GOP candidate says teachers "poisoned" his child & turned them nonbinary bisexual

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

GOP candidate says teachers "poisoned" his child & turned them nonbinary bisexual


Phillip Andrew Hamilton, a Republican candidate running for the Virginia state senate, says schools simply must be indoctrinating children and poisoning their minds because his own 13-year-old child is a nonbinary bisexual.

repeatedly misgendering his child while appearing on the right-wing web show In The Trenches With Teddy Daniels, Hamilton said, “Last year, she came out to me and said, ‘Well, Dad, I’m bisexual.’ And this is when she was 12 years old. I said, ‘You’re too young to be really going into whether or not you’re bisexual. You’re not a dating age.’ And she dismissed me, unfortunately.

“I found out later on last year that the problem was much worse than just being bisexual,” Hamilton added. “She came out and said, ‘Well, I’m no longer being identified as a she. I’m a they/them.’”

Hamilton then said that, even though his ex-wife and her family supported the child’s identities, he wouldn’t.

“I told my daughter, ‘You need to go to the church. You need to realize that this is not the right path for you,’” he said. “I asked her, ‘What teachers indoctrinated you with this?’ and she refused to tell me. And it infuriates me to this day that the public education system has poisoned the mind of my own daughter.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gop-candidate-says-teachers-poisoned-his-child-turned-them-nonbinary-bisexual/ar-AA19AUWi

[Wounded Bear]

1. Did they turn him into a newt?

[RainCaster]

3. A gingrich is a truly ignorant creature

No wonder he's no longer married.

[Bettie]

11. Nah, when you're turned into a newt

you get better!

Or so I'm told!

Basic politeness indicates that you call people what they ask to be called.

[sakabatou]

14. He got better.

[Coventina]

2. Boy George knows exactly who poisoned they/them

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

30. Thanks for the memory

It's too bad internal problems shattered that band. They had something special.

Of course, it helped to have a lead singer of such awesome talent, and a powerful stage presence.

[Hortensis]

4. Poor kid. Hope there's some family to turn to. nt

[Timeflyer]

17. Agree. He's a loon. And using his minor child to score MAGA points--disgusting.

[Hortensis]

34. For sure. Conservatives are supposed to be strongly

motivated by disgust reactions. Hopefully some won't be immune to this kind.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

29. Sounds like there is

Even the scumbag acknowledged as much:

"Hamilton then said that, even though his ex-wife and her family supported the child’s identities, he wouldn’t."

So Mom and her family is on board.

They will turn out fine.

[Chainfire]

5. Yea, right, they will pray the "defect" away...

Why, I wonder, would a conservative believe that the school had more power of the nature and nurture of a student than a parent?

[Victor_c3]

9. Great point. I'm going to have to repeat that. n/t

[Celerity]

33. or more power than their Gawd and/or RW baby 'lock n' load' jeebus?

[lpbk2713]

6. Yeah, go to church.

Get your mind really screwed up.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. Here's hoping the kid is safe.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

24. me too

[Victor_c3]

8. My 12-year-old daughter sort of came out to me the other day

She’s in 6th grade and confided to me that she has a huge crush on one of her female friends.

Instead of blaming others or disparaging her in any way for crushing on another girl, without missing a beat I told her about the first crush I had. I went on to tell her that crushes at that age aren’t easy and I tried to normalize what she’s going through.

I felt honored that my daughter felt comfortable enough with me to share her most secret and innermost of feelings.

I know I’m preaching to the quire here, but the last thing any child needs is to feel like something about who they are is wrong.

What a shitty father that guy is.

[Caliman73]

22. Agreed.

I know, religion... but being gay/lesbian/bi ... does not do anyone harm. You love, just like everyone else loves. You are attracted just like everyone else is attracted, just to people who are the same gender, etc...

You aren't saying, "hey mom/dad, I have come to the realization that I like to go out and set other people's homes on fire..." Kids have a hard enough time finding out who they are and where they fit in the world. Why would asshole parents make it even harder by not accepting who they are and as you said, just going with it, until they land on something solid. Being supportive makes a very turbulent time, at least a little bit more tolerable for everyone.

Shitty father indeed!!

[underpants]

10. Don't worry about this nut. The 57th is Albemarle Co. - Charlottesville

He has NO SHOT.

https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/phillip-andrew-hamilton-hopes-to-be-the-first-non-democrat-to-represent-the-57th-district-in-virginias-house-of-delegates/

[DET]

13. Not So Fast

From his twitter: “I am a former Republican candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates and I’m currently running for Virginia Senate in the 11th District!” He’s supported by Amanda Chase (‘Trump in heels’). That’s just great. But I don’t know anything about the 11th District, so I have no idea if he could be competitive.

[underpants]

15. Looked it up. Still Albemarle and C'ville. Heavy Dem.

https://www.vpap.org/offices/state-senate-11/district/

[DET]

18. Well, that's a relief

[obamanut2012]

28. It is Charlottesville

It is bluer than Berkeley have the time.

[Turbineguy]

12. These nutcases have it worked out.

You have to be bad enough to get elected (as a republican) and then you get a nice paycheck, gubmint health care and a fat retirement. And all you have to do is say stupid shit.

[haele]

16. Sounds like she's at that defiant age, especially since Dad is a dufus.

Kidlet went through all sorts of stages when she was going through tween/teen ages, and most of her stages were based off her peers, not her teachers or any other adults around.
Kids at 11 - 16 are caught emotionally between bouts of hormones and the desire to for in. They're going to say all sorts of things one just has to roll with, but the most important thing to watch for is what makes them physically distressed or clinically depressed.

Haele

[NowISeetheLight]

19. Hopefully

Virginia doesn’t allow “therapy” to “cure” LGBT kids. You “need to go to church”? I suspect they’ve probably been there already all the years growing up.

[Trenzalore]

20. Ex-Wife

You fucking dirty bastard, you are already breaking biblical law by getting a divorce. Your wife probably left you because you are such a douche.

[Caliman73]

21. The framing is super important.

Liberals see this as: The young person has been given language and empowerment to express their identity and sexual orientation. They are being given the tools to live a more authentic life. Given an open society, this young person will be able to explore their identity, love who they want to love, and express themselves.

This is the Conservative mindset: They don't see things how I see them so ... indoctrination. They think that you can repress someone into conforming by denying them support and the constructs they need to live their lives.

What you actually do is just make a person's life miserable. They would still be non-binary and bisexual, they would simply have to suppress any thoughts and behaviors associated with expressing themselves and being with and loving others who accept them.

Conservatives do not understand, or maybe they do and it scares them; that people have ideas about their gender identity and sexual orientation even if they don't have the language to adequately express it. Children are sexual beings and can tell in their way, what they are attracted to, both sexually and by affinity, who they identify with.

Conservatives keep wanting to shove the square peg into the round hole and it is hurting people. We all suffer because of their hang ups.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

25. excellent framing

[patphil]

23. How dare a teacher "poison her mind". After all, that's his job.

[Phoenix61]

26. As any teacher will tell you

“I can’t make them do their homework but you think I can make them gay?”

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

31. I always want to ask these people

When they knew they were straight. Tell us about that exact moment, what age you were, what made the light bulb come on--everything. They usually can't answer, because they've never thought about it or how they "became" straight.

‘Well, Dad, I’m bisexual.’ And this is when she was 12 years old. I said, ‘You’re too young to be really going into whether or not you’re bisexual. You’re not a dating age.’ And she dismissed me, unfortunately.'

She was right to dismiss your stupidity. Most of us know by that age which way our proclivities lie. Some might try to bury it if it's LGBT+, but down deep? They usually know by that age what they are.

I knew by the time I was, oh, five that the opposite sex was my jam. I even knew there were kids the same age whose tastes weren't the same, even if they never said anything about it. And I didn't care or expect them to say anything about it. Who cared who someone else liked or if they thought they were a boy, not a girl, as long as they weren't mean? That's all I cared about--mean or not mean.

Come to think of it, that's still what I care about: Mean or not mean.

[NickB79]

32. I'm sure this guy was looking at boobs at 12

Maybe finding his dad's Playboy stash, or another friend's dad's stash.

He was having...gasp...sexual thoughts!

But his daughter had a sexual thought at the same age, and his mind is blown.