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Bigotry and intolerance
Only one-half of 1% of people identify as transgender, yet this small minority fills conservatives with paralyzing fear and dread. Watching a drag show will not make you trans. Interacting with them will not make you trans. You have a right to your religious beliefs, but those beliefs are not official doctrine of this country. The continuing culture war only exposes your bigotry and intolerance.
Stop this madness
Women fought for Title IX for years, since the ’70s, and now you want to push it back and allow physically developed men who are trans participating in women’s sports. It’s outrageous. It’s not fair. What are people thinking? Compete with your own physically developed bodies. You may not have the mentality, but physically you should not be competing or turning the clock back. It’s immoral. Do the right thing. Reach out and stop this madness.
Lose the wackos
Republicans of America: If you want to win another election my advice to you is to lose the wackos. You know who they are. I’ve called and said this before lose. The wackos or you’re never going to win another election.
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Dumbest thing
I read Wauconda is going to make street-legal golf carts and maybe ATVs. This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard in my life. It’s just like people riding bikes on the streets. How stupid is that? First of all, they should be made to have licenses, and they have to have proof of insurance and follow the laws. Just like anybody else. Just like a bike. They’ve got to be able to do the speed limit. That’s the way it should be. Otherwise put them behind the curb.
Banging their heads against the wall
I am talking about school shootings, and guns being brought into schools. Of course it’s normal. Gun shootings in schools have been normal since at least Sandy Hook in 2012. Nothing happened then, when all of those little first graders got killed. Then we had another one in 2018, Stoneman Douglas in Florida, and those high school kids did exactly what the high school kids are doing five years later. They’re saying it’s not normal, but nobody’s been able to change the fact that people have guns and continue to have assault weapons. So, they are banging their heads against the wall, but good luck to them.