You know trans people are the T in LGBTQ (so saying both in the same statement is redundant)?
Anyway I have a feeling that humans in general are a disappointment in part because we *are* so closely related to chimpanzees (which are renowned for their violence, after all). (I admire ants, because they do so many of the things we take credit for – wood ants even make their own antibiotic by combining their formic acid with tree resin – but better in many ways…)
Sometimes rehabilitation is possible, but only via creative methods most people wouldn't think of – I've recently looked into cults (reading two of Steven Hassan's books), and I suspect this girl I've mentioned before may be trapped in a personality cult (at the very least, it makes some sense of her previously-baffling actions). Even more interesting is that cult members can be misdiagnosed with various psychiatric disorders… I don't currently know anybody in a position to apply Hassan's techniques (the Strategic Interactive Approach and so on) there, but I'll keep thinking. Not that cult LEADERS deserve much sympathy…
You know trans people are the T in LGBTQ (so saying both in the same statement is redundant)?
Anyway I have a feeling that humans in general are a disappointment in part because we *are* so closely related to chimpanzees (which are renowned for their violence, after all). (I admire ants, because they do so many of the things we take credit for – wood ants even make their own antibiotic by combining their formic acid with tree resin – but better in many ways…)
Sometimes rehabilitation is possible, but only via creative methods most people wouldn't think of – I've recently looked into cults (reading two of Steven Hassan's books), and I suspect this girl I've mentioned before may be trapped in a personality cult (at the very least, it makes some sense of her previously-baffling actions). Even more interesting is that cult members can be misdiagnosed with various psychiatric disorders… I don't currently know anybody in a position to apply Hassan's techniques (the Strategic Interactive Approach and so on) there, but I'll keep thinking. Not that cult LEADERS deserve much sympathy…
Other than that, I agree with most of the rest.
Thanks!
Just FYI: I'm not a cult leader; I'm a niche internet microcelebrity
If I was a cult leader, I'd be getting a lot more sex than I currently am, LOL
"Our society cannot have both a strong safety net and open borders. Pick one."
Google "Utopia for Realists"
Immigrants don't really increase the crime rate:
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/debunking-myth-immigrants-and-crime
And the specious idea that the diversity they bring is a "curse" is entirely a subjective value judgement.
Are you really believing "facts" about immigrants that come from an organization whose purpose is increasing immigration?
That's like believing cigarette companies when they said that cigarettes don't cause cancer.