Guy Chamberlin

You believe me. But other's may not. Thanks for your alleged concern. Jesus. I haven't talked to my friends about the old abortion days. Honestly don't know what time frame they currently support. Some might identify as conservative and Christian, but maintain a pro-choice stance that recalls their own past and own choices. So maybe some of their views on abortion haven't changed. Maybe I just don't like the politicians they support. But that's the point. Whether they have changed their views on abortion or not, they continue to vote for politicians who are reshaping the Supreme Court and advancing stricter state abortion laws than we once thought possible. It's easier to support these new abortion restrictions -- or shrug them off as the price of owning the libs -- if you no longer face the consequences themselves. It's a pretty simple observation, admittedly anecdotal, and there are plenty examples of aging libs forgetting where they came from, too.

All this would be easily answered if you answered the f#&%ing question. Straight up. No twist.

Did you really just say "alleged abortions?"

That's the very opposite of being fine explaining it in public. How exactly would your Easter response be any different than the dozens of politically heated posts you make every week without Mod intervention? You make it sound like your answer would be worse than we already imagined. And yet, totally innocent. That's on you, Arch. Not me.

Neither Republicans nor Democrats quite knew what to do with that fact.

So you are afraid of explaining why Trans Visibility conflicts with Easter in public. Boy, if that doesn't tell the story.

I appreciate the parable, although there's still a lot of anger and I dare say revenge. I don't see why you shouldn't invite some neighbors and outcasts to the same meal and treat them equally. That would be a nice lesson. Maybe the guy trying to sell his oxen could make a different date. The banquet-giver is pretty thin-skinned in this parable. But I do share your bigger picture TGH. The Old Testament used a lot of fear, which the Church was happy to exert in the name of control. Jesus' gospel of love and forgiveness often seems at odds with God's earlier word, but as the fount of Christianity it is a wonderful blueprint for how we should all live. You certainly don't have to be Christian to appreciate Jesus' teachings.

Many if not most are all-in on right wing candidates (basically just Republicans) lobbying for conditions and timeframes they did not face back when they were fertile. But to your point -- if abortion is represented as a state voter referendum, a lot of these people would support more leniency than their elected officials, and perhaps the Supreme Court itself. Have their thought processes changed? Or is it just easier to ban abortion when you're long out of bar crawling and child-bearing years? As a Christian do you prefer a return to a pre-Roe world where abortion was nearly as common, but illegal and less safe, especially for the underclass? I don't know if the kid who didn't get aborted is happy he was born. I guess he could turn into Mozart or Hitler any day now.

You never answered why Trans Visibility conflicts with Easter, a holiday the President also honored in a much larger way. Ironically, this outrage has spurred the most visible Trans Visibility Day March 31 has ever seen! But squeezing it into "one of the other upcoming 35 LGBTQIA days" sounds like you're not interested in giving it visibility at all, and are indeed mocking it. Which we knew all along. So A) was clearly not your choice, and you should have gone with B) don't write any proclamation at all. BTW, did you know that Robert Bunsen, inventor of the Bunsen Burner was a eugenicist and pedophile?

I have watched a lot of my peers grow up, grow conservative, prominently identify themselves as Christian and support anti-abortion politics. Because we grew up together, I knew the girls who got the abortions and the guys who knocked them up. Most were decent if not religious guys, who drove the girl to the clinic and paid the $240 for the abortion. Most of the girls didn't blame them, and I'm not sure if they even consulted them on the decision. We're mostly talking about 18 - 22 year olds. One guy married the girl, became a dad at 19 and had a very unhappy marriage for a few years. Otherwise I don't recall any discussion about getting married and having a kid, and zero of the couples involved remained together for long. I don't know the psychological effect on either the women or the men, but life quickly went on. Perhaps there was a lesson on fertility, shared responsibility, and love that could have been learned if the couples had been forced to raise a child. But I do wonder if my 65 year old Republican friends can recall the situation their 19 year old selves faced, and if they would accept that life-changing decision being made for them. Or anyone else.

Care to write that proclamation up? "We are moving Trans Visibility Day up a day because......." Bonus points for figuring out why Jesus Christ of all people would find greater acceptance of marginalized people offensive. And while you have your spin doctor hat on, how would you explain to LGBT advocates that you were afraid of Christians in a way that wouldn't also have you mocked. Obviously National Bunsen Burner Day deserves no proclamation. But had Biden signed off on Ceasar Chavez/National Farm Workers Day, there would have been a s#!tstorm, too. At this point the conservative outrage machine requires no special day to get its panties in a bunch.

Just to be clear: March 31 has been Trans Visibility Day for the past 15 years. Mike Johnson and others are saying it's outrageous that it occurred on Easter, and blames Biden for making it so. When offered that accusation during an Easter Egg Roll, Biden claims he didn't schedule TVD during Easter. Which is basically true as he inherited the day --- but he did sign the proclamation. Now we're supposed to clutch our pearls that this is either totally disingenuous, or classic Biden forgetfulness. So let's look at the choices: 1) Biden or a staff member notices that the 2024 TVD falls on Easter, and breaks the 15 year precedent by having the organization schedule it for another day. Because obviously............Christians would be offended? Because......trans visibility is anti-Christian? Because you don't want to alienate the people who already hate you in an election year? Hey, thanks for the support, Joe. 2) Biden refuses to sign any trans proclamation. 3) Biden just rolls with it as he did, thinking the Trans community deserves the recognition, and nobody would notice that in addition to it being Easter this year, March 31 was also: Anesthesia Tech Day Cesar Chavez Day - March 31, 2024 (Usually on March 31st) Dance Marathon Day Easter Sunday - March 31, 2024 Eiffel Tower Day International Hug a Medievalist Day International Transgender Day of Visibility National Baked Ham with Pineapple Day - March 31, 2024 (Same Day as Easter) National Bunsen Burner Day National Clams on the Half Shell Day National Crayon Day National Farm Workers Day National Prom Day National She's Funny That Way Tater Day Transfer Day - (U.S. Virgin Islands) World Backup Day

If Caitlynn has inspired others to be their true selves, that's great. If your true self happens to be a Republican on everything but trans acceptance......I can get that, too. But to my eye, Caitlynn Jenner has more in common with the vapid attention-craving Kardashian-spawning LA reality show world than she does with civil rights pioneers. Is that too catty of me?

No, I get the vitriol aimed at Jenner and aggrieved defenders of Easter. I'm just saying that it all started with trumped up Easter vs TDV outrage against Biden, spread by Jenner among others. Doesn't seem fair to stick one side with the vitriol label. Is this hilarious and hypocritical because you think liberals would be so conflicted over Caitlyn Jenner's trans status that they would abandon their position on the actual issue?

Still a good chance some friends of Trump as well as international influence brokers will be able to funnel a billion or two to Trump that he will likely spend with zero concern for the common stock holder.

The establishment Dems asked both Pete and Amy Klobuchar to drop out prior to Super Tuesday so the party could coalesce around Joe Biden and defeat frontrunner Bernie Sanders. They didn't learn on Elizabeth Warren figuring she would take votes from Sanders. Biden only became viable after he won the South Carolina primary. I think if Buttegieg had broken out of that pack, the Dems might have run with him. But Pete wasn't running circles around anyone, otherwise he would have polled better. He did surprisingly well given his liabilities -- probably less around being gay than his resume as a small city mayor. The establishment Ds most definitely wanted to squash Bernie Sanders. The source of my RFK Jr. observation? Well just click on the Tweets and memes and links of the folks advocating for his candidacy, and within seconds you'll find their true leanings. It shouldn't be surprising that Republicans want Democrats to vote for RFK Jr.

Not sure you have the irony in the right place. If the issue is trans representation, and one of the most prominent trans spokespeople reverses their position to pump a debunked partisan meme, it's entirely reasonable to ask Jenner why she's carrying water for a party that would prefer she remain invisible. Just want to be clear who you think was spewing the vitriol in this hilarious situation.

And among an Easter Morning vomit of 41 unhinged Truth Social posts, billionaire con man and Roman Emperor admirer Donald Trump compared his plight to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

As the first openly gay candidate polling legitimate numbers, Pete Buttegieg had to pay for his own, and he had Buttegieg money, not Perot or Kennedy money. It's funny how RFK Jrs most ardent supporters are people who have no intention of voting for RFK Jr.

I'm guessing the investigation into this will be exactly like every other investigation into hate crimes.

or D. Spending all day posting s#!t about people who believe in things while standing up for nothing yourself.

We already have 365 of them.

Technically, her job was in the journalism business, and if the top line in your resume is the job you did willfully spreading partisan disinformation do the detriment of the nation, it should be a disqualifier. Is Ronna any worse than Rachel Maddow's obsession with Russia? All things considered: yes. She's 42% worse.

For most of my life I never understood why Easter floated around so much. Not only different weeks, but sometimes different months. Then I found out from one of my kid's picture books. Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox. Turns out it has much more to do with existing pagan rituals than it does Christianity. In other news, we just hid Easter eggs for our 20 year old son home for Spring Break. They are plastic and filled with money. Felt good. I like Easter.

I thought this only happened in California because we were soft on crime. Fun fact: I had to buy a diuretic at Walgreens for my colonoscopy (anyone else here over 50?) and discovered that unlike all sorts of over-the-counter medications, the diuretics were kept locked up. Why? I asked. High school girls who wanted to lose weight shoplifted them out of shame.