My older brother used to run around with a young man that was raised by racist bikers. The guy killed someone during a house robbery. And still I'm not sure that that person was irredeemably evil.

But I've also done time in prison. And was celled up with an old man that hurt a little girl. No acknowledgement, no remorse. Smiling, outgoing. But at the time I had no idea what he had done. And I had no idea that he was a sociopath until he opened up to me about cutting crow's tongues when he was young, because he had seen a talking crow at a circus. No empathy. As 'nice' as he seemed.

Looking back, he had that same look in his eyes that you can see in cult leaders and other sociopaths. When I watched the Nixium documentary with my partner, it was like that. A charismatic predator.

I'd like to see some women Democrats challenge him to other fitness activities.

Considering he bragged that he could beat basically any woman at any sport, because men are just better.

Hit him in his ego and his fragile masculinity.

And hopefully God and a heart attack will do the rest

This far right nepo baby doesn't look like Greta at all.

deglazing. it's when you use an acid to pull all the glaze off the bottom of a pan. it flavors the dish and makes cleaning your pan easier.

rice vinegar and red or white wines are favorites

He not only robbed us of a primary, he broke his one term promise.

And in doing so, shoved an uncharismatic center right candidate down our throats, whose only redeeming quality was not Trump.

Is that what democracy looks like?

A far right Venezuelan woman.

Peace prize is a joke.

It sounds like there wasn't a girl in the locker room, but a trans boy.

I'm not saying that isn't awkward, but your perception of events aren't exactly accurate either.

I'm trans personally, and I think the solution to this is more gender-neutral spaces. If I use the men's room, I make men uncomfortable because I'm a woman. If I didn't pass, I might make folks uncomfortable in the women's room instead.

The issue is the gender binary and our cultures discomfort of anything outside it. Not that a trans boy was more comfortable in the boys locker room.

That said, I don't think the trans boy should have been filming. I get the he wanted to catch the harassment on video, but an audio recording would have served the same purpose.

"According to court documents, transgender military members diagnosed with gender dysphoria were more deployable than their cisgender counterparts who were diagnosed with depression."

This is queer erasure. And you know it. Because you're here to spread hate and toxicity. Not to participate in good faith.

There's six realms in Buddhism, one is where the Indian Gods live.

And they pay homage to the Buddha. Because he transcends all realms. Even theirs.

He also let go of all attachment. King, God, he was beyond those things.

So he spent his life teaching the way of understanding and compassion,because he was not attached to himself. And if you're not attached to yourself, why do you care if your king or not?

There are support groups for men out there that are not generally charectirized as toxic. Toxic folks may attack men for going to them, but I can tell you before I transitioned I used to go to one, and no one ever verbally attacked me for it.

Your mind has an active visual cortex. Other folks think more using their audio cortex. Some more with somatic awareness (feeling tone).

Mathameticians can visualize math.

Everyone is wired a bit different.

I'm a two or a four on the scale, depending on how much weed I consume. As heavy weed use dulls the minds eye. Though irregular use can enhance it.

And after years working in kitchens, I can think in smells. I.e.mix spices in my mind and smell them in my head before adding to a dish.

Let go of my defense mechanisms and cracked my egg on mushrooms.

Imagine getting out of bed and realizing you're a forty year old trans woman, who absolutely hates her entire wardrobe. And in a world that stigmatizes gender non-conformity.

But my partner was very supportive, and I spent the next few months replacing my wardrobe. Started on HRT. And life got better.

Scary. Still scared. But now I know I can love and be myself. And communication and understanding between my partner and I is much better too.

Set healthy boundaries.

"I don't want to keep talking about this today."

And then leave the room.

If they make suicidal threats.

"If you're serious I'm going to have to call a welfare check."

Do you have the same strong feelings about more dangerous drugs?

Such as alcohol?

Stealing books alone isn't a hate crime.

Targeting specific books because you hate a specific group of people, well maybe there's no hate crime enhancer for theft. But it's motivated by hate, it's a hate crime.

Well this last election really broke me from thinking of myself as an American. I just happen to live here.

Because the truth is our democracy is managed by oligarch propaganda. And our votes mean very little outside of local elections.

A vote for Trump and a vote for Harris were both going to continue the harms of the MIC and the fossil fuel industry. Yes, Trump is an accelerant. And I voted not to add gasoline.

But the fire was going to burn one way or the other.

Anyway, I think folks that feel ashamed still believe that their voice matters. Which is by design of the political and business class.

If they are progressive, then why are they scared of progressives running?

Not trolling.

But randomly capitalizing words to express your outrage is off-putting. So is pointing at your PhD multiple times when you feel defensive.

Anyway, the answer to your first question answers the rest.

Not everyone agrees that fascism is bad. Yes, it's what we were supposed to learn in school. But our country has its own history of genocide, racism, and hate. And we largely teach that greed and stepping on others is how to get ahead. I mean, we're taught the golden rule. But also to be successful even if it means turning a blind eye to the harms you cause.

Our unresolved racial and genocidal karma is also very easy to tap into when folks are scared or feeling stepped on.

Which makes it very easy for a demogague to make the case, you know, maybe fascism isn't that bad.

Couple this with billion dollar propaganda machines and a lack of critical thinking skills taught in some religions and educational systems, and most folks on the right don't realize that anti-antifa is logically pro-fascim. And the rest don't care as long as they get theirs and the right people get hurt.

exactly, they're weaponizing it. Grindr would just be outing them.

Not just against the grain, against the instance rules (bigotry). Like a house guest that comes over and pisses on the floor.