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Students Are Pushing Back Against Gender Ideology In Their Schools

Saint Frankenstein

Here for the ride
Premium Member
There's always been members of every marginalized groups hoping to be 'the good one,' pulling up the ladder behind them for anyone who doesn't meet their standard of in group. Like, you're mad that people (both in and out the trans community) think being a politically conservative trans is self-defeating and harmful, but you trash talk the same community constantly, going on about how you dont identify with it and say you don't want to be part of it due to the sheer number of people who dont hold the same ideas you do. And you want to exclude anyone lower on the totem pole than you, including nonbinary trans or trans who don't have the same idea of passing. Like... are you surprised you don't get a glowing reception?
Go away. I really can't stand you. You're so rude to me and so arrogant, trying to speak for a community you're not even in. You're an example of why I can't stand "allies". You're not trans. Accusing me of made up bs like "passing privilege". Wtf. As if I have any control over what testosterone does to me. Ever since that crap, I don't really read your garbage.

Leave me alone, as I do to you, even though I find your stances harmful to trans people, seeing as they erase us and make the very concept meaningless. Stances like yours are the reason why LGBT acceptance is declining for the first time in years. Good job, "ally". I have nothing else to say to you, unless you want to get into a flame war.
 
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Kfox

Well-Known Member
I'd love to hear about all the things Antifa destroyed and killed. Surely you have definitive proof?
 

Saint Frankenstein

Here for the ride
Premium Member
"Like... are you surprised you don't get a glowing reception"

He's being honest. Saying what he wants to say, not what others think he should say. That IMO is what matters.
She's elected herself the spokesperson for trans people, even though she's not transgender. I'm harming trans people in her eyes by being a trans man who is a conservative. It's just intolerant leftist nuttery. Seriously, **** that.
 

ADigitalArtist

Veteran Member
Staff member
Premium Member
Go away. I really can't stand you. You're so rude to me and so arrogant, trying to speak for a community you're not even in. You're not trans. Accusing me of made up bs like "passing privilege". Wtf. As if I have any control over what testosterone does to me. Ever since that crap, I don't really read your garbage. You're an example of why I can't stand "allies". You're not trans. Leave me alone, as I do to you, even though I find your stances harmful to trans people, seeing as they erase us and make the very concept meaningless. Stances like yours are the reason why LGBT acceptance is declining for the first time in years. Good job, "ally". I have nothing else to say to you, unless you want to get into a flame war.
'Passing privilege' has never exited my mouth (or fingers). Because I don't have a passing standard. I absolutely do not resent you for you being happy with your body but I do resent how you treat other people, includinf trans people, you feel make trans meaningless, erase them as trans, or say they have no place in the community you only identify with when you're trying to shut opposition down. Kind of like 'no womb no opinion' style arguments which I also think are weak.

My nonbinary trans and trans masc women friends and associates aren't here to give their piece, but they exist, and they think you're rude and arrogant, and give the trans community a bad name cuddling up to the baseline conservative party that thinks you aren't valid. They're not extremist, they're typical.

Anyway, I know you can't ignore mods but you're free to just ignore me the standard way if I upset you that much.
 

Father Heathen

Veteran Member
You can't refute something so......
Change the subject!
Giving children puberty blockers and mutilating their bodies is wrong. It is evil.
Medical treatment is the subject, and by highlighting your two-faced hypocrisy, you were refuted.

Also, if anything is an evil mutilation of children, it's circumcision, so you're not in a position to speak.
 

Kfox

Well-Known Member
I don't condone violence. But let's look at these groups. Antifa claimed to fight fascists but given the small number of them they had to settle for white supremacists and far right extremists.
Then why don’t they go to the places rife’d with white supremacists and far right extremists, and destroy THOSE places? In my state, Seattle and Tacoma are 2 of the most liberal run, left leaning cities in the entire state; both cities with with liberal democrats in every position of power from Police chief to City Council members, to Mayor; and those are the major cities they chose to protest and destroy! If they are so intent on fighting white supremacy, who come they didn’t go to the small towns where everybody had Trump signs no their front lawns and confederate flags in the back of their Pick-ups, and raise hell there? Then I looked at other states and it seems they always seem to go to cities run by liberals, and riot there while looking the other way at the small towns run by republicans! Yeah; they might SAY antifa, but when you look at what they actually DO, it’s something totally different.
The fight for equality tends to also be a fight against prejudice. It is seldom a quiet and rational discussion. These are peoples lives in the balance and emotions fray. As a liberal I can say I have a great deal of pessimism about the future of the USA, and the basic liberties that we take for granted. For decades many have been frustrated that liberals are passive and get pushed around. Frankly I'm happy to see liberals get more aggressive and stand up for themselves against a growing far right sentiment that is willing to elect a criminal as president. These are dangerous people, and to save America, including trans kids, will require a lot of standing up against bigotry and hate.
I find it extremely ignorant to suggest all of the bigotry, prejudice, and hate is on the right and none on the left; it exists on both sides. The difference I see is, the extremes on the left seem to be extremely intolerant of opposing viewpoints to the extent of attempting to shut down discussions of those who do not agree with them; especially when it comes to College campus, and protests. I don’t see as much of this from the right.
 

Debater Slayer

Vipassana
Staff member
Premium Member
I foresee this trend growing larger.

"Students at a Massachusetts middle school showed their opposition to Pride month by chanting, “USA Are My Pronouns,” through the school halls and wore red, white, and blue clothing and face paint."......

"The growing trend goes back as far as 2021, when a 15-year-old went viral for a speech ripping into his school board for critical race theory-infused teachings in their curriculum.".....

"High school students in Ottawa, Canada, are also staging a walkout to protest what they saw as inappropriate content in their curriculums"....


The vandalism—not just a protest, but destruction of decorations set up by other students—was done by some students, who don't seem to constitute the majority sentiment at the school. The Pride event was organized by other students, but some of the outlets reporting the news make it sound like the school itself was forcing rainbow-themed items on students even though that didn't happen. The ones trying to impose on others were the vandals who didn't even have to participate in the first place.

BOSTON (AP) — School officials in Burlington are working to respond to a clash at a middle school where some students tore down rainbow decorations and chanted “USA are my pronouns,” as the school’s LGBTQ+ student group celebrated the beginning of Pride Month.

Students at Marshall Simonds Middle School organized the June 2 celebration — for which they distributed rainbow stickers, posted Pride signs and encouraged students to wear rainbow clothing.

 

Father Heathen

Veteran Member
What an utterly ridiculous comparison.

That dosent even come remotely close to legitimate medical conditions.
I trust doctors, psychiatrists, and medical experts moreso than I do random automatons who simply regurgitate whatever propaganda is spoonfed to them.

What's weird is that most of the hate toward LGBT is based on religious superstition. If I recall correctly, you're an atheist, so what's the basis of your bigotry?
 

tytlyf

Not Religious
None of those are Antifa. Just because conservative gossip media says something, doesn't mean it's true.
 

Father Heathen

Veteran Member
The vandalism—not just a protest, but destruction of decorations set up by other students—was done by some students, who don't seem to constitute the majority sentiment at the school. The Pride event was organized by other students, but some of the outlets reporting the news make it sound like the school itself was forcing rainbow-themed items on students even though that didn't happen. The ones trying to impose on others were the vandals who didn't even have to participate in the first place.



It isn't surprising that a conservative leaning article would distort or omit inconvenient details. It's also not surprising that conservatives would paint bullies and vandals as heroes.
 

Debater Slayer

Vipassana
Staff member
Premium Member
It isn't surprising that a conservative leaning article would distort or omit inconvenient details.

I find it unfortunate that the vandals shouted "my pronouns are USA" while directly violating the First Amendment of the Constitution on which their country was founded. One has to wonder what kind of "patriotism" their parents taught them considering how inconsistent and resentful it seems to be.
 

F1fan

Veteran Member
Then why don’t they go to the places rife’d with white supremacists and far right extremists, and destroy THOSE places? In my state, Seattle and Tacoma are 2 of the most liberal run, left leaning cities in the entire state; both cities with with liberal democrats in every position of power from Police chief to City Council members, to Mayor; and those are the major cities they chose to protest and destroy! If they are so intent on fighting white supremacy, who come they didn’t go to the small towns where everybody had Trump signs no their front lawns and confederate flags in the back of their Pick-ups, and raise hell there? Then I looked at other states and it seems they always seem to go to cities run by liberals, and riot there while looking the other way at the small towns run by republicans! Yeah; they might SAY antifa, but when you look at what they actually DO, it’s something totally different.
I'm not a member. I can't explain what their members do. I don't support violence. All my comments reflected was the broad attitudes of Antifa versus white supremacists and the far right. If there is going to be riots I would rather see property damaged rather than people hurt. The far right extremists exist to hurt people. That is all they stand for. They have no redeeming attitudes that aim to progress society. As noted many Antifa members have been violent, but their violence typically targets far right extremists.
I find it extremely ignorant to suggest all of the bigotry, prejudice, and hate is on the right and none on the left; it exists on both sides.
Feel free to make a list. As it is the right is far worse at this in recent years. Do you really want to compare the two, side by side? The right has a former president facing multiple indictments for crimes against the USA, and many republicans support him.
The difference I see is, the extremes on the left seem to be extremely intolerant of opposing viewpoints to the extent of attempting to shut down discussions of those who do not agree with them; especially when it comes to College campus, and protests. I don’t see as much of this from the right.
The only far left groups are fringe and there are no politicians that are part of it. Compare that to the right and the MAGAs who call out citizens for their crimes. Geatz just held an unofficial hearing that aimed to defend Jan 6 defendants.


The extreme on the right includes political leaders, but not on the left. You don't see anyone aligned and defending the Antifa members for their violence.

And you cite college campuses and protests? I am aware of some of the extreme and controversial events that colleges have cancelled, and to my memory these were cancelled due to the security problem rampant in far right extremism. Feel free to cite specific examples and how colleges were wrong to cancel events. Your broad brush victimization is not sufficient.
 

Father Heathen

Veteran Member
I find it unfortunate that the vandals shouted "my pronouns are USA" while directly violating the First Amendment of the Constitution on which their country was founded. One has to wonder what kind of "patriotism" their parents taught them considering how inconsistent and resentful it seems to be.
The conservative version of patriotism is shallow and superficial and has nothing to do with the actual virtues and values that (are supposed to) define this nation: rights, freedom, equality, justice, etc.

They engage in flag idolatry while loathing everything that the flag is supposed to stand for.
 

Debater Slayer

Vipassana
Staff member
Premium Member
The conservative version of patriotism is shallow and superficial and has nothing to do with the actual virtues and values that (are supposed to) define this nation: rights, freedom, equality, justice, etc.

They engage in flag idolatry while loathing everything that the flag is supposed to stand for.

To be fair, I've seen conservatives who believe in "live and let live" and don't believe patriotism means blind loyalty either. They just seem to be mostly drowned out by the loud and hateful extremists nowadays.
 
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