Quote:It's very, very difficult, if not impossible, for some people to relate to things they do not understand or feel. It's probably difficult for some of you to understand how someone who's White or Black could be attracted to someone else who's not of their race, because you might not feel that same way. It's hard to relate to, right?

 

It's difficult for me to understand why some people prefer certain makes of cars, or why some people prefer the color blue to the color red. I don't feel that way, so how can they feel that way. The human brain is amazing. You can be created with parts of one sex, but your brain tells you this is wrong. Its been said that when you lose an arm or leg, you can still feel it there. It's not there, but your brain is telling you it is. It's hard to understand that isn't it. It's not there, why do you feel it? I feel very sad for people who just happened to get the wrong parts. I've felt that way in my life, but I'm not to that end of the spectrum where action would need to be taken, but I can to an extent relate.

 

I can somewhat understand where you are coming from.  My point in this debate (which went way off topic) is more towards the PC aspect.  I tend to look at things logically (surprise, surprise), and logic tells me that if a person has male organs, then the person is male and we refer to that person as "him, he, his" etc.  Just because a male person "feels" the he has the wrong parts doesn't make it so.  My position is not meant to be demeaning or disrespectful of the person, I'm only calling a duck for what it is... a duck.

 

It goes too far in today's PC society much like the story regarding the OP.  This high school male (boy) "feels" like he is a girl and wants to used the female locker room.  He was given an alternative that is suitable for both sides of this argument that is sensible, that being a unisex bathroom.  He refused that saying that "he is a girl" which is not true.  Some kids at the school walked out claiming that it was "bigotry".  No it isn't.

 

Here is a quote from the article that the OP posted.

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“There’s a lot of ignorance, they are claiming that they’re uncomfortable. I don’t believe for a second that they are. I think this is pure and simple bigotry,” said Perry.

 

I don't see any "ignorance" with the situation other than the kids that support this boy thinking that he's a female and "entitled" to use the girl's locker room, and I don't see any "bigotry".

 

 

Quote:These political posts, heck all posts, on this board become a really bad game of telephone. You start off at point a. and then veer in circles until nothing makes any sense what so ever.

 

It's the debate that some people seem to enjoy. Debating can be fun, but never does anyone concede and say good point or ok, I can see that. We just all attack it from a different angle.  Me included.

 

I'm competitive by nature and always have been.  I don't like to lose whether it's a game or a debate.  There actually might have been a few times where I admitted that I was wrong, and changed my position after much discussion.  I'm not wrong very often though.  

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