BangkokReady

The devil is in the detail. The UK police fast-track is to get people with the skills into top-level positions who might otherwise not get there ever, or take a long time. It's meant to benefit the officers but also the force. If the Thai version means unqualified people who are of no benefit can buy their way into an officer position, then it isn't the same.

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Unfortunately, you won't get any sense out of some people on this issue. There are basically two types of people in their mind when it comes to discussing LGBT: pro-LGBT people who completely agree with them and right-wing, Nazi, White Supremacists who are lying because they hate trans people, with nothing in-between. Their minds cannot allow them to accept that any rational normal person might have a valid concern on any of this. Even if you put together a solid argument, with evidence to back it up, once they see they are beat they will start saying that you're being aggressive and trolling. Then they pick up their toys and run home because they don't want to play anymore. It's all simply too ideological and the cognitive dissonance kicks in.

Surely "A trans woman marries a woman." describes it perfectly? Why the need to shoe-horn "cis" into it? It's redundant. Unless you're injecting something political into it?

Unfortunately for you, you are wrong and deep down, I think you know it.....just can't admit it. They aren't even clued up on their own talking points: Sex is different to gender, in the new way of seeing things, sure, but female is sex not gender. A trans woman is not female. You cannot change your sex.

Essentially, they're expanding it to cover as many groups as possible that don't come under the definition "heterosexual". This then gives them an advantage in the Oppression Olympics as they can claim all the collective oppression of every group within LGBT.

They just don't have the same understanding of it that we (Westerners) have. Think about people in Western countries with pictures of Che Guevara or Chairman Mao on their bedroom walls. Anyone who directly suffered under these people would probably feel the same way a European does when they see Asians dressing up as Nazis for a school event. There's kind of a disconnect when it happens to "other people".

Unfortunately, there's one symbol that trumps them all. $$$$

Absolutely. The problem is, by shutting down discussions, nothing really gets resolved and it just divides people further.

If it happens, then is it still claptrap?

Claptrap? It happens all the time!

I like them, but I'll be interested to see if they can reduce inequality without raising (or introducing) taxes that are significant and unpopular.

Careful. Communism and "vote them out" don't really go well together.

They're ticking boxes to try to get as much support as possible. "We're communists, we're trans, all the good stuff! Vote for us!"

They're still linked to communism (so bad) and a big reason that the democracy protests lost traction and fizzled out. Communists co-opting campaigns for democracy (the opposite of communism) are never going to do anything good.

The hammer and sickle represent communism, which most people have a problem with, as they should.

It must be tiring to have your lifestyle held to ransom by the fear of "looking gay", whatever that means.

You can get flat ones too.

This sounds interesting. Could you post a picture of what it looks like please? Just a google one is fine.

Of course. I see it as a necessity in Thailand as you can't always guarantee that any toilet you go into has anything more than just a dribble of water. It's also good to have an umbrella with you most of the time in case of rain or being stuck in the sun. Also a book is useful if you're using Thai public transport or visiting any Thai government office. It's all down to how much you let what other people think rule your life. If you want a shoulder bag, get a shoulder bag. Plenty that don't look feminine. The biggest stumbling block is having to deal with Thai shop assistants.

I realise it was generated by AI.

Unfortunately, I think these are explained by the person being "technically dead" but having part of their brain still alive.

Yes, we are unconscious when we sleep and don't even remember all of our dreams. But have you ever experienced something close to sleeping and not remembered it? Like Switched off your alarm, removed an item of clothing, thrown off the bedcovers, etc., and then gone back to sleep and not remembered it?

It probably does.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/61876/11-words-meanings-have-changed-drastically-over-time You can also search for "words that have changed meaning over time" and see many results.