Black Dog

Supporting an allies' defense against an imperialist aggressor is not "advocating for war" it's understanding that there's already a war on and we need to pick a side.

About that.... You know the actual numbers are in the report, including a breakdown by offence type. Of those 21% were for fraud, 23.5% for drugs. Like illegally border crossing, both of these strike me as crimes that are largely specific to the circumstances of the population and not the population in and of itself. Violent crimes represented 8.8% of the total, which is not all that disproportionate to the total population.

I'm not assuming any of that. I'm stating that there are numerous specific cases where a kid may not want their parents to know things about their gender or sexual identity because of the potential for abuse. The fact you can't address this specific scenario with anything but vague pronouncements about unnamed greater harms and slippery slopes tells me you don't really have an answer for what to do in such a case.

It wasn't my word choice, it was this guy's. No, thats not my argument, but you're gonna make up whatever bullshit you want anyway so what's the point?

Yeah I wouldn't want you to stop since posting on here is clearly the only thing you've got going on in your life as your post count shows.

Again, I don't see anyone saying he can't or shouldn't interview Putin. But if you're expecting anything orher than a different kind of fawning softball affair, you're ripe for a let down.

Sure why don't you dm me a picture of your supposedly banging wife I can crank it to and we can both walk away satisfied.

I'm getting close to sticking you on the old ignore list just to save myself from the second-hand embarrassment that comes with reading your pathetic self-aggrandizing cringeposts.

My man I'm not the one pretending some granny is a hot piece, come on.

A 30 year old what? Horse? I haven't seen anyone "freaking out about it".

I've named some very specific things that can and do happen to kids when their parents find out they're queer or trans, it's wild you can't actually name a specific harm that could come from withholding information on gender and/or sexuality from a potentially abusive parent. But what about potential abuse? I don't know why you can't address the fact that some kids might have legitimate reasons for not wanting their parents to know about this stuff but you would require teachers to tell parents regardless.

I grew up Catholic, went to Catholic school and church every Sunday and my conclusion after about 17 years was that it is all Bullshit. IDK the whole "suffering now for some potential reward in the hereafter" is kinda Christianity's whole thing.

Or maybe they're just that desperate, has that possibility crossed your mind at all?

You're ducking the question. What are the specific risks of not telling parents about their kids' gender identity when the kids don't want them to know? We know there's a non-zero risk of physical, mental or even sexual abuse, homelessness or worse. So what could be worse? Not all, maybe not even most, but definitely some. The most advanced and severe case of the Dunning Kruger effect i've ever seen, his brainpan should be studied by scientists.

Probably not but I'm still genuinely baffled by that guy's interpretation, like what on earth.

You can believe whatever hoodoo nonsense you want but you have no right to dictate how anyone else manages the end of their lives.

"such cases are very rare" what the hell are you talking about. Also Hell isn't real.

Ii is very funny how you think your owning me by constantly making yourself look dumb.

Should i call up your wife and hit that dusty old piece?

I watched my mom, a lifelong Catholic, die slowly of cancer and I didn't see that mfer Jesus anywhere in the months and days lading up to her death so you can stash that b.s. where the sun don't shine.

Unless you're currently suffering from a terminal illness that will lead to a slow and agonizing decline and death, this means absolutely nothing.

"Don't let people choose the manner of their own death, just keep them in a permanently doped up stupor until the clock runs down" is just so Christian.

What are the risks that are greater than physical or mental abuse and homelessness, specifically?

Funny how the person I replied to and with whom i'm having a very civil exchange with seems to have understood the question when you did not. I'm legitimately embarrassed for you here.

You're kinda glossing over the fact that legally requiring teachers inform parents of any changes to the student's gender identity/presentation regardless of the kid's wishes will result in a non-zero number of kids getting abused or kicked out of their homes. So I'm asking how you square your support for requiring parental notification in the event of name/pronoun changes with your desire to safeguard children from abuse. We're talking specifically about things like name changes or pronouns here. If John wants to be Jane and called she at school but doesn't want their parents to know, I would trust they have a good reason for not wanting that information to get out and no one, least of all Danielle Smith, should force teachers to reveal that information to parents without the kid's consent.