Discussion: Gay Rights XVI - Part 5

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

There was no sarcasm in that post of yours. I don't blame chaseter at all for interpreting it that way. Anyone would. Maybe reread that post and edit in that smiley because it isn't obvious like you're trying to make it out to be.

Yes Craig, because clearly less education is the answer to the problems NC faces. Considering I wrote the post I'm pretty sure I know whether I was being sarcastic. Thanks for telling me what my post contains, though, I'll consult you in the future if I'm ever not sure what I post means.

 

[craigdbfan]

Yes Craig, because clearly less education is the answer to the problems NC faces. Considering I wrote the post I'm pretty sure I know whether I was being sarcastic. Thanks for telling me what my post contains, though, I'll consult you in the future if I'm ever not sure what I post means.

No problem.

 

[chaseter]

Yeah I didn't see the sarcasm. That's like me posting a Hillary email story and the saying I hope she's arrested and tried for treason with the maximum punishment. Am I joking or do I really want that to happen because it could actually happen? Tune in next week for the astounding conclusion.

 

[wiegeabo]

I remember when Prop 8 was on the ballot in California it was losing in the polls and then they started running these ads about how if Prop 8 isn't passed they will have to teach about homosexuality in schools to your kids. People freaked out and Prop 8 passed. It was wild.

Didn't hurt that they got a huge influx of cash from out of state.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Yeah I didn't see the sarcasm. That's like me posting a Hillary email story and the saying I hope she's arrested and tried for treason with the maximum punishment. Am I joking or do I really want that to happen because it could actually happen? Tune in next week for the astounding conclusion.

Sardonic, look it up. Considering your predisposition to being a contrarian and making backhanded comments to get a rise out of people I assumed you were familiar with it.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

North Carolina Lawmaker Says It's Just a Coincidence He's Targeting Companies Opposed to Bathroom Bill

After launching an effort to redefine “bullying,” supporters of North Carolina’s anti-LGBT bathroom law apparently have a new term they’d like to revisit: revenge.

According to a report released Wednesday, lobbyists in North Carolina say that lawmakers are now threatening to punish them and their clients if they publicly come out against the bill. From WRAL:

Legislation they want won’t move, and other bills could actually target them

WRAL News spoke with 11 lobbyists who have experienced or are aware of such actions, but none would speak on the record for fear they would lose business or be targeted for retribution. One has already lost business

One long-time lobbyist called the pressure a “gross abuse of power.” Another veteran lobbyist labeled it “vicious,” adding, “I’ve never seen anything like it.”​

While several of the state’s leading Republicans denied knowledge of such practices, House Speaker Tim Moore was more direct, telling WRAL, “Retribution politics is not a practice we engage in.”

Recently, House Majority Leader Mike Hager suggested killing tax breaks for American Airlines, NASCAR, and Google, all of which have condemned the law. When questioned by WRAL, Hager explained he has always wanted to end tax breaks for big businesses—the timing was just a coincidence.

“There are businesses that take a certain stance, and there’s a lot of lobbyists that represent businesses,” said Hager. “None of those, I don’t think, have had any negative retribution at all.”

So sure, it might look like revenge legislation potentially threatening the jobs of thousands, but hey, maybe it’s just one of those crazy things.

http://gawker.com/north-carolina-lawmaker-says-its-just-a-coincidence-hes-1776175088

Wow.

 

[Thundercrack85]

I love how North Carolina is going to war over a non-issue. Southern obstination at its finest.

If only they put this much effort into something that mattered. Like, I don't know, education. But then they'd stop electing Republicans like these.

 

[x-er]

We should either give every gender out there their own bathroom (he, she, they) or just call a darn bathroom a bathroom.

I mean, women are not going to be raped by transgenders, of all people. Gay men share bathroom with straight men and lesbian women share bathrooms with straight women all the time, but I don't see any pepper spray talk there !

 

[Donner]

I think a lot of people are really stupid and figure it's easy to spot someone who is transgendered.

What the NC law wants is to make someone who is transgendered identifiable. It would likely include gays and lesbians if it was legal to brand them. But, as we've already seen, women who don't look and dress "appropriately" like a girl will be judged as being men.

 

[summerteeth]

Didn't hurt that they got a huge influx of cash from out of state.

Right, but that money went to fund that ad campaign.

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This is what changed the tide. A lot of people didn't really care even if they disagreed with the idea of gay marriage. Then these ads came out and people were like oh my god my kids.

 

[Unbreakable Lex]

Seems like Caitlyn Jenner wants to de-transition back to a man because he is still into women and the transition has simply been too hard. (too hard for a quazi celebrity that got paid and rewarded unlike any other)

http://perezhilton.com/2016-05-12-caitlyn-jenner-transition-transgender-ian-harlperin#.VzSOOIQrJph

 

[summerteeth]

Seems like Caitlyn Jenner wants to de-transition back to a man because he is still into women and the transition has simply been too hard. (too hard for a quazi celebrity that got paid and rewarded unlike any other)

http://perezhilton.com/2016-05-12-caitlyn-jenner-transition-transgender-ian-harlperin#.VzSOOIQrJph

Trans women can like women...that just makes them lesbians.

 

[Donner]

Gossip blogs are truth

 

[Unbreakable Lex]

Gossip blogs are truth

Feel free to use any of the 100s of other news sites covering this story.

 

[moviedoors]

I think a lot of people are really stupid and figure it's easy to spot someone who is transgendered.

But, it usually isn't that hard. Ever used a dating app?

Do I have to disavow my status as a liberal now?

 

[Donner]

It is that hard. I think you might be confusing transgendered with crossdresser.

 

[Donner]

Feel free to use any of the 100s of other news sites covering this story.

"News" is a strong term to use for the websites that are promoting the story.

This is the source for the story:

A longtime friend of Caitlyn Jenner claims she might go back to being Bruce.
Ian Halperin, the author of Kardashian Dynasty: The Controversial Rise of America’s Royal Family, spoke with multiple sources who he claims told him Jenner has been experiencing 'sex change regret.'
Halperin told The Wrap that Jenner's longtime friend - who is not named - told him her detransition could happen in the next few years.

In other words, it's just gossip. This is the same as reading that Jennifer Aniston is pregnant (for the umpteenth time) on the front page of some magazine.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

"News" is a strong term to use for the websites that are promoting the story.

This is the source for the story:



In other words, it's just gossip. This is the same as reading that Jennifer Aniston is pregnant (for the umpteenth time) on the front page of some magazine.

Except for the fact that that family lives on this stuff. If this is gossip, it is gossip from Jenner and her team.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

I got a little sick that the Kardashians were referred to as America's royal family.

 

[Donner]

Except for the fact that that family lives on this stuff. If this is gossip, it is gossip from Jenner and her team.

Either way, I doubt it's true. This stuff sells. In a few years, she'll still be Caitlyn and Jennifer Aniston will still be not pregnant.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Either way, I doubt it's true. This stuff sells. In a few years, she'll still be Caitlyn and Jennifer Aniston will still be not pregnant.

No, the source definitely matters.

 

[summerteeth]

It is that hard. I think you might be confusing transgendered with crossdresser.

Yeah, the other day my girlfriend came home telling me how she needs to go on a diet because some lady came up to her at work and asked how far along she was. When my girlfriend responded, I'm not pregnant. The lady insisted saying I stayed thin during my pregnancy, you better check again.

 

[Donner]

Well right now the source is some unnamed "close" friend. This is typical of gossip. It's never from the person directly, it's always someone close to the family, and it's hardly ever correct.

This story won't be true unless Caitlyn Jenner herself says it.

 

[Donner]

Yeah, the other day my girlfriend came home telling me how she needs to go on a diet because some lady came up to her at work and asked how far along she was. When my girlfriend responded, I'm not pregnant. The lady insisted saying I stayed thin during my pregnancy, you better check again.

That lady is an idiot. You never ask a woman how far along she is unless her water breaks.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Well right now the source is some unnamed "close" friend. This is typical of gossip. It's never from the person directly, it's always someone close to the family, and it's hardly ever correct.

This story won't be true unless Caitlyn Jenner herself says it.

Do you know who we are talking about? This stuff doesn't get put out there unless they put it out there. It is what they do. Come on now.