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  1. Alceste

    Stuff Republicans say.

    He didn't invade Iran. The next republican president very probably will.
  2. Alceste

    Explain Why You aren't Responsible

    Wasn't me! I got hacked.
  3. Alceste

    Politically Acceptable Racism

    Most countries , including yours and mine, already restrict immigration from certain regions. It's not exactly on the basis of race, but close enough.
  4. Alceste

    What's a "Purple Penguin"?The gender inclusive name for boys & girls in Nebraska public schools

    Tea Partiers hate the concept of gender diversity and are outraged that teachers have the right to make their classrooms safer, more comfortable places for LGBTQ kids.
  5. Alceste

    What's a "Purple Penguin"?The gender inclusive name for boys & girls in Nebraska public schools

    Exactly. The adjectives "masculine" and "feminine" are here to stay, regardless of whether we personally bundle physical sex and gender expression together or not. As long as one end of that spectrum is not thought to be superior to the other, I don't see the problem.
  6. Alceste

    What's a "Purple Penguin"?The gender inclusive name for boys & girls in Nebraska public schools

    See, I'm fine with you identifying as a man. But I'm also fine with other people identifying as something else, or something in between. Or a little of both. I've been a little overwhelmed myself by the proliferation of labels in the LGBTQ community, but if those categories are useful to people...
  7. Alceste

    What's a "Purple Penguin"?The gender inclusive name for boys & girls in Nebraska public schools

    Of course it doesn't pretend gender doesn't exist. It is all about gender. It presents gender as a spectrum and differentiates between physical gender, gender identitification, gender association and sexual orientation. Hardly anyone lives at either extreme of all four categories. For example...
  8. Alceste

    What's a "Purple Penguin"?The gender inclusive name for boys & girls in Nebraska public schools

    So what part do you disagree with, specifically, and why?
  9. Alceste

    What's a "Purple Penguin"?The gender inclusive name for boys & girls in Nebraska public schools

    Actually, if you click the link to the pamphlet, you'd agree with it. It's only 3 pages, but it supports much of what you're saying. It's not about transgender people specifically.
  10. Alceste

    Edward Snowden - Revoltingistan's Human Of The Year

    Both of you, badger's second link is to Information released by the government in response to an FOI request. It's not confidential, it's not a leak, it's not propaganda, it's authentic interdepartmental communications a democratic government was obliged by law to release on request. And no...
  11. Alceste

    Explain Why You aren't Responsible

    I'm not responsible because I don't do stuff. So if some stuff got did, it can't have been me what did it.
  12. Alceste

    Edward Snowden - Revoltingistan's Human Of The Year

    I read the article. It seems to me that if the NSA leaks had any impact on the safety of hostages or the ability of intelligence operatives to locate terrorists, there would be some evidence of this. But hostages were being beheaded in Iraq long before the leaks. It took a decade to locate bin...
  13. Alceste

    Edward Snowden - Revoltingistan's Human Of The Year

    Yup. Snowden for the win. Looking forward to Greenwald's coverage of the second whistle blower. Probably just got myself on the watch list for saying so lol.
  14. Alceste

    Why are you interested in debating?

    Cureus, I don't cling to beauty. When we cling to beauty, ugliness clings to us. One cannot exist without the other. If you don't want to be troubled by the ugliness in the world, let go of your attachment to beauty. Free Taoist advice. :D
  15. Alceste

    What's a "Purple Penguin"?The gender inclusive name for boys & girls in Nebraska public schools

    Hehe. I suppose I'll have to transgress again. ;)
  16. Alceste

    What's a "Purple Penguin"?The gender inclusive name for boys & girls in Nebraska public schools

    At the risk of introducing an authentic idea into a nonsense thread, I'd like to suggest that a gender binary teaching environment stinks for many people other than trans people. When I was in school, they used to have a class where all the boys went to shop (building awesome fun stuff) and all...
  17. Alceste

    What's a "Purple Penguin"?The gender inclusive name for boys & girls in Nebraska public schools

    How is it that out of this whole thread, only the two of us recognized this story as complete horse puckey on sight, while everyone else is discussing it as if it were true? As a former teacher from a family of teachers, it amazes me what nonsense people are willing (possibly even eager) to...
  18. Alceste

    What's a "Purple Penguin"?The gender inclusive name for boys & girls in Nebraska public schools

    You called them "kids" instead of "boys and girls" twice in this very post. How does it feel to be ridiculous? ;)
  19. Alceste

    What's a "Purple Penguin"?The gender inclusive name for boys & girls in Nebraska public schools

    Yeah, they haven't outlawed pronouns.
  20. Alceste

    What's a "Purple Penguin"?The gender inclusive name for boys & girls in Nebraska public schools

    Sugar totally misunderstood the "Purple Penguins" thing. It's only an example of a way to create groups by coming up with a team name of some kind, instead of "boys vs. girls". But that's far too trivial a suggestion to get histrionic about. Tea Partiers thrive on outrage, and they're willing...
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