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  • So you're just making stuff up to get angry about. Big studies show de-transition rates are drastically below rates of regret for most common surgeries, including medically-necessary knee surgery, and cosmetic breast augmentation (which teenage cis girls get, and regret, all the time).

    Many de-transtioners are just bullied out of medical care by people like yourself, only to re-transition later. The most common reasons cited for detransition were pressure from a parent (36%), transitioning was too hard (33%), too much harassment or discrimination (31%), and trouble getting a job (29%).

    Supporting trans kids is mostly just about clothes/name/pronouns, and the only thing they're offered is puberty blockers, which were used safely in cisgender children with precocious puberty for decades before people like you started distorting the facts.

    You're just another bigot spreading medical misinformation in a bad-faith attempt to block medical care for a stigmatized minority group, and you should feel bad about it. Shame.

  • Lol, ok dude. I never said he was trying to force his religion into anything, you're just making stuff up. I supported the OPs statement that bigotry against the wrong religions was the motivator here, not high-minded ideals about the separation of church and state, and I think that's been substantiated by the evidence.

  • Holy moving goalposts batman!

    OP:

    Apparently that’s not what he’s standing up for. They’re not the right religion. When Republicans make decisions, [that seem] irrational or against their normal behavior. Always assume there’s bigotry tied to it.

    In your first response you wrote:

    Not saying you’re wrong, but the article gives absolutely no evidence that this is the case.

    So I provided a press release quoting the AG's anti-muslim bigotry as evidence.

    Your response:

    This doesn’t really show his preference for any other religion, though. In fact, he specifically used the word “compelled” when talking about Catholicism.

    So I provided further evidence of his religious preferences.

    Your response:

    So what if he only wants reading proficiency so kids “can read the bible at home with their family.”? Bigotry aside, he’s doing what he’s supposed to be doing.

    I indicated that the point in the post you originally responded to is pretty well supported by the evidence...

    Your response:

    So? He’s not trying to jam that religion into classrooms.

    I'm done, please keep better track of your point in the future

  • The language he uses definitely shows a preference for a specific religion. He's clearly keeping his religion out of school only because it would allow the religions he doesn't like in too, which is the entire point of the post you first responded to.

  • I mean, he's a protestant evangelical, so he's not a big fan of catholicism, but alongside his fearmongering about muslims, he definitely shows plenty of preference for his particular religion. Here's another quote from the press release:

    "I would prefer we focus on reading proficiency so they can read the Bible at home with their family. That’s where religion is best taught: in homes and in churches, with the loving guidance of parents and pastors"

    I'm certainly glad he's fighting these religious charter schools, for whatever reason, but I think it's silly to pretend his motivations are anything but bigotry and bias toward his favorite sect.

  • So, the authors of the article irresponsibly chose not to include this guy's very public extremist rhetoric, but here's a quote directly from the press release:

    "Today, Oklahomans are being compelled to fund Catholicism. Because of the legal precedent created by the Board’s actions, tomorrow we may be forced to fund radical Muslim teachings like Sharia law. In fact, Governor Stitt has already indicated that he would welcome a Muslim charter school funded by our tax dollars. That is a gross violation of our religious liberty. "

  • wow, that must have been a big surprise to all the slaves.

    it pretty obviously meant the rights of white male landowners, in context, historically

  • Which is why trans girls need to have completely blocked testosterone, usually for a full 2 years, before any kind of competition.

    They literally have less testosterone than the cis girls.

  • Cutting kids off from social media is all about cutting them off from outside information and support. We desperately need a bill of rights for kids, it's tragic how many people are fine with treating them like property.

    Many abusive parents already control all of their kids' time outside of school, and for some, the only place to find understanding & support is in forums like r/raisedbynarcissists or LGBT spaces.

    Like adults, kids are informed by social media, and if we want to improve their mental health we need to actually address the problems they learn about there, instead of simply preventing them from learning about the real world.

    Things like our unwavering march toward an unlivable climate, the malign growth of oppressive, theocratic, authoritarian movements in many governments around the world, the crushing inequitable grind of capitalist culture, or just the ignorant / abusive / bigoted mindset of many fellow citizens are all bad for anyone's mental health, but they need to be understood accurately to be addressed.

  • If you're supporting the side indiscriminately starving millions, you need to take a very long look in the mirror. This fight is villains vs villains, and civilians are taking the brunt of the brutality from both sides.

  • Wake up babe, new nightmare just dropped

  • It absolutely can.

    Heck just the amount of tax money we know the US billionaires are currently failing to pay (~$160,000,000,000 / year)[1,2] would cover more than 754 Philadelphias using your math, to say nothing of what a fairer tax rate could do.

    Idk why Americans are always pretending to be poor, it's the will that's lacking, not the funds.

    [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/03/23/tax-avoidance-costs-the-u-s-nearly-200-billion-every-year-infographic/

    [2] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/20/the-wealthy-may-avoid-163-billion-in-annual-taxes-how-they-do-it-.html

  • Neat how you blithely ignore that aside from Blumenthal, a 75 year-old who has been trying to eliminate the open internet for ages, the other author is Marsha Blackburn, a racist tea party republican who kept asking for Obama's birth certificate and doesn't believe in climate change... yep no issues there.

    JFC, the tech companies, especially Google and Meta, would love to have a government ID for all their users, they don't make their money on content, they make their money selling advertising, and tracking their users across the internet is a big part of that.

    If you're this lost in the woods, and refuse to believe the overwhelming consensus of legal experts regarding the consequences of this legislation, or even the GOP's open admission of their intent to misuse the bill, then yes, I guess there's no getting through to you. Good luck with those critical thinking skills.

  • Again, I think you are being very naive about the language in this bill, and attempting to apply a common use interpretation, rather than a legal interpretation. It doesn't matter what the bill says to you, it matters what the bill means for the legal system.

    Why do you think that so many legal & tech professionals are up in arms about this bill? Here is more information about the GOP plans to use this bill to censor LGBTQIA+ content.

    I think the conversation should be preventing abuse of laws in general.

    How do you expect this to happen in the real world? The GOP is very open about their plans to abuse this law, how do you expect to stop them?

  • Technology @lemmy.world

    Help tell the Senate: KOSA Will Censor the Internet But Won't Help Kids

    act.eff.org /action/tell-congress-kosa-will-censor-the-internet-but-won-t-help-kids
  • News @kbin.social

    How food companies ‘sweetened the world’ – and increased the risk of disease

    www.theguardian.com /global-development/2023/jul/14/how-food-companies-sweetened-the-world-and-increased-the-risk-of-disease-acc
  • Politics @kbin.social

    Supreme Court’s Anti-LGBTQ Ruling Has Already Incited Discrimination

    newrepublic.com /post/174246/supreme-courts-anti-lgbtq-ruling-already-incited-discrimination
  • News @kbin.social

    Preliminary data shows hottest week on record. Unprecedented sea surface temperatures and Antarctic sea ice loss

    public.wmo.int /en/media/news/preliminary-data-shows-hottest-week-record-unprecedented-sea-surface-temperatures-and
  • Science @kbin.social

    Study shows same-sex sexual behavior is widespread and heritable in macaque monkeys

    phys.org /news/2023-07-same-sex-sexual-behavior-widespread-heritable.html
  • Technology @kbin.social

    Far-right figures, including Nazi supporters, anti-gay extremists, and white supremacists, are flocking to Threads

    www.mediamatters.org /facebook/far-right-figures-including-nazi-supporters-anti-gay-extremists-and-white-supremacists-are
  • News @kbin.social

    Texas Pipeline Operators Released or Flared Tons of Toxic Gases to Avert Explosions During Heatwave

    insideclimatenews.org /news/30062023/texas-pipeline-flare-release-gasheat/
  • News @kbin.social

    World registers hottest day ever recorded on July 3

    www.reuters.com /world/world-registers-hottest-day-ever-recorded-july-3-2023-07-04/
  • News @kbin.social

    Only 5% of US TV news segments on the record-shattering heat wave mentioned climate change

    www.mediamatters.org /media-matters-studies-climate-change-coverage/only-5-national-tv-news-segments-record-shattering