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Of course it can, and it should be kept from children as much as possible. If you look at almost any drag type event, the participants do NOT look/dress like Caitlin Jenner. They are invariable over-the-top burlesque style.

That isnt fascism, it is common sense. Schools only have limited time to teach kids what they NEED to know in order to get on in the world. A course in gay history is about the same importance as teaching about Nigerian basket weaving.

Except that violent crime ROSE during her tenure as Attorney General. https://ballotpedia.org/Fact_check/Did_violent_crime_increase_10_percent_in_California_under_Attorney_General_Kamala_Harris ...while it was dropping in the US overall. https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/table-1

Curious what 'rights' are being taken away by this 'assault'. These days, nobody cares about gay marriage or what adults do in the privacy of their own homes.

Perhaps, but there is also a very hyper sexualized element in modern drag. Exaggerated costumes and 'female' anatomy, lots of sexual innuendo, S and M, etc. It is adult entertainment. This is far different from the cross dressing of Dame Edna or Mrs Doubtfire. The two are not the same at all, and to conflate them is disingenuous.

I call it the "NABAT Defence"- "Not As Bad As Trump". Which I find funny, because if you simultaneously belive that a/ Trump is low/base/crap and b/Trump is the standard, then you are truly damning Biden with faint praise. "Better than Trump" is not saying much. As bad as the fall at the Air Force Academy was the recovery. Very slow, took 3 people to pick Joe up, then he started sloooooooowly pointing at the offending sandbag. I mean, he's 80 years old. There is no way in hell he should be anywhere near a position of responsibility. He can't even remember how many grandchildren he has.

Considering his work hours are 1000am to 400pm with most Fridays and weekends at the beach, you may be right. I look at Biden and Trump and wouldnt let them manage a gas station, never mind a country. I agree that a hard limit for age is the way to go for ALL politicians. Along with term limits.

What else would you call it? There is evidence, especially among teenage girls, that transgenderism is socially contagious. Called Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria.

As usual, the side that uses the most euphemisms is the one that is weak. By "gender affirming surgery" you really mean castration. By "hormone altering drugs" you really mean chemical castration. These kids need help. Psychological help dealing with whatever in their lives is making them this way. We don't let kids drive cars, smoke, sign contracts, even if they have parental consent. So why do we let them be mutilated and permanently sterilized for what may be a passing (but serious) mental health crisis?

Sounds reasonable on the face of it. But, since entering the US illegally is ALREADY a criminal activity, they have already excluded themselves. Not to mention if they have other children and accompaning family members (other than the parents themselves)- what happens to them? Nah, if your point is to not split families up then the thing to do is keep them together on the same plane that takes them home. I agree that the immigration system needs to be given a total overhaul, visas need to be updated and made easier to obtain, and those who employ illegal aliens need to be punished. But until that time we need to go with what we got.

If this were a one-off then let it go. Sadly, it is not. He has fallen/nearly fallen on numerous occasions, the latest in Japan at the G7 meeting. If you take a minute to see his gait when he is walking, it is extremely unsteady. He holds his hands stiff and a bit ahead of his body, as if his balance is perpetually a bit off. He almost teeters rather than walks. Let the poor man retire already and enjoy his grandkids.

Yes, but using the words "logic" and "Trump" in the same sentence is not generally a normal thing.

In any case, the point is that Disney is in a downward spiral based on a series of terrible decisions at the management level. So IMHO there is no need for DeSantis to get too involved. I think some famous person whose name escaped me said something like, "if your opponent is making a mistake, don't interrupt them".

Or perhaps it is simply a crap movie? Perhaps viewers are not happy with the 'modifications' made to a beloved classic. I don't mean just the obvious of casting a cafe latte actress in the lead role, but the entire tenor of the original story was altered.

Down compared to last week, but not to the previous administration. Anyway, the question is what to do when a child is born (and a citizen) but the parents are not legal residents.

Are you not reading the replies? I ask because I have said repeatedly that such children are American citizens. Also clearly said that I think Trump is wrong about this. We can move past these blockages and go on to solutions. Which are.......

Translation: "we don't want to make the great Disney angry, so...." Of course there is some crap commentary, happens all the time. But that cannot be justification for fudging the numbers unless there is proof of large scale bufoonery.

Fluff. Just say what you mean without the tapdancing. Do you want families of illegal aliens to be able to stay legally in the US because they had a child born there? How many does this extend to- siblings, grandparents, cousins....

Up to the family if they want to be split. They can stay together if they want to. Just can't stay together in the US. What is YOUR solution?

Where is the cruelty? These are good options. Of course, depending on the state, terminating the pregnancy is also a possibility.

Little Mermaid is so bad that IMDB is putting its thumb on the scales to make the reviews seem more positive than they actually are. “Although we accept and consider all votes received by users, not all votes have the same impact (or ‘weight’) on the final rating. When unusual voting activity is detected, an alternate weighting calculation may be applied in order to preserve the reliability of our system,” https://deadline.com/2023/05/the-little-mermaid-global-opening-review-bombing-international-box-office-1235381992/

Of course I am at odds with Trump. He is wrong on this issue. It isn't complicated.

Of course not. As I said, born in the US equals citizenship. Same applies, if the mother wants to keep her child when she is deported, that is fine. Otherwise, relatives or adoption.

The cruelty is parents who would risk their children in such a way. Even so, they would be welcome to keep their families intact as they return to their points of origin. If they CHOOSE to leave their kids behind, who's fault is that?

It is the fault of the broken immigration system that people are allowed to stay in the States for so long that they can become pregnant and give birth. In those cases, the kids are indeed citizens. But the parents aren't. So when the parents are deported they can choose to take their US citizen children with them, or leave them behind. If left behind they can be placed with relatives (if available) or into a good adoption.