to our Creator God than I have ever done in my entire 76 years. The evil swirling around our world is palpable!!

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Mary H.'s avatar

Unfortunately I believe we are literally being quietly invaded by Chinese Nationals at BOTH our northern & southern borders. The infiltration in our government (including our military), our corporations ,media, entertainment, land acquisition and our educational systems have been going on for decades. The CCP goal is to take over our country.

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Bobbi's avatar

Chinese birth tourism has been going on for quite a while. We do nothing to stop it. Another law that needs to change.

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

General Milley called his BFF in China to undermine President Trump.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Yes, I do remember, and thought it 'above his pay grade' at the time--what right had he to contact China? But with this viewpoint it makes perfect sense.

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SheThinksLiberty's avatar

Very clear that the Pentagon was captured on the day of the Sep 11 attacks and the days following. If not well before to enable the attack on its own building...

If one believes that absurd story, then under what circumstances would not a š’”š’Šš’š’ˆš’š’† senior officer undergo investigation and court martial for what was a criminally-negligent invasion of Pentagon air space? How does an aircraft -- seen heading toward the Pentagon as testified to by Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta -- not get shot down? How does Richard Myers go from Acting Head of the Joint Chiefs to getting a promotion to Head of the Joint Chiefs following such an egregious failure?

The list of questions goes on, but the Pentagon has been gone a long, long time. Military service? For the enforcement arm of the world's largest and deadliest crime syndicate?

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Debra (Rural & Red Oregonian)'s avatar

You read my mind!

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dan bee's avatar

Escape, though improbable is not impossible. Most people know the way of escape, the hard part is following The Way.

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Debra (Rural & Red Oregonian)'s avatar

He told us we would have trials and tribulation but to persevere! The victory has been won!! Hallelujah!! Now to find that unbeliever who deep inside wants to believe!

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dan bee's avatar

Amen! That is the incredible opportunity. May we be his hands and feet.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

I pray for this every day and night. Thank you for opening this thought. He is Lord of Lords.

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Jack Bergeron's avatar

Add to this the growing number of children who have autism and who will never be able to serve in our military. The number of such individuals is staggering and substantial evidence exists to show this is a result of the administration of a substantial number of questionable ā€œnecessaryā€ untested vaccines. ā€œTurtles All the Way Downā€ is a must read for anyone considering to have and raise a child. It appears to be a part of the plan to destroy this country from within.

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LS Woodruff's avatar

Thank you for bringing up 'Turtles All the Way Down'! There is also "The Poisoned Needle" and many talks given by Dr. Tenpenny. Once you see behind the curtain, you can never see things the same way ever again. MORE people need to understand the capture of our 'medical industry', a complete sham.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

I wonder if Chinese children get the same vaxxes......

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Elaine H's avatar

Wasn’t this ā€˜conquering from the inside without lifting a gun’ also a plan from the Muslims? Americans are so welcoming. It will be our demise.

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Jan's avatar

Definitely by those on charge. So has most of the high level government. That’s how you get promoted I hear.

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Tess Lively's avatar

Not retired, but honorably discharged in 1996. Instead of yes ma’am or yes sir, what in the world do they say? I would not of played their game nor have taken the jab, so it would have now likely been dishonorably discharged.

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Dr Linda's avatar

It’s an interesting climate. When I was in if there was a hint of being gay; there was a risk. There was no fraternizing with officers. I was at Fort McClellan for 3 years as a drill sergeant. I would hat to do it now.

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SB's avatar

IDK, I think the village people could do better. At least they were trying to catch bad guys and succeeding, right?

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Boudicca's avatar

I learned a new word a few weeks ago - autogynophile - it's a man who is obsessed with vaginas. So, if he dresses in adult female clothes he will obsess about adult females and invade their spaces such as bathrooms, changing rooms, refuges, prisons, and bodies. If he is fixated on 'identifying' as a little girl ... These men are predators and women need protecting from them not being exposed to them.

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Based Florida Man's avatar

A really interesting analysis. Worth the 40 second read.

https://patriots.win/p/16amYdyZUL/any-slim-credibility-of-fag-gay-/c/

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Mom of 5's avatar

YES! Those were things I was muttering to myself when I was in the car alone listening to talk radio this morning. Even the most advanced plastic surgery will not change your innate sex. It cannot be done.

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Scott Kinghorn's avatar

Unfortunately it doesn't matter they'll just scream you're racists, homophob or such. Sad

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YYR's avatar

Let them. I love being yelled at by sickos. That's what brought us together!

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RJ Rambler's avatar

This is true of everything in all of man's nature against God. We try to imitate so much including God Himself and we are failures the harder we try until we rest assured that God has infact invaded us and we cannot nor even try to be Him but rather He will express His being thru us unknowingly. That's humility.

1 Jn 3:1-2 "Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him;"

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NAB's avatar

That picture is worth a thousand words!

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ConcernedGrammy's avatar

I'm sorry. This myth of "I was born in the wrong body." How would one know what it feels like to be born as the opposite sex? I was born a female. I am not confused about my sex. I have absolutely no idea what it "feels like" to be a male. My husband has no idea what it "feels like" to be a woman. You cannot know what it "feels like" to be something that you are not! You might dream about it, wish it, or even pretend, but the REALITY of it, is none of those things (nor any amount of surgery or hormonal drugs) will make it true.

They've succeeded in perverting the language in order to pull this off, by manipulating the meaning of the word "gender" and adding in "sexual orientation" to cause even more confusion.

It breaks my heart to see pre-teens/teens being brainwashed and permanently mutilated to fulfill a demonic agenda. These creeps have zoned in on the absolutely normal awkwardness that all pubescent teens feel when their body they have been used to for so long, suddenly starts "changing" into an adult. These freaks promise to "fix" these kid's (natural) insecurities during this time through drugs and surgery. And by priming the kids with this "trans" agenda earlier and earlier, if they can't brainwash them enough into "changing" to gain special attention status then, they'll surely catch them when their bodies start hormonally changing and that awkwardness is beginning to be felt. I'm in my sixties and I STILL remember how awkward the early teen years were ... suddenly getting taller, growing boobs, my butt got bigger, hair started growing where there wasn't any before, getting pimples and starting my period! I was a complete "tomboy"! Even though every other kid my age was going through the same changes, I remember feeling alone, awkward, vulnerable and embarrassed and I'd had plenty of education to know those changes were coming. Thank God this transgender thing wasn't a thing back then!

It makes me sick at my stomach what's being done to these children and the parents either follow along or encourage it for social media fame. There's NO excuse for these "doctors" to be "affirming" these twisted ideas and butchering these children. They are motivated strictly by greed and notoriety. God have mercy on these innocent children.

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Dianne Denson's avatar

We are letting the mentally ill run the show. We are all wimps!

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Debra (Rural & Red Oregonian)'s avatar

Except for the very last few words. God has nothing to do with this. It's all the lusts of man.

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Jaci's avatar

And the he he/she still trying to control and dominate the female!

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Baga's avatar

Spot on!

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EMME's avatar

Spot on analysis! I’d like to make copies of this and hand one to every cross-dresser I see!

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Annie's avatar

We used to call them pervs or horny dicks.

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Bubblehead's avatar

I still do.

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Matt's avatar

psychopathic perversion

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NAB's avatar

I think the term also refers to that person's sexual arousal at the thought of himself as a woman - see Bruce Jenner. He just digs himself as "Caitlin" in a bustier.

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My Favorite Things's avatar

I think Bruce became Caitlin for the money. He was ousted out of the Kardashian reality show when he divorced their mom. He needed a new gig. Being Caitlin has earned him millions. He’s dating a woman and has kept his Johnson, lol.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Yeah I think a lot of these celebrity coming out events are for attention more than anything else.

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JSR's avatar

Paid to do what they are told

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Jay Horton's avatar

Ahhhh Sara! TMI..........

Later Jay

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Chevrus's avatar

The thorough roasting of Jenner done by southpark is priceless....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J4143zj3ps&ab_channel=TheTop10Channel

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NAB's avatar

Hysterical! Love the gloves on animated Caitlin's hands.

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Annie's avatar

🤢🤮🤮

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Karen Murphy's avatar

Speaking of Bruce/Caitlin, has anyone heard from him/her lately?

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mary's avatar

Yes, I see her on Fox News fairly regularly.

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Jaci's avatar

Caitlyn is so hungry for attention! Hehe/she...my new word for the trannies!

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nancy knox-bierman's avatar

I worked in the clubs back in the day. We had male dancers on the weekends for women. One was always super interested in catching us changing and acted like he never quite knew where the men's dressing room was. He never hit one any of us, which was weird considering how obsessed he was at seeing us naked. This could be part of his thing.

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JW's avatar

Peeping Tom was what we called them.

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Jay Horton's avatar

10-4 but at a new level!

Later Jay

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Ripple's avatar

I believe autogynephilia refers to a man getting off on imagining himself to be a woman

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Tess Lively's avatar

Agree completely! We should not give it to their play on words. You cannot change your sex but you can change your clothes (vestments), thus transvestite is the proper word choice.

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Corkey's avatar

I think ā€œTotal Nutjobā€ is a better term.

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JenillaIced's avatar

I like šŸ¦‡šŸ’©šŸ˜µā€šŸ’«!

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Tea Tephi's avatar

When I was growing up, they were always referred to as "Transvestites". The left always loves to change names of things, to make them sound softer, more acceptable.

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Chevrus's avatar

ReBranding is pretty much the replacement for innovation....

Two can play that game though, thus the Unattractive CrossDresser.

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Julie Ann B's avatar

Would ā€œsick pervertsā€ work as well?

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Tea Tephi's avatar

That too! ;-)

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nancy knox-bierman's avatar

My Aunt dated a "tranny" back in the day. We all called him Mike, no matter what he was wearing. We knew he was a man. He just liked to wear dresses sometimes. We thought it was a joke, but he went to great lengths to look super good, unlike those occasional skits at church when my Dad would wear a wig with 5 o clock shadow.

He was the most elegantly dressed MAN at my grandmother's funeral. He would have never insulted my Aunt by dressing female at a public event.

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Based Florida Man's avatar

Interesting. Shows everyone can be civil. Thanks for the share.

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CMCM's avatar

We live in a small town, and my daughter was out with her friends at a local karaoke bar one weekend and there were 3 cross dressing men there having a good time together. My daughter isn't shy, and she had a long chat with them about their cross dressing, and they were quite open about talking about it. They told her they were not trans, not gay, they weren't there to meet anyone, but they got a kick out of occasionally dressing up as women and going out to a bar like that. In their regular lives they dressed and acted like men and they were married, and you would never know they did this kind of thing. I don't know what you would call this behavior...some kind of fetish, I guess.

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TB's avatar

"♫ I put on women's clothing, and hang around in bars ♫"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FshU58nI0Ts

How quickly would Monty Python have been cancelled, today...

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OnTheJump's avatar

Great stuff - had not seen that in ages. What a 'kick'.

Thx. for sharing. What a collection of talent.

https://www1.freemoviesfull.com/tv/watch-monty-pythons-flying-circus-38611

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Janice P - Words Beyond Me's avatar

Weirdos works for me. But then I'd have to change what I call my kids. :D

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Corkey's avatar

I remember in a fit of anger calling my kids a couple of creeps and their response was for me to stop watching Leave It To Beaver.

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Susan Catherine's avatar

šŸ˜‚

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Janice P - Words Beyond Me's avatar

šŸ˜…šŸ˜…

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SadieJay's avatar

haha!!! Good one Janice.♄

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Sheri E Huber's avatar

But Based Florida Man, they were cross-dressers from birth!

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Fortified City's avatar

This is the next battle ground those who believe this will be attacked and treated in all the familiar ways.

ā€œSo God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.ā€

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Corkey's avatar

Yep, it’s an incremental strategy that is accelerating in speed rapidly. We need the Second Coming or a total Tower Of Babel moment to break this up before it consumes us completely.

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Fortified City's avatar

Yes notice things are advancing at an extremely rapid pace

Men are doing it

Man himself will bring the judgement spoken of in Revelation.

It’s like the old saying:

give a man enough rope and he’ll hang him self

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Debra (Rural & Red Oregonian)'s avatar

Yes and just ask the lady TSA agent who found something hanging.

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ConcernedGrammy's avatar

If this doesn't prove we're living the end times, I don't know what will.

https://youtu.be/QEa-RG9tGLs

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Corkey's avatar

It reminded me of this episode of a popular 1970s TV Show. What a kook.

Starts at 16:35 with the character Rerun worshiping a head of lettuce.

https://youtu.be/eaSWWqUk8xg

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I'd forgotten about that show! I've just spent the last hour or so looking up the history and cast. Mabel King (the mom) was a talented Broadway actress and singer. She played the wicked with in "The Wiz". She

left What's Happening!! because she wanted her character to present a more positive image to the black community than just a divorced single mom struggling to provide for her 2 kids. She was a conservative Republican, was the keynote speaker at the "Blacks for Reagan" rally at the Lincoln Memorial during Reagan's re-election campaign. Her last years were tragic, losing both legs and an arm to diabetes. Her death wasn't even announced until 2 wks after she passed. There was lots of questions about the treatment she received in the Motion Picture Country Home, where she spent her last several years.

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Fla Mom's avatar

It's the literal meaning of 'transvestite,' which is also a 'trans' word.

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NAB's avatar

Yes, we need to be very precise with the language.

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Sweettea71's avatar

Great idea and I also think we need to address the significant mental health issues happening in this country. There should be mental institutions opening up all across the country.

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Julie Ann B's avatar

The mental health institutions provided treatment within a safe environment that protected the patient and protected the family and community from potential harm. Now they’re on the streets.

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ConcernedGrammy's avatar

That's exactly why they were all closed. Across the country. šŸ¤”šŸ¤”šŸ¤” I remember when the State Mental Hospital was closed in Austin. A bunch of them ended up on the streets and massively increased the homeless population.

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Debra (Rural & Red Oregonian)'s avatar

My grandmother was an RN at one back in the 40's, 50's, and 60's. Many were helped and all were cared for.

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Julie Ann B's avatar

That’s the truth; I saw it in the late 70’s.

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Jay Horton's avatar

Hey JAB,

I remember Nurse Ratched. Just spreading the love. I agree. Institutions should be opened to help those in need.

Later Jay

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Fortified City's avatar

Actually the number of people who are suffering from some form of mental illness is staggering.

Consider how many people are not able to cope with just regular life; the facts of reality in living is just too much. Practically everyone I know is taking some of anti anxiety medication doctors are handing it like candy on Halloween night.

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Iron Horsey's avatar

I've referenced the Tranny Day of Vengeance on Theftbook. Not sure how much time my account has left.

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Iron Horsey's avatar

The Tolerant Left

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Tess Lively's avatar

You’ve may have already seen this:

https://www.newsweek.com/trans-day-vengeance-date-details-activists-choose-fight-1791451

More need to be aware, as I saw something about it on LifeSite news, I only looked it up when you made your comment.

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Harold Saive's avatar

Call them "Cross-Gender" since they increasing seem to be "crossing" back.

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JenillaIced's avatar

How about šŸ¦‡šŸ’©šŸ˜µā€šŸ’« people?

(ie BAT SHIT CRAZY people)

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ConcernedGrammy's avatar

Like Austin's famous cross-dresser named Leslie. The beginning of "Keep Austin Weird". I remember seeing him laying on the street corner, sunbathing in a bikini. Austin reveres him, so far as making a documentary shown at SXSW.

https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/film-tells-story-of-the-cross-dressing-vagabond-who-captured-the-heart-of-austin/

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Fabes55's avatar

The fact that States even have to pass laws controlling (prohibiting) sexual mutilation of children says a lot about the state of medicine these days.

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JustANobody's avatar

You mean Witchcraft? Lol.

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Debra (Rural & Red Oregonian)'s avatar

'Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. ' - Exodus 22:18

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Mary H.'s avatar

And the deprivation of our society. The mutilation of children IS child abuse.

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Matt's avatar

abuse and exploitation. It's also like partially murdering someone because the victim will probably finish the job. A trans psychopath life expectancy is probably half that of gay males (shhhh we don't talk about that)

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SA's avatar

Certainly. Medicine is big business, exploiting fellow humans to make a buck.

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Melanie Eccles's avatar

Extremely well said - that's my view in a nutshell. Thanks for sharing.

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Based Florida Man's avatar

Circumcision is also abhorrent.

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Debra (Rural & Red Oregonian)'s avatar

We are all so thankful for the New Covenant.

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Janice P - Words Beyond Me's avatar

For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning

Against everyone who is proud and lofty

And against everyone who is lifted up,

That he may be abased.

And it will be against all the cedars of Lebanon that are lofty and lifted up,

Against all the oaks of Bashan,

Against all the lofty mountains,

Against all the hills that are lifted up,

Against all the ships of Tarshish

And against all the beautiful craft.

The pride of man will be humbled

And the loftiness of men will be abased;

And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,

But the idols will completely vanish.

Men will go into caves of the rocks

And into holes of the ground

Before the terror of the Lord

And the splendor of His majesty,

When He arises to make the earth tremble.

— Isaiah 2:12-19 NASB1995

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Bingham22's avatar

Thank you Janice. I needed these verses this morning, this promise that all wrongs will be righted when our Savior comes again.ā¤ļø

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Come, Lord Jesus!

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Katrina the Hurricane's avatar

Come, Lord!

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Matt's avatar

Come Lord Jesus!!

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Julie's avatar

šŸ™šŸ» and Amen!

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Debra (Rural & Red Oregonian)'s avatar

Pride will be their downfall in the end.

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Natalie's avatar

I do not have the optimism that Jeff has about our ability to handle continued AI development. Actually, I don't think the world is a better place as a result of the internet and hand-held phones. I am so thankful that I did not grow up with the specter of social media following me when I was a preteen and young adult, and I'm very glad that I raised my kids and founded a homeschooling group without the benefit of the internet. I think that what we have lost is orders of magnitude greater than what we have gained.

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Fla Mom's avatar

I keep thinking, "Didn't any of these people watch 2001: A Space Odyssey?!"

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Lisa Jo Spencer's avatar

Or iRobot?

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Jay Horton's avatar

I saw it at McCoy A/F base in Orlando (O county) in like '69. Hale.....

Later Jay

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Jennifer's avatar

Agreed, the internet and social media is middle school for adults.

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Christy's avatar

I tell my kids that all the time. We had such a better childhood than they did.

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RunningLogic's avatar

I have tried to keep my kids’ childhoods as close to mine as possible although being in a larger town where everyone doesn’t know everyone else makes it harder. No social media and plenty of time outside. We don’t own a TV and only occasionally watch shows or movies on our computer. It’s not perfect but at least not as many of the unwholesome traps of modern life.

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Christy's avatar

Yes it’s hard. We moved to a farm so no tv and internet was/ is horrible. Lol. Lots of fishing/ camping and sports. Agree, we do the best we can.

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Debra (Rural & Red Oregonian)'s avatar

I can't imagine never being able to climb a tree, swim in a river, make trails in the fields, ride a bike, lay out in the yard at night watching the stars, oh, I could go on. I feel so blessed!

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Christy's avatar

šŸ’œšŸ’œšŸ’œšŸ’œšŸ’œ

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YYR's avatar

We should stop saying that. Every generation has different experiences that are normal to them.

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RunningLogic's avatar

There are always good and bad in every generation’s experience. It is up to the parents to try to mitigate the worst aspects and focus on the more beneficial ones.

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Loretta's avatar

All we have gained is "ease."

It's "easier" to do a lot of things.

Since when has humanity progressed when things were easy?

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Christy's avatar

Good times create weak men

Weak men create hard times

Hard times create strong men

Strong men create good times

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SB's avatar

Tucker Carlson reported that IQs are falling significantly. Hmmm, I wonder why?

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Debra (Rural & Red Oregonian)'s avatar

OMG....I was just reading about reading comprehension this morning. It's almost gone.

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SB's avatar

Yes, for all the money and strategies they've thrown at trying to improve reading rates, nothing changes and if anything it gets worse. When they left phonics behind, things took a bad turn and haven't recovered. Something like 30-40% of high school graduates in this country read at a 5th grade level and it's been like that at least a decade. Gov't schools aren't teaching much these days except indoctrination.

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SB's avatar

BTW, my kids went to private school where they were taught to read using more traditional methods mentioned in the opinion piece. They were taught sight words for things that can't be sounded out and taught phonics for everything else. They had to read aloud to parents 3 times a week as well as the teacher regularly and had vocabulary tests on a regular basis since upper elementary. They also had spelling tests regularly since 1st grade. I also read to my kids almost every night until 3rd or 4th grade. We have homeschooled for 6 years, too. My kids have always read at a level at least 3 grades above their grade. Hmmm... However, I've said for years that one of the biggest problems with our school system, especially in younger grades, is too many kids in a class. For K-2, I think classes should be half the size they are but no one wants to talk about that. They'll throw millions of dollars on the new quick fix curriculum and teacher training but won't spend a penny to make class sizes smaller. The school my kids attended never had more than 20 in a class and had an assistant which also helped with reading groups in the early grades. It makes a difference.

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SB's avatar

Interestingly, I received this opinion piece about reading this week.

https://www.ncspin.com/we-are-growing-impatient-for-reading-improvements?mc_cid=f191e522c5&mc_eid=fa320e2356

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YYR's avatar

There are many confounders to measuring something as esoteric as IQ across generations. Testing has changed, and personality has changed. The difficult questions that require patience and persistence have become more difficult in our instant gratification world. The reality is that IQ really hasn't dropped. Just a fun headline.

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Christy's avatar

I remember when they shut everything down. Hubby and I were both working in the school and u couldn’t get the kids to do anything while going to school everyday. I can’t even imagine how it is where they were closed for 2 years.

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TB's avatar

I read an interesting opinion recently: that AI will be a problem, not because it will become sentient and take over the world, but because its devotees will BELIEVE it has become sentient and turn it into a false god, sacrificing the world in its name.

(As someone with programming experience, I have no real worry about AI "taking over the world"; the real danger those in power are likely to be afraid of is that AI will start noticing the elephant(s) in the room, and we can't have that, dear me, no. But the real stumbling block is that proponents just magically assume that AI will have perfect introspective knowledge of how to improve itself without limit, usually without really stopping to think about how exactly that could possibly even work. In the end, it's more a religious tenet than a reasoned belief.)

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Melanie Eccles's avatar

Totally agree!, Thanks for sharing.

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JustANobody's avatar

Jeff. What about this Bill? S 686? Was supposed to be about Tic Toc.. A whole lot worse! Censors all. Goverment only approved Internet Content!? I've read through this. It can and will criminalize anyone and everyone with no judicial oversight. It is basically an internet communications bill. Bi partisan support. It criminalizes free speech.

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Sunnydaze's avatar

This needs to be addressed. And per usual they dress it up to make it look like something it’s not. A Trojan horse!

Much like many of our laws that were passed without the knowledge of the people. Which is why they get away with so much and we are left standing there with our mouths hanging open when they are not prosecuted….because years prior or decades prior, they silently made a law and are now executing their plan without repercussions, and getting away with it. We were sound asleep and had no idea of their evil deeds.

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Professor Lulu Fuzzbean's avatar

we weren't "asleep"...we WERE NOT TOLD. The media is supposed to be the informant to US. After they were bought , a regular citizen would have had to be constantly researching what congress was really doing. all done so we couldn't know

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Sunnydaze's avatar

I agree we were not told. But I refer to being asleep because for most of my adult life even if they told us….I wasn’t paying attention. I blindly trusted. As most of the population did and still does.

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OnTheJump's avatar

Could not agree more. We grew up feeling that our grand US government "had our backs", and was working for us.

Now we find that we never should have "turned our backs" on them.

That trust so blindly and willingly given has been quashed.

Why should we believe that a bill like S.686 - which subjectively gives the govt. the authority to define a "threat" (we have ample evidence of what THAT looks like, these past three years!) would not utilize said authority to censor the living hell out of anyone raising even a question directed at any topic that is contradictory to the government "narrative of the day" ?

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YYR's avatar

We have an opposition party that we elect to watch for these attacks, alert us and fight them. Instead, GOPe Senator John Thune, Cocaine Mitch's chosen successor, co-sponsored this attack on the People.

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Remi Steele's avatar

If this passes everyone of us will automatically become a criminal by virtue of voicing an opinion inimical to that of the government.

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RunningLogic's avatar

We need a C&C multiplier for messages and phone calls to our representatives!!

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Lisa Ca's avatar

I was thinking the exact same thing. First senator to go to is Rand Paul.

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JustANobody's avatar

Yes. This would make everything criminal. Everything from health matters to wars. If people think or say something not government approved!!

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Fla Mom's avatar

Or Dems pass a law that is then only selectively prosecuted.

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Jaci's avatar

We are living under repeating Trojan horses! All government only exists to create more government and more control over our lives! What kind of light bulb we prefer is none of their business!

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Not just without the knowledge of the people--without the knowledge of Congress. Remember when Nancy of the Eyebrows said (of the Obamacare bill), "You have to vote for it to find out what's in it"?

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Remi Steele's avatar

That bill is the Patriot Act on steroids and then some!

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JustANobody's avatar

With 20 years in prison. No FOIA requests ever again. Can seize all communications. Elimates independent journalism. Even including Fox. Not government narrative. Any conservative or free thinking people will be targeted. A whole lot more. Worse than you can imagine!

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Lisa Ca's avatar

Wow! That is nuts. What state?! Get us all involved.

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JustANobody's avatar

The Whole Country. US.giv bills.!!!

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RJ Rambler's avatar

Worse than? 🧐

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SusanMc's avatar

My exact comment on other platforms

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Mom of 5's avatar

Would love some C&C analysis about this new legislative attack.

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JustANobody's avatar

Yes.. This IS the most devasting bill as of March 7th. Why are we just hearing about it now. It's Horrifying!

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STH's avatar

That stupid Lyndsey Graham acted like he had NO IDEA what was even in the bill. šŸ’ā€ā™‚ļøYet he is listed as supporting it. What an idiot. These incompetents need to be voted out.

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Jay Horton's avatar

Yes, he is a War Whore and nothing more. Ooooo, that was good. Sorta like I graduated from the Mohamed Ali School of Poetry or something. Rhyme couplet rocks, you know.

Later Jay

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OnTheJump's avatar

Kinda says all you really need to know, eh ?

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Scott Kinghorn's avatar

Thank you for posting this.

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OnTheJump's avatar

This is horrific.

And does ANYONE truly believe that Graham is going to "come answer better next time" after Jesse Waters "made these allegations" ?

Good on Waters !

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rolandttg's avatar

you are exactly right. It is a Trojan Horse. As usual

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Remi Steele's avatar

I wonder if Thune (from my great state of SD) knows he's listed as a sponsor? High time to write to him and Rounds...

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Willing Spirit's avatar

it’s

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Willing Spirit's avatar

its-----damned autocorrect

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RunningLogic's avatar

I hate it when I write something correctly and auto ā€œcorrectā€ puts in the wrong spelling at the last minute šŸ™„šŸ¤¬

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Remi Steele's avatar

🤣😜

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Marsha McGrath's avatar

These internet restrictive bills oddly (?!) are happening concurrently in Canada.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

How very peculiar. Must be something about air currents moving north, or moving south.

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PamelaZelie's avatar

ā€œEarlier this month, Old Lady Garland told Senators that his prosecutors couldn’t bring cases unless the marshals made arrests, and the marshals on the scene ā€œdidn’t thinkā€ there was a reason to do that. Now we know why. That’s what they were told.ā€

If this doesn’t make the Court Justices irate nothing will. We are hostage to a country with evil, deeply ingrained, and lawlessness.

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Paul Ashley's avatar

My question is where the heck are the impeachment articles for Garland?

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Gigi Gummerson's avatar

The whole administration should be impeached! They are (IMHO) intentionally ruining our country! No one can be this bad at their jobs, no one! This is the devil at work...absolute evil!

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Being prepared for use against President Trump, no doubt.

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Juliann's avatar

This statement from Garland is a warning to the Supreme Court. ā€œRule our way, or elseā€. Families, etc held hostage to the regime. ā€œFasten your seatbelts!ā€.

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Barney Rubble's avatar

It should, among a host of other things, made them consider the election fraud cases.

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YYR's avatar

Now, now. They fortified (stole) the election to protect us. šŸ˜’

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Based Florida Man's avatar

I appreciate the hockey guys using religous reasons to avoid the gay mafia. But how about just pure morality - that gayness is a degenerate and disgusting form of relationships, and self destructive in general. It's time we all put our foot down on this madness.

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K Scott's avatar

I’m gay and engaged to be married- not degenerate or disgusting thanks. That said, if someone said I HAD to fly a rainbow flag at my desk or wear rainbows, I wouldn’t like it.

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Truthseeker's avatar

I’ve had this conversation with a male gay friend… The ā€˜degenerate and disgusting’ perception some people have of gay men… and this is only my opinion… is in part, because of the way the media and movies CONSTANTLY portrays gay men as sex crazed sluxx… looking to have anonymous sex with multiple (a lot of) partners. That’s what you see on TV… it’s often presented in a totally degenerate way. Like gay men have no ability to control sexual urges. And now we are bombarded with images of gay and trans festivals, drag shows, etc… it doesn’t represent everyone obviously… and it’s probably hurting some portion of the gay community who is trying hard to just fit in, quietly live their lives and not stand out in any way.

the stereotype is not what I know of the few gay men I know… who are in committed relationships… like yourself.

That same gay man, who happens to be conservative, believes it never should have been called ā€˜marriage’… between two men… he thinks it should have been called something else and just been given legal protection for benefits, estate planning, etc… and leave marriage as between a man and a women

My issue with the trans community… is much of what they’re doing is ā€˜attention seeking’ constantly… look at me, look at me… and these men joining women’s sports to win… is that… to a tee. To me, it looks like narcissism and an obsession with ā€˜self’…

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Willing Spirit's avatar

I’m having a different experience with how I see homosexuality being promoted in movies or t.v. series. I don’t see the depravity being shown, but rather an attempt to normalize the behavior. I believe there’s a concerted effort to hide the depravity.

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Seaquinn's avatar

This is the singular BEST read on the topic covering the LGBT+ evolution which is a deliberate movement/attack on biological sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and human desire.

Hat tip to the fellow C&C original poster!

https://www.city-journal.org/the-real-story-behind-drag-queen-story-hour

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JJ's avatar

Phenomenal article. Thanks for sharing

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Truthseeker's avatar

I agree it’s an attempt to normalize any behaviors outside of accepted norms…

same as they wanna normalize vaccine injuries

it’s the same as seeing Kim Kardashian half dressed… selling sex… who is a mom of four young kids

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YYR's avatar

What's the point of ass implants if you hide them?

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Truthseeker's avatar

šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£

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Cornwall Marc's avatar

Hey Spirit, Are you talking about SEX? If so, please call it what it is. For some people it IS normal! They too have a right to exist. No one is asking anyone else to do it.

The same dynamics apply to the straight world and the gay world; there are saints and sinners in both. Many gays live otherwise normal, healthy lives.

We have this neat idea that all straights are married, monogamous, definitely don't do S&M or anything kinky - 'missionary' all the way. (It's not true.)

I think that gay representation has been taboo for so long that it's just a novel plot device for programme makers, but agree it is getting a bit over egged.

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Fla Mom's avatar

The media didn't build and frequent the bath houses and use the glory holes, or walk virtually naked in public parades.

And single people have long been able to have legal instruments such as General Power of Attorney, Medical Power of Attorney, wills and estates, etc. There was never a need for 'marriage' to arrange their affairs or have access to in-patients, etc.

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laura-ann Knox's avatar

A company I worked for offered is insurance coverage to the employees "partner" but only if the partner was same-sex. Discriminatory much?

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YYR's avatar

How does the company define "same sex" these days?

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RunningLogic's avatar

Wow.

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RunningLogic's avatar

True but instead of having to do multiple contracts to address each area, I like the idea of a shortcut that anyone can choose (doesn’t have to be based on a sexual relationship). But definitely not call it marriage.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

All True

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SusanMc's avatar

I wonder if The Great Reset/WHO/WEF folks are fueling all this. Great population control as members of the LBGTxxxx can’t produce children without outside help.

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Truthseeker's avatar

I definitely think so… gay, trans, significant neuro-diversity, 1:36 kids have autism… encourage abortion, put abortion centers in the middle of poor neighborhoods…. End result is less babies being born. No doubt about that.

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Truthseeker's avatar

And this research that’s been around now for awhile

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097836/

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YYR's avatar

"Outside help" from ONE MAN and ONE WOMAN!🤣

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RunningLogic's avatar

I’ve had that thought too. It can definitely be controlled a lot more easily!

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RunningLogic's avatar

Completely agree and this is also what I have seen with several gay couples I know. I would also have liked it not to be called marriage, but think that anyone should be able to choose a designated person (whether sexually linked to them or not) as a ā€œshortcutā€ default beneficiary, next of kin, estate etc. Not have to go through all of the steps to do these things individually through a lot of legal paperwork. I do think that being gay isn’t ā€œnaturalā€ in the sense that it’s not the way our bodies were designed but regardless, some people do seem to be born that way or have that tendency. I would definitely rather encourage them to be committed and monogamous, as I would like to see for heterosexual couples.

I would agree that a certain proportion of the LGBT group seems to be all about the attention, as you saidā€”ā€œlook at me, look at me!ā€.

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Roger Beal's avatar

Separate the fully-secular, contractual / financial nature of a longterm relationship from its religious meaning: Marry in church if you are believers, and sign asset contracts before the civil magistrate. Solves all problems, removes any concerns about biological sex of the partners.

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RunningLogic's avatar

This is how it’s done in France. They even have several different levels of commitment and asset sharing.

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YYR's avatar

Agree about the use of the word "marriage," which is a biblical phenomenon. Same-sex unions are a civil matter for the same legal protections married people enjoy. It should have been called something else. It was deliberately called marriage by the activists to thumb their noses at traditionalists.

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Jaci's avatar

My take on gay...not God’s plan! I’m hate they have just taken the rainbow and words and stolen them. Maybe cultural appropriation?

Be gay...I do not care. I will honor your decision, but you get the consequences! And there are many!

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Based Florida Man's avatar

Two men kissing in public? Most of us are grossed out by that.

And marriage should only be between a man and a woman.

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Barbara Fuller's avatar

I don't like watching anyone kissing in public. Not my business, I move on.

Don't like humping and/or groping in public either, and I've seen that dozens and dozens of times, way beyond kissing. Never see gay couples doing that in public, only heterosexual. I'm guessing the vast majority of straight people I know would not feel represented by them.

Marriage promotes monogamy and settling down. Can't complain about people being promiscuous, while at the same time trying to stop them from settling down and establishing roots. I'm in a travel club with four gay couples, each together 40+ years. Monogamous and kind, they contribute greatly to the club and those around them. Kind, always helping the elderly, volunteering for good works. We all want them around. I can't even count the number of straight couples I know who are not monogamous, married and divorced multiple times, thinking of themselves, chasing the $. Judgment Day is gonna be really interesting.

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K Scott's avatar

I’m grossed out by anyone kissing in public. My girlfriend and I don’t do that.

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Chevrus's avatar

Yeah it's called PDA, and it's been a thing for a while.

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FourWinds's avatar

I get grossed out by kissing and making out in movies, regardless of who is doing it, much less in public. It's disgusting. Save that stuff for private.

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FourWinds's avatar

My two gay friends, who last I heard were still together after 30 years (we've lost touch) never wanted to promote they were gay, they just wanted to live their lives. My cousin and her partner feel similar. I wouldn't want to be coerced or expected to make an outward display to support anything at all, regardless of the topic. Best wishes to you and your partner, and I mean that sincerely!

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Willing Spirit's avatar

I am deeply offended by the sight of same sex couples kissing, groping, etc. and I try to avoid it at all cost. This leaves me very limited in what entertainment is available. It is so obvious that it is a requirement for all series and movies made today. I click them off as soon as I’m slapped in the face with that perversion.

Usually it will be the third episode in what looks to be a promising series. Guess they think you’re hooked by then. I lose all interest immediately.

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Politico Phil's avatar

Exactly my experience. TV and movie productions took a dramatic turn beginning in 2020. Now, almost every program is introducing gay themes that have nothing to do with the plot and it is obviously an attempt to normalize gay morality with the public...ESPECIALLY with the adolescent age bracket. Hollywood is grooming the public.

Every time I think I may have found an enjoyable TV show, they will introduce an explicit gay scene in the third or fourth episode. And it is always a guy on guy...not girls. From the POTUS right down to the kindergarten teacher, this is an intentional, controlled and systematically executed program to remove all moral restraints from American society. Can't be any more clear.

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STH's avatar

Oh I’ve seen plenty of female on female sex scenes on new series. They are definitely trying their hardest to normalize it and groom society. It’s so obvious and it is repulsive 🤮

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Yes. Plenty of that going on.

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OnTheJump's avatar

like " Ginny and Georgia " .......... good show, but CLEARLY an effort to normalize homosexuality. And my guess is that programs such as this will be quite successful at it.

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Fed up's avatar

Yes, and even those pap Hallmark/Harlequin movies are doing likewise. Saw a grocery store commercial with openly gay types as well. In your face everywhere. Sexual preference is someone’s ā€œpersonalā€ business and not meant to be exposed to the world in such a lewd fashion. Next thing you know it will be about one’s bathroom experience. I have seen a few movies with people on a toilet. Don’t eat dinner and watch TV. 🤨 Nothing is private anymore.

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Roger Beal's avatar

Jane Fonda (WHO ELSE??) started that, with a scene in "Fun With DIck And Jane" back in 1977.

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Kitkat's avatar

"Dopesick" is on Hulu. Great short-series about big pharma and the Oxy addiction. But then Hollyweird HAD to throw in a whole lesbian relationship into the storyline. (complete with sex scenes).

It had nothing to do with the story...but they had to toss it in there.

Honestly, I believe that diminished the impact of the main premise.

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Jaci's avatar

I agree and do not like ANY couple having overt public displays of affection! I too watch little tv and resent flaunting alternative lifestyles in my face! I would like it back in the closet!

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Surely, they are taking note of what point it is that people click the show off. I have a ton of movies in my Continue Watching area that I will never finish watching. I know there’s a way to remove that designation-but it’s helpful in remembering what I have rejected.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

I did watch some older movies (pre 2012 are generally safe) on a ā€˜free’ app with ads. But now it can’t be watched because of the sodomization of the ads.

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Dee's avatar

My husband and I fast forward the first time and turn it off if it continues. It’s gross.

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Gigi Gummerson's avatar

I believe most (especially older) gays don’t like being linked with the entire alphabet crowd. I have many gay friends, they don’t fly flags or accept this craziness that’s been happening. AND it’s crazy but many are conservatives.

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Politico Phil's avatar

I think we all realize that the rainbow flag thing is a political movement to force their views on others and all of us instinctively oppose that.

Our whole political structure is now about "force", not "rights". From top to bottom, this is Marxism at work.

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My Favorite Things's avatar

Butt-banging is disgusting as is two men performing oral sex on each other. It’s unmanly and perverted. Lesbians are just as bad. I was a realtor and had to show homes to them. It was creepy. It was hilarious to see them cat fight over closets too.

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Corkey's avatar

Look at the entire homosexual agenda since the 1960s. Total Incrementalism in play here. Look how it progressed steadily for 60 years into now open discussion on legalization and acceptance of pedophilia. It’s pretty obvious that this agenda must be stopped or we will become total slaves to a government of insane people. Our entire society including our children are under an ultra evil attack.

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Truthseeker's avatar

I agree. This is headed nowhere good. They are coming after all the kids… there’s no doubt about that.

when you have a man of legal age pretending to be teenage girl sitting in front of the president, and for the most part, no one says anything.

We’re all being force fed… Gender is just a social construct

And then they’ll start in on ā€˜age is just a social construct’…

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Politico Phil's avatar

Or how about a President who gropes a minor ON TV. What the hell does he do in private?? Who wants to be THAT secret service agent?

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Tess Lively's avatar

They’ve already started with ā€œage is just a social constructā€ by pushing children to question their God given sex. Puberty blockers and cross sex hormones at very early age. If they say a child has the ability to choose their own sex wouldn’t the next step be that a child has the ability to be sexually active. It’s disgusting!

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Truthseeker's avatar

Yes.

In fact there’s a lawsuit pending

Where a young girl was caught up in the trans medical system… they gave her a double mastectomy at age 15!!! And she’s now suing the MDs at Kaiser…. And in her own words she said something to the effect of… how was I allowed to change my sex, before I was legally able to consent to sex.

Out of the mouths of babes.

It’s hard to see this as anything but predatory behavior of adults on minor children.

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Seaquinn's avatar

This is the singular BEST read on the topic covering the LGBT+ evolution which is a deliberate movement/attack on biological sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and human desire.

Hat tip to the fellow C&C original poster!

https://www.city-journal.org/the-real-story-behind-drag-queen-story-hour

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Butterfly2510's avatar

Agree. And, can anyone tell me who started ā€œgay pride MONTH?ā€ Why does gay pride get a month of recognition? I think that is predatory. I would love to know who started it and what the conversation was. Did they say one day or one week is not enough to celebrate gay pride but we need a month to celebrate it. Now, we’re subjected to it for a month every year. Why can’t fathers or mothers have a month long celebration? Or, families?

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Tonya's avatar

It's the same with Black History Month or Women's History Month. The promoters of these ideas say, "This is a marginalized population. Society doesn't value them as much as they deserve. So we are going to *force* society to not only show equal respect to them, but to *celebrate* them."

How in the world does that make sense? Forcing people is more likely to turn people against a group.

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Fed up's avatar

Good point. Much more noteworthy events only get a day, if that.

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Jaci's avatar

And Harvey Milk proclaimed he was a role model for 15 year olds!

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Tim R's avatar

They shouldn't need either religious or moral crutches to object. How about just simple freedom of expression? No one should be forced to support the political causes of their employer.

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Peter Schott's avatar

The problem these days is - there's no moral compass. On what grounds apart from some sort of religious claim can you object?

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FourWinds's avatar

Exactly. A person should be able to offer a rejection based solely on moral grounds as opposed to having to use religion as a reason. Obviously nothing wrong with stating a religious objection, but players should be able to simply say "no" and that's enough.

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Just the word "no" by itself is very powerful.

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NAB's avatar

This. I feel the same way about refusing the Covid shot. It should be enough just to say "No. I don't want to."

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FourWinds's avatar

I just say no. When they inevitably respond with narrative and ask why, I say it's because I said no. They can't process that.

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

"No" is a very powerful as a stand alone word.

No qualifiers...no explanation needed.

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RunningLogic's avatar

ā€œBecause I said so!ā€ 😬

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Or how about just the word "no"?

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Based Florida Man's avatar

Personal morality.

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Marc's avatar

Not to mention statistics that show gay people suffer from higher rates of mental illness, disease, drug abuse, reported happiness and have significantly lower lifespans than the straight population. Like, it’s not healthy to have gay sex. And ā€œgay sexā€ isn’t sex, which requires a penis and a vagina. You don’t call masturbation ā€œhand sexā€.

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Peace's avatar

Anyone remember the 'Just say No' campaign from the 70s/80s - "Just Say No To Drugs" - works for all sorts of things!

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Peace's avatar

A simple no should suffice (although I realize it doesn't). Should work for medical interventions, unwanted sexual advances, etc.

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LMWC's avatar

I know two gay couples, one set female, one set male, who have been together for 45 and almost 50 years. They have never married, but have maintained a relationship for that long. I am taking an 8 week Biblical Citizenship class, and last night’s discussion dealt with marriage and the family in the framing of our country’s Constitution and laws. A study done in the last year found the length of the average Gay marriage is 18 months. Since ā€œcoming outā€ became popular, the longevity of Gay relationships have plummeted, just as the heterosexual family unit has been wrecked by the destruction of traditional marriage and family values.

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Truthseeker's avatar

So true. Societal wide destruction of values…

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Cornwall Marc's avatar

Laurie, I read somewhere ages ago that 'marriage' in its current form is really not that old - sort of late middle ages. Before that people used to just hook up and get on with it. Today in many 'primitive' societies it doesn't even exist or is much more relaxed and children get brought up by the village.

We have made it so prescriptive and controlling, monogamy - for life, that it certainly doesn't fit everyone anymore - which may be one of the reasons it is spectacularly failing. And who are any of 'we' to insist how anyone else lives their life.

Many today have rose tinted spectacles about the past, but it too had it's often hidden horrors. We may not always agree with it but the world has moved on - for better or worse...

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LMWC's avatar

My belief in marriage is Biblically based. God proscribed it. If you truly dive into the Founding Fathers and the Constitution, (and there are thousands of preserved documents that attest to such), these men believed that marriage and stable families would allow ā€œthe peopleā€ to govern themselves from the bottom up, not the top down.

I believe the change in attitude as you describe it, were deliberate attempts to do away with traditional family and marriage. We are certainly not the better for it.

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Fla Mom's avatar

Agree; but 'prescribed,' not 'proscribed,' I think you meant.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Did you mean "prescribed"?

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Politico Phil's avatar

Exactly.

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Cornwall Marc's avatar

Laurie, Personally, I agree with you. But what about those who don't? Or who are in terrible, unhappy, destructive relationships? Or who don't believe The Bible? What right do 'we' have to tell them how they must live? Shouldn't they have a say so too? We are not all the same.

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LMWC's avatar

I do not tell people how to live. But I now push back when the ā€œgovernmentā€ tells me how I must raise my children, how I must educate my children, how my tax dollars support abortion on every level.

The breakdown of the family unit was intentional. I still go back to the Framers of the Constitution and what they intended, not what has been manipulated to be what government today has taken it to mean. The family unit as is in the Bible, is what the Framers saw as a lasting unit and one to base much of the Constitution on. It is enduring, just as God and the Bible is enduring.

There was a time when the bedroom was kept in the bedroom. Yes, there was immorality going on and evil. We need to recognize evil, but not stay silent while more and more depravity is pushed on us in all forms.

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TSumm's avatar

ā€œThe breakdown of the family unit was intentional.ā€ I agree — it’s how communist regimes (and other flavors of dictatorship) gain and hold onto power, by making everyone’s children wards of the state. In this country, the extension of school hours and ā€œservicesā€ that started in the 1970s is part of that breakdown: Keep them at school 11-12 hours a day with before-and-after ā€œcareā€ by gov’t employees, serve them 3 meals a day, make them forget they have a home and a family…

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Cornwall Marc's avatar

I really have great empathy with your views. But I think of it as more of an ideal rather than achievable reality. For example:

I am reminded of the British upper classes at the beginning of last century with their Victorian, Christian values, at least in public, and their rampant hypocrisy and infidelity behind closed doors. Everything was permissible just so long as you didn't cause a scandal. And of course all the children went away to school, as they still do now. so not much of a family life.

I think we've largely been the same for a long time, but now it's more out in the open. That's not to say I agree with it all though.

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Truthseeker's avatar

Your comment is interesting in that I think- there’s no more ā€˜village’…

with ease of travel and ā€˜globalization’ … intergenerational family and community support changed radically for the next generation of families

when I was little both my parents both worked constantly … but my grandmother and grandfather and a neighbor… all helped raise me.

Today, that doesn’t occur… grandma and grandpa are in Florida… young families are on their own to build a new tribe in whatever state or city they land… and… many people don’t even know their neighbors names anymore.

Families, in general, have disbanded… rarely do kids live in the towns they grow up in anymore.

I moved away from the town I grew up in. I raised my kids somewhere else. And as a result, was pretty much on my own- through the good and the bad. In hindsight, I probably should have stayed where I had more community support to raise my children. It would have been to my children’s benefit to have a stronger social and community network. But hindsight is always 20-20.

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Cornwall Marc's avatar

Please don't blame yourself for anything! None of us know what will happen or have more than a little influence on our children. And as the old adage goes, it is a parent's job to f*ck up your children - and in my case, despite every attempt to do otherwise, it was a job well done!

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Politico Phil's avatar

Christian believers got "married" based on the Bible. Take an oath to each other before God and then get on with life. My objection is the licensing of marriage by the State. This makes the State to be god. If you're not a Christian, just make a contract but leave the state out of it. It's the same objection I have to churches being incorporated under the State.

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Cornwall Marc's avatar

Phil, I feel the same way when The State incorporates religion and God into military events and services. Very uncomfortable.

And as for churches being incorporated under the State?

Try living in the UK where the Church of England was established by a six times married misogynistic wife killer - otherwise known as The King - Henry VIII. And the new King and Head of the Church was unfaithful, got divorced and married his mistress. Respect?

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Politico Phil's avatar

Yeah, well, I've got a few things to say about the British Crown.

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Cornwall Marc's avatar

Spill please. You can't upset me I am an ardent Republican.

Orf with all their 'eads!

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RunningLogic's avatar

In France you have to have a civil ceremony to get any state benefits or recognition related to marriage. If you want a religious ceremony, that is completely separate and optional.

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Mom of 5's avatar

Interesting

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Fla Mom's avatar

Or how about just 'no; I'm paid to play hockey, not virtue-signal about social values.' Or just 'no.'

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SMT's avatar

Because you can’t just have a moral reason these days. You’ll jeopardize your career. Just a fact. AT LEAST they can use religion and THATS working right now. I’m a long time hockey fan and so glad that players are standing up, whether for religion, or Russian players saying they can’t support this, whatever. Also glad teams are saying no (including my NY Rangers). Enough of this crap already. A couple years ago, they had ā€œPride nightā€ which used to be ā€œthe one night for thisā€ and then soon after had another night because LGBT+++++ wasn’t happy and wanted a slightly different night also. Stop catering to these lunatics.

You want to wear a rainbow jersey, go ahead but don’t make everyone else have to.

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Corkey's avatar

Let’s Go Rangers !!šŸ’Æ

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Annie's avatar

I think it's a legal reason. They are like us, disgusted, with this pride crap. Yeah! I am proud I am confused, ugly and miserable! Whoot whoot. šŸ˜

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Cornwall Marc's avatar

BFM, I see you here a lot and often agree with you - but sorry, not today.

Your description of 'gayness' above is a generalisation which may be true for some but certainly not all.

Whilst the gay agenda may at present be up front and centre, it comes from a very low start point. Hopefully it will find a balance in time, especially when corporations find the next virtue signalling bandwagon to sponsor.

Being gay is not a choice and for many is deeply traumatic. But many also find it a positive fulfilling life - just as straights have their ups and downs. Gay people contribute hugely to society in a positive way - it's not all about sex. And nobody is asking you to participate.

It is a hugely complex issue - too much for here, but I couldn't let this pass without challenging it. Peace.

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John Cougar Misanthrope's avatar

I have a lot of respect for Chadwick Moore, a journalist who is both conservative and gay. His take is that the so-called "LGBTQ+/transgender" agenda is a creature wholly distinct from and equally damaging to the actual gay community.

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Truthseeker's avatar

My male gay friend believes the same thing. He’s a member of the group Gays Against Groomers

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Barney Rubble's avatar

BUT the entire gay pride and now LGBTQ+ . . . is about forcing these ideologies and biological bastardizations and normalizing them. And worse grooming and applying pharmaceuticals for unnatural outcomes and consequences. Hey lets pump up a female with SSRIs and testosterone at the same time.

what could go wrong? And is it not a choice? In any cases? That seems unsettled to me.

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Cornwall Marc's avatar

Hey Barney, Loving your name!

I agree it is all totally out of whack for the number of people involved. Gotta ask who and what is behind it all. There must be some very serious money somewhere. What is their real agenda.

As to whether it is nature or nurture, I guess that argument is relevant for many of our choices in life, but I come down generally on the side of nature. Not many would choose it by choice.

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Barney Rubble's avatar

Well when its settled I'll give Mortimer his dollar, or he'll give me one.

It isn't nature if your kid comes home and makes an announcement after grooming and goading from school faculty. Its abusive confusion of the human condition.

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Cornwall Marc's avatar

Agreed. But where is that sweet-spot of balance which is right for everyone; which doesn't confuse the majority, whilst supporting the minority - and stops them getting the sh*t kicked out of them, or worse. I don't think we've got it right yet. Meanwhile it's chaos!

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Politico Phil's avatar

Bullying happens to all kinds of people and when I was growing up, it wasn't tolerated in school. It didn't matter what the "excuse" was for the bullying. Right now, children are being bullied by the institution into being "trans". This is a societal corruption that GOES WAY BEYOND simple bullying for being "queer".

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Fla Mom's avatar

There is danger in 'born this way,' as pointed out by The Deseret Stone, referring to remarks by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who has a 'trans child' (of course; today's top virtue-signal):

"'Born this way' is a claim of ownership - "Your kids are *actually* our kids; only *we* can protect them."

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Based Florida Man's avatar

I hear ya, but it's time to push back. We've reached the rubicon.

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Cornwall Marc's avatar

Well they ain't going back in no closet!

Hopefully a peaceful balance will be restored.

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Julie Ann B's avatar

Agree completely! It’s past time to call out all this insanity! Refuse to go along with it!

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Josh's avatar

Did you read the comments under his statement? 75% were against him and what he said. Sad state of affairs

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Annie's avatar

You can't judge by that. These loons use social media to give the appearance of they're in the majority. They use bots too to accomplish this. They only sit around pushing their agenda. The sooner as all these big tech social media platforms collapse the better. They are a major reason for all these psyops.

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Chevrus's avatar

I have seen this time and again....

It's really the only thing they have left. Case in point: The only place you see pro-jabber input is on the internets. Why because there are troll farms dedicated to it. In real life I have seen ZERO people singing their praises. The 13% (or whatever) uptake of boosters is a testament to that.

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Lisa Ca's avatar

I usually agree with you BFM but here I am glad they used religious reasons. It gives me hope for Christians as I see far too many who are weak. And it SHOULD violate their conscience as it is condoning the behavior against God’s law. I just wish they went that far with their words.

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Fla Mom's avatar

As a way to have others hear about the Gospel, I agree with you, but really all an adult needs, or should need, is a backbone.

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Based Florida Man's avatar

Understood. It's a tough battleground right now.

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jean's avatar

Where does morality come from? Guess that is why religious reasons are used so that people understand God is the authority being cited.

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Lang June's avatar

Dr. Drew doesn’t get it. They aren’t hiding truth to protect us. They are hiding truth to protect themselves!!!!!

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Lisa Ca's avatar

So funny. If ā€œtheyā€ are in control then it doesn’t matter. ā€œtheyā€ wont see consequences. However, I believe it is far more about keeping people BLIND. That’s why they don’t want to let it out. If they do no one will ever comply again.

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Lang June's avatar

Great point and I agree that is part of it. However, there would be consequences for the truth being revealed, albeit probably not the kind that most of us think are appropriate enough for the evil that’s been perpetrated.

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John Henry Holliday, DDS's avatar

Helpful reminder of the science. The mouth and anus are, respectively, the starting and end point of the digestive tract--the alimentary canal. They are not sex organs. There is nothing to be "proud" about misusing them.

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AngelaK's avatar

Yes, but lest we be self righteous, let's remember that unmarried heterosexual sex, lust of the senses, pornography, etc are also sins. Too many men who speak out against gays forget this.

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Katrina the Hurricane's avatar

This is so true. The Bible condemns any form of sexual immorality. That covers it all. And we are all guilty of that on some level. Jesus clarified that even lusting after someone is sinful. The beautiful thing about grace is that it finds you where you are, whatever sinful state you are in. But it doesn’t leave you there, if only you surrender to the Savior and follow Him.

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Truthseeker's avatar

There is so much sexual dysfunction in this earthly world…

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Christy's avatar

So true!

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Ain’t that the truth! I have real questions about how the sewer pipe of the body can be safely used in the sex act. What are the health consequences over time?

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RunningLogic's avatar

I read an article a while back about a doctor in New England who was told he could no longer counsel gay men on the potential effects on their bodies of the kind of intercourse they engaged in (issues with fistulas for example). He was told it was hateful and homophobic. He was only trying to do what he saw as being in his patients’ best interest. He wasn’t telling them what to do or not to do, just alerting them for things to look out for and be aware of.

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Jaci's avatar

I guess that is what the prep ads are all about!

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RunningLogic's avatar

Which ads? I don’t watch TV (don’t own one) so am not up to date on current advertising.

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John Henry Holliday, DDS's avatar

Probably less than the moral consequences...

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Jaci's avatar

I saw a horrible picture of some guy in public...his mouth on another male anus...what the?

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Denise's avatar

Wow,never heard it put quite that way before….true

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Thank you!

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Peter Schott's avatar

I'm glad that the players/fans for the NHL have started standing up for themselves a bit more than other sports. Maybe the NHL gave them a little more leeway or maybe they just recognize their fanbase really doesn't want to have this stuff pushed on them anymore - they want to watch a game (or a fight - not sure ;) )

I seem to recall that sales for the jersey of the first player to stand up against this resulted in it being sold out within a couple of days. That sends a message pretty loudly when there's something way out of the norm like that. The fans spoke with their dollars to support the player standing up for his faith and that message seems to have been received.

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Lisa Ca's avatar

That’s cool! Do you know which player?!!

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AM's avatar

Jeff I really like your point about pride from the Bible. Had never thought of it that way but it’s an insightful take.

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William's avatar

agree. Along similar lines, I've always thought that, fundamentally, cross-dressing is a lie---and the whole point of the activism to accept it is to get everyone to buy-in to the lie. Yet, the Bible teaches that one should "abide in the truth".

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AM's avatar

Great point

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Lon Guyland's avatar

ā€œStill, I have not seen the sorority’s contracts and haven’t done the research under Wisconsin law, so we’ll see. ā€œ

I am not a lawyer, but I would have thought Wyoming law might be slightly more applicable in this case. šŸ˜‰

Also, it’s not only Europeans who are paying more for American oil, it’s Americans: were all that oil we are sending there to be sold here in the US, our prices would drop. Something about supply and demand that I learned in business school all those years ago. ā€œUkraineā€ is Europe’s problem. Why do WE always end up paying for THEIR screw-ups?

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Jeff Childers's avatar

Ouch!

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CarO Lyn's avatar

I was surprised it took so long for the Wisconsin law comment. I try to give Jeff some grace because he knocks these pieces out around his schedule so mistakes occasionally happen.

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FourWinds's avatar

Damar's recovery still amazes me, but also something seems off. A woman named Alexis Pure had a heart attack at an NFL game on 1/7. After 3 minutes of CPR, she was revived. However, she was in a coma for a long time and it was unsure if she would make it. Thank God, she finally woke up, eventually started moving, could finally eat, then take her first steps, and is still in rehab. Her husband Andrew has been posting updates on Twitter and is still asking everyone to pray. She may not have been in the kind of shape an NFL player is in, but she looks young and fairly well fit. How did Damar recover so quickly after 9 minutes of CPR and Alexis still hasn't after nearly 3 months at only 3 minutes of CPR? Sure, everyone's body is different, but it smells off. Please consider a prayer for Alexis. https://twitter.com/AndrewJAPrue/status/1612103829905936385

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dan bee's avatar

My gut still tells me he’s dead. Green screens. That interview was way weird. Onus is on them to prove, and I’m not convinced.

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FourWinds's avatar

Neither am I, especially after following Alexis's story for months. I believe there was another player (ex player maybe) that jumped in the water to save his drowning kids, needed to be revived, and was struggling for some time. That Damar "rose from the dead" alter 3 days is suspicious. And yes, the interviews and everything is way off. If Hollywood can put Bill Clinton in the movie Contact, and that was 20+ years ago, they can put Damar any place.

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Oregon Kathy's avatar

But don’t you think one of his friends or family would have spilled the beans? I’m finding it hard to believe that they could’ve kept his death a secret.

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Chevrus's avatar

never underestimate the power of bribery and threats.

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Jan Dickmeyer's avatar

Consider Seth Rich. Never hear from family ..paid off generously or something (hmm) and the story evaporates just like the person.

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Jaci's avatar

Follow the money...most will sell out

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Oregon Kathy's avatar

Ha, ok everyone, maybe I'm underestimating the power of bribery and threats!

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FourWinds's avatar

My money is on threats and a lot of them.

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Peter Schott's avatar

Could be money - the NFL has a LOT to lose if Damar comes out as injured by experimental drugs pushed on the players for little good reason.

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FourWinds's avatar

I agree about the money and it sure would be nice if the NFL admitted what injured him. Maybe Damar got some treatment that Alexis didn't. Perhaps there is a protocol for vax injured that we don't know about. However, every video made of this guy since he recovered is more than a little off. It's weird.

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Gigi Gummerson's avatar

ALSO, do we believe the REAL John Fettermen will return to the Senate or will it be a ā€œstand inā€. I’m going to say stand in, no way this guy isn’t permanently disabled or dead. Again my own opinion...

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FourWinds's avatar

Yeah, the "new one" is definitely not him. Different head shape, ears, etc.

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Gigi Gummerson's avatar

I honestly believe he and his family have already been paid off big time.

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Mom of 5's avatar

Bingo! They risk money and the power of players and fans rising up in outrage.

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Annie's avatar

Tptb knows their covidian base has moved on. They bought the entire fake narrative. Screw the nfl.

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Fla Mom's avatar

Dr. Drew said he thinks it was really a pulmonary embolism, not a primary myocardial infarction, as that woman had.

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Bill Jarett's avatar

I found it interesting when I came across what I think was the first time the press was in his hospital room. Looked like a press confrence but there was no audio. Came across to me that they didn't have him under control yet so muted the appreance.

I didn't follow this story closely, hate modern sports.

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laura-ann Knox's avatar

Endless posts on fb with pictures of "Damar" out and about --- but only at events, not mowing the lawn or anything -- and ALL the pics look weird. He looks like a waxwork. And the COMMENTS. Obviously generated by bots, endlessly praising him for being essentially the next Jesus Christ, and praising God and humankind's prayers for Damar's "recovery".

It's not him.

He's dead.

TPTB are trying way too hard.

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Based Florida Man's avatar

It is an interesting conspiracy. At least we see it that way; I think most sports fans don't notice problems with Damar like we do.

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Lon Guyland's avatar

The whole ā€œpause AIā€ thing is a head-fake. It’s propaganda designed to make people believe that the machines are thinking. They’re not. What they do isn’t even remotely related to thinking. Essentially they regurgitate juggled versions of what they’ve been ā€œtrainedā€ on. I will stipulate that it’s a convincing simulation of thinking, like some drag queens can be convincing simulations of women. But it’s not the real thing. It’s still human thought patterns that comprise their output.

Saying we should ā€œpause AIā€ is like saying we should pause Las Vegas magician shows. Some people can see a magician and think it’s ā€œmagicā€. Some people can see ā€œAIā€ and think the machine is intelligent. They’re wrong in both cases.

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Marc's avatar

It’s almost scarier if a series of algorithms that aren’t actually ā€œthinkingā€ take over and supplant many of the functions and decisions performed and made by humans

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AB's avatar

I hope you are right

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Politico Phil's avatar

I'm glad you said! I get tired of trying to explain this to ppl. All these fantasies that tech nerds have about Artificial Intelligence" is just a Hollywood wet dream. They think they can duplicate the human mind! They have NO IDEA of the complexity of the human mind and the fact that in reality we know very little about it. What we don't know is almost infinite compared to what we do know. When God designed us, he made us after His image and believe me, we are never going to understand his creation enough to duplicate it.

I listened to a conference once on AI. A doctor/scientist whose specialty was the human brain gave a presentation to this tech nerd audience and when he began to describe the brain's complexity, the infinite number of synapses and the horrendous rate at which the brain grows in a child, he completely crushed their fantasies of Artificial Intelligence as they realized the impossibility of duplicating God's creation.

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Lon Guyland's avatar

I believe the postulate that the brain creates the mind is a gross misapprehension. The brain creates the mind no more than your TV creates the Six O’Clock News: No study of the circuits of your TV will reveal the next headline, and no study of the brain will reveal the origin of the mind. The mind rests gently on the electrochemical mechanism of the brain. No computer can replicate that because mind is a function of life, and life must come from life. Never will it be possible to assemble the chemical building blocks of living cells and initiate life therein — that’s not man’s prerogative. And therefore will it forever be impossible artificially to create any kind of mind vehicle. The simulations may become more and more realistic-looking, but never will the process of generating them come anywhere near actual thought.

Now, that’s not to say that these computer models won’t do a fine job of many tasks, just like machines can do a fine job of manipulating objects to assemble things. But always will machine creativity be a reflection of the human thought on which it was trained — it can’t be truly original. There is always something of the programmer in the program.

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Politico Phil's avatar

I like the way you put that. Considering we are talking about something that we really don't understand, I think that does about as good a job of explaining it as we can accomplish.

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Peter Schott's avatar

The whole "don't find any problem with protestors" thing w/ the Supreme Court justices should raise the ire of anyone truly seeking justice. It's all well and good if it's for "your cause", but that could easily flip the other way and then the DoJ would be truly weaponized by whoever is in charge at the moment. Just sad that the current admin is much more interested in attacking those who disagree with them than any sort of real justice/following the law. :(

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John Cougar Misanthrope's avatar

"The whole "don't find any problem with protestors" thing w/ the Supreme Court justices should raise the ire of anyone truly seeking justice."

That, and it's arguably a federal offense. (See, 18 U.S.C. 1507).

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Bredfan's avatar

You write a damn good article. I look forward to reading every day. Thank you!

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