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I'll admit it annoys me. Below is a supposedly real post put up on Facebook about someone recently elected as a school board official in Maine. I thought about putting it on the P&R board but it's not really about politics, it's about gender and the way trans people require others to talk about them. They've even got a new name for ME they expect me to use: "Cisgender," meaning I am comfortable accepting the gender into which I was born. Bullshit. Anyway, read on:
"Breaking News: Maine elects first openly transgender official
"Geo Soctomah Neptune (they/them) has become the first openly two-spirit, transgender, and non-binary person to be elected to office in Maine. Geo was elected to the school board in Indian Township Maine. With 155 votes, they were the top vote receiver in the election and one of three candidates elected.
Geo Neptune is a member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe from Indian Township, Maine, and is a Master Basketmaker, a Drag Queen, an Activist and an Educator. As a person who identifies as a two-spirit, an indigenous cultural gender role that is a sacred blend of both male and female, Geo uses they/them gender-neutral pronouns.
About their election the day before voting, Neptune said, “I feel confident saying that I am a person who makes their opinions known, and is not afraid to speak out against injustice when I see it. I care for our culture very deeply, and see the preservation of our language and other traditions for future generations as being my first priority. If working with the other members of the School Board, these would be my focuses when making decisions. Confidence in one's cultural identity translates to confidence in life.”
When Geo graduated from Dartmouth College and returned to the Indian Township reservation, they began to focus heavily on their weaving, and developing their own individual artistic style. Experimenting with their family's signature woven flowers mixed with natural elements of twigs and branches, Geo began forming what would eventually be known as their signature sculptural style of whimsical, elegant, traditionally-informed basketmaking.
“To my knowledge,” Neptune wrote on Facebook, “I am also the first Two-Spirit person to run for any kind of office in our community. I mention this because it is a big part of who I am; being transgender and non-binary is part of who I am, and part of who you would be electing, should you select my name.”
Neptune’s four year school board term begins October 1st, 2020."
A "two-spirit...indigenous cultural gender role that is a shared blend of both male and female, Geo uses they/them gender-neutral pronouns." Well, I hope "they" are very happy with themselves and their new job. I guess it's a good deal for the people of there since they get two public servants for the price of one. Perhaps it will help pay for all the new bathrooms the district will have to install for "them." LMAO.
seems reasonable philosophy of life for those of us whom engage in economic exchange with others for affection and sexual experiences.
They don’t expect me to change up my pronoun game. I could give a shit what anyone wants to consider themselves so long as it doesn’t hurt anyone especially children, but I’m not learning all that zim, zer, etc BS. Gay marriage, non-binary unions, gender fluid relationships, have at it. If they or anyone wants to think they’re some sort of hero for doing whatever they’re doing with their gender identification, they can kiss my hetero male ass.
I, too, don’t want to worry about what pronoun to use, and calling an individual “they” is so weird. A problem is That in a university setting one can get in trouble for not using an individual’s preferred pronoun when referring to him/her/they — I mean “it”.
I wouldn't survive a week, fuck that, I wouldn't survive an hour in a "university setting" where freedom of speech only extends to "approved" speech by the ruling elites.
and to think I used to hang out on Telegraph Ave in Berkeley way back then with my super liberal friends getting stoned out of our gourds, planning on how we were going to save the world. Somehow I don't think I would be welcome there anymore. Just like the Puritans way back when, it's ironic how quickly the oppressed become the oppressors.
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Someone noted this to be the number of available genders at last count on Facebook. Probably more by now. Color me stupid. Here, after all these years, I thought that there were only two. Boy, am I fucking stupid.
But one party/philosophy is drinking this kool-aid, and it isn't the Republicans/conservatives.
I was of the mind, not in my world, let sleeping dogs lay. Like some of the comments on this post, which I am not being critical of.
Well guess what, the sleeping dogs are howling, showing teeth, and will not accept anything less than a pound of flesh, no matter how enlightened one might be. I had this happen to me first hand on social media. Silence the opposition, stifle them and label them something horrible so thew will retreat and shut up.
I cannot make it any plainer than that. Don't care which party is at fault, it's out there.
what everyone was waiting for: the white, male, 70y/o+ point of view.
you're changing the world!!! hehe
byeeee
Could it be you are attracted to trans people but don't want to be?
Plenty of members here are so it's no big deal.
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He shouldn't take it personally, after all Caitlyn is younger than him and I bet "her" junk still works. roflmfao.
I suppose if "she" really was committed to becoming a woman she'd at least be planning the "snip snip" treatment that would make it permanent. Personally I think Bruce is just an attention whore, but if the OP likes her, who are we to judge?
Yep, as you can see he knows QUITE a lot about trannies.
I love allmost all lengths and styles Men's Hair
And you want to dress up as a woman great
The Man Bun is not one of them
lol
I had someone inform me recently that the true name for the "man bun" was twat knot.
The plan was to jump them and cut off their man buns.
Oh, the horror!
Man Buns Matter.........
Nah, I hate them as well.
man-buns are constitutionally protected against discrimination. Lispy speech is, but not the wearing of man-buns. Lol
I agree that I am of the mindset to “live and let live,” but changing the entire English vocabulary to appease a very small minority of people and forcing everyone else to have to use these gender terms or be shamed and ridiculed by the PC crowd is going way too far.
Just like Target opening up their bathrooms for transgender or binary genders and inconveniencing everyone else. I see what looks like a guy going into the women’s restroom at Target that my teenage daughter just went in. I have to wonder, is this person really a transgender type of person or is he/she actually a pedophile pervert who wants to see my teenage daughter sitting on a toilet? Inconveniencing everyone just for the sake of a huge minority is not the way to win their support.
I reported it and asked TER why they put it at the top of page 1.
Get a life, chickenshit.
...someone else replied to the 17 day old thread two hours before he did. He saw it but chose to reply to your OP instead. Either he or someone else then reported the thread to P&R who moved it to page one of P&R as a "new" thread. TER should have left the thread where it was - it was already 17 days old.
Hey, look at me - I'm perfectstorm jr!!
BLPOS, you're no Perfect Storm
That said, for a change you and the idiot OP are both right. After 17 days the thread was fine right where it was. It was certainly at least as "on topic" for GD as it is here on P&R
BFFs
I'm just here to keep this old thing going. I don't even know what it is about. But I never know.
And why anyone would read this board in Flat Mode is beyond me.
But isn’t that really beside the point? Why did you post this on the General Discussion Board in the first place?
This post (as I explained in the OP) was about "new-speak" about sexual orientation. What about that is hard to comprehend? All of it, I guess, to you, chickenshit.
when it’s obvious to anyone with common sense that it should have been posted to P&R.
I made it clear in my OP that I'd thought about posting it here but decided it was more of a sexual issue than a political one. And no one (except you) gave a shit for 17 days. I don't really give a shit even now, except that TER's position seems odd to me. Get over yourself.
What does the date of your original post have to do with the placement of your post? TER moved it because you misplaced it. That’s on you, not TER moderators.
Where I pointed out I'd thought about which board to put it on and decided it wasn't really a political post. Which it's not. So you AND TER both fucked up.
At least you're consistent, chickenshit.
You know the argument is weak when your FIRST line of defense is “it’s an old post”.
You fucked up and posted on the wrong board. Is it so hard for you to just own it and take the “L”? Is your ego that fragile?