Have We Turned the Corner on Woke?

[iris lilies]

I think we have reverse wokeness going on now. Why we can't meet in the middle and quit talking about this stuff is a mystery to me.

OK, for example, what do you think is “the middle position” on medically transitioning minors?

I think it is:

1. keep legislation from hampering this medical treatment; any such treatment should be between the patient, the physician, and BOTH parents

BUT

2. an established time period for in depth therapy (say, 6 months? A year?) by a qualified therapist should proceed drugs and surgeries for minors…this should be the standard protocol for medical professionals

This seems reasonable to me yet most trans activists consider this position to be completely unacceptable.

[pinkytoe]

It seems like common sense to me to legislate an age limit on "transitioning, ie 18 yrs. In the interim, certainly in-depth therapy. Adolescence is often a period of great confusion/emotions and not the best time to make life-changing decisions.

[iris lilies]

It seems like common sense to me to legislate an age limit on "transitioning, ie 18 yrs. In the interim, certainly in-depth therapy. Adolescence is often a period of great confusion/emotions and not the best time to make life-changing decisions.

I don’t think it’s common sense at all actually. I think it’s overreach of governments legislating this and it’s been deemed necessary by many only because the medical community is entirely captured by the cult of transgender. If the medical community and therapeutic professionals were doing their job, they would not be prescribing puberty blockers and hormones and etc. after one visit. They wouldn’t be performing surgeries on sex organs on minors.

the medical community thinks they’re doing the right thing. The assistant secretary of Health and Human Services under Joe Biden thought it was all peachy keen.

Not to be unkind, but just to point out you would be considered a transphobe spewing hate by many people in the trans community.

[littlebittybobby]

okay---woke. yeah--when i take the can opener out o' the drawer, the catts are woke and coming running around the corner. So yeah---i'd say so. Yup. Hope that answers your question. Thankk mee.

[pinkytoe]

Oh well...I guess I'm transphobic though it is mostly just ignorance or avoidance of the topic. I was recently criticized for asking my niece how her sons were doing - a simple question with no intention. I was told I should address them as "theys" and not "hims or hes". Hmmm...

[iris lilies]

Oh well...I guess I'm transphobic though it is mostly just ignorance or avoidance of the topic. I was recently criticized for asking my niece how her sons were doing - a simple question with no intention. I was told I should address them as "theys" and not "hims or hes". Hmmm...

It is unfortunately easy to achieve that status in today’s world.

[Rogar]

Speaking of cancel culture I see where Trump has ordered the termination of two important satellites that collect information on atmospheric CO2. I suspect global warming will follow a similar path to wokism. One more nail in the weather monitoring NASA coffin.


https://www.npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1...ion-threatened

[littlebittybobby]

okay----yes, yes; i am very concerned about Global Warming. It is zackly the reason the glaciers that usta cover IWAH(the Meat State) have receded, and left nothing but dirt. Also, Zurra was underwater, 250 million years ago. So yeah--there's that. Hope that helps you some. Thankk mee.

[Alan]

Speaking of cancel culture I see where Trump has ordered the termination of two important satellites that collect information on atmospheric CO2. I suspect global warming will follow a similar path to wokism. One more nail in the weather monitoring NASA coffin.


https://www.npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1...ion-threatened

I read the NPR article and it reminded me that you have to take absolutely everything you read with a liberal dose of salt. While it may have implied that "Trump has ordered the termination of two important satellites" it doesn't actually say that, but it does provide enough information to reach an entirely different conclusion. It mentioned that the congressionally approved funding for the two satellites is set to expire at the end of the fiscal year and may very well be approved for FY'26 when the '26 budget bill reaches congress. It also mentioned that the first outline of the new budget bill keeps NASA funding flat, although that may not be the case when the budget is officially introduced. There was also a mention that NASA is reaching out to private investors who benefit from the satellite's data to see if they might be interested in helping fund the program in return for the value they provide them.

When I put those data points together I might (and do) speculate that NASA is looking at ways to cut back spending in case next years budget doesn't provide additional funding and is researching sources of private funding as well as war planning potentially shutting down some cost centers.

Of course others are free to speculate differently but I don't see any reason to believe Trump is even aware of the two satellites mentioned in the article.

[bae]

I’m holding budget hearings today to adjust my fire/ems agency’s budget for the rest of this year, and the projected budget for next year, due to….Making America Great Again. I also just filed the paperwork today for a measure on the November ballot for additional funding, which, if the voters approve it, will raise the property taxes by $266/year for the median-priced home on the island. Some of that additional funding is due to projected Federal cuts.