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cpujockey t1_j8snahg wrote

Reply to comment by PromiseNorth in But Rama, why are you trying to slice and dice Vermont by political affilia ... oh, it's not you. Huh. by RamaSchneider

> Ramadingdouchè

bro - that's like insensitivity to indian folk.

I've worked with H1B recruiters and staffers, some of them had names like Rama Krishna, Rama Grewal and so on.

> gender pronouns there guy.

Gender doesn't exist, it's performative. It's a societal construct. Also, dude is universal to all sexes / genders.

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raz0rsnak3 t1_j8skqui wrote

Reply to comment by EastHesperus in Northfield's Police Chief Takes Flak for His Provocative Public Stances by BudsKind802

You kidding me? The stats you provide say in the first scentence "40% of police officer families experiance domestic violence." And you're equating that to "40% of all cops beat their wives"...

You're just parroting studies and taking a superficial look at the data. What about cops that experianc domestic abuse at the hands of their spouse? Yeah, that's lumped in that 40%...

Thanks for the data reference, but your interpretation of data (objectively) needs a lot of work.

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whattothewhonow t1_j8sh7tt wrote

Reply to comment by Longjumping_Vast_797 in Northfield's Police Chief Takes Flak for His Provocative Public Stances by BudsKind802

Nope.

If my dentist says some ignorant, hateful, transphobic shit I can tell him to fuck himself and go to a different dentist.

If a plumber says ignorant, hateful, transphobic shit I can throw him off my job and have a different plumber finish the work.

If the chief of police says something ignorant, hateful, and transphobic, welp we're stuck with his dumb ass until at least the next election, potentially get harrassment from him and the rest of his armed and unaccountable law enforcement buddies, and worst case he kneels on the back of my neck until I asphixiate.

Public servants must be held to a higher standard, and if they don't like it, they shouldn't be public servants.

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mellercopter t1_j8sgni1 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Northfield's Police Chief Takes Flak for His Provocative Public Stances by BudsKind802

I don't know what article you read, but the premise of the discussion had nothing to do with opening women's leagues to anyone. It has to do with a cop advising via a public newspaper that a 14 year old should be charged with voyeurism under the guise of keeping children safe for utilizing a locker room that they were legally permitted to use under state law.

To address your other concerns, testosterone testing in sports is not an accurate measure for cis or trans people as is evidenced by the Olympics continued disqualification of African women from track and field because their natural testosterone levels were testing "too high" for females. There is no standard for what a person's testosterone should be if they are male or female as it is largely dependent on the individual and the time of testing. Women's testosterone levels fluctuate throughout the day and throughout their cycles. Additionally trans men are and have been competitive in men's sports and the same goes for trans women, both before and after transition. Here's a great link to some examples: 25 Transgender Athletes You Should Know

I'm not sure if it's intentional, but when you say that a trans woman could take a spot from a female athlete you are implying that trans women aren't women. I would encourage you instead of making assumptions about how these women might feel, maybe have discussions with them first. I could not imagine being so entangled with a recreational sport that I would feel the need to ostracize and individual or group simply trying to participate in societal norms. If you are an athlete who's in it to compete against other people and win rather than to compete against yourself and improve I would imagine you're not gonna have a good time most of the time and you're probably not super fun to be around.

The idea of a gender binary is not only biologically inaccurate, but also culturally was only introduced through colonization. Trans men and women are revered in a large number of indigenous groups, including Native Americans. While it's fine to have talk about sports, the origins of the discussion were an article where a person in a position of power was openly supporting criminalizing a teenager who is already at a high risk of being a target of violence. It also serves to ignite a conversation about an issue that doesn't exist, implying that trans women and girls are dangerous and predatory. VT is not a state in a vacuum, Fern Feather was killed less than a year ago.

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Tommyt5150 t1_j8sem2r wrote

Reply to comment by phantompenis2 in Only in VT does the propane guy deliver on this like it’s nothing. by OldVTGuy

The state has a 20 Billion dollar surplus. The revenue that along is lost would more than make up for some plows and sanding equipment. But this state uses the excuse, well it doesn’t happen here enough. Just like we won’t build any new power plants, but we keep expanding and build more and more. Good luck this summer. My Generac is set to go. I’ll lose power for a whole 30 seconds till that diesel fires over. Not staying in this state, Vermont will be my home in the next 5 years.

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Tchukachinchina t1_j8se0fk wrote

Reply to comment by hereticvert in Only in VT does the propane guy deliver on this like it’s nothing. by OldVTGuy

I only said something because I live on a dirt road and have a very long dirt driveway. I’ve the years I’ve learned that if my driveway starts to look like the picture, all it takes is a dusting of snow to turn it into a nightmare. A little bit of sand will rough up the surface enough that there’s still traction available.

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