The Real timschochet

No, if you got a therapist to help your son deal with the reality of your split from your wife, that wouldn’t be abuse. If however you forced your son to undergo therapy to try and convince him that you really didn’t split from your wife, that would be abuse. And that’s exactly what you’d be trying to get your son to do in the scenario you described- accept an unreality. Here is the disconnect between what you believe and what medical experts tell us: nobody can talk your son into becoming trans. If your son is trans, nobody can talk your son out of it. Any attempt to do so is a form of abuse.

No it doesn’t. They are reversing the correlation. It is the gay and trans that creates the abuse. The abuse comes less from inside factors such as the specific personality of the parents, and much more from outside factors like the conservative antagonism towards gay and trans, the belief in the face of all evidence that trans is a mental disorder, etc.

The abuse comes from parents reacting to the news that the kid might be gay or trans.

And if you force him to do this, that’s a form of abuse.

No it didn’t. Why are you making sh!t up?

You’re right about me. Wrong about the rest of it.

And this is bullsh!t as well. Any friend of yours that hates capitalism is no liberal. One cannot be a liberal and be anti-capitalism. Apart from extreme leftists the biggest haters of capitalism these days are MAGA conservatives with their anti-trade, anti-immigrant positions.

You’re the second person to write this and it’s just ignorant. The facts completely contradict you. I already provided stats from the National Health Institute. Here are more: https://galop.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Galop-LGBT-Experiences-of-Abuse-from-Family-Members.pdf The fact is that social conservatives have so stigmatized the LGBT and trans that it creates abuse in these situations that wouldn’t exist without the sort of intolerance and bigotry prevalent in this forum.

Personally I have no problem with Trump saying he was nicked by a bullet, and with him wearing a bandage. I have a lot of problems with Trump but people complaining about this stuff are being stupid IMO.

I wouldn’t have agreed with you until just now: https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/07/17/adam-schiff-biden-drop-out/ Adam Schiff is by far the biggest name openly calling for Biden to quit. This is a big deal.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8344346/

Really?

There are no abusive parents in 2024?

Ah yes the Proud Boys, Trump’s version of the Brown Shirts. I hope he does.

One big reason might be because the parent is abusive.

No, I’m afraid you’re confused about this. Most woke people are social liberals. Economically they’re out to make a buck like everybody else. There’s no contradiction. Personally I love woke and think socialism is terrible. Lots of folks like me around.

I am a political junkie just like you. Just like most people reading this. We spend a lot of our free time discussing politics which most people don’t. We are weird compared to most people. I’m willing to own that but you should as well.

1. I think it’s meaningless to poll how other Democrats might perform against Trump. Those polls can’t be accurate. We wouldn’t know until it happened. 2. The assassination attempt is going to give Trump a very temporary boost but no way is it going to last more than a few weeks, certainly not by the election. The debate disaster is far more problematic for Biden- but the polls have moved only a little. 3. All this talk about Biden quitting (he won’t) is affecting polling because it’s delaying the reality- voters still haven’t fully accepted the fact that they face a stark choice between Biden and Trump, either-or. When they do the polls will tighten further. In fact I expect that Biden might gain the slight edge at that point, sometime in September or October. 4. Several upcoming events between now and November will help Biden: cutting of interest rates, inflation receding further, border control continuing to tighten, Israel- Hamas ceasefire, and Biden’s new Supreme Court proposal. Still tons of time. I think Joe is primed for a big comeback.

Hey Raiders are you a Drexel guy? My nephew got accepted there; we’re going to visit him in the fall (gives me an excuse to see Philadelphia for the first time; never been. After that I’m flying to Pittsburgh to see a home Steelers game- never done that either.)

Not a lie: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-joe-biden-corey-helen-comperatore-wife-called-rally-1925577 It may have changed- someone told Trump “you’d better call her; it’s starting to look bad.” So he probably has by now. But the fact that he waited days to do it just shows what a sh!t he truly is, the “alpha” you’re supporting. The same dude who made fun of Paul Pelosi being attacked. The same dude who called our dead military “losers and suckers” (that’s not a lie either.) Why don’t you just admit that the guy you claim to love is an awful awful slimy human being? Biden isn’t perfect but he’s about a thousand times more decent than this guy.

I have a different definition than most. To me part of being an alpha means being classy.

Musk isn’t a baby. He can do what he wants. But I don’t think it’s a smart move. California is the heart of the pacific rim, and trade with Asia, which will dominate ALL trade in the 21st century. We’re a woke state and people will have to deal with that. We’re also the center of capitalism. If you want prosperity in the future this is the place to be.

More evidence about who the alpha is: Biden called the widow of the firefighter who died a few hours after it happened. Trump still hasn’t called her.

1. The article I posted listed 5 facts about undocumented immigrants, mainly regarding the high percentage they play in jobs that are vital to our society. You’re welcome to dispute any of those numbers. If you won’t (mainly because you can’t) I will assume that you accept the percentages listed. 2. You seem unduly obsessed about my vacation. I come back tomorrow. Plan on throwing me a welcome back party?

@Strike is wrong anyhow. Others do that; I don’t.