Journal smittyoneeach's Journal: What's in my RSS Reader? 41
Generally academics, lawyers, and bloggers who have not snorted so much Lefty DranO:
Leaving out the tech, faith-based, and humor stuff.
https://townhall.com/ and the rest of the Salem Media lot.
https://legalinsurrection.com/
https://americanmind.org/
https://instapundit.com/
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/
https://www.westernjournal.com/
https://amgreatness.com/
[emetic release] https://www.dailykos.com/
Leaving out the tech, faith-based, and humor stuff.
https://townhall.com/ and the rest of the Salem Media lot.
https://legalinsurrection.com/
https://americanmind.org/
https://instapundit.com/
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/
https://www.westernjournal.com/
https://amgreatness.com/
[emetic release] https://www.dailykos.com/
So Righty Obsessive Complulsive Drano (Score:2)
It's all still Drano.
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"Leaving out the tech, faith-based" ... (Score:2)
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The Federalist is staffed by a bunch of Roman Catholics; Legal Insurrection is Jewish; these are mainly writing in a secular mode, as are the Salem Media sites most of the time.
The Left is professing a Wokeist faith, albeit without having checked too closely the author and
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I see a whole of of faith-based material in the sites you linked to there Smitty. Just because they aren't always citing the Bible doesn't mean they aren't professing their faith.
The Federalist is staffed by a bunch of Roman Catholics; Legal Insurrection is Jewish; these are mainly writing in a secular mode, as are the Salem Media sites most of the time.
You're not seeing the reality of the faith here. I'm sure your friends have their standard religious ritualistic faiths, but that is not what I'm pointing out. Your friends are professing a different, deeper faith; their faith to your team. They are willing to discard inconvenient contradictions from their religious faiths to support their faith to your team. They might still profess an affinity for a Biblical deity but their writings are showing their dedication to the fiscal gods of the team.
without having checked too closely the author and finisher of its noise, Satan
Go team
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If you are trying to promote something beyond the culture war that your team loves to harp on
This is pure Leftism. "Your Team" is about butchering the unborn, and either grooming or carving those that survive to term.
It shows a whole lot of "us-vs-them" mentality and is thoroughly lacking in the compassion that used to be so synonymous with a certain figure from the New Testament.
Oh, no, there is copious compassion for the unborn and those who are too young for a legal tattoo but that some degenerate wants to destroy with a diabolical euphemism like "gender affirming care". Lord have mercy, and lead these depraved ones to repentance.
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If you are trying to promote something beyond the culture war that your team loves to harp on
"Your Team" is about butchering the unborn
Could you turn the hyperbole down to maybe 10e13? It would be great to see a straight up single digit number but that might be impossible when dealing with an issue such as that (which notably was not in this JE discussion until you brought it up now).
Interesting also that you see it to be completely justified to say such absurdities yet if I were to claim that you want all people to carry AR15s with them everywhere they go, with at least 200 rounds of ammo, at all times, you would would hopefully - a
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In other words, supporting abortion rights is not in any way the same as wanting to terminate all pregnancies.
Oh, so the quantifier retires the issue?
Well, alrighty then.
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In other words, supporting abortion rights is not in any way the same as wanting to terminate all pregnancies.
Oh, so the quantifier retires the issue?
You're being hyperbolic again.
It is clear that you have very very strong feelings about it. It appears you want all abortions made illegal, under all circumstances. I recognize your right to hold that opinion. I do think it is interesting that you want the government involved in personal matters of health in that case but I suspect you will call that somehow not relevant.
The fact of the matter is, abortions will happen even if you ban them through legislation. We have seen before what happens wh
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It is clear that you have very very strong feelings about it. It appears you want all abortions made illegal, under all circumstances. I recognize your right to hold that opinion. I do think it is interesting that you want the government involved in personal matters of health in that case but I suspect you will call that somehow not relevant.
Not true. I would not deny that there may be extreme cases and situations where taking a life may be a hard but needful decision.
The corrosive lie that must be rooted out here is that abortion is somehow not taking a life.
"Your Team" engages in filthy, abhorrent euphemism e.g. "female health care" to avoid the truth of what's going on.
Once we train people to lie about this, various other lies are easier to sell: "gender affirming care". THIS IS CHILD MUTILATION.
These are among the chi
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It is clear that you have very very strong feelings about it. It appears you want all abortions made illegal, under all circumstances. I recognize your right to hold that opinion. I do think it is interesting that you want the government involved in personal matters of health in that case but I suspect you will call that somehow not relevant.
Not true. I would not deny that there may be extreme cases and situations where taking a life may be a hard but needful decision.
Thank you for the clarification. I have not once seen you say that before. Given how much people of your team have been tripping over each other to take ever more extreme stances on abortion, and your enthusiastic support of many of them, I saw no reason to expect that you would ever consider an exception to an outright ban. My apologies, and my thanks for your showing some mercy on the matter.
The corrosive lie that must be rooted out here is that abortion is somehow not taking a life.
Why do you feel that people are making this claim? I know people who found themselves needing abortion and the
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Why do you feel that people are making this claim?
Tacit admission. If truth is North, and everyone euphemistically repeats "South" endlessly, there is a motive.
Gender affirming care is a continuum of care.
It is a lie from the pit. Doom on you for playing along.
I have never once heard this allegation before.
https://www.lifenews.com/2023/04/17/un-report-calls-for-legalizing-sex-between-adults-and-children/ [lifenews.com]
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The corrosive lie that must be rooted out here is that abortion is somehow not taking a life.
Why do you feel that people are making this claim? I know people who found themselves needing abortion and they mourned the loss of the life. They held memorials for their lost children. They were absolutely, positively, 100% without a doubt aware of what they were doing. They did not take the decision the least bit lightly and they were heartbroken to do it.
Tacit admission
From whom? I am not aware of anyone who claims that abortion does not end a life, even in the case of a life that cannot survive outside the womb. The women who are getting abortions know what they are doing. You are only serving to dehumanize them when you pretend that they are making this choice casually or ignorantly.
"gender affirming care". THIS IS CHILD MUTILATION.
Gender affirming care is a continuum of care. Some will go to physical sex reassignment, but it is not something done rashly. It starts with talk therapy and builds from there. Just as sex reassignment is not something done quickly for adults it is not done quickly for children either.
It is a lie from the pit. Doom on you for playing along.
In what universe is talk therapy "child mutilation"? Please, read up on what transgender kids go through before they get approved
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In what universe is talk therapy "child mutilation"? Please, read up on what transgender kids go through before they get approved even for hormone replacement medications
No. It is unspeakable. The very people who cannot be silent about "nature" and "sustainability" are behaving in the completely opposite manner regarding both the unborn and the young. As monstrous as the atrocities of the last century, and yet you rationalize.
"actual journalists talked with actual reputable sources on the matter"
...are not believed.
The question has been what line would prove "too far" for the evil, and I think that it has been found. This is not a topic upon which reasonable people can disagree.
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In what universe is talk therapy "child mutilation"? Please, read up on what transgender kids go through before they get approved even for hormone replacement medications
No. It is unspeakable.
What is unspeakable about talking with a child who is uncertain about their gender identity? Is that not how your team wants to "cure" it? Some kids are on the fence, some kids are certain right away.
"actual journalists talked with actual reputable sources on the matter"
...are not believed.
So you're discarding what was actually written for what you are taking on faith.
The question has been what line would prove "too far" for the evil, and I think that it has been found. This is not a topic upon which reasonable people can disagree.
The UN committee report does indeed agree that pedophilia and child sexual abuse are wrong. Read their report for yourself and you'll find that the spin you are advocating for is ignoring the actual written words.
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What is unspeakable about talking with a child who is uncertain about their gender identity?
Use of words like "gender identity" is indicative of a groomer. Lord have mercy on you, sir.
The UN committee report does indeed agree that pedophilia and child sexual abuse are wrong. Read their report for yourself and you'll find that the spin you are advocating for is ignoring the actual written words.
WOOT: Words Of Opposite Translation.
I have no trust in you or the ideas you advocate. Begin instead with wisdom.
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What is unspeakable about talking with a child who is uncertain about their gender identity?
Use of words like "gender identity" is indicative of a groomer.
You're looking for an offense where none actually exists. If a child born male goes to their parents and tells them they believe themselves to be female that does not mean any "grooming" occurred. Some people simply aren't comfortable in the skin they were born in. This is not in the least a new phenomena, it just gets more attention from your team now because you crave something to get your side stirred up about and this seems to do the trick.
The UN committee report does indeed agree that pedophilia and child sexual abuse are wrong. Read their report for yourself and you'll find that the spin you are advocating for is ignoring the actual written words.
I have no trust in you or the ideas you advocate. Begin instead with wisdom.
I recommend you begin by reading the actual report that you
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Some people simply aren't comfortable in the skin they were born in.
Folly happens. Who's not had one?
I recommend you begin by reading the actual report that your source is twisting.
I'll put that on the Real Soon Now list. The evil "simply aren't comfortable" in the light. Hence euphemisms. Done with it.
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I recommend you begin by reading the actual report that your source is twisting.
The evil "simply aren't comfortable" in the light.
If they didn't want their actual words out, then why would they release them to the public? They are right out there in the open for you to read. You chose instead to take someone's personal spin on them instead of reading the actual text. That really does not qualify you to call them "evil" when you refuse to read what they actually said.
Some people simply aren't comfortable in the skin they were born in.
Folly happens. Who's not had one?
Indeed if the goal should be natural reproduction, nature does make mistakes. We could let them live as outcast transexuals, or we could help them to live the most f
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Indeed if the goal should be natural reproduction, nature does make mistakes. We could let them live as outcast transexuals, or we could help them to live the most fulfilling lives they can with the hands they've been dealt.
Which joy is obtained by rejecting the folly you peddle as though wisdom.
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Indeed if the goal should be natural reproduction, nature does make mistakes. We could let them live as outcast transexuals, or we could help them to live the most fulfilling lives they can with the hands they've been dealt.
Which joy is obtained by rejecting the folly you peddle as though wisdom.
Hmm. I'm pretty sure someone recently posted a JE here declaring themselves to believe in free will [slashdot.org]; have you met them? That person might be interested in your insistence on telling other people how to live their lives.
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That person might be interested in your insistence on telling other people how to live their lives.
I have Fusty accusing me of peddling "magic"; and here you are accusing me of "telling other people how to live their lives" when I have done nothing of the sort in either case. I'm calling folly "folly", but support and defend the Constitutional rights of consenting adults to as much of it as their flesh can handle.
To quote Tucker [theepochtimes.com]:
When honest people say what's true--calmly and without embarrassment--they become powerful. At the same time, the liars who have been trying to silence them shrink, and they become weaker. That's the iron law of the universe--true things prevail.
If I'm wrong, speak the truth, because I am a sincere pursuer thereof.
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That person might be interested in your insistence on telling other people how to live their lives.
and here you are accusing me of "telling other people how to live their lives" when I have done nothing of the sort in either case
You are telling transgender people that they need to live their lives under their biological sex and that no help should be provided to them. You are absolutely telling them how to live their lives.
When honest people say what's true--calmly and without embarrassment--they become powerful.
That's a rich statement coming from a serial liar from cable TV.
If I'm wrong, speak the truth
The truth remains that some people do not express their biological sexuality. It's not the result of "grooming" as you accuse; they are simply that way. It's been seen in humans for thousands of years, and homosexuality itself has been seen in
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You are telling transgender people that they need to live their lives
I've said nothing whatsoever to adults. "Your team" is striving to erase the distinction between children and adults. This is depraved.
The truth remains that some people do not express their biological sexuality.
Back up that assertion. This claim, in general, looks both false and propaganda.
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You are telling transgender people that they need to live their lives
I've said nothing whatsoever to adults.
You're telling adults what decisions they can or cannot make for their children. You're telling children and adolescents how to live their lives, by your preferences for their lives instead of their own wishes.
"Your team" is striving to erase the distinction between children and adults.
That is absolute bullshit. Please walk back that lie.
This is depraved.
Your lie is depraved.
It is interesting that your team has been hard at work removing protections from children that keep them from being exploited in dangerous work environments while you lay out your outrageous lie.
The truth remains that some people do not express their biological sexuality.
Back up that assertion
What factual evidence wou
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You could as well push eugenics as this evil.
This is neither similar to eugenics nor is it evil. I'm sorry that you have reached that incorrect conclusion. I'm sorry that you feel you are entitled to deny parents the right to seek assistance for their children who are going through this.
History will judge those pushing this foulness as harshly as the monsters of the previous century and for the same reason
Or history will correctly conclude that these people are indeed not pushing anything, rather working to ensure that the options that people need to thrive in their own bodies are available to them.
there isn't any middle ground for me here.
I'm really interested in knowing why you are so dug in and so stron
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I do not regret rejecting evil.
If I said Donald Trump was himself evil I would have just as much factual support for it as you have for calling gender affirming care to be evil. I would expect that if I made that accusation you would respond with a forceful counter on why you think he's great.
Yet here I show you directly where your assumptions do not line up with reality and you are instead offering up only anger and hatred. You are very much telling people how to live their lives, and you are telling people that how they feel is
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*sigh* How many times must you be reminded that there is no "left"? All authority is right wing (conservative) by definition
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That does not explain your perception of "left". The is no "left" in authoritarian politics. "left" is defined by anarchism (no authority) and liberty. Those who want power are not "left", doesn't matter if it's private or public (government).
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That is not the "left" you're looking for, as obtuse as you wanna be :-)
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the Left/Right dichotomy is entirely useless, but you just won't let go. Now, crowd psychology is a thing, but the choice to go along is still entirely personal. To claim it is overwhelming is the same as saying, "the devil made me do it"
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you complain that I'm not letting it go.
You're not.. you're constantly saying, "left this and left that". Using useless dichotomies only produce weak and flawed communications. You only project personal bias, based on mass media propaganda.
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You only project personal bias
Which probably explains why I've gone to the trouble to develop a fresh existential model and communicate it here.
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Well, don't let failure bring you down... stiff upper lip and all that
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