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5. I get annoyed as hell...

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2022, 12:20 AM

Mar 2022

...when somebody demands that I "define" a non-mathematical concept.

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"I'm not a biologist" [View all] bigtree Mar 2022 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #1

Sen. Blonde Palin says what? hatrack Mar 2022 #12

So many repubicans, so little time, so many dumbos..s. brush Mar 2022 #2

Not even a fair fight Judge Brown Jackson vs Sen. Blackburn Botany Mar 2022 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #4

Snow White. ShazzieB Mar 2022 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #30

I get annoyed as hell... old as dirt Mar 2022 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #6

Imagine that SC Judge Brown FunkyLeprechaun Mar 2022 #7

hahahaha thanks for the laugh! Cassidy Mar 2022 #8

It's not really funny FunkyLeprechaun Mar 2022 #9

Well, if she had answered as you stated, the next question would have been... LuckyCharms Mar 2022 #13

I agree, it was a diplomatic answer FunkyLeprechaun Mar 2022 #23

I understand where you are coming from. LuckyCharms Mar 2022 #32

But it's not the job of a justice to define terms. Definitions spooky3 Mar 2022 #10

It's not a gotcha FunkyLeprechaun Mar 2022 #11

As I said before, justices do not write definitions, and it is ridiculous to spooky3 Mar 2022 #15

Can Marsha define a woman? And would her definition be correct? By what standards...chromosomes? Samrob Mar 2022 #20

She might be able to define woman FunkyLeprechaun Mar 2022 #24

A case about abortion is decided on abortion, not on the definition of "woman." Besides, WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #14

Which FunkyLeprechaun Mar 2022 #16

Having helped all sorts of pregnant people access the abortion care they want, I know it truly WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #17

Which people get pregnant? FunkyLeprechaun Mar 2022 #18

People with uteri. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #19

You mean women? FunkyLeprechaun Mar 2022 #21

And some men! It's a big world! WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #22

Persistent Mullerian Syndrome (a DSD) FunkyLeprechaun Mar 2022 #25

. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #27

Disagree cabot Mar 2022 #29

. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #31

Proudly displaying their stupidity and pandering to their ignorant base! Emile Mar 2022 #26

Its amazing how frequent and obvious their bait-offerings are. milestogo Mar 2022 #33