Ah sorry, thought you might be concerned about actual humans and their real problems
whenigrowup356
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When God closes a door, he opens a window.
"Also, you hear stories about groomers." Here's the thing: grooming is a real thing, and it has nothing to do with being trans or letting kids know that trans people exist.
The sad part about all of this groomer talk from the right is: now this language is politically coded and no longer useful for discussing real grooming like high school teachers doing sketchy stuff with their students.
Not that anyone using this language cares about the well-being of actual children, but if they did you'd think they might consider something like this.
If conversations with this one person are frequently reaching the point where things like that are being said, it seems pretty clear cut: you should honestly just avoid any of the topics that have resulted in debates with this person.
It doesn't necessarily mean you can't talk to them about other things or that you can't be friends (although it might).
Not every relationship has to allow for talking about all topics.
Sometimes being right isn't actually important and can actually be counterproductive with certain people/topics.
Celebrate "us labor day" like normal and then "international labor day" in May. Easy.
No one wants fewer days off anyway. What could be more in the spirit of celebrating workers?
I get your anger, and I'd just argue that the best place to put that anger is solidarity. Anything less and they're winning.
The institutions we use to fight for workers will always suck at least a little bit. Even people who mean well still suck at least a little bit. But we gotta fight with the tools we have, not the ones we want.
I don't mean "shut up and take it," I mean show up tomorrow ready to keep fighting.
I suspect Vangelis's work on BladeRunner had a big part to play in this
In Vietnam, if it's a café they'd ask you hot or cold.
Normal restaurants you'd get iced tea, usually very strong unsweetened Lipton yellow label.
I think their framing of things is problematic in that it kind of lets it seem like an open question whether puberty blockers are safe, when it's actually not. They effectively elevate the talking points of critics by implicitly giving equal weight to them. One side is using data and the other is relying on blatant fear mongering.
The investigative coverage could have focused on setting the record straight re: the data but instead the takeaway for many readers could just be, "people are arguing about this so make up your own mind, I guess"
They rolled up a truck with an electric sign saying "Dear New York Times, stop questioning trans people's right to exist and access to medical care." Next to the NYT headquarters. Very aggressive, apparently.
Sorry, I think I probably shouldn't read your link since it's currently blocked by the communist government in the country where I'm living.