"Call me Caitlyn"

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BoberFett

BoberFett

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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SMOGZINN said:
It always surprises me that some people have such strong reactions to other people doing something they don't understand. I often wonder where such a strong emotional reaction to something like this comes from.

Does it really matter if it is He so She. If it is Caitlyn or Bruce?
Why do you have such a strong reaction to it? Why do you care about other people's sexuality and gender so much that you get 'sick' or 'disgusted' over something so insignificant? Maybe you should spend some time thinking about that and what that means about you and your sexuality.
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I don't begrudge anyone their right to do anything they want, as long it doesn't affect me, and this person's sex changes certainly doesn't.

But if Jenner didn't want attention, be it negative or positive, he/she shouldn't have thrust himself/herself in the spotlight. Put yourself in the public eye, expect people to give their opinion.
 
QueBert

QueBert

Lifer
Jan 6, 2002
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Charmonium said:
Jessica Lange - maybe. But Geena Davis is actually cute.

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Yet I thought it, then Googled it to see other people were thinking it too. There must be something to it right?
 
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LegendKiller

Lifer
Mar 5, 2001
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SMOGZINN said:
It always surprises me that some people have such strong reactions to other people doing something they don't understand. I often wonder where such a strong emotional reaction to something like this comes from.

Does it really matter if it is He so She. If it is Caitlyn or Bruce?
Why do you have such a strong reaction to it? Why do you care about other people's sexuality and gender so much that you get 'sick' or 'disgusted' over something so insignificant? Maybe you should spend some time thinking about that and what that means about you and your sexuality.
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Because people like you demand that people can't have a strong reaction.
 
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SMOGZINN

SMOGZINN

Lifer
Jun 17, 2005
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LegendKiller said:
Because people like you demand that people can't have a strong reaction.
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I never said you can't have one, you obviously can. What I asked is why would you? What does that say about you?
I'm also not saying I know the answer to that. I am saying that you should spend some time searching your own thoughts to find out.

Any time I find that I have a strong emotional reaction to something not directly related to me I ask myself these same questions. I search my own emotions to find out why.
I seek to understand.
 
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LegendKiller

Lifer
Mar 5, 2001
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SMOGZINN said:
I never said you can't have one, you obviously can. What I asked is why would you? What does that say about you?
I'm also not saying I know the answer to that. I am saying that you should spend some time searching your own thoughts to find out.

Any time I find that I have a strong emotional reaction to something not directly related to me I ask myself these same questions. I search my own emotions to find out why.
I seek to understand.
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Having seen a friend go through this exact same thing, I don't understand. There is no way to understand.
 
Regs

Regs

Lifer
Aug 9, 2002
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This was a government plot to keep our minds off the extension of the Patriot Act.
 
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LegendKiller

Lifer
Mar 5, 2001
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feralkid said:
Hate and snap-judgement aren't "standards" anyone should be proud of.
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It's not hate or snap judgement. It is rationality. The amusing thing is that you didn't ask him why, what are the basis of his standards, how did he come by them, why would he come to this conclusion.

Instead, you hate and snap judgement. You are what you claim about others. It is the only way you can defend this.
 
feralkid

feralkid

Lifer
Jan 28, 2002
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LegendKiller said:
It's not hate or snap judgement. It is rationality. The amusing thing is that you didn't ask him why, what are the basis of his standards, how did he come by them, why would he come to this conclusion.

Instead, you hate and snap judgement. You are what you claim about others. It is the only way you can defend this.
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Nice try.

The old "if you can't accept my bigotry, then that makes YOU a bigot."

Yawn.
 
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LegendKiller

Lifer
Mar 5, 2001
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feralkid said:
Nice try.

The old "if you can't accept my bigotry, then that makes YOU a bigot."

Yawn.
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It has nothing to do with bigotry.

But nice try in duhverting the discussion.

Why don't you ask those questions rather than jumping on the hatewagon?

For somebody so enlightened it should be much easier to ask questions, no?
 
xaeniac

xaeniac

Golden Member
Feb 4, 2005
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No thank you! I will still call you bruce. Still a man people. Why is this news?
 
MongGrel

MongGrel

Lifer
Dec 3, 2013
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The comments I don't care about really.

Just the fact anyone even gives a shit.
 
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michal1980

Diamond Member
Mar 7, 2003
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dank69 said:
It really is disgusting. Some of these comments are straight out of the Dark Ages.
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Yes its very old school thinking that a man wants to be a woman but still be attracted to women, means that man is a bit f'd in the membrane.

That thinking (thinking bruce is messed up) is what liberals have a problem with, they are perfectly ok with bruce thinking he's a woman, they see nothing wrong with bruces head at all.
 
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mikeford

Diamond Member
Jan 27, 2001
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Creepy, very creepy, and on so many levels. Other than being made into a media event I couldn't care less about it.

Makes me think of someone who has a dead pet stuffed and expects people to act like that is normal and play with it etc.
 
pcgeek11

pcgeek11

Lifer
Jun 12, 2005
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DCal430 said:
People need to stop hating. Let her live her life.
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First: That isn't a "Her", it is a dude.

Second: This is why he is doing it: Attention and Money.

Third: It is his business until he puts it all over on public display ( Magazine Covers, Interviews on TV etc... )

I don't have an issue Old Bruce can do whatever He wants. He is the one calling attention to it with his glamour shots and magazine covers. I wish he would just keep it to himself. Nobody wants to see that sick crap.

And it is still gross.
 
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