We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
“We define transability as the desire or the need for a person identified as able-bodied by other people to transform his or her body to obtain a physical impairment,” says Alexandre Baril, a Quebec born academic who will present on “transability” at this week’s Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Ottawa.
Caitlyn Jenner is NOT a woman. I don't care what bit he snips off or what bits he slaps on. HE is not a woman.
This front page, in your face, celebration is disgusting. Have we all gone insane?
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John the River
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2015-06-03 07:33
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Mr. Jenner, whatever else he may be, is insane. Period. The folks to tout his decision to find a surgeon willing to mutilate him into a partial appearance of being female ought to have his or her license revoked. The man suffers from an obsessive delusion which interferes with his normal functioning and any doctor who enters into his patient's delusion instead of recommending appropriate psychiatric care is unethical to an extreme degree. What is it which motivate those who seek to make him into a brave hero(ine) advancing the frontiers of human freedom, I have no idea as nothing is served by their propaganda save chaos and anarchy ... perhaps that's what they seek.
In the article on the body diversity, we are encouraged to consider people who want to amputate their limbs or blind themselves as normal:
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We need to move away from pathologizing people.
The implication is that just about everything is "normal" and we should indulge them. We are already "required" to indulge people who believe they were born the wrong gender.
We shouldn't assume this "normalization" movement will end here.
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Letsgo Lozko
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2015-06-03 10:20
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Re: settled science
Since the discovery of chromosomes, males are defined as having an X and a Y chromosome (an X from his mother and a Y from his father). Females are defined as having two X chromosomes (an X from her mother and an X from her father). The science has been settled for over one hundred years (1905).
We are now supposed to believe that the science of biology is not settled but that of climate "science" is.
One of the sad consequences of liberty is being able to do what one wills while ignoring sidewalk superintendents, and other nags, control-freaks, etc. As to Jenner, his decision, his money, her life.
Why do I suspect a higher price transfat substitute waiting for a government ban to become profitable? The FDA seems quite adept at keeping manufacturers balance sheets black.
Lets not forget the number one way men oppress women, designing jars that only they (and a handy of channel locks) can open.
the creepy worship of "transgenders" and the mentally ill in general.
could it be that these people are actually being PAID to spread this insanity to make it seem like deviancy is celebrated by the masses?
I have yet to meet anyone in real life who doesn't think this whole thing is a giant freak show.
it's a celebration of " LOOKAT ME !"
same with the removal of a limb- which from what I read by neurologist's study (either Oliver Sachs or that Ramachandran guy ) it's an obsessive compulsive disorder. an extremely severe one. Also a convenient excuse for plea bargarining, "But my alien hand killed that guy! Not me!"
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Filming your own death by lion/
I just saw a quick video of a lion opening a car door on a safari. I wonder if it was related?
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banning trans fats.
Stock up on your sprinkles and pie crusts and margarine. Because there is no fun or enjoyment in communism.
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