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I am "woke," so I am concerned with the interests of all my fellow citizens, not just the majority.

Cow's milk.

Trump is despicable, and the final score of the Superbowl was 40-22, not 40-14

I must admit I was very surprised at the results of the Superbowl. I thought Kansas City would win easily, but that obviously did not happen. As far as the halftime show, I watched the first couple minutes and then ignored it until the game restarted.

Sounds like they need to increase the size of the Pattaya Sports Center and hire more attendants to care for the dogs.

Thanks! That's what I thought, but I was not sure. I was afraid since my SS payments are not taxed in the US, when I transferred those funds here, they would be eligible to be taxed in Thailand.

I have only one question: Are transfer deposits of US Social Security retirement funds subject to Thai taxes? In other words, are US Social Security retirement payments considered "foreign income"?

I vehemently disagree with you. Israel will keep killing Palestinians until they force all of them out of Palestine because Israel wants that entire area for themselves. In current history, this has been going on since 1948.

Israelis have killed Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank for well over 70 years, and they have been funded to do so.

I don't recall saying I thought the number of men wanting to shower with girls is tiny, but it is probably much larger than the percentage of trans women. I'm sure there are a significant number of men who would enjoy showering with girls, but most of these are not trans women. According to the figures I quoted in my post above, trans people make up about 1-2% of the US population. Assuming these are split half and half (trans men and trans women), trans women would only be .5-1% of the population. I'm sure there is a more significant percentage of heterosexual men who would enjoy showering with girls. I'd guess as many as 50%, but that's, as I said, just a guess.

Lock him up! 😠

According to the latest figures on the Internet: - 891 Israelis have been killed in Gaza... After a year of fighting: IDF reports 891 Israeli soldiers have died during war, including 390 in Gaza & 50 in Lebanon | All Israel News - 46,600 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza... Gaza death toll: how many Palestinians has Israel's offensive killed? | Reuters I'd say the "Pay to Slay" is working more for the Israelis than the Palestinians.

Trump is despicable! 😠

Correction, its an abnormality Ns .00001 of the world population I don't know where you got your figures, and I don't know what "Ns" stands for, but I assume you think that's some sort of mathematical symbol for a decimal. Anyway, here are the figures I see online with the source: "Being transgender isn’t that uncommon anymore. 1.6 million people (1–2%) in the U.S. identify as transgender. Worldwide current numbers range between 0.6–3%. Reported numbers are proportionally higher in young people and may continue to grow in the years to come." www.healthline.com/health/transgender/how-common-is-transgender

I am sure I am not the only "woke" person on AseanNow Forums. I've exchanged messages with many of them. Allowing men in women's toilets is not the issue here, at least from my "woke" point of view. The issue here is that some, like you, probably, are so closed-minded that you believe there are only two distinct genders and that everyone has to be classified as one or the other. This classification is made primarily on the type of genitals the person is born with, which, as we all (I assume) know are sometimes abnormal. Another determining factor are hormones, which, as with genitals, can be abnormal, which may not become evident until puberty. Also, the abnormality in these two factors, genitals and hormones, can occur together or separately. Long story short, although the vast majority of us do have the physical and hormonal characteristics that we associate with either a male or female, some of us don't. That percentage is hard to pin down, but it appears to be about 1%. So, for me, a "woke" individual, the problem isn't how to keep men out of women's toilets or sports leagues; it's creating a rule or method to determine which one of the two accepted genders a person is that can be applied to everyone, not just the 99%.

No, I am "woke." And, yes, that is equivalent to moving forward at a "warp factor 6" when Trump and his supporters are still trudging along on impulse power, and worse than that, they are going backward.

No you really don't. Yes, I do. The judgment of that is mine to make, not yours.

What would you say if I accused someone who advocates capitalism and then does a favor for someone without the expectation of receiving any profit from it of not being a true capitalist? We all are not ever "true" anything. In fact, almost every major country's economy, including my own (USA), is a mixture of capitalism and socialism. The discussions are really never if our economies should be "true" capitalistic or socialistic, but what percentage that mix should be. I, when I describe myself as a socialist, want to see the economy of the country I live in (Thailand), and my home country (USA), become more and more socialistic and less capitalistic. I hope this explanation helps you cope with my ongoing support of socialism.

I sell some of them, and I give away others. I certainly don't expect to make a lot of money from them, I wrote to share my thoughts, not to get any others' money.

I walk the walk the best I can.

I do whatever I can to support socialism, and I will continue to do so.

You've misinterpreted all of my questions. I'll asked again in more detail: 1. What is the threat? The threat of being raped? The threat of having a man see them undressed? The threat of seeing a man undressed? 2. I think a poll of women would be a good thing and those that see transgenders as a threat should ask why. 3. Are you denying there are transfenders who we otherwise would define as being a woman who believe they are a man? 4. I was asking about how to distinguish between someone who we otherwise would define as being a man who believe they are a woman. Is that a "transgender man" or a "transgender woman"? Or do we just use "transgender" to mean both? It seems like people only use that to refer to a man who believes he is a woman. This whole issue is because most people believe that EVERYONE must belong to only one of two genders: male or female. There is no belief of accommodation for those who do not fit neatly into one of those two categories. I also believe that these people, transgenders, are a very, very small percentage of the population, probably around 1%, but only 80% of the population clearly identify as being purely heterosexual. "In this survey, on average about 80% of people worldwide identified as heterosexual, 3% as gay, lesbian or homosexual, 4% as bisexual, 1% as pansexual or omnisexual, 1% as asexual, 1% as "other", and 11% don't know or won't say." Demographics of sexual orientation - Wikipedia

What is the "threat"? Is it real, or is it just a perceived threat? What was the "threat" of Blacks when they had to be banned from all White resources and activities? Was it real or just perceived? And how many women perceive transgender men* as being a threat? Is it 10%, 50%, 99%? And how about the women who want to get into boys' and men's showers, bathrooms, and sports? We never hear anything about them or the men who see that as a threat. * I still don't know what to call transgender people. Are "transgender men" people who we designate as men who believe they are women or people who we designate as women who believe they are men? Or maybe we should just call them all "transgender," and that could be either or both?

I can't be a "true socialist" as long as I live in a country with at least some capitalism. I can only advocate for a greater emphasis on socialistic features and a diminishing reliance on capitalism, which I do in my personal life, here online, and in my writing. I have written and published ten books, all reflecting my views on this in various ways.