OT "I'm Dealing With A Few Transgender Issues"

Haven’t seen it but now I wonder… do the Roman’s crucify Buzz Lightyear or something?

 

What, pray tell, is your reasoning for this? I really want to know.

 

Because, some message boards aside, I'm a nice guy who gets along well with everyone. There's no reason to believe you wouldn't like me in real person.

 

We know your views for one. You used to be a lot nicer. I don't know what happened to this newer version.

 

I have friends with whom I disagree in various issues, but I can never be friends with anyone who does not consider me an equal human being. Someone who says men must be able to force their will in my body. Those who say I should not have civil rights.

 

I find people who compliment themselves very suspect....doesn't matter what "msg board" you single out. You want to remove civil rights from women and ban books...nice guys don't do that and no woman or gay person I know is going to like you for it. Harsh reality but......you may be the best nice guy actor on the planet but substance matters . For the record Trump says the same thing all the time....everybody loves me! Especially myself! You can however actually try to change those things and then I'm sure you'd be a "nice guy"....choices...make better ones!

 

Not to burst your bubble, but people do love me in person. It's because I am loveable.

Shoot, ask Sly Dog, Lanny, and plenty of others. You may not agree with my politics, but you can love me just the same.

 

To burst your bubble....I'm fully expecting you to start talking about crowd size any moment....if Sly and Lanny love you, well....that's two ..one of whom is a dog. Try to stop stroking your own ego and let others compliment you. You don't need to lead that charge. As I said....it sounds like door to door sales talk to me.

 

Good. Let it be so, then.

 

Hearing ABM talk about how nice he is .... Like Trump, sure, always talking about how great he is. But much more Dylan's Positively Fourth Street

 

Being nice and being kind are two very different things.

 

Would you mind explaining where I'm not being kind? Asking questions and learning to understand some things is not not being kind.

 

Supporting evil and damaging policies is not kind.

 

You have been told already by many people but you don't want to face it...your response has always been..."Neat story" or some other rude way of discounting people who've taken the time to explain what's wrong with your alpha male of the month...aka Trump and now DeSantis...people who are genuinely interested in understanding others don't hide from topics with propaganda from guys like Trump or DeSantis. Neither of whom reflect these true "Christian" values you like to go on about. Clearly your view of what "nice guys" do is guided by public figures who don't care about anyone but themselves. You're free to be one of their cult members but understand that's what you're doing . Since you were irresponsible with your sperm so many times...and you want abortion illegal...you as a born again whatever really need to go into child care full time.

 

For many, many people, politics is a lot like sports. They have a favorite team, they root for that team and against the other teams, and they rub their wins in the faces of their friends who are fans of the other team. Lots of funny needling and good-natured ribbing.

My existence as a trans person, as a gay person? Entirely politicized.

People are fighting over my right to exist in public, my right to exist at all.

So, I have to be very careful with whom I choose to spend my time. For me, knowing someone's political preferences is one aspect of a larger safety issue. It's like Van Halen with the green m&m's: if they can't trust a venue to read the rider, how can they trust they built the stage to safety spec?

Knowing, essentially, someone's opinions on politicians and policy is much more indicative of how they'll treat me when the chips are down and three guys in Southeast jump out of a pickup truck with intent to attack a trans woman.

Sure, people say lots of things about how they love the sinner and hate the sin, or how they only vote for someone because of this other policy over here, and they are all very nice when they say it. But that's like going on stage when the green m&m's are still in the bowl.

If I can't trust what a person says, how can I trust them in safety situations? And again, any public appearance is a safety situation. I am never off-guard. How can I let my guard down for you?

It's more than politics; among leftists there are plenty of very mice garbage people who say one thing and abandon you in a crisis. My ex-wife, thankfully, was honest and obvious when she said, "you can wear what you want but if you get harassed when we're out, I'm taking the kids and driving home." It helped more easily evaluate my safety around her.

ABM, I am sure you are a nice guy. And likable. But I look at your opinions on policy, and they are unkind towards people like me. You've already failed the green m&m test. There's no way in hell I would meet you in person.

You might be nice, but I feel unsafe around you.

 

I wanna say, too: this thread is 18 months old, and some of the shit that's in those early posts means more than a few of you are in the same boat as ABM.

 

OK, if you're going to base your entire opinion of me around my political preferences, I can't really do anything about that. So be it. Actually, though, I was thinking you were basing it on something I've said to you (or others) in here.

BTW, the Van Halen rider involved the brown M&M's (just in case you were checking to see if I were paying attention to your post. )