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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #325 on: April 08, 2022, 10:46:44 AM »
What come up in google for gender

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gen·der
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noun: gender; plural noun: genders

    1.
    either of the two sexes (male and female), especially when considered with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones. The term is also used more broadly to denote a range of identities that do not correspond to established ideas of male and female.
    "a condition that affects people of both genders"
        members of a particular gender considered as a group.
        "social interaction between the genders"
        the fact or condition of belonging to or identifying with a particular gender.
        "video ads will target users based only on age and gender"
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    Grammar
    (in languages such as Latin, Greek, Russian, and German) each of the classes (typically masculine, feminine, common, neuter) of nouns and pronouns distinguished by the different inflections that they have and require in words syntactically associated with them. Grammatical gender is only very loosely associated with natural distinctions of sex.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #326 on: April 08, 2022, 11:22:38 AM »
Sane

This polyamorous genderfluid witch is a preschool teacher in Florida. She’s so proud of herself that she discusses her gender and sexuality with 4 year olds
https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1512208604421496832

Crazy

Cerabino: Teaching Kids Marksmanship in Florida Schools is a Special Kind of Crazy
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/cerabino-teaching-kids-marksmanship-in-florida-schools-is-a-special-kind-of-crazy/

We can't have the kids defending themselves from groomers.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #327 on: April 08, 2022, 01:05:55 PM »
From 2019:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1511800288646213639

I'd be really interested in hearing Bill Maher's response now, given some of his changing views, to his making sport of Dennis Prager in 2019.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #328 on: April 11, 2022, 03:10:19 PM »
Part of me is laughing at her predicament another crying that this even has to be asked now.

Joy Reid is sick and tired of all you ‘right-wing men’ pestering her with ‘stupid basic biology questions like ‘What is a woman?” [video]
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2022/04/11/joy-reid-is-sick-and-tired-of-all-you-right-wing-men-pestering-her-with-stupid-basic-biology-questions-like-what-is-a-woman-video/
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« Reply #329 on: April 11, 2022, 06:08:16 PM »
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/04/11/school-goes-private-after-first-grade-teacher-tells-kids-that-sometimes-the-doctor-is-wrong-when-he-makes-a-guess-as-to-babys-sex/

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“When babies are born the dr looks & makes a guess on whether the baby is a boy or girl. Sometimes the dr is wrong. If they are right, the baby is cisgender”
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #330 on: April 11, 2022, 06:35:17 PM »
But wait, the day isn't done yet

Loving mother is fiercely proud that her toddler ‘will grow up knowing’ the value of abortion, thanks to pro-abort picture book [pic]
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2022/04/11/loving-mother-is-fiercely-proud-that-her-toddler-will-grow-up-knowing-the-value-of-abortion-thanks-to-pro-abort-picture-book-pic/

Abortion picture book for the little ones teaches that people of all genders have abortions
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/04/11/abortion-picture-book-for-the-little-ones-teaches-that-people-of-all-genders-have-abortions/
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #331 on: April 12, 2022, 08:46:00 AM »
Something a bit different and I figure this fits in here.

Man terrorizes a neighborhood in California so bad even the USPS suspends services in the neighborhood and yet he still roams free despite being arrested several times

USPS suspends services in Santa Monica neighborhood after 3 carriers are attacked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9MhfFernBs
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #332 on: April 12, 2022, 08:52:33 AM »
Something a bit different and I figure this fits in here.

Man terrorizes a neighborhood in California so bad even the USPS suspends services in the neighborhood and yet he still roams free despite being arrested several times

USPS suspends services in Santa Monica neighborhood after 3 carriers are attacked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9MhfFernBs

The USPS creed: ""Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"

It doesn't say anything about whackos.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #333 on: April 13, 2022, 08:09:02 PM »
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    Across the country, books are being banned, which are depriving our nation’s youth.

    But thanks to @NYPL and programs like Draq Queen story hour, NYC’s next generation are getting a well rounded education about LGBTQ+ issues and gender identity. @YuhuaHamasaki pic.twitter.com/BRnbobDWdU
    — Carolyn B. Maloney (@RepMaloney) April 11, 2022
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2022/04/13/congresswoman-promotes-drag-queen-story-hour-in-cringeworthy-tweet-n2605870
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #334 on: April 13, 2022, 08:27:31 PM »
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That critical eye caught sight of this quote by trans writer Jules Gill-Peterson in Scientific American: “The crisis for both physicians and psychologists in the 1950s was that they had no idea what made people male or female. It wasn’t chromosomes. It wasn’t gonads, right? It wasn’t hormonal composition. It wasn’t genetics.”

Scientific American: The crisis doctors faced in the 1950s was having no idea what made people male or female
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/04/13/scientific-american-the-crisis-doctors-faced-in-the-1950s-was-having-no-idea-what-made-people-male-or-female/

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #335 on: April 13, 2022, 11:51:24 PM »
Scientific American: The crisis doctors faced in the 1950s was having no idea what made people male or female
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/04/13/scientific-american-the-crisis-doctors-faced-in-the-1950s-was-having-no-idea-what-made-people-male-or-female/



I just want to go back to the days when the earth was flat, the sky was blue, water was wet, two plus two equaled four, and if I dug a deep hole in my back yard I'd come out in China.

Life was so simple then.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #336 on: April 16, 2022, 05:27:43 PM »
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    Puberty blockers (temporary, reversible) are more benign than going through a puberty that can’t be undone.

    If you can’t see that, then you really need to reflect on your biases and whether you consider #trans people *at all* when you form your opinions.

    — Jack Turban MD 🏳️‍🌈🧠 (@jack_turban) April 14, 2022
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/04/16/doctor-says-puberty-blockers-are-better-than-going-through-a-puberty-that-cant-be-undone/
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« Reply #337 on: April 17, 2022, 12:24:44 PM »
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This is math homework from a public school district in Missouri. How does this help kids learn algebra, exactly? No wonder China is winning…
https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1515504832550944769

Christina Pushaw OWNS toolbags claiming CRT isn’t taught in schools with ACTUAL math homework from Missouri public school (screenshot)
https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2022/04/17/christina-pushaw-owns-toolbags-claiming-crt-isnt-taught-in-schools-with-actual-math-homework-from-missouri-public-school-screenshot/
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #338 on: April 17, 2022, 04:54:47 PM »
Medieval peasants had it better than modern Americans because capitalism is evil or something
Yeah right
Got a feeling we're going to be hearing this a lot.


Huzzah-HA HA! Anti-capitalists (ahem, Matt Yglesias) claiming Medieval peasants had it BETTER than Americans do now BACKFIRES
https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2022/04/17/huzzah-ha-ha-anti-capitalists-ahem-matt-yglesias-claiming-medieval-peasants-had-it-better-than-americans-do-now-backfires/
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #339 on: April 18, 2022, 08:31:34 AM »
Oh come off it!

The constant threat of being one hail storm away from starvation was pure bliss compared to the grinding horror of going to the office 5 days a week for 8 hours each day...

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #340 on: April 18, 2022, 08:37:42 AM »
Oh come off it!

The constant threat of being one hail storm away from starvation was pure bliss compared to the grinding horror of going to the office 5 days a week for 8 hours each day...

Not to mention after their civilized 20 hour medieval work week, all they had to do when they got home was make their own clothes and shoes, grow their own food, grind their wheat into flour to bake bread, chop wood and collect dung to keep the house warm(ish), build their own furniture...
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #341 on: April 18, 2022, 12:04:05 PM »
I got nothing

Genius troll? Tucker Carlson has Lefties and Never Trumpers caterwauling about ‘testicle tanning’ and LOL we can’t EVEN make this up
https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2022/04/18/genius-troll-tucker-carlson-has-lefties-and-never-trumpers-caterwauling-about-testicle-tanning-and-lol-we-cant-even-make-this-up/
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #342 on: April 18, 2022, 12:16:02 PM »
Oh come off it!

The constant threat of being one hail storm away from starvation was pure bliss compared to the grinding horror of going to the office 5 days a week for 8 hours each day...
Hey, the guilt and stress from doing nothing for 8 hours a day wears you down. 
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #343 on: April 18, 2022, 04:04:30 PM »
I just got a ban from reddit for saying teachers should not try to induce gender dysphoria.

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« Reply #344 on: April 18, 2022, 04:15:57 PM »
Hey, the guilt and stress from doing nothing for 8 hours a day wears you down. 

There's an entire class of people who are completely immune from that...

They're called Federal and/or State workers. :rofl:
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #345 on: April 18, 2022, 08:41:59 PM »
Hey, the guilt and stress from doing nothing for 8 hours a day wears you down.

I spent a couple of weeks "working" at a store in the suburbs.
 
It was SO intensely boring that it was actually refreshing when a couple of vibrating citizens decided to show up one night so that I could show them the door...
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« Reply #346 on: April 20, 2022, 05:50:28 PM »
What is wrong with these people?

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    A smug @NicolleDWallace accuses Governors Ron DeSantis and Glenn Youngkin of "dehumanization" and compares them to "Russians [who] get their soldiers to rape children." pic.twitter.com/cwRTPERk6Z

    — Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 20, 2022
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace puts ‘parental choice’ in scare quotes, compares it to Russians raping children
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/04/20/msnbcs-nicolle-wallace-puts-parental-choice-in-scare-quotes-compares-it-to-russians-raping-children/
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #347 on: April 20, 2022, 07:07:15 PM »
What is wrong with these people?
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace puts ‘parental choice’ in scare quotes, compares it to Russians raping children
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/04/20/msnbcs-nicolle-wallace-puts-parental-choice-in-scare-quotes-compares-it-to-russians-raping-children/

She forget to mention their hooked noses, and allegiance to the state of Israel.
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« Reply #348 on: April 21, 2022, 10:17:28 AM »
I honestly don't know what I would do in this situation. I am adamantly against this "forced pronoun" stuff. Armchair quarterbacking now that I'm retired, but I think I would walk away from the job. I would hope there is an avenue in the justice system for these folks, but I have my doubts.

https://twitchy.com/foundersgirl-313133/2022/04/21/participation-in-woke-society-requires-instantaneous-conformity-declaration-of-your-preferred-pronouns-or-else/
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« Reply #349 on: April 21, 2022, 10:36:12 AM »
I honestly don't know what I would do in this situation. I am adamantly against this "forced pronoun" stuff. Armchair quarterbacking now that I'm retired, but I think I would walk away from the job. I would hope there is an avenue in the justice system for these folks, but I have my doubts.

https://twitchy.com/foundersgirl-313133/2022/04/21/participation-in-woke-society-requires-instantaneous-conformity-declaration-of-your-preferred-pronouns-or-else/

Put down (Prince Philip's full royal title) or make up your own

His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, Baron Greenwich, Royal Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Extra Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Member of the Order of Merit, Grand Master and First and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Knight of the Order of Australia, Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand, Extra Companion of the Queen’s Service Order, Royal Chief of the Order of Logohu, Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada, Extraordinary Commander of the Order of Military Merit, Lord of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, Privy Councillor of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, Personal Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty, Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom.

And threaten a lawsuit if they don't get perfectly right every time they speak to you.

Yes I know that's not a "pronoun" but I would love to see their reaction
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