(13-07-2015, 07:09 AM)Lenneth Wrote: (13-07-2015, 12:38 AM)ClaraKay Wrote: My dream is that society in general will come to accept trans women as women first, transgender second, if at all. Again, I doubt it will happen in my lifetime, but it's my hope for future generations.
it would be nice, personally I would like to at least see people doing a bit of research into things before just knee-jerk attacking it.
With the Internet this should not still be the the normal reaction to something being different than what you are used to.
It's what I call, "bug mentality". 9 times out of 10, someone sees a bug of ANY kind other than maybe a butterfly, what's the FIRST thing they do?? KILL IT!! WHY?? Because it's way different from them!! Basically, because, to them, it's ugly!! MUST kill ANYTHING that's different or ugly!! They simply aren't taught that other creatures have every right to be here, too!! I can see smacking a mosquito, they have no qualms about biting us and possibly infecting us with some nasty disease, so, I have no qualms about killing them before they get the chance to do it! I SERIOUSLY doubt that the half a dozen of them I MIGHT kill per year is going to greatly diminish the food supply of whatever eats them. Especially not after being on the beach in Erie a few years ago where literally THOUSANDS of them were lying dead on the walk around the concession stand!! I don't bother with ants unless they are in the house. Same with any other bug, except a ladybug, firefly (lightning bug), butterfly, spider or those long-legged caterpillar type bugs. Millipedes, I think they're called. As far as I know, they aren't harming anything. Those, I'll either try to wrangle back outside, or I'll try to catch them and then release them outside. Spiders can stay because they're helping to get rid of the other bugs.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure that's part of the reason people are so quick to hurt or kill ANYTHING that's not the same as them!! I'll bet if they'd put aside their stupid, childish, petty prejudices, and just TRIED to look and allow transgendered people be themselves, they'd probably make a LOT of good friends!! What's better, making friends or enemies?? Making friends is the EASY part, making enemies is something you have to TRY to do!! Right, Lotus? You & I used to be good friends when we first got here 2 years ago!
"Hey! I see you've already got 65 posts! Pretty soon you'll be caught up to me!"
"Yep! I might get up to 75 in the next day or two."
"I can't wait `til I get up to 250, then I'll be a Posting Freak!"
"Yeah, I guess so, Lotus! I wonder what happens when you get 500 or 1000?"
"I don't know, but I guess we'll find out some day! Good luck!"
"Thank you! You, too!! :-)"
Now, it seems you can't WAIT to shut me down!! What did I ever do to you?
Anyway, I JUST don't understand WHY it bugs them SOOOO MUCH that someone got a sex change!! What could it POSSIBLY be to them???? Big deal!! Bruce Jenner's getting a sex change!! Suddenly it affects EVERYONE on the planet, and most of them HAVE to hate him!! I think someone should do a man/woman on the street interview with people and just flat out ASK them, "HOW does so & so getting a sex change matter at ALL to you? WHY does it bother you so much?? WHY is this SO much more important to you than the kind of terrible shit going on in the world today?? You'll go OUT of your way to raise a BIG stink about someone getting a sex change (basically doing something TO THEMSELVES that'll make THEM feel MUCH better about themselves, like it's ANY of YOUR business, but you won't day a WORD about how the governments of the world are fucking us over ROYALLY EVERY SINGLE DAY!! WHY does what THEY do to THEIR OWN BODY, JUST to make themselves happy, matter to you??" I doubt any of them can come up with a GOOD answer!!!! Something besides, "Well, I might end up on a date with one, not knowing it, and then I'd turn gay because I was actually getting it on with a GUY!!" But, guess who's watching all those pornos where GIRLS are kissing, licking and having sex with each other!! THAT doesn't COUNT, hunh? Because it's GIRLS! Yeah, and because it's for YOUR entertainment, Chuckles!!!!