re: Christmas themed, all ages drag show in TX

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I am not, however, going to blindly accept as absolute truth anecdotal evidence from one gay guy

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Again, I am interested in your opinions.

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Peer reviewed studies or one person’s anecdotal observations?

Fair question.

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Caution...this is the same kinda mess I deal with from people who endeavor to push their narrative about "the black experience" in America over what I've shared about my 34 years of relevant experience as a black Texan-American

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I hope not.

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It ain't gonna just disappear.

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It’s never OK for males to go into the girls bathroom to pee.

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Much like the solution to scholastic competition is to simply create a third division for trans, that's gonna end up being the ultimate play RE: restrooms.

The sign on the door should say

Peeing for those confused by radicals and/or those with a mental illness related to their sex


Is that too long?

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When you add hundreds of such data points you get … a peer reviewed study.

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But let's talk about the bullshite study you Jihaded for yesterday, that's relevant.

If you are going to be the guy who lectures real people who have real-world experiences based on nothing but cherry-picked, poorly done studies by people with an agenda, we need to assess whether your judgement in choosing those studies deem you worthy of being included in any serious conversation.

Based on yesterday's debacle, you need to go sit at the kids table until you educate yourself.

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I have no reason to doubt the veracity of your experiences, or those of SOS. But those individual anecdotes are simply one data point, and may or may not be representative of the population as a whole.

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Hope you two are savvy enough to recognize a condescending dooshbag when you see one.

He thinks you are inferior.....

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I have no reason to doubt the veracity of your experiences, or those of SOS.

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And yet...

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But those individual anecdotes are simply one data point, and may or may not be representative of the population as a whole.

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Cop out. Because in the absence of said individuals, you'd endeavor to use your selected studies as representative (thus speaking for said collective).

This doesn't work, man. It's the debate equivalent of "heads I win, tails you lose."

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When you add hundreds of such data points you get … a peer reviewed study.

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And? These are hardly infallible (in fact, many are geared towards a certain outcome from jump street). It's nowhere near a trump card. Por ejemplo, you know how many times the "studies" card gets played RE: voter ID "suppressing" black votes? Then I come in like "tf? no black people in my spheres of influence literally all over the country have ever had any trouble procuring ID or voting, left or right?" Know what gets said next? "OH BUT YOU DON'T SPEAK FOR BLACK PEOPLE YOU'RE JUST ONE GUY AND THE STUDIES SAY YOU'RE OPPRESSED SO STOP SELF-HATING FOR YOUR NARRATIVE." Or some such fiddle faddle and rot.

That's what you're doing here, man. Repent.

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These people aren’t role models.

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No, nor should they be drawn and quartered either.

They are adults who should be left alone to do adult things without EVER crossing paths with children.

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This doesn't work, man. It's the debate equivalent of "heads I win, tails you lose."

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not at all. Your observations may well be 100% reflective of your experience. They may not be at all reflective of the experiences of that kid from the North Zulch. Only by combining hundreds of any individual experiences can we get a true picture in a broader sense.

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voter ID "suppressing" black votes?

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I have written extensively about those studies and the way they’re used.

In short, I hate the way they are used, because they are used incorrectly. The Democrats make arguments which improperly conflate correlation and causation.

Those sorts of laws and regulations tend to disadvantage the lower socioeconomic rungs on the ladder. There is nothing “inherently racist” about them. Unfortunately, blacks do tend to be disproportionately-represented in those lower socioeconomic groups. Hence, there does tend to be a disparate impact.

Are the numbers significant? No, not really. Is that the real reason the Democrats opposed voter ID? No, probably not.