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LexVegas

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33. Rec and thank you. nt.

Reply to Starry Messenger (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2015, 11:49 AM

Jun 2015

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There is no comparison between transgender people and Rachel Dolezal [View all] Starry Messenger Jun 2015 OP

Excellent read ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #1

Twitter has been like this all day, unfortunately. Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #2

And as a side note rock Jun 2015 #26

Good OP... Spazito Jun 2015 #3

Thank you for reading! Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #4

Kick Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #5

"Trans people transition in order to be the gender we feel inside..." beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #6

gawd, there are really people stupid enough to make such a comparison? Skittles Jun 2015 #7

^^^This^^^n/t Gormy Cuss Jun 2015 #8

now I will have to kick my own ass Skittles Jun 2015 #10

Someone here compared her to Brandon Teena. nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #14

Yep. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #9

... countryjake Jun 2015 #12

Ikr? beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #13

And now I shall forever give those people JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #28

Me too. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #34

Even worse: geek tragedy Jun 2015 #15

Here too: Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #16

Oh, I had my fill in that thread. nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #17

That one dredged up a post from 2007 JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #29

Apparently any tragedy is fair game on DU. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #35

I've seen it here too. nt cwydro Jun 2015 #11

THANK YOU! k & r. nt m-lekktor Jun 2015 #18

I agree treestar Jun 2015 #19

"The fundamental difference ..." JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2015 #20

Perhaps get their daughter help mythology Jun 2015 #21

Maybe trying to clear their names of some of the horrible lies she told, GGJohn Jun 2015 #22

Because self-identifying as something different from what her parents believed Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #24

I'm talking about her lies about her father being black, GGJohn Jun 2015 #25

What is it acceptable for Tiger Woods to refer to himself as, racially? What would be unacceptable? Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #23

Tiger Woods refers to himself as mixed race Major Nikon Jun 2015 #27

Oh the horror Depaysement Jun 2015 #30

One lied about her background and family. nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #31

Sure they can, GGJohn Jun 2015 #32

Rec and thank you. nt. LexVegas Jun 2015 #33