It's the same thing with the transgender stuff. Not a single Republican should >all for it, but they take the bait, and then they're on TV giving off negative >ibes to trans people. Not a good idea!

There are some people who claim to be "empaths" who really absorb what they preceive as the pain of others. I am aware of at least one who seems to be making her (now his) way through the alphabet. Any time it seems like one
of those groups is in the crosshairs, they move towards that one. This
latest move will be difficult to undo.

On the other hand, some of that bait was pretty serious. We really don't
need illustrated sex fiction in elementary and jr high libraries, but it
was.

I want my country fixed and I want safety restored. Ask me if I care about abor
ion or guys playing on girls' teams at this point. I wish I could cc Trump abou
this, because I have a feeling that he hasn't figured this out yet.

I don't have kids but being an uncle to several young ladies, that one
triggers me some, too. I don't think it is fair for a washed-up or
never-been male competitor to decide they are a female (after enjoying the benefits of male puberty) and stealing opportunites from biological women.

For some of them, that athletic scholarship could be their ticket to an education and a future that they are being robbed of by a guy.

But I do think they need to downplay it during their campaigns. Some Republicans are using those trigger topics to play to their base, but they
need instead to find things that affect us all (like the cost of food and
other basic necessities) and focus on that.


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On the other hand, some of that bait was pretty serious. We really don't need illustrated sex fiction in elementary and jr high libraries, but it was.

That's what they say on the news, but my teenage daughter hasn't reported any of that to me (and she reads tons of books, and she's quite conservative like dad & mom.)

Leave it to the media to tell us about bizarre crap that happened in some backwards liberal town a thousand miles away. I'll take porn in school
libraries if that's the price we have to pay to restore national security.

I don't have kids but being an uncle to several young ladies, that one triggers me some, too. I don't think it is fair for a washed-up or never-been male competitor to decide they are a female (after enjoying
the benefits of male puberty) and stealing opportunites from biological women.

Try to ignore it. It's bait. Every school (maybe I'm right about this) has their own autonomy over those kinds of issues.

But I do think they need to downplay it during their campaigns. Some Republicans are using those trigger topics to play to their base, but
they need instead to find things that affect us all (like the cost of
food and other basic necessities) and focus on that.

That's logical, but maybe they need to use the trigger language a little in order to get idiots to go out and vote.

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I don't have kids but being an uncle to several young ladies, that one triggers me some, too. I don't think it is fair for a washed-up or never-been male competitor to decide they are a female (after enjoying the benefits of male puberty) and stealing opportunites from biological women.

Try to ignore it. It's bait. Every school (maybe I'm right about this) has the
own autonomy over those kinds of issues.

I think they still do. In some cases, it could be at athletic conference level.

But I do think they need to downplay it during their campaigns. Some Republicans are using those trigger topics to play to their base, but they need instead to find things that affect us all (like the cost of food and other basic necessities) and focus on that.

That's logical, but maybe they need to use the trigger language a little in or
r to get idiots to go out and vote.

As Hilary proved in 2016, a base who is convinced of a win is dangerous, so maybe a little.


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