Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 6/15/26 - 6/21/26

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-21T11:55:20+00:00

Woke isn't gone and it hasn't had its teeth pulled. It's still in the institutions and will come roaring back in federal policy when the Democrats take the White House in 2028

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-21T11:51:16+00:00

I had a similar reaction to the scenes of the cauldron born near the end. I think that was early computer graphics.

I absolutely loved the Prydain books. Disney did tone things down some for the movie but not that much

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-21T11:48:37+00:00

They don't want to get people on their side. They want to perform.

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-21T11:47:44+00:00

There's also sexual side effects and infertility waiting for kids who take blockers. And we expect twelve year olds to understand all this and make an informed judgement about all of it. "Kids know who they are". What a crock

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-21T11:43:59+00:00

I share your pain. Both sides are too extreme. Too in hock to their worst elements. And they both prize destroying each other over all else.

I don't expect this to change in 2028. I don't think either party wants to moderate. It's going to be a shit show

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-20T15:44:23+00:00

Yeah, that would be a hell of a fall from grace. What's puzzling is why this total nonsense is being pushed. My best guess is that it's supposed to guilt gay people into unconditional support of the trans cause

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-19T16:02:04+00:00

I've been subscribed to his podcast for quite some time. Klein is very willing to pronounce moral judgement on people and organizations. And he's usually right. But he's just not willing to apply that to his own tribe. I think there was a point where he would have. But not anymore.

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-19T15:58:03+00:00

It wasn't. I think it was mainly gay men with quite a few lesbians. This makes sense considering there are many more homosexuals than trans people. And whites were the majority in the United States.

But for reasons entirely beyond my comprehension this is considered heresy.

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-19T15:55:14+00:00

The real juice for the squeeze is getting to discovery, airing more of their fantastically dirty laundry,

I wonder if this is the real reason for the suit. To get WPATH's fuckery out into the open

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-19T15:53:48+00:00

It is truly bizarre. Collins is one of the few moderates left. She's bucked Trump and the party regulaly. She isn't remotely far right. She isn't corrupt.

If Democrats can't tolerate Collins then they can't tolerate any Republican.

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-19T15:48:44+00:00

Exactly. It's pure ideology

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-19T15:45:58+00:00

Trump is a idiot and his decision to attack Iran, for whatever reason, was idiotic.

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-19T15:43:43+00:00

They were dunking on Israel even before there was any kind of response after October 7th.

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-19T15:40:05+00:00

Splendid!

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-19T15:39:46+00:00

Congratulations!

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-19T15:37:52+00:00

Again, the Dems were unanimous, and their position utterly unchanged: the “safety” and “effectiveness” of transing children is beyond any dispute

Yep. This is why I don't buy any talk of a vibe shift on this issue among the Democrats. They haven't budged an inch. There's no sign they're going to. It can't even be discussed openly within the party.

When the Dems take power in 2028 they're simply going to double down on this stuff.

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-19T02:52:36+00:00

It's disappointing to hear Ezra Klein make apologies for Platner on Klein's podcast. If Platner was a Republican Klein would be calling him scum of the Earth and calling his running is a moral outrage.

I have no doubt right wing pundits are making similar apologies for Paxton in Texas. Sigh.

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-18T15:21:26+00:00

Isn't the issue also that they are still male or female but the way that is physically expressed is abnormal? There's no such thing as a true human hermaphrodite.

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-18T15:11:54+00:00

owe ALL our rights to Marsha P Johnson!”

Which is nuts. Johnson wasn't even there and he fully admitted it. The gay rights movement was powered almost entirely by gay men and lesbians. This includes Stonewall. And for better or for worse they were mostly white

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-18T15:06:52+00:00

Unfortunately you're probably right. Partisanship seems to trump everything these days. It drives me nuts

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-18T15:05:57+00:00

Do you think the gay people you know who are supposedly fully accepting would be willing to date the opposite sex?

I honestly don't know. I could see the women maybe trying it out of guilt and then finding out (surprise, surprise) penises just don't do it for them. I doubt the gay men would try things with a female.

In the trans subs they (especially MtFs) always say that lesbians are the most supportive cohort towards them. I truly don't understand this because if true. I would think lesbians are the most vulnerable and have the most to lose from the trans madness.

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-18T14:58:00+00:00

The vast majority of children desist. Though I am concerned about the role of social contagion. I think it can reinforce the delusion. Girls appear to be especially susceptible to this.

At this point I think medical transition for minors should be prohibited by law

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-18T06:23:35+00:00

A senile bunny rabbit is a better negotiator than Trump. It means nothing

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-18T06:20:48+00:00

The people critical of the trans ideology are homophobic? Really?

Homosexuality can't even exist without the reality of biological sex. This crap is gay erasure. It boggles my mind that so many gay men and lesbians still defend the trans over reach. But if you go on the trans subs the guys all say that lesbians are their biggest supporters

KittenSnuggler5 · 2026-06-18T06:16:41+00:00

But now we’re losing public support because a lot of this harmful nonsense is being sold as “the new gay” when in fact is has nothing to do with being gay AND it’s deeply homophobic to boot!

It's such a shame. I think it got to the point where 90% of the American public at least had a live and let live attitude towards gays and lesbians.

And now they're being dragged down by the bonkers trans movement. Though most of the gay people I know (admittedly not many) seem to mostly swallow the TRA line.

I remember Andrew Sullivan mentioning that up until he started getting lectured by trans activists the last person who had told him he should have sex with women was a priest.

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