In what has to be the worst campaign robocall ever (we're sure the bar can go lower), a Nevada Republican candidate for the state assembly is attacking his primary opponent by trying to stir up trans bathroom panic, invoking the 1997 murder of a little girl in a casino restroom. Never mind that the murder wasn't committed by a transgender person -- it was in a restroom, so if you let trans people use the toilet,
I could write a whole dissertation on this topic, but just to quickly add to salient point mentioned above:
2)The "petty tyrant" theory: Unfortunately, too mamy people relish the ability to lord power over other people (Hi Kim Davis!)
3) The "blustering bully" theory: related to what HogeyeGrex said, too many people direct their anger and pain downward (like the "mockbuster" version of a Haley Joel Osment film, Pay it Backwards) and go after "weaker" more "socially acceptable" targets when they are too afraid to confront the powerful forces actually affecting their lives. Unfortunately those darn meddling social justice warriors (and their dog) keep trying to reduce the number of "acceptable targets" enraging bigots all the more.
4) The "inadvertent concern troll" theory: the theory that traps too many "well-meaning" people into it's web by way of exploiting the "natural" cowardice of our society via peer pressure (this is where the "won't someone please think of the children?!" tactic used in discriminatory acts like these bathroom bills come in. I mean who wants to be seen as defending molestation wnd murder of our kids for something as intangible as "rights"?) This theory is often when the "I don't hate (classification group x), but I feel they shouldn't be able to do (insert normal human activity here)" rationalization comes in.
By the way, you'll probably notice that a lot of these theories are intermingled with each other (Hee! Bigoted ideas are practicing a little miscegenation! Irony!)
I'm missing something about the danger they pose. I mean, I'm willing to be terrified of the PCs. I'm conditioned to be terrified of anything and everything at the drop of a hat, thanks to American media and politics. But I need a little more to go on.
I had a cat - long deceased now, but a really personable fellow he was - who hopped into my life as a stray at age 18 months or so. That's a little late for spaying, but the vet did the deed, and he didn't much like it.
He proceeded to ignore his neutered status for the rest of his pretty substantial lifetime, and he wasn't picky, either. He was as likely to grab the ruff of a male cat as a female one. Moreso, maybe, since the girl cats, also neutered, weren't in heat and knew that they weren't supposed to be doing the deed out of heat, so they would run. Whereas the boy cats really had no prejudices whatsoever. Very tolerant, they were.
Naw. I acquired that cat in the 80's, long before internet cats were a thing. He died before Google even existed.
I could write a whole dissertation on this topic, but just to quickly add to salient point mentioned above:
2)The "petty tyrant" theory: Unfortunately, too mamy people relish the ability to lord power over other people (Hi Kim Davis!)
3) The "blustering bully" theory: related to what HogeyeGrex said, too many people direct their anger and pain downward (like the "mockbuster" version of a Haley Joel Osment film, Pay it Backwards) and go after "weaker" more "socially acceptable" targets when they are too afraid to confront the powerful forces actually affecting their lives. Unfortunately those darn meddling social justice warriors (and their dog) keep trying to reduce the number of "acceptable targets" enraging bigots all the more.
4) The "inadvertent concern troll" theory: the theory that traps too many "well-meaning" people into it's web by way of exploiting the "natural" cowardice of our society via peer pressure (this is where the "won't someone please think of the children?!" tactic used in discriminatory acts like these bathroom bills come in. I mean who wants to be seen as defending molestation wnd murder of our kids for something as intangible as "rights"?) This theory is often when the "I don't hate (classification group x), but I feel they shouldn't be able to do (insert normal human activity here)" rationalization comes in.
By the way, you'll probably notice that a lot of these theories are intermingled with each other (Hee! Bigoted ideas are practicing a little miscegenation! Irony!)
A few months after I had Teddie neutered, I woke up one morning to him pulling my blanket off me. He then proceeded to make sweet love to it.
"Your discussion question: Is outright slander legal in political advertising?"
Yes. (Turns in paper.)
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Are the PCs all in the NRA?
I'm missing something about the danger they pose. I mean, I'm willing to be terrified of the PCs. I'm conditioned to be terrified of anything and everything at the drop of a hat, thanks to American media and politics. But I need a little more to go on.
Tell me a good lie, that usually works.
Your discussion question: Is outright slander legal in political advertising?
Why are you trying to criminalize politics?
I know. I find it mesmerizing.
I had a cat - long deceased now, but a really personable fellow he was - who hopped into my life as a stray at age 18 months or so. That's a little late for spaying, but the vet did the deed, and he didn't much like it.
He proceeded to ignore his neutered status for the rest of his pretty substantial lifetime, and he wasn't picky, either. He was as likely to grab the ruff of a male cat as a female one. Moreso, maybe, since the girl cats, also neutered, weren't in heat and knew that they weren't supposed to be doing the deed out of heat, so they would run. Whereas the boy cats really had no prejudices whatsoever. Very tolerant, they were.
Crazy damn species. Almost as crazy as we are.
Is that like "Raining McCain"?
He was trying to find an opening.
Clothes confuse the heck out of dogs.
She said "few."
Gonna party like it's 1599.
The Free Market must reign supreme over all things.
Except when it comes to buttsechs, cuz that's icky.
"goat dressing"
I think I'll stick with blue cheese.
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