When Hamas barbarians attacked Jewish communities in Israel October 7, killing, raping, beheading, and burning 1,400 and kidnapping 240 the Fernandina Beach Pride group remained silent.
Yet because one person in Massachusetts was killed in 1999 in a still unsolved incident this local crowd demanded this week that the Fernandina Beach City Commission issue a proclamation “honoring transgender victims who were murdered because of their gender identity.”
They demanded that Fernandina Mayor Bradley Bean issue a proclamation about this isolated 1999 incident on the exact day (November 7) of the one month anniversary (October 7) of the slaughter of 1,400 people in Israel who were murdered precisely because of their identity – Jewish.
The slaughter of 1,400 people and kidnapping of more than 200, who may have family, friends, or acquaintances hereabouts, didn’t merit a peep from this radical group of locals who allege that they speak for oppressed gender-identity minorities. How does the pride crowd explain its lack of sympathy for Jewish victims of terrorism massacred only because of their identity?
Fernandina Beach Mayor Bradley Bean did the right thing by refusing to read the proclamation submitted to him. It would have been a dishonorable display by the city and a lack of sympathy for the worst atrocity against Jews since the Holocaust.
An article by a biased reporter with the fortunate name of Julia Roberts in the print News leader today, Friday November 10, stated that the purpose of the proposed proclamation, but failed to mentioned that the unsolved death of the transgendered person occurred in Massachusetts 24 years ago and not in Fernandina Beach as Roberts implied in her slanted piece. She also conveniently failed to mentioned that no motive has ever been determined by the police.
Mayor Bean deserves credit for refusing to issue the proclamation. He didn’t bow to pressure from a small minority concerning a disputed out-of-state death and make a statement that serves no purpose other than furthering a local minority group’s agenda while ignoring the recent massacre of 1,400 Jews.
Local attorney James Bruner calmly and logically spoke out in support of the mayor’s decision while a trio of the usual suspects took the mayor to task for declining the reading.
Despite the mayor’s reasonable stand, outlier and bellowing blowhard, Commissioner Chip Ross, volunteered to read the proclamation from a podium in front of the Commission. The next day his local comrade in chaos and controversy, California transplant Mike Lednovich, a pretend reporter for the pretend online sight-impaired news outlet Observer, penned a biased piece of blather headlined “Division and Insults Mar Solemn Proclamation.” Mike Phillips, a newcomer to the area who publishes this tripe, agreed as he permitted the Lednovich rubbish to appear.
City Commissioner Darron Ayscue is to be commended for calling this misguided group out correctly saying: “I will not support this proclamation. I believe this proclamation silences, out of fear, part of our community who is going to be labeled transphobic because they speak out on this proclamation. This proclamation also instills fear of a cancel culture. And, for those individuals who are scared to speak up, and many of them have spoken to me, I’m using my voice to speak for them.”
Does the local pride group understand that if the murderous Hamas savages ever got their hands on them they would be equally, if not more vicious? If the Islamic terrorists in Gaza were asked to read this crowd’s proclamation to their pals what do they think the response would be? Where’s the local pride group’s outrage about the Islamist attitudes and attacks toward their LGBTQ comrades in the Middle East?
Ignorant, and ill-informed are terms too feeble to explain the local pride crowd’s lack of empathy with 1,400 terrorist victims. This pathetic crowd was too busy pressuring the City Commission to read a proclamation bemoaning the unsolved mysterious death of one person in Massachusetts 24 years ago, that has no relationship to this area and whose death is still being investigated and its motive questioned.
It is outrageous that this group that believes that people can be any sex they want to be, is attempting to bully the city into believing it as well. Anyone who thinks that a person can change their genes on a whim or a wish, or a man can become a woman or vice versa by taking pills or surgery is, objectively, either ill-informed or delusional. They can’t. A man is a man and, a woman is a woman.
It’s unfortunate that a person in Massachusetts, who may have also believed he could change his sex was killed, no matter the reason. But it isn’t cause for Fernandina Beach, 1,500 miles from the scene of that alleged incident, to issue a proclamation.
I’m not Jewish but am more than shocked that the Fernandina community hasn’t spoken out against these terrorist barbaric acts in Israel and condemned the antisemitism sweeping across U.S. college campuses. Why not?
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The local Yuk, Yuk, Yuk trio
Trio Of Twits: Black Lives Matter supporter Mike Lednovich, tactless City Commissioner Chip Ross, and sight-impaired Observer Publisher Mike Phillips are a local trio that practice being unlikeable.
These three insisted that the city consider a proclamation concerning an issue that I’ve never once heard anyone hereabouts voice concern about and is still being disputed in the Massachusetts community where it took place, 1,500 miles from Fernandina Beach.
Lednovich leads this parade of dolts. In addition, his recent despicable doxing of local firefighter and City Commissioner Darron Ayscue in an Observer article demonstrates his ignorance and utter disdain for the community’s first responders.
What kind of warped mindset do you need to ignore the atrocities committed against children, women, the elderly, or anyone else yet concentrate your efforts on a mysterious death with no proven motive or perpetrator and then reveal personal information about one of our local firefighters?
Following is a letter I sent to Fernandina Police Chief Jeffrey Tambasco:
Chief Tambasco:
Having Mike Lednovich in any position in the city – paid or volunteer – is a disgrace. He intentionally publicly identified (doxed) a local emergency first responder. There are severe penalties for doing that.
I’m requesting that you remove him from serving as a “safety officer” and ask him to discontinue wearing a cap falsely identifying himself as a member of the Fernandina Beach Police Department.
As you probably already know doxing, or publishing a first responder’s sensitive identifying information, like their address, phone number, name, and more, is an effort to target that individual for harassment. Doxing a person is a means of bullying, retribution, or another motive that can result in severe consequences for the victim.
I also suggest that a letter be sent to Mike Phillips, who operates the “Observer,” the outlet used in this doxing incident, asking him to cease any further doxing actions.
Best regards,
Dave Scott
In a comment on this site last week an alert reader revealed that Commissioner Ayscue has legal grounds to bring charges against Lednovich for his reckless actions. He explained that “doxing” is short for “dropping dox (documents). It generally entails publishing on a public forum private “documents” or information about an individual.
According to his commentator “doxing” itself is not a crime – what it can lead to or what it represents can be criminally charged. For example, cyberstalking is illegal in Florida and codified in Florida Statute § 784.048(1)(d). Cyberstalking is classified as a first-degree misdemeanor and is punishable by up to 12 months of incarceration and a $1,000 fine.
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Pollcat! Results for the last week’s poll asking: “Should first responders personal information such as home addresses, phone numbers, etc. be made public?” was skewed by one individual.
Without this person the poll would have been “Yes” – 1 and “No” – 49 rather than 73 no votes and 49 yes votes. When it was discovered that one person was skewing the poll it was discontinued.
Every one of the “Yes” answers were submitted by one person using an automatic method of voting. The answers were in bunches, with each bunch about one minute or so apart, and sometimes at the exact same time.
This person is someone that has access to several host servers and is in the technology business. We are close to identifying the individual and until that happens there will not be any further polls. Once he person’s identity is known it will be made public.
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If You Thought The Ford Pinto Was Dangerous – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet! The Australian government has issued an official safety alert for ferries carrying electrical vehicles to raise awareness of the dangers posed by fires.
Their alert risks associated with fires on boats carrying onboard electric vehicles include:
- High voltage shocks
- Direct jet flames
- Fires develop in intensity quickly and rapidly reach their maximum intensity (typically within 2-3 minutes)
- Toxic gases
- Gas explosion (if the released gas accumulates for a while before being ignited)
- Long lasting re-ignition risk (can ignite or re-ignite weeks, or maybe months after the provoking incident)
- Once established fires are difficult to stop/extinguish
These are the same vehicles the U.S. government is endorsing and offering tax rebates to purchase.
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A Salute To Veterans: The American Legion Post 54 of Fernandina Beach will sponsor the downtown Veterans Day parade Saturday, November 11. The parade begins at 11 a.m. traveling from Central Park along Ash Street, then turns onto South Second Street, then east on Centre Street and back to Central Park.
Following the parade, a new brick paver park at the flag area in Central Park will be dedicated by Post 54 officials.
The public is invited to the Post at 626 South 3rd Street for hog dogs and hamburgers and music by Island Vibe from 1-4 p.m. The Honey Badgers will perform at the Post that evening beginning at 7 p.m.
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Local Literary Rock Star: Amelia Island resident Neal Freeman, one of America’s most impressive conservative commentators, who was present at the creation of modern conservatism, will be the speaker at the “We the People” event scheduled Monday, December 4, beginning at 5 p.m. For the location and additional information contact Deb Boelkes at 904-310-9602 or Deb.Boelkes@BWRising.com. RSVP before November 30. Hurry, as it will be packed.
Neal Freeman
If you have liberal tendencies don’t let Neal’s credentials frighten you away, as no matter your political persuasion, there’ s much to be gained from this extraordinary man’s insights and first-hand historical observations. Neal’s wit and ability to entertainingly describe American politics are just too much fun to pass up because of ideology.
The author of several books and National Review columns and other commentaries too numerous to mention here, Freeman is the writer we all wish we were and the speaker you wish would just keep going.
He worked side-by-side with the late William F. Buckley for many years, acting as a director of National Review for 38 years; served as that magazine’s Washington editor from 1978-1981; instigated WFB’s notorious TV show Firing Line; produced more than 1,000 nationally televised shows; was an executive with the Hearst Corporation; wrote for The American Spectator, The Weekly Standard, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, among others; founded a chain of weekly newspapers; and was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as Director of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He has won a variety of awards for journalistic excellence, including the George Foster Peabody Award, the Emmy and, for three consecutive years, the documentary medal of the International Film and Television Festival. He has also produced more than one hundred Presidential television appearances from the White House. He recently retired as chairman of The Blackwell Corporation. an advisory firm that serves clients in the communications, defense and wealth management businesses. Neal’s son, James Freeman, is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page.
I’ll see you there.
Dave: According to an article published in October 2022, “USAID has invested $150 million this past year to empower Palestinians to build thriving and resilient communities and promote inclusive development.” Naturally, Hamas uses the money to build a thriving and resilient community of tunnels under schools and hospitals, and promotes inclusive development of anything they can use to kill Israelis. The water and electricity in Gaza come from Israel, and Hamas decides how much of it actually gets anywhere near the civilian population. (They’ve been known to rip up water pipes to repurpose as missiles.) They commit serial barbarism without regard to the safety of their own population; and the useful idiots of the West accuse Israel of “genocide.”
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But let’s get back to our conversation where you were going to define what is “male” and what is “female”.
Again, I don’t know as much as you about these things, so I will assume you will say something like “males are born with XY chromosomes” and “females are born with XX chromosomes”, right? I mean, you DID say “there are only males and females” in your comments, right?
Is a person who is born with XY chromosomes – that’s a male, right? – but it’s called Swyer syndrome when their male body develops with normal female reproductive organs, including a uterus, fallopian tubes, and vagina.
You know far more than I do about these matters; are these transgender persons a male (because they were born with XY-male chromosomes) or are these persons who are males really female (because they are born with female reproductive organs; with a vagina)? Mr. Chisolm, would you tell me if these transgender persons are “supposed to”… “identify as”… a male, or as a female? Which bathroom would you make them use? In your opinion, who would you tell them they are “supposed to” be attracted to, or by, or who they should or may marry?
Is a person who is born with XX chromosomes – that’s a female, right? – but it’s called Chapelle syndrome when their female body develops with normal male reproductive organs including a working penis.
Gosh, Mr. Chisolm; I’m so confused! Is this person a female, because they were born with XX-female chromosomes; or are these persons who are really females a male because they are born with a penis? Sir, would you tell me if these transgender persons are “supposed to”… “identify as”… a female, or as a male? Which restroom would you make them use? In your opinion, who would you tell them they are “supposed to” be attracted to, or by; do you feel you are ordained to be the person to tell them who they must, or may, marry?
Mr. Chisolm, you and Mr. Scott each write with confidence to your expertise about “Transgender”, to your knowledge of these matters; I know you each know there are more than a dozen of these everyday variations for “sex” and “gender”; that there will be apx 100 such persons born across the U.S. (as Uncle Donald’s “very stable genius” so accurately discerned, that spells “us”) Today, as also will be Tomorrow and the next day and every day. Because of EDC’s (google: Endocrine Disruptor Chemicals), this number has been increasing over the last 5 decades and is certain to increase much more.
I hope you won’t be mean to these children, or cause difficulty and pain in their lives by working to deny those children… the medical attention they need now, not later. That would be the equivalent of your working to deny medical care to children with terminal cancer… “because they are not old enough to understand, or consent to, recommended medical treatment”. You might not know “children don’t consent to recommended medical treatment; their parents consent to Doctor’s recommendations following extensive exams and consultations. No child “consents” to an appendectomy; their parents, desiring to do what is best for their children, give their consent to a Doctor’s recommendations following extensive exams of the child by medical specialists. Transgender medical care is not any different: Children do not give consent to treatment; their parents do, following extensive exams of a child and consultations with medical specialists. This isn’t so difficult, is it?
As were so many others who are now adolescents or adults, all these transgender infants did was “get born”; none of them “chose” to be as they are or who they will become. Life is tough for everyone; especially for them. Children’s lives are being made incredibly more difficult because of the ignorance of bigots “who feel they know Everything”; because of persons who, with no medical education… feel they… should be able to tell these children’s doctors what is best for their patients “because they read something about “transgender” on Facebook just last week”.
Mr. Chisolm, would you tell me where a person’s “sex” and “gender” even IS? When I first read your comment, it seemed you were saying those are what are found between a person’s legs…
But that can’t be True, is it?
I mean, if you had an automobile accident today and your penis / testes were crushed and had to be removed, you would still be a Male, right? So your “maleness” can’t be in your penis! What if you had another accident, and your legs had to be amputated; you would still be a Male, right? Got it; so, your “maleness” isn’t in your legs either. If you fell out of your wheelchair and your arms had to be removed… still Male? I thought so. So, “maleness” isn’t in your masculine, powerful arms either. Gosh; another terrible accident… and your torso has to be amputated; but thanks to Modern Science, your head can be functionally preserved on top of a bottle of nutrients; are you still a Male? YES, YOU ARE! Mr. Chisolm, WE FOUND IT! Your self-perceived sex and gender… are inside your Brain, not in your penis!
From the above:
“It is outrageous that this group (1) that believes that people can be any sex they want to be, is attempting to bully the city into believing it as well. Anyone who (2) thinks that a person can change their genes on a whim or a wish, (3) or a man can become a woman or vice versa by taking pills or surgery is, objectively, either ill-informed or delusional. (4) They can’t. A man is a man and, a woman is a woman.
1. Neither Medical Science nor transgender people “believe that people can be any sex they want to be”;
a. Conversion therapy has been proven not to work on either Straight or Gay people;
i. A straight person cannot be made to become gay;
ii. A gay person cannot be made to become straight;
iii. A straight person cannot be ‘talked into’ becoming transgender;
iv. A transgender person cannot be ‘talked into’ becoming straight.
2. MedSci and TG persons recognize that people cannot change their genes – at least, not in the sense meant.
a. Medical Science does fully recognize that due to significant events or exposure to chemicals; genes can, will, and do permanently change in a person and/or in a population and those genetic changes will be passed to a persons children.
3. Both MedSci and TG persons recognize that a man cannot become a woman or vice versa by taking pills or via surgery
a. MedSci and transgender individuals each recognize that a “man” cannot be made into a woman and a “woman” cannot be made into a man. Transgender people are already the opposite gender; pills and surgery merely allow them to “fit” into the body they are born into.
4. “A man is a man and a woman is a woman” is a factual, accurate statement.
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Dave,
You may need to do more research into the idea that “A man is a man and, a woman is a woman.” While that is true for the vast majority of people, there are actually dozens of conditions that may cause gender to be less than certain in an individual. It’s estimated that the incidence of gender dysphoria is 0.5 to 1.3% of the population. To bring this into terms of our own county, which has a population of close to 100,000, that would be in the neighborhood of 500-1,300 people. Do a little research and you’ll find that yes, there are some people that aren’t clearly male or female, and it’s not just in their heads. As with any individual’s circumstances, it’s unkind and wrong to discriminate against someone because they’re different or to overlook, dismiss, or even condone, hatred and violence toward an individual because they aren’t what you think they “ought” to be.
Maybe you should do more research, there are only males and females:
NIH: “There are only two types of gametes, sperm cells (spermatozoa) and egg cells. There are no intermediate types of sex cells between sperm- and egg cells. By convention the larger type (egg cells) is called the female gamete, and the individual that produces them is the female. The smaller sperm cells are called male gametes, and the producers are called males.”
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But let’s get back to our conversation where you were going to define what is “male” and what is “female”.
Again, I don’t know as much as you about these things, so I will assume you will say something like “males are born with XY chromosomes” and “females are born with XX chromosomes”, right? I mean, you DID say “there are only males and females” in your comments, right?
Is a person who is born with XY chromosomes – that’s a male, right? – but it’s called Swyer syndrome when their male body develops with normal female reproductive organs, including a uterus, fallopian tubes, and vagina.
You know far more than I do about these matters; are these transgender persons a male (because they were born with XY-male chromosomes) or are these persons who are males really female (because they are born with female reproductive organs; with a vagina)? Mr. Chisolm, would you tell me if these transgender persons are “supposed to”… “identify as”… a male, or as a female? Which bathroom would you make them use? In your opinion, who would you tell them they are “supposed to” be attracted to, or by, or who they should or may marry?
Is a person who is born with XX chromosomes – that’s a female, right? – but it’s called Chapelle syndrome when their female body develops with normal male reproductive organs including a working penis.
Gosh, Mr. Chisolm; I’m so confused! Is this person a female, because they were born with XX-female chromosomes; or are these persons who are really females a male because they are born with a penis? Sir, would you tell me if these transgender persons are “supposed to”… “identify as”… a female, or as a male? Which restroom would you make them use? In your opinion, who would you tell them they are “supposed to” be attracted to, or by; do you feel you are ordained to be the person to tell them who they must, or may, marry?
Mr. Chisolm, you and Mr. Scott each write with confidence to your expertise about “Transgender”, to your knowledge of these matters; I know you each know there are more than a dozen of these everyday variations for “sex” and “gender”; that there will be apx 100 such persons born across the U.S. (as Uncle Donald’s “very stable genius” so accurately discerned, that spells “us”) Today, as also will be Tomorrow and the next day and every day. Because of EDC’s (google: Endocrine Disruptor Chemicals), this number has been increasing over the last 5 decades and is certain to increase much more.
I hope you won’t be mean to these children, or cause difficulty and pain in their lives by working to deny those children… the medical attention they need now, not later. That would be the equivalent of your working to deny medical care to children with terminal cancer… “because they are not old enough to understand, or consent to, recommended medical treatment”. You might not know “children don’t consent to recommended medical treatment; their parents consent to Doctor’s recommendations following extensive exams and consultations. No child “consents” to an appendectomy; their parents, desiring to do what is best for their children, give their consent to a Doctor’s recommendations following extensive exams of the child by medical specialists. Transgender medical care is not any different: Children do not give consent to treatment; their parents do, following extensive exams of a child and consultations with medical specialists. This isn’t so difficult, is it?
As were so many others who are now adolescents or adults, all these transgender infants did was “get born”; none of them “chose” to be as they are or who they will become. Life is tough for everyone; especially for them. Children’s lives are being made incredibly more difficult because of the ignorance of bigots “who feel they know Everything”; because of persons who, with no medical education… feel they… should be able to tell these children’s doctors what is best for their patients “because they read something about “transgender” on Facebook just last week”.
Mr. Chisolm, would you tell me where a person’s “sex” and “gender” even IS? When I first read your comment, it seemed you were saying those are what are found between a person’s legs…
But that can’t be True, is it?
I mean, if you had an automobile accident today and your penis / testes were crushed and had to be removed, you would still be a Male, right? So your “maleness” can’t be in your penis! What if you had another accident, and your legs had to be amputated; you would still be a Male, right? Got it; so, your “maleness” isn’t in your legs either. If you fell out of your wheelchair and your arms had to be removed… still Male? I thought so. So, “maleness” isn’t in your masculine, powerful arms either. Gosh; another terrible accident… and your torso has to be amputated; but thanks to Modern Science, your head can be functionally preserved on top of a bottle of nutrients; are you still a Male? YES, YOU ARE! Mr. Chisolm, WE FOUND IT! Your self-perceived sex and gender… are inside your Brain, not in your penis!
All I did was quote the National Institutes of Health (NIH) definition of a male and and female and according to the NIH, there are only 2. I’m not sure what your rambling incoherent reply to me says? Can you condense it down to something that is coherent, and find some credible source like the NIH that says sex and gender are inside your brain?
Sure; Thank You.
My reply was too long; I *tried* to be as thorough as possible for scientific accuracy, yet simplify my response so that it would be easy for a lay-person with no biomedical training to follow.
I’m going to apologize to you up-front; despite how I wrote the information, it was not meant to be condescending. I don’t know you and I’m quite accustomed to being treated in a very hostile manner.
I just sent a numbered response not to you personally – I gave up on trying to get the Bot to accept my letter; it kept saying “I just sent it!” even though I tried to do it in 5 parts, last first, so it might appear In Order.
Anyway; as is now showing above; the quote you provided wasn’t provided by the NIH (which does not make such quotes); it is a part of a portion of a quote from a 2018 article which I recalled because of its odd wording. The article’s name and web address now shows above. It’s NOT a “study”; it is someone’s Personal Opinion (or hypothesis) that Ca2+ ions “actually denote one’s sex”; I’m so dumb I thought that calcium ion channels always referenced skeletal musculature’s contracting, relaxing, and recovery, but what do I know?
I totally lost interest in the article some 20 pages in when it stated, “Gonads produce… sex cells and expel them from the body from physiologic necessity. But what is this necessity? The true reason is: To get rid of the abnormal-cancerous cells which the sex cells indeed are.” I’m sure that for most of us who enjoy absorbing scientific information… by the time we reach that line in the exceptionally boring article, we feel “I’ve read enough”.
I’ll gently remind you: it is not necessary to use words like “rambling incoherent reply”. If you have a sincere and mature adult interest in sharing Points of View and you have sincere questions/concerns; I’m All In; if you wish to be condescending and insulting… well, I won’t say what you can do, but I’m sure I’ve carried the point. You’re very welcome to ask anything you wish, and I’ll be more than happy to do my best to answer anything to your satisfaction. Any statement I make won’t be so much “my opinion” as it will the opinions of researchers from such prestigious Universities’ Medical Research Centers as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Oxford, Stanford, Grossman, Baylor, Boston Medical, Mayo, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, Vanderbilt, UCLA, UCSF, Cedars-Sinai, and more. My answers to questions generally won’t be MY opinions; I don’t do the hands-on research; my answers to questions will be THEIR opinions.
The Medical Specialists who, well, specialize in this stuff… tend to have 2 and sometimes more Advanced Degrees in Biology, Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, Molecular Chemistry, Medicine, Psychology, Neurology or Genetic Science.
Getting any of these degrees requires an exceptionally high degree of Intelligence: A degree in Biology, for example, includes proving one’s competence of state-of-the-art understanding of the genetic, molecular, biochemical, hormonal, cellular, physiological, behavioral, and psychosocial aspects of life. These Doctors will get an Undergraduate Degree with a 3.74 or higher GPA for four years of study to gain admission to Medical College – where they study an additional four years to get a Medical Degree. These Specialists then typically complete another two years of education to become Certified in Endocrinology or Genetics, or an additional four years getting a Psychology Degree if they become a Psychiatrist. Either way, they will have completed their education… after yet another 4 years of Residency in a renowned Hospital somewhere.
These Specialists in Transgender Medical Care… are not stupid people.
When I encounter persons who “know a lot more than I know”, I plead with, and invite them… to Please, help us! Please, do all of us a favor and give these top-tier research centers a call to correct their lack of knowledge about Transgender matters with the persons’ vastly more superior knowledge. I have complete confidence these centers’ Doctors… will consider themselves privileged… to hear from these persons; that the doctors will appreciate being corrected about their mistaken understandings… and want to hear someone’s more informed opinion about what *they* feel is the best medical approach for transgender children is, or about endocrinology, or about genetics, or whatever. Please, do give them a call!
In these conversations, I sometimes – OK; often – encounter persons who, with no medical education at all, are 100% convinced THEY KNOW MORE than do these persons who find this subject fascinating and devote a LOT of time to it; I tend to cut condescending, disrespectful conversations from know-it-alls short; I have learned that a person who knows Everything… is not capable of learning Anything, and I won’t waste my time conversing with anyone who is not interested in learning.
I feel pretty certain most people are not going to know more about Biology, Anatomy, Microbiology, Genetics or Organic or Molecular Chemistry than I know; if they know as much; then they already understand what Transgender is… and they and I will be on the same page. In other words, I’m reasonably certain that those who are condescending with their opinions… very likely don’t know more than I do.
Here’s an example: the other day someone with a know-it-all attitude stated there opinion that “Children should not be given Puberty Blockers until they are at least 18!” While they surely meant well, it obviously never occurred to the individual that children… are pretty much DONE WITH puberty by 18. That reflects the level of ignorance I often have to put up with.
As I mentioned, you’re very welcome to ask any question you wish; you CANNOT ask a ‘dumb’ question. As well, please do feel free to state any opinion you have heard that seems to make sense; if it’s correct I will affirm it; if it is not correct, I will state why not and, upon request, point you in the direction for CREDIBLE information. Thank you again for your interest.
Re: EV’s. Why can’t da gubamint let the free market determine choice ? Forcing the inflation-battered public to buy and maintain over-priced electric cars is what a totalitarian regime would be doing … maybe that’s where we are now.
We just need Dale Martin to return. I miss the ” Chip and Dale” sideshow. Oh, plus add the bartender back as mayor. He would of read the stupid. proclamation!!
I have made several comments regarding the trans victim day referring to the fact that the majority of trans people murdered are in sex work- Lednovich hid all of my comments referring to the dangerous sex industry most murdered trans partake in. They want you to believe these are random acts are “hate” when in fact, their line of work is causing them to have a slightly higher rate of murder.. maybe they need to have job fairs that helps trans pick other professions besides sex work. Then again they just want to claim to be victims- they don’t want solutions
Two salutes. One for the marine corps birthday today. The second for Veterans Day tomorrow.
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Well, that didn’t come out right. I also salute our veterans.
Can we have a proclamation read at the next meeting honoring those that were murdered by a trans person at the school in Nashville? I wouldn’t think so. The deranged would be up in arms.
I’m saluting you as a veteran, Dave. Thank you for your service.
Don’t forget the Aberdeen and Denver mass murderers – both Transgender tooo
Since their seems to be a reason to have a proclamation for this supposed counter culture individual’s death in Ma. years ago, how about a proclamation for the questionable executions for Sacco and Vanzetti? If every anniversary of any event across the world becomes noteworthy of a proclamation here, the entire meeting will become a cacophony of proclamation chatter diminishing impact from each. But of course one particular interest group here would care less as long as their sexual dystopia is represented.
I only wish that Mayor Bean hadn’t waffled. There were many who contacted him to state that they objected to issuing this proclamation. The behavior of those who went from celebrating Commissioner Ross desperately trying to turn his words into a proclamation to vilifying a Commissioner who represented the beliefs of many in the community was the only darkness in the room. Why are there no citations of those who spoke in support of Mayor Bean or the invocation which resulted in the pastor, who prayed, being verbally abused by members of the Pride community? I guess, why be fair and balanced if it doesn’t make your point. I also posit that acceptance, respect and love seems to only flow one way!