You don't think this someone wanting to harm themselves has a mental issue?

All this discussion about legalities, religious freedom, LGBT rights. Is it -- Seattle .Hoo 12/09/2018 5:48PM

There is a HUGE problem with "do unto others...." It assumes everyone wants -- Tafkam Hokie 12/10/2018 4:45PM

Absolutely right. -- SchmHoo 12/10/2018 8:54PM

I 100% agree ... but if I'm reading correctly in this case the teacher did -- CharlestonSC 12/09/2018 6:43PM

Trans is more mental health. Enabling is probably not the right thing here. ** -- psychobilly 12/09/2018 5:58PM

I think I actually agree with that. Still no reason to be an ass -- BocaHoo91 12/09/2018 7:24PM

Do you know this to be fact or are you guessing?** -- Hoakie82 12/09/2018 6:10PM

You don't think this someone wanting to harm themselves has a mental issue? -- psychobilly 12/09/2018 6:18PM

I’m only referring to you saying that “trans” is a mental health problem. -- Hoakie82 12/09/2018 7:00PM

An extremely high suicide rate ** -- BocaHoo91 12/09/2018 8:47PM

Doesn’t mean they are mental to want to be trans. If just means they’re -- Hoakie82 12/09/2018 8:57PM

Exactly. A little bit of reverse causality and correlation does not equal -- THECZAR 12/10/2018 09:07AM

I don't think it's easy for them and I don't think anyone "chooses" that -- BocaHoo91 12/09/2018 9:16PM

You demonstrate my point perfectly. Thank you! ** -- Seattle .Hoo 12/09/2018 6:01PM

Going out of your way to appease people with mental health issues instead -- psychobilly 12/09/2018 6:07PM

Maybe a bit of education would help. Seriously. -- HoosWillWin 12/09/2018 6:36PM

You know three transgendered children? -- hoothat 12/09/2018 7:22PM

I don't understand your post, but I'm sure it -- HoosWillWin 12/09/2018 8:33PM

I'm fairly sure you can't. ** -- hoothat 12/09/2018 8:56PM

Lol. ** -- Hokieesith 12/09/2018 8:06PM

Because they are children of someone (who isn’t, after all)..... -- SchmHoo 12/09/2018 8:04PM

Umm, trangenders represent .6 percent of the US pop. -- hoothat 12/09/2018 8:08PM

Way to own up to another typically ludicrous post. -- SchmHoo 12/09/2018 8:49PM

Still missing my point Seems to be your thing. -- hoothat 12/09/2018 8:55PM

I think you ran away -- HoosWillWin 12/09/2018 9:08PM

What's the wager? ** -- hoothat 12/09/2018 9:32PM

Wager. We agree on some -- HoosWillWin 12/10/2018 08:27AM

I'll take that bet. I already showed the idiocy to others.. -- hoothat 12/10/2018 2:09PM

Ok. -- HoosWillWin 12/10/2018 2:10PM

Nope, they don't exist. -- hoothat 12/10/2018 2:20PM

Ummm... let's find someone so -- HoosWillWin 12/10/2018 4:44PM

It's like ethnic cleansing but it really isn't -- hoothat 12/10/2018 6:52PM

Sigh. ** -- HoosWillWin 12/10/2018 8:13PM

I feel the same -- hoothat 12/10/2018 9:25PM

It is disturbing, but I guess not surprising, that we -- HoosWillWin 12/11/2018 08:46AM

I am among them? -- hoothat 12/11/2018 10:19AM

See link. -- HoosWillWin 12/11/2018 11:43AM

See Link -- hoothat 12/11/2018 11:51AM

Lol. I guess you were the crazy uncle at your Thanksgiving dinner. ** -- Hokieesith 12/10/2018 09:09AM

Sp take the bet. Loser gives money to the winner's school ** -- ftwuva 12/10/2018 11:50AM

No, I get your point. Did from the start. -- SchmHoo 12/09/2018 9:04PM

Tell me more about The Middle East Eye. -- hoothat 12/09/2018 9:31PM

I just about predicted exactly this response. -- SchmHoo 12/09/2018 9:40PM

In your mind? Cute. -- hoothat 12/09/2018 9:43PM

Your last sentence is a perfect nickname for you. -- SchmHoo 12/09/2018 10:02PM

Awwww, you really didn't get my point, hence the silence... -- hoothat 12/09/2018 10:23PM

So sorry. Was busy living my life and couldn’t respond. -- SchmHoo 12/10/2018 08:06AM

You said you got my point. What was it? -- hoothat 12/10/2018 2:11PM

That's okay. I'll recover, even from such deep hurt. ** -- SchmHoo 12/10/2018 2:21PM

So everything you said was BS you pulled out of your ass? -- hoothat 12/10/2018 2:22PM

Ah, I see. -- SchmHoo 12/10/2018 2:25PM

Oh I don't deserve it. -- hoothat 12/10/2018 2:31PM

:`o( ** -- SchmHoo 12/10/2018 2:35PM

Exactly, you got nothing. ** -- hoothat 12/10/2018 2:38PM

[sniff] ** -- SchmHoo 12/10/2018 2:41PM

Sniffing farts again Scmhoo? Thought you'd grown out of that... ** -- hoothat 12/10/2018 2:48PM

Do````: ** -- SchmHoo 12/10/2018 2:49PM

Ignore him/her. just not worth engaging. ever ** -- 111Balz 12/10/2018 08:45AM

Yeah, but he really likes the attention, so I consider it a mitzvah. :o) ** -- SchmHoo 12/10/2018 08:47AM

The guy seems legitimately unstable though, and really is just interested -- WahooRQ 12/10/2018 09:07AM

What a bitch statement. -- hoothat 12/10/2018 2:14PM

Im on your side with hoothat but the irony of your stance is hilarious ** -- ftwuva 12/10/2018 11:53AM

Very true ** -- 111Balz 12/10/2018 09:05AM

What was my point? I don't think you know. -- hoothat 12/09/2018 10:05PM

I actually have some personal experience like you.... -- psychobilly 12/09/2018 6:52PM

So what is your proposed solution? ** -- HoosWillWin 12/09/2018 8:32PM

I think the first step is to not normalize this. ** -- psychobilly 12/09/2018 9:47PM

I feel fortunate that my kids and I have had -- HoosWillWin 12/10/2018 08:48AM

I've already told you, i know one very well. ** -- psychobilly 12/10/2018 09:00AM

Remember Rachel Doelzal? -- Hooddihsm 12/09/2018 6:15PM

Your ignorance and intolerance on the topic speak for themselves. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 12/09/2018 6:14PM

Good luck with your enabling philosophy. ** -- psychobilly 12/09/2018 6:22PM

You're just trolling with your "tough love" BS. Really you just don't care. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 12/09/2018 8:13PM

Correct. If someone thinks they are Napoleon, you don't give -- ryno hoo 12/09/2018 6:12PM

What would be a slippery slope would be allowing this type of fuckstain to -- WahooRQ 12/09/2018 5:20PM

I used to work with a woman that wanted to be referred to as "they". -- BambooHoo 12/09/2018 2:51PM

What religion preaches being an @$$hole to kids? ** -- WahooMatt05 12/09/2018 3:31PM

Lol really? ** -- Hooddihsm 12/09/2018 4:06PM

The teacher is essentially bullying the kid. I doubt Jesus preached that. ** -- WahooMatt05 12/09/2018 4:19PM

I do feel for these kids -- Hooddihsm 12/10/2018 06:58AM

All of them? -- BocaHoo91 12/09/2018 3:44PM

Yeah I'm not a fan ... if somebody is trans I'll call them what they want -- CharlestonSC 12/09/2018 2:30PM

News flash. Your employer can compel -- BocaHoo91 12/09/2018 2:25PM

While you are 100% correct, the gov't allowing free speech while the mob -- Tafkam Hokie 12/10/2018 4:49PM

It only seems to concern me. -- Hooddihsm 12/09/2018 2:53PM

I'm kinda sorta with you here. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/09/2018 4:42PM

I share your struggles with gender identity issues, but that's secondary -- BocaHoo91 12/09/2018 7:31PM

Gender \= Sex -- SchmHoo 12/09/2018 5:01PM

Understood. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 12/09/2018 5:16PM

Sorry for the overly harsh response. -- BocaHoo91 12/09/2018 3:29PM

Your employer is not the government, though ... I'd have no qualms about -- CharlestonSC 12/09/2018 2:31PM

What difference does that make. The "gov't" here is acting in the -- BocaHoo91 12/09/2018 2:49PM

Not at all ... same reason prayer in public school is a no go ... are you -- CharlestonSC 12/09/2018 2:58PM

You’re conflating two issues.. clearly -- BocaHoo91 12/09/2018 3:26PM

You’re on the right track — none of the various legal standards that -- WahooRQ 12/09/2018 4:37PM

VA is also a right to work state so they can fire for any reason. Now -- Hoodafan 12/09/2018 4:07PM

Right to work just means no compulsory union membership and dues. What -- WahooRQ 12/09/2018 4:43PM

True. That was just my lazy way to distinguish from straight at will -- Hoodafan 12/09/2018 5:17PM

So if I read you right....are you saying -- WahooRQ 12/09/2018 5:38PM

That word choice was not by accident. :-) ** -- Hoodafan 12/09/2018 5:50PM

Hmm - fair point in that there must be some restrictions ... but in this -- CharlestonSC 12/09/2018 3:43PM

Not if you just do it for one or one type of kid. Imagine if he decided -- Hoodafan 12/09/2018 4:15PM

Hmm - I'm sensitive to that, but really feel like this is nonsense ... and -- CharlestonSC 12/09/2018 4:26PM

It's become silly because it's not about compelled speech or limiting free -- Hoodafan 12/09/2018 5:33PM

So you'd support a school board firing a science teacher for claiming -- CharlestonSC 12/09/2018 6:40PM

I would support firing a teacher that singled out the one child -- Hoodafan 12/09/2018 7:58PM

I’m having a hard time seeing discrimination. The child says -- Cold Hoober Hoo 12/09/2018 6:16PM

My guess is there's more to the story or this would be a non issue. ** -- BocaHoo91 12/09/2018 7:26PM

I'm not saying he's been harmed, but he is being treated differently than -- Hoodafan 12/09/2018 6:36PM

How noticeable is it if the teacher doesn’t use pronouns -- Cold Hoober Hoo 12/09/2018 6:57PM

FWIW Apparently the teacher did call him by the wrong pronoun many times -- Hoodafan 12/09/2018 7:49PM

Well as I said if he went out of his way to use the female pronoun -- Cold Hoober Hoo 12/09/2018 7:58PM

No doubt both sides have agenda drivers, although I assume many that -- Hoodafan 12/09/2018 8:51PM

Proud of you Boca. Jefferson would be happy. -- Lazarus 12/09/2018 2:29PM

My favorite post on here (or maybe another board) was when someone fired -- psychobilly 12/09/2018 1:33PM

ResistHoo. Lol. ** -- Hokieesith 12/09/2018 1:36PM

You don't think this someone wanting to harm themselves has a mental issue?

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