So…what about all the mislead detransitioners that are left in a no-man’s-land?

And just so I’m clear on what you’re saying:

The parents need to agree with what these outsiders are saying they’re child needs, or they get no say in the matter…right? No.

You are right, but so…demented.

Nobody is “influenced” to be “cis.” “ What “cis” actually is, is biologically ingrained motivation that perpetuates our species, outside of all our inventive proclivities, so…I’m not sure what to tell you.

I lived in the woods for three months. June, July and August. For all intents and purposes, the choicest time to do that sort of thing. But it’s not like that. The constant ebb and flow of rain and the heat molds your stuff. The wet mornings are deceptively freezing. I had money to buy food and water, if one didn’t have that, then…yeah. You’re hunting and/or trapping, getting/ disinfecting water all day every day just to sustain yourself. Anyone who isn’t proficient in this would certainly be dead, and probably insane.

So no, unless your on the lam for being a hyper-individualistic dude with remarkable skills that you’ve practiced ad nauseam, with the mind of a bodhisattva, you won’t be able to sustain that way.

Humanity was able to thrive in this condition through our inventiveness and commutative nature. Without those in spades, one gets clubbed. Definitely takes a village to get that done.

Isn’t there also a bill out there now being proposed that parents don’t need to be in the loop on all of this…? And yes, puberty blockers cause irreparable harm. And yes, children in this country as young at least as young twelve have had surgeries done.

Saying someone should be an adult before they do this shit isn’t bigotry. In my personal opinion, being 36, even 18 is way to fucking young to be making these kid of calls about the rest of your life. In the other hand, I get it. If someone will be happier on the other side, don’t rob them of their youth in that role. But…yeah, no.

The core of the issue is influence, not perceived phobias.

Are they in therapy for years? Sources, please.

How much of the population do you actually think is trans, versus the amount of people who are swept up in a fad? Especially kids, who are influenced by educators and internet influencers who have a vested interest in promoting their world view.

No, kids should not have shit put in their bodies, or surgeries that alter them for the rest of their life. Period. This whole thing is some next level Brave New World shit, and it needs to stop.

Dover. You can (and probably would prefer to do so, the traffic sucks a lot of the time) walk literally anywhere in town, once you know your way around. I loved it.

Nothing about the original subject matter of my comment had anything to do with protecting neo-Nazis from being interpreted as Nazis. Rather that people like to use Nazi as a buzz word for outrage, for reasons that defy logic when you broaden your scope. So…case and point, I guess. You are barking at the window.

Also, if you think the Japanese didn’t see the Chinese as racially inferior, you are mistaken. But, I digress. You’ve just chosen to be angry about one group more than another, which has no effect on my life😘

The Nazis were socialists, actually. Not fascists. And all war crimes come from zealotry. I have no questions, and am all set with your take on things.

Both those situations literally came from the same war lol

The propaganda gods just chose one over the other, for no clear reason is my point.

“We’ve all had to deal with these Nazi shitheads?” I haven’t, ever. I live in the class of humans where we go to work, deal with it and go home. Night shift in the shithole factories of the world, everyone’s there. People who hid in cupboards from the Serbs in Bosnia. People who lived through revolts in Haiti, avoiding having they’re heads cut off with machetes to sneak water out of gutters. Puerto Rican lesbians who grew up with abusive fathers. All of which worked they’re way up to making a solid living, sweating together in a 120 degrees in the summer.

I’m just musing, as a white privileged devils advocate who was in the exact same place and time, doing the exact same shit.

My point is: In my experience, nobody who’s actually in the mix turning the wheels cares about any of this. The current political climate is a fantasy, for Hammers and Nails that don’t have anything else to do.

It’s interesting how the term “Nazi” is universally used these days to universally describe awfulness.

If it’s looked at objectively, the Nazi party was a political movement, that did awful things during a period of time.

If one were to look at the Japanese, raping Chinese women and injecting them with syphilis to observe the effects on the infant, or conducting experimental surgeries on conscious allied POWs…maybe “Jap scum” just doesn’t have the same ring as “Nazi scum.”

The Christianization of Europe is a whole new can of worms. However, “French scum” just doesn’t do it for some people, ironically.

If you’re capable of driving in the snow, you’ll be fine. The people who say that are the same people who say “the ticks are really bad this year,” every single June.

I’m not sure if I hate Massachusetts more than Connecticut, but I really just see Connecticut as “Deeper Mass” anyway.

Seriously lol

Especially seeing that buds are literally everywhere, and half the price it was 15 years ago.

But, I guess they need something else to do besides bust working class people for stickers, due to the snow.

I would call it anything South of Winni

No need. I think I said a bunch of stuff on this thread that was downvoted to the point where it’s out of view. But thats not really important.

You are, however, in a unique position to put a truth out there that nobody else will otherwise hear.

I think you misunderstand the direction of my comment.

GOP agenda? NH has theoretically elected a democratic president for the past five elections. Not for nothing

I don’t smoke pot, really. I used to, and absolutely might if I’m at a bar if someone brings some out.

It’s irrelevant to me if the state controls that transaction, between humans. And to be honest, I’d rather it not be regulated and taxed. Decriminalization is good for enough for me, which we already have.

Bring up a point for me to debate, I’m feeling sleepy, but feisty.

Exactly how is giving the State absolute control over weed beneficial to anyone but the State? Go.

True, especially if the person is very tall. But still, rubber bullets. For fucks sake, they knew where they were going, and for what purpose. If someone were to tell me that there’s not a gas that’s been devolved that they could just launch in the window and go fetch him up, I would be flabbergasted.

I think if the cops are called, and some kids running around with a knife, there’s definitely drugs involved.

My only problem with nuance being gifted to law enforcement, is that nuance is not gifted to law breakers in reciprocation.

As for the knife thing, grappling with someone who has a weapon isn’t a whole lot different from grappling with someone who doesn’t. If you’re close to the person and have an underhook on the armed arm, there’s not a lot of leverage for them to kill you with. Definitely hurt you, but then again, there’s a bunch of other guys around you to help out…or how about this: PCP may be able to beat a taser, but not the physics of non-lethal projectile weapons, which exist.

Not to be antagonistic, or anything. That other guy brought up the point of “Well it could have been a big ole 17 year old and it might have been a little ole lady who shot him dead” Maybe, but the report I read stated that the perp was tasered by one officer, then shot by another.

I’ll lay it down right here, the NH State Troopers are badasses. How many of them, strapped and armored up do you think came out of that Trooper van in the picture? Let alone every on duty town cop and possibly (maybe) Sheriff in the area.

But yes, good point. A cop doesn’t deserve to die over some kid that someone called upon said cops. But, said cops have taken on theoretical responsibilities to “protect and serve.”

On a side note, knives are much more threatening psychologically, than they are in practicality. Especially with Kevlar, and a gaggle of mutually motivated participants against it.

All good points.

I don’t think I said anything about the job being easy. Just that if you look at it from a distance, the majority of police work done in our society serves the purpose of creating criminals out of harmless people more so than it does to deal with situations like this one. And when these things happen, there’s training issues.

I’m also not saying it’s the fault of the actual officers, themselves. More so that the justice system and the laws it enforces exists primarily to fill the State’s coffers, rather than represent the interests of the People it “serves.”

I’m not sure people understand sarcasm, the internet is certainly a place where humans seem to want to act out their more dickhead-like proclivities.

Either that, or they’re the type of people who wax poetic about how our brave officers and troopers risk their lives every day, to keep us safe. How dare that be critiqued, right? Except we don’t expect them to risk getting cut to take down a SEVENTEEN year old kid.

Seventeen. Grown men, cops, who have absolutely no excuse not to be capable ragdolling this kid and taking him to jail, just ended his life before it even started…because they felt threatened? I just think that’s a bit pathetic, myself. They’re much better suited for complicating the lives of working people, going about their day over stickers and tail lights I guess.

Im not saying that police don’t serve a purpose. But, the vast, vast majority of people in jails and prisons are:

a.) Adults selling drugs to other adults who want to buy them and take them for personal use.

b.) People driving on suspended licenses.

That’s almost everyone locked up…maybe one actual person who shouldn’t be among other people in a thousand. I just think the role of law enforcement, and laws in general need to be re-evaluated.

And schmutz lol

Best of the best, protect and serve

The forearm thing was what I was taught, as a kid. Jam it in as far as you can, and the bite won’t have any leverage. And yeah, I’m sure a stick down the dogs throat would help your cause.

Especially for children, who aren’t necessarily packing, unlike the other total badass geniuses in the comment section here.