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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:59 AM Original message |
Blue Cross of Michigan to eliminate coverage of gender reassignment surgery |
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moez (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. "medically necessary procedures"? |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. kick |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. Transgendering is something that is hard for me to grasp. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Not sounding conservative |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Guess what? Not everyone on the Left agrees with you. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. It is not about agreement, |
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AB_Positive (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
43. *cough* |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
182. Welcome to DU, AB_Positive! |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
184. Thanks for the explanation and welcome to DU |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
41. Not everyone on the left knows what the fuck they're talking about either. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Thing is, there's open-minded... |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. And then there's flat out bigotry |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
133. to expect Transexuals to conform to your bigotry is not surprising |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. For the record: I would not "refuse to hire" a person that was transgendered. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. That really should go without saying... |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. To take a kinder tack with you |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 04:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
209. By the way: |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Yep. Job Opportunities Aren't the Same As Voluntary Surgery. |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
190. "Reassignment surgery" is elective. BS |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. If you are against gender altering surgery |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. or be forced to pay for others to have it. n/t |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. There's lots of things some bigots are against |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
90. just because folks don't understand things and ask questions about them |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #90 |
116. I don't see many people trying to understand things or asking questions in this thread |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
97. Bigotry = not agreeing with you? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #97 |
115. Transphobia is bigotry |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #115 |
119. I don't agree with you. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #119 |
124. Discriminating against transpeople is transphobia |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #124 |
129. Except that refusing to give a physically-normal person an elective castration, vaginoplasty... |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
104. you see the body "doesn't work".....body and mind |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #104 |
189. thanks for a reasonable explanation! |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. I know that some people suffer from gender dysphoria and I know the facts. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. your friend's story is far from rare... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. i think the vast majority of people consider sexual re-assignment to be elective surgery... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. probably true |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I gotta admit you lost me at the |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. "wanted to be operated" |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
150. "If I had a kid that wanted to be transgendered" |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. I Do, Too. |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
45. I'm somewhat baffled, too |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
73. "Why don't people just dress up as the other gender and be a homosexual?" |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 03:30 AM Response to Reply #73 |
207. Well... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 04:50 AM Response to Reply #207 |
214. This has nothing to do with societal acceptance, don't you understand that? |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 05:23 AM Response to Reply #214 |
220. Ok fine. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 05:24 AM Response to Reply #220 |
222. Yet another offensive comparisons, do you know when to stop or is it just... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
146. If you had a kid who was transgendered, I would work to make sure they were removed from an... |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 03:27 AM Response to Reply #146 |
206. I'm sorry, but if your son walked up to you and said: "Dad/Mom I want to have my penis cut off" |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 04:20 AM Response to Reply #206 |
210. What the fuck does that have to do with your quote here? |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 04:31 AM Response to Reply #210 |
212. Well. As I said, my son can wear all the dresses he wants. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 04:47 AM Response to Reply #212 |
213. It seems to me that basically you have "no problem" with transexuals unless they are family... |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 04:52 AM Response to Reply #213 |
215. I'm sorry but you see bigotry where there isn't any. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 04:55 AM Response to Reply #215 |
216. There's a difference between willing and able... |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 05:03 AM Response to Reply #216 |
217. Maybe it is. If this person is entirely sure that they want it. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 05:06 AM Response to Reply #217 |
218. I think the fact that you consider it mutilation at all that is the problem... |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 05:09 AM Response to Reply #218 |
219. I suggest the following: Look up one of the boards on the web were the people gather ... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 05:23 AM Response to Reply #219 |
221. Do I give a shit? |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 05:26 AM Response to Reply #221 |
223. Ok thanks. I will read it up. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
153. I don't even know where to start. I can't believe you actually posted that. |
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name not needed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
196. "Hey, why don't people just pretend to be straight and stay in the closet?" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. Deleted message |
blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. What about the hermaphrodite |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I doubt that this policy applies to a person with a physical anomaly. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. You doubt, but you don't know. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. what was the doctor's issue with your friend's desire for surgery? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I only know what she told me |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. A little more reading might help you understand. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I do read about this issue. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. What other narratives are there? n/t |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. So you're suggesting that all transgendered people are mentally ill? Wow. |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Gender reassignment is a "mental problem"? |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
29. You are correct on one point |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. And the reality of the day is |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Well if the argument |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
8. oh boy |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
31. People have medical needs |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. And, I guess trans people aren't really people to you |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
204. How is it any more "medical" |
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pnutbutr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
34. like fake boobs |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. It is necessary for the health of transgendered people |
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pnutbutr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:35 AM Original message |
seriously? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
49. I suggest you go open your mind and research it a bit |
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pnutbutr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #49 |
77. oh sorry |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Deleted sub-thread |
QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
154. Progressive is so old-fashioned! We're "postpartisan" and "pragmatic" now! |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
205. So, if I think I am ugly and believe plastic surgery will make me better |
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AirBaud (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
63. Are you serious? |
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pnutbutr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #63 |
78. yes |
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AirBaud (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Lets nail down what is elective. |
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pnutbutr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #82 |
107. dibilitating |
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AirBaud (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #107 |
113. It is considered elective surgery by the medical community. |
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pnutbutr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #113 |
118. and |
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AirBaud (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #118 |
121. You stated that elective surgery should not be covered. |
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pnutbutr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. ok |
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AirBaud (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #123 |
128. I have chronic pain in both knees from sports related injuries. |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #34 |
167. Erm, "fake boobs" and gender reassignment is available in the UK on the NHS. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
35. Is being transgendered an illness? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I don't consider an illness, but it's in the DSM-IV |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. So is Body Dismorphic Disorder. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. I do object to the insurers' policy, because I'm not a bigot |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. I object to helping people hurt themselves. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. They are not hurting themselves |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
44. We have people without access to the most basic care in Michigan. |
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AirBaud (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. How is the health and well being of these individuals not basic care? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. I think anyone who is basically in good physical health |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. How is amputating the leg of an apotemnophile not basic care? |
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AirBaud (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I am not of the belief that those that would undergo gender reassigment procedures |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Yes, and that choice is denying care to a group based on bigotry |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. elective surgery is not basic care. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. It's not elective surgery if someone's health depends on it |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Sorry, but it's still elective surgery |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Read about the suicide rates of trans people, and then get back to me |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. I'm familiar with those figures- or at least I was a few years back |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. And, gee, let's see what part of that help entails |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. I don't want to deny anyone anything. |
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AirBaud (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #70 |
88. Cataract surgery is elective. It improves quality of life. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. Cataracts are not a state of mind. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #91 |
199. Freeper bigotry is a state of mind |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #88 |
99. Do you have a household budget? |
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AirBaud (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Do you believe that someone with chronic pain |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. yes, I meant to put something like that in. that's not considered elective, however. |
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AirBaud (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. I disagree with your defintion. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #68 |
81. that's still part of a physical disorder |
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AirBaud (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. It is not life saving. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. but it's within the scope of what surgical medicine exists to do... |
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AirBaud (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #87 |
93. It is a recognized medical condition for which surgical medicine offers a solution. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #93 |
105. People used to think that prefrontal lobotomies were a great solution... |
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AirBaud (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #105 |
120. Do you disagree with it being classified as a medical condition? |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #120 |
125. It's an emotional and psychological condition, and... |
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AirBaud (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #125 |
130. The American Medical Association does not agree with you. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #130 |
134. The AMA is a political organization. |
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AirBaud (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #134 |
135. So what is the organization of medical professionals that supports your view, |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #134 |
180. I'd like to hear the answer to this question as well. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Deleted message |
HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Such compassion |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #64 |
85. Is it compassion to give people everything they want? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #85 |
94. It's compassionate to allow people to fulfill their health needs |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
75. if there's no money for anything but basic care |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
66. Wow. Just wow. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. yes, there's that. and then there are folks like me who are well informed |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Holy shit. Stop the presses. We agree on something |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Honestly, if you don't think insurance should cover transgender surgery/care |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #74 |
86. Well said |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #86 |
98. Honestly, I think the people who say they "understand" the issue and are still against it |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. This entire thread is appalling. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. I would agree |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. Gotta love the fact that certain disorders warrant compassion |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #106 |
131. I don't think that surgically trying to change someone's sex is compassionate. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #74 |
89. Curious as to how you feel about the 'womyn born womyn' policy at MWMF? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. I think it's a bigoted policy |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. You told the previous poster to stop flying GLBT flag. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #96 |
101. Wow, how deep is that rabbit hole you just jumped down |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #101 |
109. Clearly, your goal is to shut down any meaningful discussion of this topic. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. Meaningful discussion? I think others shut that down long ago |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #110 |
111. Actually, it was germane to the topic. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #111 |
114. Denying medical care to TG people is not being their ally |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #114 |
122. I'm all for giving them *appropriate* medical care. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #122 |
126. What's "appropriate" medical care? |
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AirBaud (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #126 |
132. According to the American Medical Association, |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #132 |
137. So? A few decades ago, lobotomies were The Way Forward. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #110 |
117. I think this is a meaningful discussion. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #117 |
127. "unsupported assertions" |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #109 |
112. Thing is, there isn't really a consensus on this issue. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #74 |
140. I'm not for denying them care |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 04:31 AM Response to Reply #140 |
211. The sad thing in this is, you used the "I am a supporter of xxxx BUT" argument |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #71 |
80. Yeah, gotta admit, I agree with cali on this one. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #69 |
83. +1 n/t |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #69 |
95. If you see gender reassignment as elective surgery, you are |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #95 |
103. I certainly do know trans folks. post-op and pre-op. Quite a few of them |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
108. There's some major assholery and willful ignorance on this thread. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #108 |
139. You're too kind. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #139 |
142. it's stunning and disappointing---as usual. |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #108 |
145. I've tried to stay out of this thread and will leave it at this one comment: |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
136. Holy fucking shit, a lot of bigots in this thread, of course, most are the usual suspects... |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #136 |
141. when your only rhetorical tool is denunciation of bigotry... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. I call it as I see it, and I'm not the only one... |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #143 |
152. I just think that these surgeries are both harmful and medically unnecessary. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #152 |
155. You aren't the one whose requesting said surgeries, so you opinion doesn't matter... |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #152 |
201. "medically unnecessary" as opposed to WHAT, exactly? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
138. the bigotry on DU astounds me... |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #138 |
144. The various objections that people have raised here are not expressions of bigotry. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #144 |
147. Smith_3 is a classic example of a bigot, even advocating for emotionally abusing... |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #138 |
149. Lasik surgery is considered "cosmetic" and not covered |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #149 |
151. Are you going to commit suicide because you wear glasses? n/t |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #149 |
156. wow... you went there... you made my point |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #156 |
159. Own goal! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #159 |
160. holy crap |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #160 |
164. is the poster not implying that myopia surgery might be a legitimate candidate... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #138 |
158. It's par for the course these last couple of years. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
148. Gender reassignment surgery is not cosmetic surgery in that it is "frivolous." |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #148 |
157. except that cleft-palate is a *physical* disorder, hence the surgical treatment... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #157 |
161. So now you are saying transgendered people don't exist? |
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AirBaud (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #161 |
163. I believe "state of mind" is the phrase I have seen used. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #161 |
165. No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying it's not an anatomical disorder. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #165 |
170. Well you already demonstrated that you are completely ignorant on this subject... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #165 |
173. Yes, you think transgenderism is a "superstition", according to you. Like walking under a ladder. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #157 |
162. So is what we are discussing. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #162 |
171. no, really... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #171 |
172. You do realize that there have been studies that seem to show that transexual brains are... |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #172 |
175. nothing definitive, though... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #175 |
183. Deleted sub-thread |
HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #171 |
176. Answer my question: Do you think people are born gay or is that a choice too? |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #176 |
177. Well, what do you think? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #177 |
191. That you probably don't think gays are born gay |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #191 |
198. what I think is that this subject is very complex... |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #198 |
202. Please explain further |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #157 |
166. Do you think gay people are a "superstition", too? |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #166 |
168. You're proposing reassignment surgery for gays, too? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #168 |
169. That's not what I'm saying and you know it |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
174. They are getting hammered by loss of participants. Auto-worker layoffs are the cause of this. |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
178. Personally....I want to have this covered.... |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #178 |
179. ... |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #178 |
181. I want this covered, too. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #178 |
186. Thank you for posting this. |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
185. My 2 cents not knowing all that much about the subject |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #185 |
187. You know more than the bigots on this thread, that's for sure. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
188. Trans community can't win- |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
192. And one wonders why nearly all the Transgendered posters on DU no longer post here |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #192 |
193. Hear hear! Not everyone on DU are transphobic ingrates, just a loud... |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #192 |
194. Seconded |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #192 |
195. I am honestly shocked this is still open -- this is probably THE MOST VILE thread ever on DU |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #192 |
197. No one has argued for discrimination. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #197 |
200. What is this "on the Left" stuff? |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #197 |
203. You sure make a lot of assumptions about me in that one post |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
208. Thanks for this thread. |
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224. It certainly shows off some of our "finest" |
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