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      Not pressing to you maybe, but state sanctioned descrimination like this is dehumanizing and dangerous. Shit like this rips apart families and gets kids killed.

      It would be nice to live in a world where I don’t have to worry so much about bills, but that doesn’t mean shit to me if it comes at the cost of the erasure of anyone. Trans, queer, black, Latino, I don’t give a fuck.

      What good is healthcare if it’s a felony to tell your doctor what’s wrong with you? What good is affordable housing if no one will rent to you?

      Liberation for all or none.

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        The way I read jimothy’s comment is that Republican politicians are using trans people as a distraction from issues they don’t want to address. Conservatives are making problems by claiming trans people are bad in order to deflect attention away from problems their constiuents actually care about.

        Conservative voters, if presented with the choice of healthcare or trans athletes, would absolutely prefer their politicians to focus on healthcare. A farmer in Iowa does not actually give a fuck what bathroom a trans person uses, their attention has just been redirected in that direction by grifters.

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          This is exactly it. They have to keep focusing on more narrower minorities. Can’t do it to women, blacks, or even gay people anymore. They NEED a minority scapegoat to blame all their problems on. There’s like 8 trans athletes in college in the U.S. right now and they passed a bill to ban them from competing. Meanwhile there’s a housing crisis, fuel crisis, climate crisis, etc etc.

          I’m not saying the problems trans people face aren’t real or anything like that. Just that there seem to be more pressing issues that are affecting a greater number of people.

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        So you don’t think things would be better if the GOP just ignored trans people and let them be and instead focused on fixing the economy? Because I think it would be great if right-wing politicians stopped focusing on people’s sex, gender, and sexuality.

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    Followed tightly by the “don’t say Epstein” bill.

    From now on all instances of “Epstein” will be replaced with “just some guy, not important really” in all government documents.

    Release the just some guy, not important list!

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      There’s a big difference between “this isn’t part of the curriculum” and “using someone’s preferred pronouns gets you fired/expelled”. Florida has shown us that it’s the second one they’re putting in place.

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      Because it exists in the real world real people end up in after they leave school. If they aren’t learning about the world school is a waste of taxpayer money.

      Take my money. Teach the kids. So I don’t end up surrounded by even dumber people.

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      What happens when a kid talks about their trans parent? What about trans kids?

      You don’t think everyone’s just born cis then DECIDES to become trans later on do you?

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            because it’s a part of life that exists

            Interesting reasoning. Wouldn’t this make it so that anything is acceptable?

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              Allowing people to exist is quite a bit different than a curriculum. There is no “trans 101” lesson, this is about censoring people’s identities. This is about punishment, not education.

              You’re being obtuse, and we’re all aware of that. We know exactly where you stand. Just say you hate people that are different from you and want them to not exist or be hurt because of it, we know that’s the only point you’re trying to make.

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                  It would not, as basic logic is allowed to come into play rather just assuming that allowing trans people to exist extends to whatever the fuck you’re implying will come of it.

                  Just say it.

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      Because it helps trans kids greatly to know that what they’re feeling is okay, that they aren’t alone in this and that there are solutions available.

      Of course, a topic like this needs to be introduced very carefully. Though this entire discussion is pointless at the moment, because American education system is worthless and serves no real purpose, so it’d never get done right anyway.

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      It’s not that should be learning about it, but they should learn that it exists, and they should be learning tolerance and acceptance for ALL people.

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      “Logic” like yours is why we need freedom of speech.

      We can’t have people like you deciding what others get to see, say, or think

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        Since teachers are paid for with our tax dollars, laws are required to ensure they do the job properly.

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          Okay, i was just testing whether you had consistent opinions or if you were just a troll. Troll it is

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      And deciding what everybody else should be doing with their genitals, especially children’s genitals.

      Stop thinking about them, you MAGA PedoCon Pervoids.

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      “You certainly seem to spend a lot of time thinking about children’s genitals,” is my go-to to get them to shut up.

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    “Stop the Sexualization of Children Act" … Maybe the GOP should stop being pedos instead.

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        Also that whole section on the Transcontinental Railroad? throw that out.

        No talking about the transmission in shop class, or Transylvania in literature, and you’re pushing it, astronomy class, if you mention Mare Tranquillitatis.