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View Poll Results: Is it appropriate for The Washington Times to call transgender people "weirdos"?
Yes 24 53.33%
No 19 42.22%
Not sure 2 4.44%
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Old 04-27-2010, 01:41 PM
 
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Subjecting kids to weirdos undermines standards of decency

First-graders should not be forced into the classrooms of teachers undergoing sex changes. Religious broadcasters and faith-based summer camps should not be forced to hire cross-dressers. Women should not be forced to share bathrooms with people with male body parts who say they want to be females. Yet those are some of the likely results if Congress passes H.R. 3017, the so-called Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which is due for a vote this week by the House Education and Labor Committee.
EDITORIAL: Discrimination is necessary - Washington Times
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Old 04-27-2010, 01:45 PM
 
Location: Arlington, VA
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not PC, but it's a valid concern...
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Old 04-27-2010, 01:48 PM
 
Location: Washington state
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What can you expect from the Moonie Times?
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Old 04-27-2010, 01:52 PM
 
Location: Arlington, VA
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What can you expect from the Moonie Times?
Mentally ill people should get treatment, and not be enabled.
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Old 04-27-2010, 01:54 PM
 
Location: On the "Left Coast", somewhere in "the Land of Fruits & Nuts"
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Speaking of "weirdos", isn't the Washington Times the same Rightwing rag that's owned by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the cult-leader of the "Moonies" (& several sex scandals), who says things like, "Even Nobel laureate academics who thought they were at the center of knowledge, are as nothing in front of me"..... ?
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Old 04-27-2010, 01:55 PM
 
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Mentally ill people should get treatment, and not be enabled.
I lean toward agreeing with you. As long as the American Psychiatric Association calls transgenderism "gender identity disorder", I don't think it's right for Congress to put them in the same category as homosexuals. With that said, I don't believe the Times should call someone with a mental problem a "weirdo". It's unprofessional and crass.
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Old 04-27-2010, 01:58 PM
 
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Speaking of "weirdos", isn't the Washington Times the same Rightwing rag that's owned by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the cult-leader of the "Moonies" (& several sex scandals), who says things like, "Even Nobel laureate academics who thought they were at the center of knowledge, are as nothing in front of me"..... ?
Uh yeah. It is. I thought you were kidding.
The Washington Times is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It was founded in 1982 by Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, and has been subsidized by the Unification Church community. The Times is known for its conservative stance on social and political issues.
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Old 04-27-2010, 02:00 PM
 
Location: Washington state
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Speaking of "weirdos", isn't the Washington Times the same Rightwing rag that's owned by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the cult-leader of the "Moonies" (& several sex scandals), who says things like, "Even Nobel laureate academics who thought they were at the center of knowledge, are as nothing in front of me"..... ?
Sun Myung Moon and Rupert Murdoch...two foreigners telling the American "patriotic" wingnuts what to think.....what irony.
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Old 04-27-2010, 02:02 PM
 
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Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Rupert Murdoch...two foreigners telling the American wingnuts what to think...
Kind of like George Soros eh?
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Old 04-27-2010, 02:05 PM
 
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Pandering 101: Find someone who is different, tell them how special they are, elevate them to Requires Special Treatment Status, and craft a law that reinforces that you love them, that we as a nation are really One Big Group Hug, and that it will all be A-OK.

And then remind them that you are a Democrat and campaign donations can be forwarded to this address:
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