a) That's sex, not gender. Sex is biological, gender is a social construct.
Again, as I mentioned, how you want to dress and who or what you want to fuck, is up to you, but has nothing to do with how you fill out the forms. If you have a dick, use the mens restroom, if a vagina, women restroom.
Easy peasy.....we're talking a VERY small minority of people in the world that have these issues.....why should the majority get all bent out of shape for this insignificant number of people outside the norm?
I really don't care what an adult does, or two consenting adults do....in private, but don't force the masses to cow-tow to them...there should not be special treatment for acting outside the norms. You shouldn't be persecuted for it, but you also shouldn't expect special and protected treatment in every day life either.
No, that's not the problem. The problem is that the existing system does not work for a very large number of people. The problem is that if someone wants to go to a university to get a high-level education, or if someone needs to go to the hospital, they may be looking at decades of debt from that. That's what the problem is, not that people are abusing food stamps. The problem is that we have a predatory insurance and healthcare industry which exists to make a profit first. We expect future high-contributors to society to undertake enormous debt to get the education that their desired jobs require. Our workforce is going to continue to get less educated and less healthy unless we address those issues. People should be able to get an education and receive health care without taking on a mountain of debt.
Well, err..that's not really the federal government's job....
Certainly not giving out FREE college education. Heck part of the reason it is so expensive for college now, is that the Feds have been throwing loan money out there, and for sure colleges are going to try to collect as much of it as possible. If we'd not had all these government backed loans and flood of money out there, colleges wouldn't be nearly as expensive as they are now.
I certainly don't want to see my medical decisions and all handled by the same folks that give me an all day trip to the DMV for getting a new license or whatever. (Ok, I know DMV is local not Fed, but just making a point about inefficiency of government in general).
Obama care caused my medical expenses to skyrocket....wish they'd kill that beast of permanently.
If they want to help try a couple of other things...allow insurance for medical to be sold competitively across state lines. Allow for and make it easier for ALL individual to set up pre-tax HSA (Health Savings Accounts) for all those small routine medical needs, and then only need to have insurance for catastrophic needs (heart attack, getting hit by a bus).....basically make it what it used to be 'major medical'.
With HSA's and all....people could more easily Dr. shop and have more competition.
The only thing that needs to remain of the obamacare carcass.....is to keep provisions in there for pre-existing conditions, other than that...can it, it wasn't good, it was and is getting worse.
But some form of socialism to support those which were hit by problems, health, financial, or accident. A form of *gasp* social net to avoid people falling down and not getting up anymore. Practically only the US immediately jump to "communism rahrahrah the red !" every time a form of social net is discussed.
But we in the US already have social safety nets: Welfare, Unemployment Ins, Food Stamps, Medicaid/Medicare.....etc.
The problem is, we need to tighten up those programs so they aren't abused as much as they are.....and making sure they are only going to those that need the "net"....and that they are only a net, till you can get back on your feet, and not be a 'way of life'.
I don't think anyone in the US has a problem with a safety net for the truly informed, elderly or the temporarily down on their luck.
Hell, i"m wondering how small the damned text would be on these.....getting hard enough to read regular type without having to whip out the 'readers'....lol
Hazarding a guess here, you're posting this from your work PC/laptop aren't you?
Nope.
And even if I were...it isn't pr0n.
And, work policies allow for some personal web time during the work day, as long as it isn't against company policies such as viewing pr0n, etc.
Most workplaces allow some person computer time, but I don't know of any that allow pr0n surfing on the clock on work equipment...save maybe at FB searching for bad content to remove.
Why would you fire the employee who committed a relatively unimportant and meaningless act when the real problem is in the security system, or even in the overtly infected porn industry?
Your priorities are entirely wrong, as usual for somebody who lacks perspective.
Seriously?
My base perspective is...the idiot is getting paid my MY (and yours) tax dollars, and I"m guessing the job description says nothing about surfing porn on the federal dollar?
Are you telling me that someone that did this very same thing in the private sector wouldn't be canned in a new york minute??
Seriously...are you saying you think it is acceptable to surf porn at work?
Sure, better security, that's a given, but you think this person should not be held directly responsible for doing something that EVERYONE knows they are not supposed to do at work on the clock on work computers.
Hell, government computers come with all kinds of warnings the second you try to log onto them, it isn't like anyone on a federal computer wouldn't know this a forbidden thing to do.....
I've said it many times before, but the best possible thing that could happen for BOTH the earth AND human beings is for the price of oil to skyrocket. Would it cause an economic disaster? Probably. Would it be worth it? You can bet your own health on it.
I'm not sure that's actually a world I'd want to live in.....
Yes, it's lazy. We should all be debating and persuading Republicans that terrorism is anti-American and against their own selfish interest, despite how Republicans' supernatural beliefs state they'll be rewarded in the afterlife if they make life on Earth unpleasant and horrific enough for heathens.
Hmm....it seems to me the radical statements like YOURS above, are a problem too....
It illustrates how there are fringes on BOTH sides. This is some of the first we've seen that is this egregious from the radical fringe 'right' side of the spectrum, but you do also need to acknowledge how much of this type of hate and violence has come from the radical and fringe 'left'...remember the shooting at the congressional baseball practice that almost kill Mr. Scalise? How about all the many ANTIFA and similar riots in cities and colleges in the western and northwestern US ?
Those were not a pretty picture, and also the suppression of conservative speakers on college campuses by threats of violence/rioting from those on the left?
There are no clean hands on the extremes of either political spectrum.
I think most normal level headed folks condemn those acts.
I think politicians on BOTH sides need to condemn this and call for order on both sides.
I will admit, I'm a bit perplexed by Waters and other democrat elected officials have been calling for active intrusions and confrontation of any of those public officials on the right tho.....THAT is something that needs to be shut down immediately, and I'm surprised this has not happened from the leaders of the Dem side.
Protest and demonstrations of your views and disagreements are part of the US, but any violent act or intrusions on the rights and lives of those you disagree with have NO place in our society.
So, please.....try to take your blinders off, and see the truth out there. MSNBC spews out as much vitriol and misinformation as Fox does.
There's plenty of flavors of Kool-Aid out there, and it appears you are heavily sipping from one of them too, just as much as those you are speaking about on the other side.
Remember, when you point at someone, you have 3 fingers pointing back at you.
People who hate white men and want to downplay their accomplishments in any field, excise them from history, and steal any power they have for themselves?
It's sad too really.
I mean, it *was* largely a bunch of white guys that brought about western culture, economics, industry and technology and societies that we all live in and enjoy today.
But I'm sure we'll eventually go all 1984 and rewrite them all out of history somehow, as that it just isn't popular today to acknowledge that fact.
A scenario like that is almost never going to happen, and even if it did, a human driver would be faced with the same split second dilemma and be no more likely to make the "correct" decision (whatever that is).
Besides a negligible outlier at best.....no human driver is going to choose keeping themselves alive over any other beings if the choice is between them or someone else.
With systemd how can they fuck it up worse than it already is?
Well, it *is* IBM....I'm sure they can still make it worse.
The only company I know that ruins software they acquire worse than IBM, is CA.....it may survive IBM, but if CA buys them, it is an instant mark of death for the software.
Harmful behavior should be discouraged, and keeping properties vacant long-term in markets that have a scarcity of housing qualifies as harmful.
Sounds like you are against private ownership of land and possibly other tangible things?
I mean, if you buy and OWN land, it is and should 110% be up to you as the owner as to what you do with it.....unless you want to cede all private land ownership to the state...?
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Yep, the old saying is true...
What one generation accepts, the next generation embraces.....
Constant surveillance will be the common 'norm' to them as they grow.
Or most other social media.
OOOh...look!! An ankle.....[heavy breathing]
If so, then that is one scary fucking statement.
I already pay easily 33% of my income in taxes, I am NOT willing to pay more.
At some point, you are going to quickly run out of other peoples' money.....
Ok, WTF is "cisgender"?
As I 'd mentioned in my earlier post....catch all category OTHER.
Again, as I mentioned, how you want to dress and who or what you want to fuck, is up to you, but has nothing to do with how you fill out the forms. If you have a dick, use the mens restroom, if a vagina, women restroom.
Easy peasy.....we're talking a VERY small minority of people in the world that have these issues.....why should the majority get all bent out of shape for this insignificant number of people outside the norm?
I really don't care what an adult does, or two consenting adults do....in private, but don't force the masses to cow-tow to them...there should not be special treatment for acting outside the norms. You shouldn't be persecuted for it, but you also shouldn't expect special and protected treatment in every day life either.
Well, err..that's not really the federal government's job....
Certainly not giving out FREE college education. Heck part of the reason it is so expensive for college now, is that the Feds have been throwing loan money out there, and for sure colleges are going to try to collect as much of it as possible. If we'd not had all these government backed loans and flood of money out there, colleges wouldn't be nearly as expensive as they are now.
I certainly don't want to see my medical decisions and all handled by the same folks that give me an all day trip to the DMV for getting a new license or whatever. (Ok, I know DMV is local not Fed, but just making a point about inefficiency of government in general).
Obama care caused my medical expenses to skyrocket....wish they'd kill that beast of permanently .
If they want to help try a couple of other things...allow insurance for medical to be sold competitively across state lines. Allow for and make it easier for ALL individual to set up pre-tax HSA (Health Savings Accounts) for all those small routine medical needs, and then only need to have insurance for catastrophic needs (heart attack, getting hit by a bus).....basically make it what it used to be 'major medical'.
With HSA's and all....people could more easily Dr. shop and have more competition.
The only thing that needs to remain of the obamacare carcass.....is to keep provisions in there for pre-existing conditions, other than that...can it, it wasn't good, it was and is getting worse.
As short as a decade ago, it was really easy.
You have a pee-pee, you're male gender.
If you don't, you are female.
If you are one of the rare ones that don't fit in the first majority two categories, you fit into 'other'.
Now, whatever you want to call yourself, however you want to dress...that's up to you, but for filling out a form, pick one of the 3 choices.
That makes bookkeeping easy, and doesn't have a damned thing to do with how you dress or what you want to fuck in your daily life.
But we in the US already have social safety nets: Welfare, Unemployment Ins, Food Stamps, Medicaid/Medicare.....etc.
The problem is, we need to tighten up those programs so they aren't abused as much as they are.....and making sure they are only going to those that need the "net"....and that they are only a net, till you can get back on your feet, and not be a 'way of life'.
I don't think anyone in the US has a problem with a safety net for the truly informed, elderly or the temporarily down on their luck.
Hell, i"m wondering how small the damned text would be on these.....getting hard enough to read regular type without having to whip out the 'readers'....lol
Nope.
And even if I were...it isn't pr0n.
And, work policies allow for some personal web time during the work day, as long as it isn't against company policies such as viewing pr0n, etc.
Most workplaces allow some person computer time, but I don't know of any that allow pr0n surfing on the clock on work equipment...save maybe at FB searching for bad content to remove.
Seriously?
My base perspective is...the idiot is getting paid my MY (and yours) tax dollars, and I"m guessing the job description says nothing about surfing porn on the federal dollar?
Are you telling me that someone that did this very same thing in the private sector wouldn't be canned in a new york minute??
Seriously...are you saying you think it is acceptable to surf porn at work?
Sure, better security, that's a given, but you think this person should not be held directly responsible for doing something that EVERYONE knows they are not supposed to do at work on the clock on work computers.
Hell, government computers come with all kinds of warnings the second you try to log onto them, it isn't like anyone on a federal computer wouldn't know this a forbidden thing to do.....
Wanna bet that since the person is a civil servant, that even after being caught, will still NOT be able to be fired?
I'm not sure that's actually a world I'd want to live in.....
#MeToo
Hmm....it seems to me the radical statements like YOURS above, are a problem too....
It illustrates how there are fringes on BOTH sides. This is some of the first we've seen that is this egregious from the radical fringe 'right' side of the spectrum, but you do also need to acknowledge how much of this type of hate and violence has come from the radical and fringe 'left'...remember the shooting at the congressional baseball practice that almost kill Mr. Scalise? How about all the many ANTIFA and similar riots in cities and colleges in the western and northwestern US ?
Those were not a pretty picture, and also the suppression of conservative speakers on college campuses by threats of violence/rioting from those on the left?
There are no clean hands on the extremes of either political spectrum.
I think most normal level headed folks condemn those acts.
I think politicians on BOTH sides need to condemn this and call for order on both sides.
I will admit, I'm a bit perplexed by Waters and other democrat elected officials have been calling for active intrusions and confrontation of any of those public officials on the right tho.....THAT is something that needs to be shut down immediately, and I'm surprised this has not happened from the leaders of the Dem side.
Protest and demonstrations of your views and disagreements are part of the US, but any violent act or intrusions on the rights and lives of those you disagree with have NO place in our society.
So, please.....try to take your blinders off, and see the truth out there. MSNBC spews out as much vitriol and misinformation as Fox does.
There's plenty of flavors of Kool-Aid out there, and it appears you are heavily sipping from one of them too, just as much as those you are speaking about on the other side.
Remember, when you point at someone, you have 3 fingers pointing back at you.
It's sad too really.
I mean, it *was* largely a bunch of white guys that brought about western culture, economics, industry and technology and societies that we all live in and enjoy today.
But I'm sure we'll eventually go all 1984 and rewrite them all out of history somehow, as that it just isn't popular today to acknowledge that fact.
Could it be that too many people are liking the "wrong" things?
Perhaps too many people are liking things that go against the political bent of the Twitter owners/management believe in?
Why?
As do bicyclists that aren't obeying the rule of the road...which you see ALL the time.
Besides a negligible outlier at best.....no human driver is going to choose keeping themselves alive over any other beings if the choice is between them or someone else.
That's just human nature, self preservation.
Well, it *is* IBM....I'm sure they can still make it worse.
The only company I know that ruins software they acquire worse than IBM, is CA.....it may survive IBM, but if CA buys them, it is an instant mark of death for the software.
Sounds like you are against private ownership of land and possibly other tangible things?
I mean, if you buy and OWN land, it is and should 110% be up to you as the owner as to what you do with it.....unless you want to cede all private land ownership to the state...?