jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm honestly starting to wonder if conservatism is a form of mental illness.

Cruz is being rational in his situation. I keep saying this, but Republicans have nothing to run for, they can only run against. They have to have enemies, they have to believe they are the victims. If Cruz wants to get reelected, he has to make sure his constituents are afraid of their own shadows. You might think that in the middle of the Texas desert you might be safe, but you never know when an airliner flown by a transgender pilot might crash into you.

What if one of your sons was on the spectrum and also had a life-threatening physical disease and announces out of the blue that he is transgender and that taking medication to aid in transition was going to make that disease worse, and very possibly kill him in young adulthood? You have never seen any
signs of gender confusion, even in early childhood. Do you not even ask questions?

You have come up with a huge number of hypotheticals in order to justify discrimination.

I am not sure what I would do but I certainly would not want Republican governors interfering in his medical care or Republican Senators prohibiting him from taking certain jobs.

Actually, this is the EXACT situation with my own kid, and the pressure on his psychiatrist and other MDs are immense to support gender transition at all costs, or they risk losing their license. Just like what happened with Covid (and to a degree, still happening). Ask questions, try to save a life using drugs off-label (which is VERY common in medicine btw) and you are done for. That, my friend, is political pressure and it’s NOT the republican doing it.

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t call this a troll post, but is there such a thing as a punching bag post? Clearly the Uber liberal demo or DCUM will quite enjoy telling each other how rotten conservatives are. So evil! So dumb!

So stop being so rotten.

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm honestly starting to wonder if conservatism is a form of mental illness.

Cruz is being rational in his situation. I keep saying this, but Republicans have nothing to run for, they can only run against. They have to have enemies, they have to believe they are the victims. If Cruz wants to get reelected, he has to make sure his constituents are afraid of their own shadows. You might think that in the middle of the Texas desert you might be safe, but you never know when an airliner flown by a transgender pilot might crash into you.

Agree. The Republican platform is fear. They can’t really run on accomplishments so they get voters to the polls on fear.

Anonymous wrote:Republicans are just completely unhinged these days. I mean, WTF is this?



I'm honestly starting to wonder if conservatism is a form of mental illness.

Today people can’t be pilots. Tomorrow, trans people can only be prostitutes.

I wouldn’t call this a troll post, but is there such a thing as a punching bag post? Clearly the Uber liberal demo or DCUM will quite enjoy telling each other how rotten conservatives are. So evil! So dumb!

Anonymous wrote:Republicans are just completely unhinged these days. I mean, WTF is this?



I'm honestly starting to wonder if conservatism is a form of mental illness.

As if gender, sexual orientation or religious beliefs ever had anything to do with learning how to fly a plane. I mean, maybe if you were a wacky flat earther evangelical who didn't believe in the theory of gravity (reference to RW NJs trying to ban teaching of "scientific theories" or flat earth creationists who didn't believe the earth was truly a spheroid, you might have a problem, but otherwise it has nothing to do with anything.

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm honestly starting to wonder if conservatism is a form of mental illness.

Cruz is being rational in his situation. I keep saying this, but Republicans have nothing to run for, they can only run against. They have to have enemies, they have to believe they are the victims. If Cruz wants to get reelected, he has to make sure his constituents are afraid of their own shadows. You might think that in the middle of the Texas desert you might be safe, but you never know when an airliner flown by a transgender pilot might crash into you.

Hey, you democrats are all about science.

Let's talk about pilots or air traffic controllers of anyone else that has many lives depending on them...

What is the suicide rate of transgenders vs. those that aren't?

Interesting argument. You make a group of people's lives so miserable that they commit suicide in large numbers and then you justify making them even more miserable because they commit suicide in large numbers. This Republican science!

Or maybe it's a mental issue and having a large number of people's lives dependent on that is bad judgement. They might also be the source of their own misery.

Yet you blame someone else. If a transgender has regrets after their operations and they often do, why is that someone else's fault?

Why should they be in a position of high trust?

If a transgender what? Your sentence is unclear because it is missing the subject. Can you come back and fix and then we’ll understand the sentence. Thanks

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm honestly starting to wonder if conservatism is a form of mental illness.

Cruz is being rational in his situation. I keep saying this, but Republicans have nothing to run for, they can only run against. They have to have enemies, they have to believe they are the victims. If Cruz wants to get reelected, he has to make sure his constituents are afraid of their own shadows. You might think that in the middle of the Texas desert you might be safe, but you never know when an airliner flown by a transgender pilot might crash into you.

Ted Cruz obviously despises himself, his family, and his constituency. His whole life is cosplaying as a macho Texas alpha dude and he is wholly unconvincing in the role. Who believes any of his bullshit?

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm honestly starting to wonder if conservatism is a form of mental illness.

Cruz is being rational in his situation. I keep saying this, but Republicans have nothing to run for, they can only run against. They have to have enemies, they have to believe they are the victims. If Cruz wants to get reelected, he has to make sure his constituents are afraid of their own shadows. You might think that in the middle of the Texas desert you might be safe, but you never know when an airliner flown by a transgender pilot might crash into you.

Hey, you democrats are all about science.

Let's talk about pilots or air traffic controllers of anyone else that has many lives depending on them...

What is the suicide rate of transgenders vs. those that aren't?

Interesting argument. You make a group of people's lives so miserable that they commit suicide in large numbers and then you justify making them even more miserable because they commit suicide in large numbers. This Republican science!

Or maybe it's a mental issue and having a large number of people's lives dependent on that is bad judgement. They might also be the source of their own misery.

Yet you blame someone else. If a transgender has regrets after their operations and they often do, why is that someone else's fault?

Why should they be in a position of high trust?

What do regrets have to do with this situation? Do you have evidence that those who have transitioned have regrets in large numbers? All available studies suggest just the opposite. Maybe you should not get a job on which people's live depends because you seem to have your own bad judgement?

Do you regret being so closed-minded that you blame others for your own fears and lack of understanding?

There is no rational basis for being afraid of transgender pilots. Cruz says the things he does to appeal to people like you. As I said, he is not being irrational because clearly people like you exist.

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm honestly starting to wonder if conservatism is a form of mental illness.

Cruz is being rational in his situation. I keep saying this, but Republicans have nothing to run for, they can only run against. They have to have enemies, they have to believe they are the victims. If Cruz wants to get reelected, he has to make sure his constituents are afraid of their own shadows. You might think that in the middle of the Texas desert you might be safe, but you never know when an airliner flown by a transgender pilot might crash into you.

What if one of your sons was on the spectrum and also had a life-threatening physical disease and announces out of the blue that he is transgender and that taking medication to aid in transition was going to make that disease worse, and very possibly kill him in young adulthood? You have never seen any
signs of gender confusion, even in early childhood. Do you not even ask questions?

You have come up with a huge number of hypotheticals in order to justify discrimination.

I am not sure what I would do but I certainly would not want Republican governors interfering in his medical care or Republican Senators prohibiting him from taking certain jobs.

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm honestly starting to wonder if conservatism is a form of mental illness.

Cruz is being rational in his situation. I keep saying this, but Republicans have nothing to run for, they can only run against. They have to have enemies, they have to believe they are the victims. If Cruz wants to get reelected, he has to make sure his constituents are afraid of their own shadows. You might think that in the middle of the Texas desert you might be safe, but you never know when an airliner flown by a transgender pilot might crash into you.

Hey, you democrats are all about science.

Let's talk about pilots or air traffic controllers of anyone else that has many lives depending on them...

What is the suicide rate of transgenders vs. those that aren't?

Interesting argument. You make a group of people's lives so miserable that they commit suicide in large numbers and then you justify making them even more miserable because they commit suicide in large numbers. This Republican science!

Or maybe it's a mental issue and having a large number of people's lives dependent on that is bad judgement. They might also be the source of their own misery.

Yet you blame someone else. If a transgender has regrets after their operations and they often do, why is that someone else's fault?

Why should they be in a position of high trust?

If a black has regrets?
If a poor has regrets?
If a depressed has regrets?


See how you sound?

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm honestly starting to wonder if conservatism is a form of mental illness.

Cruz is being rational in his situation. I keep saying this, but Republicans have nothing to run for, they can only run against. They have to have enemies, they have to believe they are the victims. If Cruz wants to get reelected, he has to make sure his constituents are afraid of their own shadows. You might think that in the middle of the Texas desert you might be safe, but you never know when an airliner flown by a transgender pilot might crash into you.

What if one of your sons was on the spectrum and also had a life-threatening physical disease and announces out of the blue that he is transgender and that taking medication to aid in transition was going to make that disease worse, and very possibly kill him in young adulthood? You have never seen any signs of gender confusion, even in early childhood. Do you not even ask questions?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You think Lee Atwater or William Buckley were nice?

Atwater changed when he was dying from a brain tumor.

Dig a little deeper that’s a fairy tale about Lee. Great campaigner though. RIP

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm honestly starting to wonder if conservatism is a form of mental illness.

Cruz is being rational in his situation. I keep saying this, but Republicans have nothing to run for, they can only run against. They have to have enemies, they have to believe they are the victims. If Cruz wants to get reelected, he has to make sure his constituents are afraid of their own shadows. You might think that in the middle of the Texas desert you might be safe, but you never know when an airliner flown by a transgender pilot might crash into you.

Hey, you democrats are all about science.

Let's talk about pilots or air traffic controllers of anyone else that has many lives depending on them...

What is the suicide rate of transgenders vs. those that aren't?

Interesting argument. You make a group of people's lives so miserable that they commit suicide in large numbers and then you justify making them even more miserable because they commit suicide in large numbers. This Republican science!

Or maybe it's a mental issue and having a large number of people's lives dependent on that is bad judgement. They might also be the source of their own misery.

Yet you blame someone else. If a transgender has regrets after their operations and they often do, why is that someone else's fault?

Why should they be in a position of high trust?

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm honestly starting to wonder if conservatism is a form of mental illness.

Cruz is being rational in his situation. I keep saying this, but Republicans have nothing to run for, they can only run against. They have to have enemies, they have to believe they are the victims. If Cruz wants to get reelected, he has to make sure his constituents are afraid of their own shadows. You might think that in the middle of the Texas desert you might be safe, but you never know when an airliner flown by a transgender pilot might crash into you.

Hey, you democrats are all about science.

Let's talk about pilots or air traffic controllers of anyone else that has many lives depending on them...

What is the suicide rate of transgenders vs. those that aren't?

Seriously?