Today, I made North Carolina history. I have become the first openly-transgender person in state history to seek election to our State Legislature.
I am running because I dare to dream what may be possible rather than accept what is.
What is
600,000 North Carolinians lack even the ability to access basic healthcare, because of cost. We can do better. Our Legislature refuses to even discuss expanding Medicaid, preferring that over 1/2 a million of our citizens go without healthcare. That taxes we pay to Washington partly fund the expanded Medicaid program in 33 other states.
They would prefer our rural health clinics, doctors and hospitals struggle to remain open, rather than increasing the number of people able to visit them, enabling them to remain solvent and continue to serve the rural population.
What is
A severe shortage in school support staff, especially school counselors and nurses. If our children are not able to stay healthy, they cannot learn. This is an injustice. We can and must do better.
What is
We are working off our third set of maps in five years, because the NC-GOP is incapable of drawing District maps that comply with the free and fair election provisions of the NC Constitution. It is beyond time we took the map-drawing duties out of the hands of elected officials with a vested interest in the outcome, and placed them in the hands of a non-partisan citizen’s redistricting committee which would draw maps that the Legislature can then vote on without amendments.
Gerrymandering is bad, regardless of which Party engages in it, and it deprives citizens of one of the most important rights a citizen has…the ability to cast a ballot that matters; the ability to hold their elected officials accountable.
What is
Is a state with a large agricultural economy – placed at disadvantage, because our government forbids local governments from buying or leasing equipment to provide broadband access to citizens in rural areas the private companies refuse to serve.
Economic development does not come to areas unserved by broadband, health records are increasingly transmitted via the Internet, and the latest precision agricultural equipment depends on a broadband signal. lack of this hurts our farmers and hurts our economy. This is the rural electrification of our century.
What is
A majority Party in our Legislature that refuses to hold votes when they know the votes will not go their way, rather than coming to the table to negotiate in good faith with the minority Party. This is not democracy, if you only have a vote when you know what the outcome will be.
Because of this, we currently lack a state budget. Our Governor vetoed the budget…which he, by law, had ten days to do. Our Legislature should have a comparable limit, they must override within ten days, or the veto stands. Instead, the NC-GOP treated NC to a four-month-long dog and pony show, complete with dirty tricks, refusing to vote, and holding our teachers and many other school and state employees hostage. Many programs are not being funded even at previous levels, because of this lack of a budget.
What is
We have a State Legislature that continues to cut funding to education, even as our state’s Lottery increases its support of education. This was not the intent of voters who approved the Lottery in 2006. The intent was for the Lottery funds to supplement funds from the General Assembly, not supplant them.
What is
A state that refuses to value and protect its LGBTQ citizens, and grant them full civil rights and protects of law.
All of these things and more, I pledge to work on as the next Senator from District 18.
What I dare to dream
I dream of a state in which all voices are heard, not just those of the rich, powerful and connected. A government that works for ALL of its citizens, not just the few who can afford to hire lobbyists. I dream of educational excellence and economic opportunity…I dream of a state we can all be proud to say is our home.
Too many of our citizens’ voices are not being heard; their challenges remain unaddressed. I am running because I hear their voices, and I want to make sure our government does, too.
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Congrats and wishing you all the best! I’m sorry for some of the comments I just read – and see some things never change. People that “claim” they are Christian and are complicit in their cruelty to others … only use Christianity as an excuse to be a bully and have their own issues. You are going to be great for NC!
Thanks. And, after 25 years, I am pretty inured to my critics. Water off a duck’s back.
You have to have a pretty thick skin just to run for office at all. And to be transgender, especially in North Carolina…and to be that openly for the last 25 years…you have to have a pretty thick skin.
Now imagine what it takes to both be what I am…and to run for office!
Oh, there’s times it hurts, I won’t deny that. But you just have to let it go and not let it get you off track. You learn to recognize it for what it is…they cannot attack your message…because it is right and they know it. They lack counterarguments. And so they try to attack the messenger.
That – in my case – is an exercise in futility. I am totally confident in my own identity, and have now lived more than half my life in that identity. I am past the point where they ever had a chance to define me. I will define me…nobody else has that right.
Congrats Angela. I know it’s been a bit of a battle for you but you’re persevering.
Yeah. Just wish the Primary were in May instead of March. I lose almost a whole month of fundraising and canvassing and phonebanking. NOBODY wants to get canvassed, phonebanked or solicited for campaign contributions during the holidays.
But in order to get a message out…you need money. Trying to figure out how to do this during holidays.
To Jondo…and any other detractors that want to focus on my transgender status as something which is bad:
Hatred requires no effort, and no bravery. If you want to do something worthwhile, and build something…try love. Love takes both effort and bravery. Do you have what it takes?
You are engaging in gender fraud
You are engaging in religion fraud.
God is not a fraud
But you aren’t God.
I pray
Do you know what the primary purpose a Christian is supposed to have??
To spread the good news…and bring others to God.
You and people like you are really BAD AT IT.
Think about it…if someone comes to YOU with a message as comforting as a crown of thorns, how likely are you to listen to them?
You are driving people AWAY from God and Jesus…and thus you are an agent of Satan. Unwitting, perhaps, but an agent of Satan nevertheless.
yes Jesus loves you and wants your behavior to merit salvation
Man seeth the outside, but the Lord seeth the heart. I have no fear of what God or Jesus will see in my heart. Can you say the same, after the way you have continued to stalk and abuse and harass me?
Just can’t leave things alone can you Jondo. It’s folks like you that make it so hard for others who don’t believe as you do to come to your side of the religious aisle. Because you’ve set yourself up as judge, which according to scripture you have no right to do. How does it go, “do not judge less you should be judged.”
Have to give you credit though you’re consistent you were a jerk on Yabberz, and you’ve brought that same crap with you here at The Planet. As I said to you before, go play in the traffic on South Salina Street I’m sure you know it well.
Finally, for someone who has always set themself up as some self-righteous Christian you’re the antithesis of what Jesus preached about love for one’s fellow human. As I’ve said to you before you’re pathetic.
Our Pope intentionally misstated the bit about judging. Its about condemning. As stated I do not condemn
https://www.bibletruths.org/jesus-does-not-condemn-you/
Your Pope? You make me feel ashamed to call myself a Catholic. Shame on your hate. Neither the Church nor Jesus approves of your misguided version of Christianity. This hate speech will not be accepted here at the Planet, and as your only comments here have been to demean Angela, I suggest that you take your obnoxious harassment of another member somewhere else.
https://planetpov.com/faq/terms-of-use/
I have made expression NO of hate on YABBERZ where I posted daily for about 4 years nor here on Planet where I post in a blue moon. Melissa railed against views but she never put me off the site. Not only is there no hate but my posts are civil. I was a lifelong Democrat with a lifelong career in Public Service in income redistribution programs who voted for Obama twice. Melissa verified this. In the end Obama revolted me with his GLBT and abortion support and I voted for Trump.
So don’t become a speech fascist please. That is not what the party needs. The party needs an autopsy on these two items.
If LGBT revolts you, then you are no Democrat and never were. Good riddance to you, there is no place for people like you in our Party.
We have tolerance for everyone…except for those who fail to show tolerance to others. We do not have to tolerate that, and I, for one, will not.
by your definition I am not a Democrat. LOL see your own intolerance.
You have company
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014jan/24/governor-cuomo-conservatives-not-welcome-new-york
I am a tolerant person. That does NOT require me to tolerate intolerance. I have no tolerance for those who refuse to show tolerance for others.
I have no idea who Melissa is and it has nothing to do with our Terms of Use on the Planet. Since you joined you have only commented on Angela’s posts to insult her, and I’m asking you to stop because it won’t be tolerated here.
I’ve heard “I voted for Obama twice” here more times than I can count from people who didn’t. We have unfortunately heard your hateful opinion about minorities claiming your religious beliefs as an excuse, and being a lifelong Christian myself, it won’t fly here.
If you want to join in on other discussions here you are welcome to do that. If you continue to harass Angela, I will remove your comments.
Thanks for your cooperation.
They were the Hortons who owned Yabberz. I came there by her invitation, her having seen me post at Huffington-liked my humor for being that she thought I was a RWer. I am here by invitation from Murph the Surf who was helpful in founding the site. Murph may have regretted the invite. I posted for a short while after Yabberz2 was established here at Planet POV but it became pretty dictatorial and stopped being fun. Your second sentence about Obama is in error. You are resorting to calling me a liar, I am not. I posted a profile on Yabberz which included a mention that Marched anti-Vietnam and anti-poverty and that I interned with a Congressman and got to hang out for a day with one of the Kent State who was shot in the heel. There was a Margaret Hedberg who verified that detail. I will post as I post as I post without restriction other then my own. So keep destroying the party, RWers will love you.
I continually said I do not hate the man in question. I address the behavior advocated. I address reality. The ball is in your court.
No, the ball is in your court. You will either follow our Terms of Use, or I will remove your comments because we have had complaints from other members.
I did not accuse you of lying, I just said that many people who came here would say that they had voted for Obama twice when later, through discussions, we realised that they were not Democrats at all.
I’m not destroying the party, people who cause division like you do are.
Angela is a woman whether you approve or not.
Please read our Terms of Use.
I have followed the terms of use, I made no expression of hate. I have not condemned him personally, I judge the behavior advocated. So are you saying the site is about mob rule? But you would destroy free speech in support of scientific fiction that DNA maleness can be changed by the will of a confused individual. What I am telling you is that the Democrats are destroying their own party by backing abortion and GLBT behaviors
Jondo, the central and primary rule in posting here is to refrain from personal attacks. We provide some leeway on this as you should know since we haven’t moderated any of your comments to date.
You are free to express your religious and political beliefs as long as they don’t devolve into a pattern of personal attacks and insults.
We certainly don’t think it is difficult for anyone to express what they believe without the need to demean or devalue another person or group of people.
For example, you could express that due to your religious beliefs, you view folks in the LGBTQ community as sinners, you can express that you don’t think they should be entitled to equality or decency, whatever you believe but when you personally attack Angela or an entire community in a degrading way, that is a violation of our Terms of Use.
I know you’re no stranger to being rebuked at Yabberz or here for your hostilities towards those who you claim your religious beliefs entitle you to attack. So it would be odd if you claim to be unaware of how you intentionally provoke personal conflicts.
In any case, like every other member here, you have the freedom to express yourself on any issue as long as you stick to addressing an issue and do not engage in personal attacks and insults.
We have shown our good will and taking the higher ground by engaging you instead of moderating your comments that have included personal attacks. Personally, I think people who act like that publicly do more damage to themselves the more they’re allowed to display their character and that proposition is affirmed when the replies they receive are all rejecting their bigotry, hostility, etc..
One thing we believe in very strongly here at PlanetPOV is Freedom of Expression. We prefer to err on the side of allowing expression. But we also believe in the dignity of others no matter their beliefs (excepting those of hatred and prejudice) and the responsibility to stand up to bullying in whatever form it appears.
I know that if you chose to, you could freely express your most unpopular beliefs (a vast majority of America believes in LGBTQ equality, you are in a small minority that doesn’t) without personally attacking anyone.
What we are trying to do is encourage you to show this kind of conscience and exemplify what good Christians do, The Golden Rule that appears in the Bible, Matthew 7:12,
You are advocating a perverted expression of Christianity. Repent and Sin No More.
The Golden Rule is a perversion of Christianity? Judge not lest ye be judged is perverted?
There is a perversion of Christianity here indeed and it is by someone who calls Biblical teachings perverted to justify their unChristian bigotry.
I’ve asked twice but you’ve never replied because we both know you can’t so I’ll point out the truth again with the same challenge.
Quote one sentence from The Bible where Jesus says anything supporting your hostility and prejudice towards others.
You can never answer that because you know he didn’t. In fact, one who does not love thy neighbor as thyself is the type of person Jesus stood against.
So there’s that.
I have no hostility to Mr. Angela and certainly no prejudice and above all no hate. I simply recognize what the sin is. You do not acknowledge Jesus’s injunction to Sin No More. Do You? Hence the perversion.
If you check back in the conversion you will see I gave you two quotes
And there is the misgendering again. It is hostile and it is attacking me. But you have at it if it makes you feel better. You do not define me…only I get to do that.
That is part of living in a free country. You do not get to make my choices for me and you don’t get to define me.
The problem with you and people like you is that you cannot stand OTHER PEOPLE’S FREEDOM. You’ll have it for yourself, but will deny it to anyone who you decide is an enemy.
You have obviously not understood our Terms of Use and continue to attack Angela with your misguided beliefs. You could have stated your disapproval of the LGBT community in one comment and left it there but you chose to insult her in every comment. A true Christian would never use their beliefs to demean others. We are about love, understanding and compassion for others.
You have made this thread all about your hate for others when it was written about her campaign that includes issues that have nothing to do with gender. I won’t allow you to continue to disrupt and disrespect other members.
I have said all I want to say. This discussion is over for me. I’m disgusted.
Liberals are attempting to pervert the meaning of Christianity. Liberalism is Futile philosophy
I am a Catholic and have been taught love, understanding and compassion since I was a small child so don’t you dare tell me that political and social beliefs are perverting Christianity. I have always thought this way and most Christians I know, do too. You are the one living in the past obstructing progress. You push your extreme religious ideals on others. You are the sinner here. I’m done. No need to reply.
You voted for trump, that’s all I need to know about you.
Food for Thought for a person claiming Catholic beliefs. The are fascinating links.
https://www.cleansingfire.org
Just an aside did you notice how Angela dismissed a life’s work in antipoverty, Racial Equality Anti War, and income redistribution just because I call a spade a spade in regard to GLBT.
Your first comment. You have spent 9 days harassing another member and pushing your minority religious beliefs of condemnation, lack of understanding and fear of the other.
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You should seek counseling not office. Then seek to make society better.
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so you recognize Transgenderism as Cognitive Dissonance?
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You can never be a woman. You can engage is gender fraud
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Those are the End Times Sealed. Jesus will judge the rest.
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GLBT is a Sin. The fate of God’s creation is in God’s hands not mine. I do enjoy life and have no desire to cut it short
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II do not wish to upset you fragile ego but while liberals and progressives may have had a short day in the sun and they may have a few days left Christians have faith that God will deliver his kingdom and his values to the whole world and that Jesus will be King.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/05/christians-remain-worlds-largest-religious-group-but-they-are-declining-in-europe/
Currently the Church is being chastised by God for the sins in the Church. But this will only make it stronger. There is also prophesy that a Pope will be assassinated. But fear not.
The powers/nations are being destroyed.
Where are the Sumerians? Long gone.
“Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”
Jesus’ last words to the adulteress release her from liability before the impromptu court, but He still judges her for her sin of adultery: “Go and sin no more.”
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Hi JONDO,
new reply have been posted by the AdLib on the discussion section you’ve been interested in
https://planetpov.com/2019/12/05/papers-filed-north-carolina-has-first-in-history-openly-trans-candidate-for-state-legislature/#comment-250313
Do you really believe that all of these simple concepts that all societies adopt, including ones that aren’t Christian, were invented by the Bible? Respecting others, whether parents or spouses, is not anyone’s invention. It’s common behavior even among animals. And no, bearing false witness in the Bible just refers to lying which is not against the law. You really think the Bible was referring to perjury in a criminal trial? No, coveting is not stealing, it is the act of wanting which is not a crime. The 8th Commandment already says, “Don’t steal”. Did they just throw that in a second time to round out the number of commandments to 10? The irony is that many of those who claim to be very religious seem less informed about their religion than those who aren’t. The bottom line is that the U.S. is NOT a “Christian Nation”. Most of its laws are not based on the Bible or Christianity. So neither you nor any follower of any religion has justification to declare an official religion for the country that excludes any who have different religious beliefs. Your “moral” opinions are just simple prejudices. There are many religious Christians who exhibit the love of Christ and love their neighbor no matter how they differ from them. Christ did not preach prejudice or hostility. I would challenge you to share one single quote from him in the Bible that validates your prejudice against your neighbors.
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Hi JONDO,
new reply have been posted by the AdLib on the discussion section you’ve been interested in
https://planetpov.com/2019/12/06/facing-facts-the-gop-is-a-russian-asset/#comment-250314
Not a very high bar you’re setting there. If that’s the best you can do, okay.
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“Invented by the bible”? God’s Commandments were given to us by God. Regarding the equivalency of humans and animals, animals do not write law. Sorry lying to the police and courts is ILLEGAL. Common lying is not illegal. Where would society be if we could lie legally to the police. Thank a Christian. I said that many of the “actions’ resulting from coveting are illegal. The coveting motive is not the action of theft nor does it just pertain to stealing. Remember the movie Hannibal the serial killer coveted what he first saw. He did not steal he possessed as his action. This is still a Christian Nation despite the efforts of some progressives. Morality is not prejudice. Moreover I am not prejudiced. One is not prejudiced against a behavior.
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Your belief that only two Commandments can be related to US Law shows why you so misunderstand Christians. Commandments 1-4 relate to our personal relationship with God not society. #5 honor your father and mother. The moral relationship is ingrained in law until emancipation because the family is the basis of society. Oh and note, man and woman not some mishmash. #7 you shall not commit adultery. Entrenched Until recently but the libs have been pecking away at this. But adultery is still has legal consequences in divorce and the responsibility for children. You did acknowledge #6 and 8. #9 False witness – try lying to law enforcement or a court. #10 you shall not covet. Acting on coveting and taking what is not yours covers a huge range of range of legal consequences.
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We are not hurting you by preventing the spread of perverted behavior. If you can avoid the conduct we are helping you repent.
Asking does not change your NATURE. There is no need to ask you anything. Your confusion is not important except to the extent that you do damage to children or others.
Your reference to science is an untruth.
Your paragraph about the DMS is a flat out lie.
No one is denying you a job, a home, healthcare…
Praying for your repentance and mental health.
I am certain Jesus is praying for you too
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not without belief in Jesus as the Son of God
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Thank you I am sincere even to Angela. The GLBTers are the political bullies attempting to convince society that immoral behavior deserves the protection of law.
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I do not hate you. I do not condemn you or take vengeance on you. I judge the behavior as being wrong
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then he said this, Sin No More
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I know that each of us individuals is a creation of God. I know that Jesus will Judge our behavior and deeds. Praying that Angela repents
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I know that each of us individuals is a creation of God. I know that Jesus will Judge our behavior and deeds. Praying that Angela repents
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I have no hostility to Mr. Angela and certainly no prejudice and above all no hate. I simply recognize what the sin is. You do not acknowledge Jesus’s injunction to Sin No More. Do You? Hence the perversion.
If you check back in the conversion you will see I gave you two quotes
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You are advocating a perverted expression of Christianity. Repent and Sin No More.
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Liberals are attempting to pervert the meaning of Christianity. Liberalism is Futile philosophy
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I have followed the terms of use, I made no expression of hate. I have not condemned him personally, I judge the behavior advocated. So are you saying the site is about mob rule? But you would destroy free speech in support of scientific fiction that DNA maleness can be changed by the will of a confused individual. What I am telling you is that the Democrats are destroying their own party by backing abortion and GLBT behaviors
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I have made expression NO of hate on YABBERZ where I posted daily for about 4 years nor here on Planet where I post in a blue moon. Melissa railed against views but she never put me off the site. Not only is there no hate but my posts are civil. I was a lifelong Democrat with a lifelong career in Public Service in income redistribution programs who voted for Obama twice. Melissa verified this. In the end Obama revolted me with his GLBT and abortion support and I voted for Trump.
So don’t become a speech fascist please. That is not what the party needs. The party needs an autopsy on these two items.
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You are engaging in gender fraud
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yes Jesus loves you and wants your behavior to merit salvation
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Remember I voted for Trump for his Supreme Court picks not his policies ask the old Yabberz Posters if this is true.
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Remember I voted for Trump for his Supreme Court picks not his policies ask the old Yabberz Posters if this is true.
Another thing. Mr. Angela has now CHOSEN a Public Life. We all know that makes one fair game for COMMENT without harassment. But I do not harass.
She was targeted by you when her first article was published here months ago. Your lame excuse has no merit at all. I read every comment on this site.
That’s Ms. Bridgman and your continuing insults are noted. Give it a rest. It is boring and very tiresome already. No one here shares your distorted religious excuses to hate something you don’t understand and therefore fear of recognising her as a human being.
You have done nothing but harass and insult her as my comment listing your comments proves.
I address behavior.
Like this comment on Steppenwolfe’s post about Epstein.
“Is it the 1% who are intentionally dividing and paralyzing a decent American to maintain theirown power and position?”
https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/12/13/21021008/pete-buttigieg-reed-hastings-laurene-powell-jobs-sergey-brin-eric-schmidt-fundraiser-palo-alto
Again, the disrespect of misgendering. I am not surprised that intolerant hateful people like yourself would engage in this.
You cannot attack my message, my platform or my agenda, because you lack counterarguments…so you seek to attack the messenger.
Won’t work. Water off a duck’s back, you need to have thick skin to be trans. You need thick skin just to run for office, even if you are not trans. Imagine what it takes to both be trans AND run for office?
Believe me, I have dealt with far worse than you in my 25 years as an out transgender woman.
Of course, the other possible answer for your abuse is simple human psychology. You feel badly about yourself, for whatever reason, so…instead of trying to build yourself up…which is hard, trust me, I know…after transition I had to start all over from scratch…instead of doing the hard thing and building yourself up….you’d rather tear someone else down.
Well, if it makes you feel better…then have at it. But you are not affecting me, and you will not define me.
Only I define me. Nobody else gets to.
Hoo-boy… I have to bleach my eyes after having taken a look at “cleansing fire.” As a Catholic, I have to ask myself: “How long, Oh Lord?” How long will we have to deal with this aging claque who long to return to the days of the Latin Mass, the stifled nun in the burka— excuse me— habit, and the protected pedophile priest?These are not vigorous followers of a dynamic Christ. They are wannabe historical re-enactors who pray for it to be 1952 again with Fulton Sheen as Pope.
Unfortunately Our Pope is the one protecting the gay pedos and their enablers
Hardly. But as a card carrying right wing fundie, I suppose you’d have to stick with the script you’ve been handed.
what do you suggest that is untrue about my statement
Exactly how have I dismissed a life’s work in those areas?
And how have YOU not dismissed a life’s work in overcoming adversity? And, I might add…ADVERSITY CAUSED BY PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND YOUR INTOLERANCE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOURSELF?
You have condemned me in your words, and you have condemned me accusing me of gender fraud….and just now in misgendering me.
Your very first response to this post was to tell me to seek counseling….as if you had any right to suggest that.
If you are gonna discriminate against me and hate on me for being what I am, the least you could do is acknowledge my gender pronouns.
Good day to you.
Angela its not about you its about the nature of the behavior you advocate
I advocate treating other people as you would like to be treated yourself. And you have a problem with this?
Who am I in fact actually HURTING by being transgender? Nobody. If people like you would just let us live our lives and leave us alone and stop discriminating against us…we would not have to be as “in your face” about it as we are.
You and people like you started the war on us. We did not ask for it. But we WILL fight back when we are attacked.
I blocked him on Yabz for what I call G.P (General Principles) – as soon as I saw his icon was a Confederate flag…I knew there was nothing he had to say that I wanted to hear.
Wrong. My gender was always my gender and it was always female. Nobody ASKED ME what I felt before they arbitrarily assigned me to a gender…and to a role I was never meant to have.
Truthfully, this is why I do not even like the term “transgender” for myself. My SEX changed, not my gender. But the word “transsexual” has fallen out of favor in our community. Thus, I identify myself as simply “trans” – it can mean transgender to them…and TRANSSEXUAL to me. I only use the term “transgender” for myself, when speaking with an audience that I am not sure understands the subtlety of our lexicon.
The only fraud…was my ever being assigned male. It is not a role I was ever wired or equipped to play. I tried. I tried real hard…badly, too…because it was never the right role for me.
Congratulations Angela! I wish the best for you and the people of the great state of North Carolina.
Thanks! I hope you and your family are well…I miss you from the old Yabz.
Congrats! Wishing you all good luck in your efforts Angela. (Excellent post BTW.)
You’re too kind, Opie. Thank you!
Angela…my friend, you make a remarkably clear, and cogent argument for why your states needs persons of integrity, with wisdom and a commitment to work for the people and not for themselves or for special interests who have paid for the loyalty of legislators. You clearly lay a claim to being such a person. As I said before, I will support you in this effort. I will make another contribution tonight.
May I suggest that you post this at New Yabz as well. It is worth being seen and your are worthy of the role you have undertaken.
All my admiration to you.
I am not even sure how to get to New Yabz anymore, or if I could post there.
Wishing you the best of luck and great success, Angela!
Some things are constant. Merry Christmas.
As we’ve learned from Trump, those who resort to such insults are usually projecting their own issues.
Hope this helps you with your issues:
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That is just a tactic to silence comment but Merry Christmas to you as well
Again, projection. Your insult was intended to silence her free expression. Not only won’t that work here, it just reflects the typical hypocrisy of those who bully.
Christmas is a time for self-reflection and a consideration of one’s humanity. Wishing Merry Christmas in earnest reflects goodwill and the kind of person who could consider their compassion towards their fellow human beings. Said in cynicism, it is far more insulting of one’s own character or lack thereof.
So, in the spirit of the season and being an eternal optimist, I hope your wishes are earnest and I wish you a Merry Christmas.