7 New Laws To Watch Out For, Episode 191 | Off The Grid News

Posted by $ rockymountainpirate 11 years, 10 months ago to Legislation
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A really interesting talk. Enjoy, or not.

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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 10 months ago
    The California law regarding transgender students is good. It allows transgender children like Coy Mathis, Jazz Jennings, Nikki, and countless others to have the freedom to be their trues selves at school, without having to worry about the administration outing them or making their lives unnecessarily difficult. In fact, there are other laws in California already on the books that do effectively the same thing, this one just helps to reinforce those existing laws. <br /><br />The claims that the bill somehow violates the rights of other students is nothing more than blatant fear mongering and false propaganda being perpetuated by bigoted, anti-LGBT organizations.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes, and the way you use the terms make them buzzwords. <br /><br />The great flaw in what you're trying to suggest is the fact that, in this instance, A, B, and C are not variables. <br />A may be equal to B, but A is *not* B. A is A. <br />3 apples are not 3 oranges. <br />You are not me. <br /><br />
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Every word is a made up word. Language is a human invention, and it's constantly changing, growing, and evolving over time.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Cool, so I can end all this "transgender" BS single-handedly by threatening to go nude if they don't lay off... <br />
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Then they should use the bathroom with facilities appropriate to their anatomy (ie, the ones with penses go to the bathrooms with urinals, and the ones with vaginas go to the bathrooms with the tampon dispenser.) <br />
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    sigh. where is it going to go tonight, hiraghm? just tell me now-so I don't run into it unawares
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Cisgender means the opposite of "transgender" in sort of the same way that "heterosexual" means the opposite of "homosexual." <br /><br />Basically, if you're cisgender, it just means that your biological gender, your gender identity, and your gender expression are all in alignment with each other.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Of course they do. <br />You invent "transgender", but a "transgender" doesn't exist until a surgeon does his thing. Just because some idiot thinks cutting a kid is preferable to counseling him/her, doesn't mean the legislature has to recognize this idiocy. <br />
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I would expect your full support. After all, you're all about people being who they really... or maybe I guess that's just if they really are confused about their sex...
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  • Posted by $ stargeezer 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    As a Illinois resident, I fully support the cellphone law. Normally I would be very opposed to this sort of thing, but it's gotten incredibly dangerous driving because of people who cant walk and chew gum at the same time trying to drive and talk on the phone. <br /><br />I should add that I was involved in a small accident with a young lady who was talking on the phone, eating, dealing with a troubled child AND driving down the highway - yeah this is needed. <br /><br />It should be noted that this does not apply to hands free operation of a phone. This is a caveat I support since it does allow the user to keep their hands on the wheel and it does also ban texting, eating, putting makeup on and just about any distracted driving problem. <br /><br />Of course I won't be able to load mags with ammo as I drive to the range, but that's a small price to pay.
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm finding it interesting myself... thanks for the link, RMP... I may not have found it otherwise.
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Nah, I just think it would be funny to watch you get arrested after you went streaking around naked in public. ;)
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    No surgery until age 18. Therefore, there is no "cutting a kid" involved in this. Also, there is plenty of counseling involved in the process of gender transition.
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  • Posted by $ rockymountainpirate 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I don't remember how I was introduced to the site, but I get the Off The Grid emails daily. They have sales on generators, heirlooms seeds and other good information. <br /><br />I thought this talk was especially interesting.
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    Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I talk about other issues all the time. It's just no one ever seems to remember them for some reason. About an hour before this discussion started, I posted a topic talking about illegal immigration: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/posts/336ff89/milton-friedman-on-illegal-immigration" rel="nofollow">http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/posts/33...</a>
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Uh huh. Tell me, how do you explain this video of her, then? <br /><br /><a href="http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/5151a851fe344463290000a0" rel="nofollow">http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment...</a>
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    And force them to out themselves to the entire school? Yeah, that's really not a good option, and it actually creates more problems.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yeah, you're right. It was *so embarassing* when Neil Armstrong stepped down the steps of the Eagle, turned around, and saw a welcoming committee of Southeast Asians. <br /><br />"In South Asia, many hijras live in well-defined, organized, all-hijra communities, led by a guru." <br /><br />Segregation, much? Alright, if you want to mutilate people rather than help them, sure, mutilate away, and then they can go live in communities by themselves away from normal people. <br />
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm already intimately familiar with this particular bill (AB 1266), and I've listened to both sides of the argument already. The anti-LGBT lobbyists have no ground to stand on.
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Language changes and evolves over time. It's not a static, unchanging thing.
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The wise man collects information from as many different sources as possible, and always tries to look at things from multiple points of view. ;)
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