ChiGoose

You don’t think there is a significant difference between now and then? Also, the data accounts for the shift in the Boomer generation. Millennials should already be far more conservative than they are if they are to follow the same pattern

Looks like there may be an expiration date on the GOP.

For some reason, only two of the three Tennessee lawmakers were expelled. If you want to guess what the difference is between the one that wasn’t expelled and the two that were, it won’t take many guesses for you to get it white.

“Keeping score” on the political ideology of mass murderers is one of the most ****ed up things I’ve ever read. People are dying in an epidemic of gun violence and you only care when you can score political points off of it? If this is what you truly believe, then you are a horrible person.

So medical treatment has side effects? This is honestly good information but doesn’t change my opinion that these decisions should be up to the patient with informed consent (and guardian if the patient is a minor). I guess I’m just not a big government person like you, but I feel that these decisions should be between a patient and their doctor, and not their local state rep.

“I’m not saying no to all affirming care, just certain ones that are approved by the medical community and really help Transpeople.” Also, not only are puberty blockers reversible, they are used in non-trans kids for treatment of issues, allow patients to put off surgery until they are more mature, and yes, reduce the risk of suicide

Can we please actually look at what gender affirming care for minors actually is? You’re all so focused on the surgery part when that is very rare and doesn’t represent the typical case. Also, as to the higher rates of Transpeople, I’ll leave you with this chart

We shouldn’t provide treatment to people if it is profitable to do so?

I’m not. I’m for kids getting treatment approved by experts like the AMA with informed consent and parental support. I do not believe the government should be in the doctor’s room overriding everyone.

No you didn’t. You showed a study about just one aspect of gender affirming care that is very rare for minors. You then stated that we should not provide most types of gender affirming care despite the fact that this is shown to increase rates of suicide. You can just say you don’t mind the kids dying, you don’t have to make stuff up.

Literally just showed you a study that showed that gender affirming care reduces suicides and your response is that we should ban gender affirming care but somehow that won’t increase suicides?

Gender affirming care is far more than just surgery and begins well before they would even be eligible for surgery. Also, surgery is rare for kids and only happens after years or treatment. Typically, they are adults by the time they get surgery. The anti-trans laws being pushed by the GOP right now will result in more dead kids.

Gender-Affirming Care Linked To Less Depression, Lower Suicide Risk For Trans Youth “Young people receiving GAHT reported a lower likelihood of experiencing recent depression and considering suicide, compared to those who wanted GAHT but did not receive it. Receiving GAHT was associated with nearly 40% lower odds of recent depression and of a past-year suicide attempt by young people under age 18.”

Here’s what should be done. Let parents decide what content is appropriate for their children instead of having the government mandate it. Have doctors provide a standard of care accepted by the major medical expert groups like the AMA, in conjunction with informed consent from the family. Let schools, districts, and communities decide who can play which sports without government interference. Very simple reasonable rules we can all live by and move on from this with the added benefit of having fewer kids kill themselves.

So a drag performer did something inappropriate, which prompted a response? Seems reasonable and how you would expect things to work. In fact, if this is how all drag performances worked, then this wouldn’t even be the story. It is a news story because it’s an aberration. Had things been even more inappropriate, the performer could likely be charged with child endangerment or violating decency laws. All in all, a pretty good example of why the new laws being pushed by the GOP around drag shows are not necessary and also not intended to actually protect children. Thanks for sharing!

This also underscores that the Dems, or Deep State, or (((Soros))), or whoever, aren’t pulling the strings in the Manhattan DA. If this was part of a coordinated effort (instead of separate sovereigns making their own decisions), Bragg wouldn’t have charged until after Smith or Willis had indicted Trump. They have much stronger cases that would have driven worse headlines for Trump.

You should try a dictionary sometime instead of making up new meanings for words.

Obviously not.

Anything they don’t like is communism. Taxes are communism Gay people are communism Healthcare is communism Transpeople are communism The color blue is communism Not having the state inspect your children’s genitals is communism Immigrants are communism (((Soros))) is communism Not transferring wealth from working Americans to the rich is communism Islam is communism (((Globalists))) are communism Democracy is communism

You have to be dumb as hell to think Chicago elected an actual communist last night.

Dennis Hastert is sprucing up his resume to apply for a job as a state-employed child genital inspector.

Everything they don’t like is communism. Makes it easy so they don’t have to think too hard.

I don’t want to deny your personal experience but I have to say that what you’ve portrayed does not fit the liberal circles I move in at all. From my personal experience, Dems tend to promote policies, even if those policies would benefit Republican voters than Dems (like nationwide rural broadband). For all the vitriol I’ve seen for politicians like Trump and McConnell, or officials like Ronna McDaniel or the Koch’s, the worst I’ve seen about GOP voters themselves is confusion or frustration. More typically, it’s more of not thinking about them much at all, which is certainly a problem (though you see less of that here in the Midwest than you do on the coasts).

There’s a reason why “own the libs” is a thing while “own the cons” isn’t.