draculina

Read it again.

I said that Rees-Mogg is camp.

That is something very different from the Rees-Mogg camp.

Trump is camp, Rees-Mogg is camp, Batman played by Adam West is camp lol

yes they have

I just gave you the reason.

But I’ll answer your point here, which I think is important…after due time for th discussion to develop, if it can develop.

Boo, Ms M,

Boo, nice to see your posts, rare though they are. You have a warm heart and I’d have been surprised to see anything else on this topic from you.

What struck me about the trans I knew (and know) is the quiet vulnerability. If you wanted to hurt them, you could do it without any fear of retaliation (for the most part!).

The ITV drama…[Read more]

Drac, you make lots of little points on posts which discourage answers because the detail required to answer them doesn’t seem worth the candle when you will just make a hundred other little points and quibbles against any detailed answer, requiring further detailed answers which will lead you to make many more little points and quibbles which…[Read more]

I just said that it was unlikely that a referendum would be held in the short run, and that nothing can be ruled out because the situation is so volatile at the moment.

why not?

Yes it has. look at the news. Look at the House of Commons only today.

I would be surprised, but I’ve been surprised before.

But so what?

I googled gender dysphoria, and found out that it was a pseudo-scientific – ooops, sorry, a posh term for someone who feels that they’re in the wrong body.

I used the NHS website –  https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gender-dysphoria/

Right. now we know. Trans-gendered people are people who feel they’ve been in the wrong body.

I have to strongly…[Read more]

Neither did the American psychiatrists.

I doubt that many of the Soviet psychiatrists saw anything wrong with the idea that anyone who was critical of the totalitarian system must have been brain damaged either.

You don’t disagree that Rees-Mogg is camp, I notice

Rees-Mogg is deeply indebted to Powell’s elaboration of Conservatism and the market in the mid 1960s. I’m not talking about Powell’s race speech of 1968 (though that’s not irrelevant).

They’ve helped to create an atmosphere where sexual harassment at work is no longer acceptable, and where reporting of such harassment is no longer felt to be damaging to a woman’s career. The Harvey Weinstein affair has really transformed the film industry, for example, which was once notorious for sexual abuse of would-be stars. I have the…[Read more]

Oh, look at the news. You can’t rule anything out, not even a referendum on the deal before we leave though that is unlikely).

Theresa May could easily be out of office by the end of the year. Her deal may easily be voted out by the Commons.

It’s getting very near the time when Parliament could take control of the whole process from…[Read more]

Hardly. It’s gender dysphoria, but to call it an illness is to start from the assumption that they are sick for thinking they’re in the wrong body.

To call it sick is a value judgement by psychiatrists, who love to play God and make value judgements.

American psychiatrists who make value judgements formed a special test in 1938 – the Minnesota…[Read more]

That’s ok, Linda.

I’m independent, too. I was a member of the Labour party in 1967-70, but for many decades have steered away from membership of any party, despite a lot of pressure at one point.

But where many don’t like Trump’s behaviour, it doesn’t (usually) bother me; his politics freaks me

I am amused at Trump’s behaviour, but I’m…[Read more]

Just googled this, and haven’t found anything about any sort of blockade of a city. that would be pretty serious, and enough to make world headlines.

I have read about violence between antifa (antifascists) and the patriot Boys (conservative nationalists). Both groups support violence against one another. From the reports I’ve seen, you can’t…[Read more]

I have to differ on the question of whether being trans-gendered is an illness or not, though I have no expert knowledge of the biology involved.

I’ve tended to accept that gender is a social construction. You’re made into a woman, regardless of the genitalia.

Trans-gendered women don’t have the full equipment yet – yet – but simply for them to…[Read more]

Over 700,000 people marched today.

My family was there, and phoned back to say that it was simply ‘massive, overwhelming’..

Just as the referendum filled me with despair, I now feel much more hopeful.

People aren’t just going to lie down and give in.

It’s certainly very, very nearly time for parliament to finally act on this.

A people’s Vote…[Read more]

Drac and Jamie,

my understanding is that peop0le are not allowed to change their hormones etc before full puberty, no matter how much they want to change.

I may be wrong. I’m hardly an expert on this.

I can’t bring myself to  support a People’s Referendum yet.

The shift in sentiment has to be significant, and it has to be long-lasting.

But the demonstration today is such a heartening response to the Brexit fiasco, bringing together politicians from all parties, including Sadiq Khan, London’ mayor.

It’s so important to keep alive the…[Read more]

What are you yammering on about?

I’ve checked several times and I’ve yet to find myself accusing you of sayng anything like that.

You’re not going to harass me out of jc, neither you nor Gerry.

If you want me to leave, just arrange a poll. So far, the only one who want me to leave jc are you and gerry. You’ve wanted that the last time we…

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