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On "follow the science" I will say that those incapable of simple logic are mentally incapable of following science. When the long-promised vaccines arrived, someone assured me in conversation that there were no long-term side effects. It is obviously impossible for any evidence of long-term effects to exist when there has been no long-term experience. But to state this simple fact meant being accused of vaccine denial and other thought crimes. Later, after experience had demonstrated that the vaccines did not prevent infection or transmission, I suggested to a friend that this eliminated any rationale for forcing vaccination. Not so, he argued, the vaccinated are less likely to become seriously ill or to die. Even if one grants this preposition, it still does not provide a reason to require vaccination in order to enter venues, attend classes, etc. since the legal rationale for forced vaccination is society's interest in protecting others.

Rita

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Wake me when Dylan Mulvaney undergoes genital feminization surgery, not just facial feminization surgery. I bet it won't happen—queens gonna queen. I've not added "autogynephilia" to my vocabulary, because, when it first got batted about, I thought Blanchard and Lawrence were both using it to overgeneralize. Now, though, I do believe there is an "AGP" population that will do anything to mimic femaleness/femininity while take great care to preserve their "Barbie wands." I don't see any other explanation. I still don't confuse them with actual sufferers of acute gender dysphoria, because that's different from "gender incongruence" and, G-d forbid, "gender creativity."

I think you're correct about 2023 being a pivotal year, as evidenced by Sweden bucking the transestablishment and propounding actual psychological vetting and other more skeptical standards for youth "gender care." Methinks sharks are being jumped.

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This whole idea that you’re not allowed to ask inconvenient questions is fascism on stilts. Straight from “doctors”, no less. Scientism is pure evil.

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Beth Elliot in bethelliott@substack.com has comments on the changes in trans youth care. She linked to the following sources for more information.

https://segm.org/segm-summary-sweden-prioritizes-therapy-curbs-hormones-for-gender-dysphoric-youth.

https://www.city-journal.org/wpath-finally-acknowledges-europes-restrictions-on-gender-affirming-care?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

I have known several individuals who suffered from early onset gender dysphoria--i.e. they had very early memories of feeling that they were not "really" boys. Some of them were able to obtain sexual reassignment surgery; other's due to finances, other health problems or family circumstances were not. Those I have known would have been mortified at the idea of walking around in a women's locker room with genitals exposed as in the Women's Spa case in Los Angeles, or wearing tight clothing that showed off a "bulge" as in one of Mulvaney's videos. And how dare that disgusting little perv suggest that part of being a "girl" is an irrational fear of insects and prancing around cooing "trees, love them" etc. There used to be a clear distinction between those who received psychological or erotic pleasure from cross-dressing and those who desperately wanted their bodies to be different. That distinction seems to have been lost.

Rita

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Practice, practice, practice. 9mm is a good choice, but you may want to buy a .22 since ammo is so expensive these days. Or embrace the future and start reloading.

Also, I'm sure it's unspeakably frustrating for you, to be still locked out of the bird platform. It seems there's little rhyme or reason, so let's hope you wake up to a nice surprise one day soon. Thanks for the things you're writing here!

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handguns are for gangsters and cowboys

for an expected total social collapse the appropriate weapon is a semi automatic long gun

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I tagged Elon Musk and a few other larger accounts at the end of October. Asking for you to be reinstated..... I will retweet those messages today. I don't have many followers myself, but was hoping one of the accounts that I follow would retweet. Fingers crossed!

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With so many options, I’m curious what 9mm you got. I have several subcompacts but my favorite, which I unfortunately do not have, but might buy sometime anyway, is now the Springfield Hellcat.

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