This, to me, is the million dollar question: “Will the Democratic Party keep sleepwalking in their current direction, or will they wake up to their own reckoning?” Ben made a comment on the most recent Informed Dissent that spoke for me, volumes. I will likely paraphrase it incorrectly, for which I hope I can be forgiven, but it went something like this: “These people are morons. They need to catch up with where we are.”
What I am finding, even now that the Democrats have been handed their heads on a platter, is that most people in my social circle and neighborhood remain in the dark/unable to digest that the Democrats are wrong about these issues—even those with whom I have had conversations about this over time. The news ecosystems people choose to live within of course perpetuate this, as does the continued refusal of almost all Democratic electeds to change course, substantively, and to do it out loud. So, for me, the question remains, even now, how to break through without having people run for the exits because it so disrupts their view of what is liberal and what is conservative. On this, I remain at a loss.
I love this. But I think this ‘trans’ and gender, and ‘born in the wrong body, you can change sex and everyone must accept it’ obsession goes way beyond the democratic party of the USA. Don’t forget the powerful billionaires all around the world pushing a global agenda of gender and technology and who knows what else on our entire world.
I fear that SCOTUS will attempt to recoup some of the political capital it recklessly squandered with its Dobbs decision overruling Roe v Wade by ruling in favor of so-called "trans kids." I sure hope I am wrong about this. The Court's grossly misguided decision that found the Civil Rights Act protects trans people from employment discrimination is what causes me the greatest worry.
I agree about SCOTUS though am crossing my fingers. I think our side often forgets there are a contingent of right-leaning (and maybe even some left-leaning) parents who are so homophobic that they would prefer to "trans" their children rather than have a gay son or lesbian daughter. Kind of like some doctors at the GIDS in the UK thought the same about parents who brought their children there for "gender affirming care," i.e. better that than let them grow up gay. Of course the whole idea of drastically messing with a child's health is wrong, no matter which side commits the wrong.
This, to me, is the million dollar question: “Will the Democratic Party keep sleepwalking in their current direction, or will they wake up to their own reckoning?” Ben made a comment on the most recent Informed Dissent that spoke for me, volumes. I will likely paraphrase it incorrectly, for which I hope I can be forgiven, but it went something like this: “These people are morons. They need to catch up with where we are.”
What I am finding, even now that the Democrats have been handed their heads on a platter, is that most people in my social circle and neighborhood remain in the dark/unable to digest that the Democrats are wrong about these issues—even those with whom I have had conversations about this over time. The news ecosystems people choose to live within of course perpetuate this, as does the continued refusal of almost all Democratic electeds to change course, substantively, and to do it out loud. So, for me, the question remains, even now, how to break through without having people run for the exits because it so disrupts their view of what is liberal and what is conservative. On this, I remain at a loss.
I wrote two articles about the impact of PBs on intellectual and executive functioning.
Here's Part 1:
https://x.com/Psychgirl211/status/1812912510061735973
Thank you! May 2025 be the Year of Reason and Honesty.
“Families are going to ask why you fought to keep such a harmful experiment going.”
This.
I love this. But I think this ‘trans’ and gender, and ‘born in the wrong body, you can change sex and everyone must accept it’ obsession goes way beyond the democratic party of the USA. Don’t forget the powerful billionaires all around the world pushing a global agenda of gender and technology and who knows what else on our entire world.
I fear that SCOTUS will attempt to recoup some of the political capital it recklessly squandered with its Dobbs decision overruling Roe v Wade by ruling in favor of so-called "trans kids." I sure hope I am wrong about this. The Court's grossly misguided decision that found the Civil Rights Act protects trans people from employment discrimination is what causes me the greatest worry.
I agree about SCOTUS though am crossing my fingers. I think our side often forgets there are a contingent of right-leaning (and maybe even some left-leaning) parents who are so homophobic that they would prefer to "trans" their children rather than have a gay son or lesbian daughter. Kind of like some doctors at the GIDS in the UK thought the same about parents who brought their children there for "gender affirming care," i.e. better that than let them grow up gay. Of course the whole idea of drastically messing with a child's health is wrong, no matter which side commits the wrong.