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

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  1. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Not in here. You can call people out there, especially celebrities such as politicians, movie stars and people in the news, but it wouldn't be fair to tarnish someone in here with that highly negative label.
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    I've actually been thinking about this after my discussion with @ABM tonight.

    Is hater a personal insult?

    I'm thinking it's not and here is why...

    People can hate lots of things, groups, and individuals.

    Saying someone hates a thing, group, or individual isn't necessarily bad or an insult.

    In this forum, there are lots of Laker haters.

    Currently, there are lots of Putin haters.

    As I mentioned before, you can be a hater of Nazis, pedophiles, rapists, etc.

    Yes, saying <insert S2 moniker> is a hater of gay people or minorities is insulting.

    But saying <insert S2 moniker> is a Laker hater or a tanking hater is not.

    What I have tried to do from the beginning is make the Personal Insult Rule very simple to explain and enforce.

    Adding Hater to that would require a hell of a lot of qualifiers and/or exceptions.

    Sure, the easy way would be to say if you say someone is a hater but if they disagree with that then it's a personal insult...

    But again, if you say, <insert S2 moniker> is a draft hater and they reply that they don't hate the draft, they just think we should trade our picks for veteran players, their disagreeing with being called a hater doesn't make calling them a hater a personal insult.

    So I sincerely do not think hater is a personal insult.

    What does everyone else think?
     
  3. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    I have looked personally at a backlog of Crandc's posts, and I could not find an instance of her calling ABM a hater.
     
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    Law bans any discussion K through 3. But also as anything ANY parent deems inappropriate through 12th grade. Just like don't make white people uncomfortable laws, forces teachers to censor themselves because they face criminal penalties if one bigoted parent complains.
    It also sets up special courts, under direct control of governor, to hear cases against teachers. Without protections of regular court system.
     
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  5. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Yet, I have provided ample reasons, context, while sharing personal stories to help define who I am, and what I stand for. Racist, hater, bigot, and the like, are not included in those definitions. Period.
     
  6. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Interestingly, I had a chat with Alex's "step-father" yesterday. We're gonna be visiting there this upcoming summer so we talked about all of that. We chatted about his company which we're invested in. Great stuff there. Anyway, I asked how Alex was doing. He said he's doing pretty OK, but still doing stupid teenage kid things. Stuff all parents deal with. I guess he's gonna be going to an outdoor camp of sorts. Not certain of all those aspects, but could be cool. I then also asked if he was still wanting to be a girl. Apparently, that's changed. He's had a lot of "fireside chats" of sorts with Peric (the dad) and has related a number of times that he loves women's breasts, and can't help masturbating to them numerous times a day. Peric is, like, "You go, dude!" OK, I just had to take the phone away from my ear, look at it, and go "huh?" It was a funny story. You had to be there. So, I guess that all to say, Alex is still confused about, and wading through, a lot of things. Bottom line, though, we'll all still support him no matter what paths he chooses to go down. We all love him very much, and he knows that. To me, that's key in all of this. Can't wait to see him.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Gotcha. I didn’t see that part when I tried to look it up. Thanks.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I am definitely a hater of some things. I am a laker hater. I am a husky hater. I am a…… raisins in stuffing hater.
     
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    Raisins in stuffing is GROSS!
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    My mother in law makes the same nasty stuffing every thanksgiving and I just want stove top. Is that so much to ask?
     
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    Make your own.

    "A feast this good deserves two kinds of stuffing!"
     
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    I hate mayonnaise with a passion. Some things I can eat to be polite. That I gag on.
     
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    But nobody called you any of those things.

    Again, this comes off as you trying to make yourself out to be a victim simply because people disagree with you and call out the things you support for what they are.

    You aren't a victim or oppressed in here. People have honest discussions and call out some of the people and policies you want to support and you take it personally.

    But there is nothing wrong with people calling those things out for what they are. If you don't like people calling things you support out you should probably examine why you support those things, or think twice about being public about supporting them.
     
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    Me too. Can't stand it. Used to like Miracle Whip, but lost my taste for that too.

    The only time I eat it is in deviled eggs.
     
  16. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Whoever thought it was a good idea to put mayonnaise on a hamburger should be severely punished.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Since mental illness has come up in this thread, I’m not entirely convinced that unwavering belief in religion isn’t a form of mental illness.
     
  18. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    You would be entirely wrong on that assessment.
     
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    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Well, regardless if anyone else in here cares about our family situation, or not, it's "real" life for us. Hence, my thread title.
     
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    I've never witnessed it, and I can find no evidence to support it.

    However, I will say that since there appears to be no evidence of it, if it happened it was obviously removed (also, an action I would support), which would mean this forum doesn't support anybody calling you those things.

    In which case, I don't understand what your problem is, or how you can be a victim, since the forum has (allegedly) deleted any evidence of such behavior.
     
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