Newsdesk Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 19 minutes ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: Pretty good description of most of your posts actually. I’d be willing to bet the next cure for cancer won’t be found on a Quora article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcousticallyChallenged Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, Newsdesk said: I’d be willing to bet the next cure for cancer won’t be found on a Quora article. Fortunately, if you actually read the post, I link all the way back to the 2015 US Transgender survey, it's not just a Quora article. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: How else do you get the message across that plenty of trans people end up with medical issues as a result of water retention, to avoid the bathroom conflict? Well I've heard it all now. Are you taking the piss? There are other ways of highlighting an issue without resorting to extreme and disgusting measures. You'll notice they fucked-off before the cops arrived, surely a vigorous, publicised arrest by some burly coppers (suitably attired in a haz-mat suits no doubt) would've added to the drama? 3 minutes ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: Of course, no homosexual has ever caused themselves to be in great anguish by trying to live as as a heterosexual. This is such a poor equivalence. Why bring homosexuality into it, what's its link to this event? 3 minutes ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: Turing was chemically castrated for being homosexual, not that long later, we see that as being as barbaric as it was. So were many other men. In this, respect Turing was nothing special. You're just name-dropping in a vain attempt to give your post added virtue, to shape your argument, embroidering it with victimhood in an attempt to make your point unchallengable. It's a familiar tactic. 3 minutes ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: Why would a trans person be any different? Well... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcousticallyChallenged Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, quilp said: Well I've heard it all now. Are you taking the piss? There are other ways of highlighting an issue without resorting to extreme and disgusting measures. You'll notice they fucked-off before the cops arrived, surely a vigorous, publicised arrest by some burly coppers (suitably attired in a haz-mat suits no doubt) would've added to the drama? Ha. Taking the piss. Good one. People have been trying the sensible route for the longest of times, but 'trans panic' sells tabloids and gets news clicks on website. There's good money in getting people angry about something. 13 minutes ago, quilp said: This is such a poor equivalence. Why bring homosexuality into it, what's its link to this event? So were many other men. In this, respect Turing was nothing special. You're just name-dropping in a vain attempt to give your post added virtue, to shape your argument, embroidering it with victimhood in an attempt to make your point unchallengable. It's a familiar tactic. Not that long ago, homosexuality too was seen as a mental illness. And in quite a few places, still is. Vietnam for example, only recognised last month that it is not a mental illness. Even within parts of the EU, professionals believe homosexuality to be something you can 'catch'. https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2016-lgbt-public-officials_en.pdf In the USA, a country that would argue themselves at the forefront of the Western world, conversion therapy is not banned in 50% of the states. Actually, I'm pointing out Turing because it is a name people are familiar with, and people recognise him for his achievements, and not just his sexuality. Giving the number of people that suffered similar treatment dehumanises it, and allows the reader to distance themselves from the reality of something that was tantamount to a lifelong torture. In some cases, as in Turing's, an unbearable one to the point of suicide. Bear in mind, the suicide rate amongst trans people is around 2x higher than that of LGB people. LGB people themselves are 5-7 times more likely to attempt suicide over heterosexual people. https://www.suicideinfo.ca/resource/sexual-minorities-fact-sheet/ https://www.suicideinfo.ca/resource/transgender-people-suicide/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 looks like Archie is now a princess , a trans royal perhaps?, useless daily fucking wail. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 7 minutes ago, WTF said: looks like Archie is now a princess , a trans royal perhaps?, useless daily fucking wail. It's typo bellwhiff, the type you expect from that paper. Take a chill pill and relax... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 27 minutes ago, WTF said: looks like Archie is now a princess , a trans royal perhaps?, useless daily fucking wail. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hoops Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 10 hours ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: Provoking disgust can be a core part of art and protest, two areas which can be quite strongly interlinked. How else do you get the message across that plenty of trans people end up with medical issues as a result of water retention, to avoid the bathroom conflict? never mind the poor minimum wage worker who has to clean up after these idiots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriT Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 On 9/9/2022 at 1:09 PM, John Wright said: It’s a parody account but that’s really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsdesk Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 So presumably now we’ll see a new pride committee actually made up of LGBTQIA+ people rather than yummy mummies with too much time on their hands? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asthehills Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 20 minutes ago, Newsdesk said: So presumably now we’ll see a new pride committee actually made up of LGBTQIA+ people rather than yummy mummies with too much time on their hands? You and I have very different definitions of “yummy mummies” Anyway, this is good news as far as I can see. Get some new blood in, people who actually care rather than people who want to be seen to seem to care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsdesk Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Roxanne said: At the end of the day I read this as very good news. I’m sure we’ll see actual gay people and members of the queer community on the board of a committee representing the interests of the gay and queer community. Rather than this which is the equivalent of a pubs darts team, a few of whom actually enjoy playing darts. https://www.isleofpride.im/meet-the-team/ Edited September 28, 2022 by Newsdesk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavey Davey Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 17 minutes ago, Newsdesk said: At the end of the day I read this as very good news. I’m sure we’ll see actual gay people and members of the queer community on the board of a committee representing the interests of the gay and queer community. Rather than this which is the equivalent of a pubs darts team, a few of whom actually enjoy playing darts. https://www.isleofpride.im/meet-the-team/ But they might feel strongly affiliated to the darts community 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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