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On Wed, 02 Apr 2025 06:29:55 -0400, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by jillery <69jpil69@gmail.com>:
>On Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:47:53 -0700, Bob Casanova
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 01 Apr 2025 05:28:20 -0400, the following appeared
>>in talk.origins, posted by jillery <69jpil69@gmail.com>:
>>
>>>On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:43:16 -0700, Bob Casanova
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:24:37 -0400, the following appeared
>>>>in talk.origins, posted by Kestrel Clayton
>>>>:
>>>>
>>>>>On 31-Mar-25 02:00, jillery wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 30 Mar 2025 22:00:04 -0400, Kestrel Clayton
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The last day of March is the Transgender Day of Visibility, a day to
>>>>>>> improve awareness of transgender people, to draw attention to the
>>>>>>> challenges and oppression we face, and help people understand us
better.
>>>>>>> The TDoV is more important than ever in 2025, as the Trump
>>>>>>> Administration has put us squarely in its target sights.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One of the ways I can fight for my existence, and that of several of my
>>>>>>> friends and loved ones, is by being visible as myself, answering
>>>>>>> questions, and demystifying trans people.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am a transgender woman. I am visible. Ask me anything.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> While I am sympathetic to your stated goal, I would feel even more
>>>>>> positive toward your OP if you made even a token effort to present it
>>>>>> in a way that's on-topic to T.O.; ex. document non-binary sexual
>>>>>> behavior in other species, or explain how transgender people provide
>>>>>> adaptive benefits to human societies.
>>>>>
>>>>>I thought it might be of interest to the group generally, as
>>>>>talk.origins has always had a secondary purpose of identifying and
>>>>>countering authoritarian attempts to overrule science — the why of
>>>>>creationism, so to speak, in addition to the how. The current
>>>>>Administration's war on "gender ideology" is a cousin of creationism and
>>>>>intelligent design; it's bread and circuses to keep the rubes distracted
>>>>>while the oligarchs pick their pockets.
>>>>>
>>>>>In addition, I've been posting here on and off for 30 years now, and
>>>>>many of you feel like people I've known for a very long time. Perhaps
>>>>>not friends, precisely, but long-time neighbors of whom I've grown very
>>>>>fond. I thought you might be interested. My sincere apologies if the
>>>>>general consensus is this is inappropriate for talk.origins.
>>>>>
>>>>Don't worry about it; this group has posts about everything
>>>>from Flat Earth and Expanding Earth nutters to serious
>>>>issues of astrophysics and cosmology, with no complaints. A
>>>>post such as yours is not a problem.
>>>
>>>
>>>Unless your opinion is that the OP would not be more interesting when
>>>presented in a topical way, then your comments above are non sequitur.
>>>
>>My comment was a matter of fact regarding historical posting
>>data, plus my opinion regarding the relevance of that to his
>>apology,
>
>
>As were my comments, so no difference there.
>
>
>>but your opinion is noted.
>
>
>Since you completely ignored my opinion, a reasonable conclusion is
>you have no idea what is my opinion, as usual.
>
You stated it pretty clearly: "your comments above are non
sequitur". I disagree for the reason I stated, but it is
noted as your opinion.
>
--
Bob C.
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"
- Isaac Asimov
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