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Post by epeanymous on Feb 23, 2022 19:27:29 GMT
Well, folks, if you like what Abbott is doing, and would like to see more of it, then vote Republican in November. They want to turn us into a Christian nation-where does that leave us atheists?-outlaw abortion, go after contraception, voting, and gay/trans rights. Oh, and while they are at it, they’ll take a dump on the environment too. Don’t be fooled by all of the flag waving. These bastards are determined to force everyone into a cookie-cutter mold that someone like Franklin Graham would approve of. I like how it's always "Judeo-Christian values" until mainstream Jewish beliefs (gay Rabbis! Trans inclusiveness! Abortion is not murder!) conflict with the selected Christian ones (well aware that there are plenty of Christian denominations that also are supportive of things like gay rights), at which point Jewish beliefs no longer matter at all. I am really worked up about this today. Kids are going to die, families are going to live in fear, and it is going to be extremely difficult to be gender-nonconforming even if you don't get any actual care. I just cannot imagine what families in Texas with those kids must be feeling right now -- I know a lot of trans kids in my blue city, and their lives -- lives where they get to just exist -- would be thrust into chaos. I pretty much literally cannot believe the adults out there using these kids' lives and well-being as a political wedge. I do not know how they live with themselves.
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Post by papersilly on Feb 23, 2022 19:29:38 GMT
who is running against him in the next election so i can send them money?
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Post by huskergal on Feb 23, 2022 19:33:53 GMT
I can't with this shit anymore. Trump destroyed this country.
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Post by Merge on Feb 23, 2022 19:38:08 GMT
who is running against him in the next election so i can send them money? Beto for Texas
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Post by Ryann on Feb 23, 2022 19:49:44 GMT
My spouse of 15 years came out as transgender last summer. One of the things we've learned over the last few months is that a large segment of the LGBTQ community is NOT supportive of transgender equality/rights. Who you love is not the same as who you are. There isn't the "big" money involved like there was for supporting changes in legislature and protection of gay rights/marriage equality. It will be MUCH easier for the anti-trans movement to move forward. This is just the beginning.
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Post by Gem Girl on Feb 23, 2022 20:05:23 GMT
I can't with this shit anymore. Trump destroyed this country. With idiots cheering him on, no less. We really need to have standards for who can run for President. The person should have to be able to qualify for the same top-secret clearances that an average high-level government employee does (which includes being individually financially solvent, without being beholden). That guy never would have made the cut. Not content with grifting as much as he could out of the taxpayers, and continuing to put out his grubby hands for donations as a source of personal slush funds, he had to impoverish the level of public discourse to infantile name-calling and the encouragement of physical violence. That's what he calls making America great. Nice. /s Those molding themselves in his image in a craven attempt to get votes are in a race to the bottom of the moral barrel. I miss being able to be proud of what this wonderful country represents.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Feb 23, 2022 20:17:33 GMT
I can't with this shit anymore. Trump destroyed this country. Trump AND those that support and voted for him.
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Post by supersoda on Feb 23, 2022 20:26:43 GMT
So he’s not just directing investigations, he’s threatening every mandated reporter in the state (basically anyone who holds a professional license) with criminal penalties for failing to report. Every teacher. Every psychologist and doctor treating these kids. Every lawyer representing them.
It’s a witch hunt for trans kids!!!
I’m so fucking over Texas and the morons who keep these morons in power. Paxton has been running nonstop anti-trans ads.
I’m ready to pack up and move, but unfortunately my professional license (that makes me a mandatory reporter) is tied here and my expertise is in a very state-specific field, so that’s not an option. All I can do is get my financial ducks in a row and pay off my kids’ college so I can move somewhere else and work for a nonprofit to fight these asshats and do some good in the world.
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Post by sassyangel on Feb 23, 2022 20:26:44 GMT
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Post by OntarioScrapper on Feb 23, 2022 20:58:56 GMT
Governor Abbott in Texas, as the subject line suggests, has sent this letter to the director of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate any suspected gender-affirming health care for teenagers as child abuse. What a terrifying time for trans kids and their parents. What the ever loving fuck. My 17 year old is going to start transitioning. If I lived there, I'd be moving. Unfortunately not everyone can do this. It's scary when a government feels like they must demonize certain people.
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Post by agengr2004 on Feb 23, 2022 21:15:15 GMT
So he’s not just directing investigations, he’s threatening every mandated reporter in the state (basically anyone who holds a professional license) with criminal penalties for failing to report. Every teacher. Every psychologist and doctor treating these kids. Every lawyer representing them. It’s a witch hunt for trans kids!!! I’m so fucking over Texas and the morons who keep these morons in power. Paxton has been running nonstop anti-trans ads. I’m ready to pack up and move, but unfortunately my professional license (that makes me a mandatory reporter) is tied here and my expertise is in a very state-specific field, so that’s not an option. All I can do is get my financial ducks in a row and pay off my kids’ college so I can move somewhere else and work for a nonprofit to fight these asshats and do some good in the world. The whole state is being targeted in some regard or another. Anyone who doesn't see it, is willfully blind.
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Post by papersilly on Feb 23, 2022 21:21:31 GMT
who is running against him in the next election so i can send them money? Beto for TexasBeto it is!! i actually like him.
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Post by stittsygirl on Feb 23, 2022 21:24:32 GMT
Reason #6329 that I’m so very glad we (including my transgender son) left Texas when we did. Heartbreaking for all the transgender kids whose existence is being questioned and invalidated by this sub-human monster 😡.
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Post by Scrapper100 on Feb 23, 2022 21:29:54 GMT
I feel so bad for all this will effect. Seriously mandatory reporting… they already have to report if there is actual or suspected abuse. Now just because they are trans. So now kids can’t say anything even to a therapist until they are 18 without fear. Sad.
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Post by RosieKat on Feb 23, 2022 21:49:57 GMT
And even if CPS basically disregards all these potential reports, they will still have to at least conduct basic visits, they'll have paperwork and things to file, etc. So CPS will have even fewer resources available to deal with the true abuse and neglect situations. It's just a sick requirement that will hurt so many kids, trans and otherwise.
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Post by Merge on Feb 23, 2022 22:04:29 GMT
Welp, this is an instance where I would risk penalties for failure to report. No way am I turning in the family of a trans kid.
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Post by Gem Girl on Feb 23, 2022 22:13:52 GMT
Welp, this is an instance where I would risk penalties for failure to report. No way am I turning in the family of a trans kid. Seriously, this is outrageous. Could people be any less enlightened or more cruel? But, that's the pattern. Pick on those their demographic would gladly persecute, & do it at a time when it's necessary to deflect attention from their own failures.
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Post by Merge on Feb 23, 2022 22:15:53 GMT
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Post by valincal on Feb 23, 2022 22:18:26 GMT
This makes me so sad. He is a disgusting POS.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2022 22:24:44 GMT
Abbott is only the symptom.
The voters who eat this shit up are the REAL PROBLEM.
They are corrupt in their minds and hearts. Their fawning attention to what makes "their personal savior" happy means they will do whatever they think/their preacher thinks that takes.
If real live humans are destroyed in the process, so be it.
God is more important to take care of than humans as far as they're concerned.
Their big bad God needs lots of puny mortals to run around legislating to protect his fee-fees and his rules (as they seem them).
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Post by Gem Girl on Feb 23, 2022 22:30:19 GMT
Abbott is only the symptom. The voters who eat this shit up are the REAL PROBLEM. They are corrupt in their minds and hearts. Their fawning attention to what makes "their personal savior" happy means they will do whatever they think/their preacher thinks that takes. If real live humans are destroyed in the process, so be it. God is more important to take care of than humans as far as they're concerned. Their big bad God needs lots of puny mortals to run around legislating to protect his fee-fees and his rules (as they seem them). That's not in service to the loving God that I thought the "religious" professed. But, maybe "my" God isn't theirs, & he likes to smite their enemies. Lucky them. Blech.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Feb 23, 2022 22:30:58 GMT
So does this then outlaw circumcision too?
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Post by Merge on Feb 23, 2022 23:12:11 GMT
So does this then outlaw circumcision too? Good question!
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Post by onelasttime on Feb 23, 2022 23:13:24 GMT
This is turn about fair play. On many occasions officials from Texas have come to CA urging unhappy folks and businesses to move to Texas.
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Post by RosieKat on Feb 23, 2022 23:24:29 GMT
Welp, this is an instance where I would risk penalties for failure to report. No way am I turning in the family of a trans kid. Me, neither. I'm not technically a mandated reporter (I work with kids but no license required), but I consider myself to be one in most respects. I will say that I don't personally know of any trans kids who have actually started hormone therapy or who have received any of the "gender affirming treatments" referenced, but if this very slippery slope continues, the threshold will just get lower and lower. I do know a few trans kids, and they are dealing with enough crap just getting acceptance from families. None of them are in any "danger" (tongue in cheek) of getting hormone therapy any time soon. They're just lucky if they don't have to wear a dress 24/7 or to get to wear a collared shirt in a "feminine" color. We've had to offer our house as a safe spot to a couple of kids as it is, because the kids were otherwise going to live on the streets. (Thankful that both those situations got sufficiently worked out that they had other family members take them in, as I didn't really want to get in the middle of a possible legal mess, but there was no way I was going to let middle school kids live on the street with my knowledge.) Ironically, I chose to report one of those families because the kid was credible and was claiming to get locked out of the house at night repeatedly, not fed, etc. All I know is that said kid now lives with a different family member. But yeah, the real potential abuse here is that the kid might get hormone therapy. Riiiight.
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Post by lizacreates on Feb 23, 2022 23:25:22 GMT
Welp, this is an instance where I would risk penalties for failure to report. No way am I turning in the family of a trans kid. Do you remember the Jeff Younger controversy? That is what started all this. The JY case ignited a grassroots movement against gender modification; a TX state rep learned of it, brought it to Paxton’s attention and it snowballed from there.
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Post by RosieKat on Feb 23, 2022 23:28:49 GMT
Abbott is only the symptom. The voters who eat this shit up are the REAL PROBLEM. Exactly this. Abbott is just a pandering suck-ass weenie. I am sure he does believe in *some* of what he orders, but I am pretty sure he doesn't believe all of it. He is pandering to his slimy fan base and clinging to his position as hard as he can. And while this may not be a topic for this thread, I am pretty sure he'll be reelected. Thanks, redistricting!
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Post by supersoda on Feb 23, 2022 23:36:41 GMT
Reason #6329 that I’m so very glad we (including my transgender son) left Texas when we did. Heartbreaking for all the transgender kids whose existence is being questioned and invalidated by this sub-human monster 😡. Yep. That’s why I shipped my trans kid off to college in NY. I feared for their safety here and it’s only getting worse.
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Post by Merge on Feb 23, 2022 23:51:25 GMT
Welp, this is an instance where I would risk penalties for failure to report. No way am I turning in the family of a trans kid. Do you remember the Jeff Younger controversy? That is what started all this. The JY case ignited a grassroots movement against gender modification; a TX state rep learned of it, brought it to Paxton’s attention and it snowballed from there. Yes. I had forgotten about it, but now that you bring it up, I do. A quick scan of old news articles makes it seem that it was more a nasty custody battle than anything else. Paxton being Paxton, of course, he had to use the case as an opportunity to punish every trans child because these two parents couldn't manage their own dispute. I'm seeing claims from some on Twitter that Abbott's and Paxton's letters on this do not carry the weight of law, and that we should disregard them. Do you have any thoughts on that? I mean, I'm going to disregard them anyway. Just curious what you think.
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Post by Merge on Feb 23, 2022 23:52:48 GMT
Abbott is only the symptom. The voters who eat this shit up are the REAL PROBLEM. Exactly this. Abbott is just a pandering suck-ass weenie. I am sure he does believe in *some* of what he orders, but I am pretty sure he doesn't believe all of it. He is pandering to his slimy fan base and clinging to his position as hard as he can. And while this may not be a topic for this thread, I am pretty sure he'll be reelected. Thanks, redistricting! My only hope is that redistricting doesn't affect statewide races except insofar as it suppresses turnout. And of course, they're using every other possible scam to suppress turnout in blue counties as well. Harris County has a giant target on it these days.
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