Re: OT: Cracking Speech by JDV!

On 2/18/2025 1:47 AM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:

Have you seen what he is doing to transgender people?  That is
zenophobia by another name and is an attempt to kill off a whole section
of the population by withdrawing needed medical treatment.   Medical
websites have been closed to prevent doctors treating their patients.
 American history is being re-written to erase anyone suspected of being
transgender.  Families with anyone transgender have been moving away
from certain states for some time, now a 'kindertransport'  organisation
has been set up to get transgender children and adults out of America
before the purges start in ernest.  It's not being publicised in the
gutter press, who are still printing transphobic rants, but it is
happening - in America - now.

There will ALWAYS be a "boogeyman"; a certain portion of the
population seems to NEED to live in perpetual fear.  It's unfortunate
that we don't have time machines for these people... send them BACK
to the 50's (when none of this stuff was "out in the open") so
they could have their heart attacks at 55 while watching their 12"
round TVs and die shortly thereafter (never having to worry about
seeing the "dismal" future!  Blissful ignorance?)
I've an ultraconservative friend who periodically rants about
this (when he's not ranting about the blacks, mexicans, jews,
etc.).  I ask him, in deadpan, what he would do if "such people"
had to HIDE their natures?  Imagine NOT knowing the "true nature"
of the guy standing at the next urinal!  Or, the nurse asking
you to disrobe?  Or, that "buddy" that always wants to grab a
beer, after work, with you?  Are you sure it's just the BEER
he's after???  OhMiGosh!  Come to think of it, he DOES tend to sit
awfully close...
<rolls eyes>
My FinL bore prejudice against blacks.  He had a heart attack.
At one point, a tall black intern was standing over him with
his HAND in his groin, applying pressure to the "wound" from
the angio.  So, not only does a *man* have his hand uncomfortably
near his "privates".... but, it is a BLACK man!
Were it not for the gravity of the situation, I would have split
my side laughing!