Octopus Overlords

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:58 am

Zarathud wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:44 pm when they realize they have a “type” they fall for repeatedly. For me, it’s been Irish dchicks with legs and short hair.

Hey, me, too! I also prefer short hair, and it's a big plus when women have legs.

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 3:53 pm

coopasonic wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 3:31 pm I am an educated liberal who used to actually be pretty smart, though biology was never really my thing, and I still don't really understand the concept that gender is a social construct. I guess it is the difference between sex and gender? I mean I totally understand that gender ROLES are a social construct.

I'd guess that you understand better than you think. The ROLES are a social construct, and that's pretty much the whole of it. Gender no longer really refers to physical qualities at all. Gender (modern usage) is pretty much entirely the roles and qualities that we (society) assign to people. It is our understanding of what a 'male' or 'female' is, our expectations of them, and which category we (traditionally) have assigned to them. Look at 'act like a man' and 'be more ladylike' - that's 100% gender. The modern usage deals with which* of those gender roles you naturally fit into. It's your instincts, your qualities, your mannerisms, your daily norms, your drives, your feelings, your preferences, etc.

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 9:37 am Is it really just a matter of agreeing on definitions of words?

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:18 am Only in the context of surveys and people sometimes misunderstanding questions in a way that makes them appear more conflicted than they are. We changed the terminology, and that change hasn't disseminated through all of society just yet.

GreenGoo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:36 am i.e. this is not new or a 2020's thing. If I had to guess (and I do, since I'm not looking into it), I'd say the medical terminology and understanding began in the 50's at least, if not much earlier.

GreenGoo wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:51 pm Politicians have tried to make climate change illegal.

Hoosiers, in the largest number on record, elected me Attorney General because they knew they were getting a passionate fighter who — like them — is beating back the culture of death, grievance and transanity being pushed by radicals in workplaces, schools, media and government.

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 7:28 pm I believe it was a reference to abortion, but it was so packed with propaganda that it was hard to make sense of if you don't already speak fluent bullshit.

malchior wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:33 am They are apparently obsessed with the fact that the pilot bailed out and the flying for some distance. I mean...physics.

The father of three Cherry Hill high school students has filed a federal lawsuit against the school district and the N.J. Department of Education over its guidance on notifying parents when their children request accommodations related to being transgender.

In the suit, filed Oct. 12 in U.S. District Court, the father, Frederick K. Short Jr., says the policy violates his Fourteenth Amendment right to raise his children and make decisions about their mental health care.

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The suit took issue with the DOE’s guidance, which does not require that school staff notify parents of their child’s gender identification. It said such policies “provide for secrecy and the facilitation of double-lives [and] are psychologically unhealthy for youth.”

The guidance also notes that schools should keep separate files with different names for trans students and notify parents only when required by law or in some cases involving bullying.

Players calling for tougher restrictions claim trans women often have greater upper body strength enabling them to make a more powerful initial break.

A city in Tennessee is using a recently passed ordinance essentially prohibiting homosexuality in public to try to ban library books that might violate the new rules.

Murfreesboro passed an ordinance in June banning “indecent behavior,” including “indecent exposure, public indecency, lewd behavior, nudity or sexual conduct.” As journalist Erin Reed first reported, this ordinance specifically mentions Section 21-72 of the city code. The city code states that sexual conduct includes homosexuality.

Anyone who violates the new ordinance is barred from hosting public events or selling goods and services at public events for two years. Anyone who violates the ordinance “in the presence of minors” is barred for five years.

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Murfreesboro’s new ordinance is part of a much larger wave of attacks on LGBTQ rights in Tennessee and the rest of the country. In the past year, the so-called Volunteer State became the first state to try to ban drag performances. That law was overturned in court.

In March, the Tennessee House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow people to refuse to perform a marriage if they disagree with it, essentially gutting marriage equality. The bill was introduced in the Senate but deferred until next year.

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:23 am Everything is fine:

A city in Tennessee is using a recently passed ordinance essentially prohibiting homosexuality in public to try to ban library books that might violate the new rules.

Murfreesboro passed an ordinance in June banning “indecent behavior,” including “indecent exposure, public indecency, lewd behavior, nudity or sexual conduct.” As journalist Erin Reed first reported, this ordinance specifically mentions Section 21-72 of the city code. The city code states that sexual conduct includes homosexuality.

Anyone who violates the new ordinance is barred from hosting public events or selling goods and services at public events for two years. Anyone who violates the ordinance “in the presence of minors” is barred for five years.

...

Murfreesboro’s new ordinance is part of a much larger wave of attacks on LGBTQ rights in Tennessee and the rest of the country. In the past year, the so-called Volunteer State became the first state to try to ban drag performances. That law was overturned in court.

In March, the Tennessee House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow people to refuse to perform a marriage if they disagree with it, essentially gutting marriage equality. The bill was introduced in the Senate but deferred until next year.

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a case challenging Washington state's ban on conversion therapy of minors. In doing so, the court left standing a lower court decision that upheld the state's ban on a therapy that the American Medical Association says "is not based on medical and scientific evidence."

The Washington passed law, enacted in 2018, allows the state to revoke the licenses of therapists who try to change a minor's sexual orientation. Brian Tingley, a family counselor and advocate for conversion therapy, challenged the law in court, represented by the anti-LGBTQ Alliance Defending Freedom. He claimed that the law violates his First Amendment right to free speech.

Two lower courts upheld the law.

The court's decision not to hear the case Monday included no reasons, as is standard when it denies a case. But, Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, and Clarence Thomas dissented from the order, and would have heard the case.

the anti-LGBTQ Alliance Defending Freedom

coopasonic wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:56 pm

the anti-LGBTQ Alliance Defending Freedom

ummm...

I guess freedom from stuff that they see as icky? Or tempting?

Alliance Defending Freedom is the world’s largest legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, marriage and family, parental rights, and the sanctity of life. We defend your most cherished liberties in Congress, state legislatures, and courtrooms across the country—all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 12:23 pm Pope Francis dragging the Catholic Church into the 21st century

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/worl ... ssing.html

The Seattle Children’s Hospital filed a lawsuit in Travis County District Court on Dec. 7 against the Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG), after that agency requested documents related to gender transition policies and any such care provided to Texas children.

However, hospital claims that the OAG lacks jurisdiction to demand such records from the hospital, and that Washington’s “Shield Law” protects it from requests made by states that “restrict or criminalize reproductive and gender-affirming care.”

Alefroth wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:40 pm I'd love to see Paxton's nose bloodied even a little.