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Post by YankeeFan on May 23, 2023 18:03:41 GMT
The music would have been my biggest issue with Dark Lord Day. My boss won't drink Three Floyds due to all the Satanic imagery. Obviously, it's all kind of tongue in cheek and intended as a tribute to heavy metal music than it is to Satanism itself. But Zombie Dust is 6.66 ABV, for instance, and that kind of stuff definitely has its detractors. LOL. That wouldn't bother me at all. They're obviously goofing around for fun, and are not Satanists. (And, if Satanists make good beer...) I do have issue with some Three Floyds beers, but that's because they're often too bitter for me, but I like what I find at the brewery, as there is a wider choice than at the local grocery store. |
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Post by Whitman on May 23, 2023 18:04:33 GMT
My boss won't drink Three Floyds due to all the Satanic imagery. Obviously, it's all kind of tongue in cheek and intended as a tribute to heavy metal music than it is to Satanism itself. But Zombie Dust is 6.66 ABV, for instance, and that kind of stuff definitely has its detractors. LOL. That wouldn't bother me at all. They're obviously goofing around for fun, and are not Satanists. (And, if Satanists make good beer...) I do have issue with some Three Floyds beers, but that's because they're often too bitter for me, but I like what I find at the brewery, as there is a wider choice than at the local grocery store. They've definitely branched out since they got better distribution - lot more lagers, pilsners, etc., etc. |
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Post by YankeeFan on May 23, 2023 18:07:43 GMT
Liberals love to reach a conclusion, refuse to argue how or why they reached the conclusion, and then want the rest of us to accept their conclusion as settled science. A perfect example of this is our friend oop ’s conclusion that gender dysphoria is not a mental disorder. He’s absolutely sure if this, and would take issue with anyone who said it was. But he absolutely can not tell us how he reached this conclusion. He can’t site even an article in the news or a study he read to explain what shapes his reasoning. He knows what it isn’t, but can’t tell us what it is. And if you ask him to explain, you’re a bigot. I see you are constructing yet another argument with building blocks of bullshit. You have shifted the discussion from being transgender to gender dysphoria and now to "bad" gender dysphoria, whatever that is. Despite your lies to the contrary, you clearly do believe that all transgender people suffer from a mental illness. Own that and maybe we can have an honest discussion. I doubt it because honesty really isn't your thing, but your take in this area is particularly distasteful. Given that you admit that you don't know enough about it yet you have drawn that conclusion, yes, I do believe your opinion is driven by bigotry. I'm not talking about everybody. I'm talking about you. That was a typo, aided by auto correct, not some shift in the discussion. I don't need you to participate in the discussion. I'm just noting your cowardice in refusing to state your own opinion, which you clearly have, and your refusal to explain how you came to it. |
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Post by oop on May 24, 2023 2:38:02 GMT
I see you are constructing yet another argument with building blocks of bullshit. You have shifted the discussion from being transgender to gender dysphoria and now to "bad" gender dysphoria, whatever that is. Despite your lies to the contrary, you clearly do believe that all transgender people suffer from a mental illness. Own that and maybe we can have an honest discussion. I doubt it because honesty really isn't your thing, but your take in this area is particularly distasteful. Given that you admit that you don't know enough about it yet you have drawn that conclusion, yes, I do believe your opinion is driven by bigotry. I'm not talking about everybody. I'm talking about you. That was a typo, aided by auto correct, not some shift in the discussion. I don't need you to participate in the discussion. I'm just noting your cowardice in refusing to state your own opinion, which you clearly have, and your refusal to explain how you came to it. What was it supposed to be? What word were you going for that came out as bad? (This should be entertaining.) There is no cowardice involved here. You know better. I'm not the one who runs from discussions. That would be you. I simply have no strong opinions on the topic, but you obviously do given how often you bring up transgender people and work so desperately to portray them as mentally ill. My only strongly-held opinion is that your bigotry is distasteful. |
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Post by YankeeFan on May 24, 2023 12:53:35 GMT
Imagine inviting a bunch of anti-Catholic bigots to an event and thinking you are the good “guy”.
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Post by YankeeFan on May 24, 2023 13:01:04 GMT
It’s a language war. Liberals will declare words to be violence and violence to be protected speech. Denying gender affirming care will kill, and the “Sisters” do “life saving” work. Who could possibly argue against these life savers?  |
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Post by Whitman on May 24, 2023 13:03:30 GMT
This is definitely the first PR war in history.
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Post by YankeeFan on May 24, 2023 13:13:04 GMT
The SF chapter has found a super fun way to celebrate Easter!
I can't wait to see the Hunky Muhammad and Sexy Aisha -- try your best to look like a six-year-old -- pictures from their Eid al-Fitr celebration.
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Post by YankeeFan on May 24, 2023 13:15:59 GMT
Would be curious to know if any Catholic organizations were included in the conversations the Dodgers had.
Did they reach out to the Mexican born Archbishop of Los Angeles, the Knights of Columbus, or the Catholic League for input into their decision?
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Post by YankeeFan on May 24, 2023 14:49:50 GMT
Great job by the New York Times.
The Sisters are the modern day equivalent of Jackie Robinson, and to be inclusive means inciting anti-Catholic bigots.
The Dodgers, who integrated Major League Baseball in 1947 by calling up Jackie Robinson, have long viewed themselves as champions of inclusion and the annual Pride Night has been a high-priority event for the team. The decision to disinvite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, which came after complaints from politicians and religious groups, resulted in a swift backlash. LA Pride, the organization that runs the LA Pride Parade & Festival, pulled out of the Dodgers’ event in protest, as did groups like the Los Angeles LGBT Center and the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.
The LGBT Center had gone as far as to insist that the Dodgers cancel the event if the Sisters were not allowed to attend.
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The LGBT Center immediately announced that it would join the Sisters at Pride Night, honoring its pledge to return to the event if the team changed its decision. The group thanked members of the Los Angeles community who protested and said that a lot could be learned from how the situation played out.
“Last week’s debacle underscores the dangerous impact of political tactics by those who seek to stoke the flames of anti-LGBTQ bias at a time when our rights are under attack,” the group said in a statement. “We must continue to stand together as a community in defense of the rights and recognition of LGBTQ+ people in Los Angeles and beyond.”
LA Pride will also return. The group released a statement on Monday night saying it would “stand in solidarity” with the Sisters.
In the team’s statement announcing it had reinvited the Sisters, the Dodgers acknowledged that there was more work to be done to repair their relationship with the community.
“In the weeks ahead, we will continue to work with our LGBTQ+ partners to better educate ourselves, find ways to strengthen the ties that bind and use our platform to support all of our fans who make up the diversity of the Dodgers family,” the statement said.
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Post by YankeeFan on May 24, 2023 15:57:27 GMT
Hmmmm.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2023 21:27:45 GMT
TINMHITTMAL
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Post by YankeeFan on May 25, 2023 12:28:41 GMT
The Pride celebration in this town must be amazing.
Jace Knight had heard about Somerville, Mass., while working on a Ph.D. at the University of Alabama in 2020.
The small city had recently passed a law granting domestic partnership rights, like the ability to receive employment benefits or make hospital visits, to people in polyamorous relationships. Mx. Knight, who is nonbinary and has been nonmonogamous since 2014, was impressed.
In late March, Somerville passed two more laws extending the rights of nonmonogamous residents, this time banning discrimination on the basis of “family or relationship structure” in city employment and policing. (A similar ordinance, focused on housing, is currently being discussed by the Somerville City Council.)
Around the same time these new laws passed, Mx. Knight, 38, now with a Ph.D. in applied mathematics, moved from Alabama to a house in Somerville with their two partners and a partner of one of those partners. The city’s attitude toward nonmonogamy was a big factor in the group’s decision to move there, Mx. Knight said.
In recent years, Somerville, a four-square-mile city with 80,000 residents just outside Boston, has quietly turned into something of a haven for those who practice consensual nonmonogamy, an umbrella term for relationship styles that involve more than two people. One of these is polyamory, which involves intimate or romantic connections with multiple people and the knowledge and consent of everyone involved. Polygamy means to be married to multiple people simultaneously.
Somerville is close to Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and claims to have more artists per capita than any city besides New York. Often described as “hippie” or “bohemian,” the city is staunchly L.G.B.T.Q-friendly. There is a significant crossover between those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and pansexual and those who practice nonmonogamy, according to multiple studies.
“We’re a very queer city,” said Willie Burnley Jr., 29, a city councilor at-large who introduced the new ordinances and who is polyamorous. “We have a population that’s more open to these ideas, and many of these folks are either currently nonmonogamous or have tried nonmonogamy or at the very least know someone who’s polyamorous.”
Somerville is alive with events like Indecent, a fetish- and kink-positive party, and Boudoir, a queer underground dance party. There are polyamorous speed-dating evenings, drag shows at the venue Crystal Ballroom and a gender-neutral CrossFit gym.
Wil Hall, 30, a software engineer, has lived in Somerville for eight years and has been polyamorous for half that time.
“Over time I’ve had the recognition that more love is never a bad thing,” said Mx. Hall, who is currently dating two people, each of whom is dating another person.
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Post by Whitman on May 25, 2023 12:34:13 GMT
Why do you care how these people choose to live their lives?
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Post by dirtybird on May 25, 2023 12:39:18 GMT
Well that’s not ideal.
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