Bobo, without a doubt, is the best mod I have known and a very cool guy in real life. Cheers mate!

Just dropping in quick to say I've received lots of good feedback and haven't forgotten this; I'll get to it over the weekend.

One good thing I can say about Bobo is that once when another crazy homeless person accused me of being banned for being racist for absolutely no reason Bobo came in and cleared things up and admonished him. I know he's one of the more reliable trustworthy mods on here.

Madlex, you, a mod, called me a bigot and then said that the mods here have a soft spot for me. Is that irony?

I continue to believe that men can't be women and that doesn't make me a bigot or a transphobe. I believe in science and biology. I'm not an ideologue who is easily swayed. I believe that giving children drugs to chemically castrate them because they feel uncomfortable in their bodies is child abuse. Ignoring the life term deleterious effects of medically transitioning children when most of the time they grow out of those feelings is wrong. A lot of times hormones from puberty are the actual cure and quacks are stopping that. Y'all are mixed up and ignorant if you disagree with me plain and simple.

It's illegal for Bobo to agree with me on here because expressing the truth as I've stated it is a crime in Canada. So he has to pretend he doesn't care about children and wants them misled and chemically castrated. (I wish that were true instead I think Bobo actually believes chemically castrating mixed up kids is the right thing to do. That's horrifying.)

Now as far as political derails go I don't start them. But it's a derail. The word rail is right in there. The conversation is on rails I can't help but address issues that have already been brought up before me especially in cases like trans issues where it seems so many idiots have agreed chemically castrating kids is the right thing to do. Because they'll kill themselves if they don't transition right? A live son is better than a dead daughter is the most toxic narcissicist ploy ever. And you know what? Studies show that people with gender dysphoria have higher rates of suicide after transitioning so it's not like it even alleviates the rate of suicide. Bad argument. Yeah so I'm sorry if I go off the rails sometimes because some idiot who hasn't given an issue much thought repeats some stupid talking point or some other.

Will a mod delete my response because they consider this itself to be a derail even though I'm clearly defending myself and my position when I've been called a bigot? See that would be a mistake in my opinion for a mod to call me a bigot and then delete my response but I honestly wouldn't be surprised, that's how this site's mods treat me.

I should clarify. Madlex isn't calling me a bigot. Rather he's just saying that one of my continued infractions according to the site's history, is bigotry. The site labeling me as a transphobe is the site labeling me as a bigot. Some mod(s) at some point labeled me a bigot and now another mod is repeating this claim for everyone else to read. And yet you think you guys have a soft spot for me here? I don't think that checks out with reality.

Confirmed

i do love the part where you were like, as far as derailments go (after i've now derailed this thread), i don't do that. paraphrasing obv.
i don't think arguing your point and whatnot is the problem really. it is when you resort to calling people idiot, stupid, dumb, horrible.......
when you start attacking people, mods tend to have an issue. it really is possible to have an argument with someone that doesn't agree with you without resorting to personal attack base on the fact that...they don't agree with you.
i don't have a pony in this show except that i have met bobo and know he is a stand up guy. i don't know your account or anything you post. i stay away from **** like that, mainly because of people like you that react emotionally when they are discussing something instead of intellectually. anyway, just my 2 cents. i can't believe i got sucked in, but meh, i like ATF drama. haha.

I've always enjoyed your TRs in your PGC thread SimpleRick. A+ content.

Do you think this site is correct in labeling me as a bigot? (I'd appreciate a yes or no answer from you, thanks)

I agree that I shouldn't be name calling on here or in real life. It's immature and I should refrain from that.

Case in point: the other day I was at Smart and Final at the checkout line and I can hear behind me another customer at another line complaining to the cashier he said something to the effect of "You're really inefficient at your job" but you could tell it was just very rude. Then as he's leaving the store in a huff, he bumps the sliding exit door and knocks it off its track. That's when I yell after him "Ya broke the door ya idiot". I probably shouldn't have said that. But at least I'm not just an internet tough guy, I'm a maniac in real life too. I press send irl. Free Rich Checkmaker.

I'm just going to try to stick to subtle insults from now on, like calling Bobo a Canadian etc.

Thanks man. Hopefully I'll have my account restored so I can continue posting more trip reports on this site in the future.

Site hasn't labeled you a bigot, so the question is moot.

Yes it has. The site has an infraction against me, multiple continued infractions in fact, for "transphobia". Are you suggesting that transphobia is not bigotry?

I won't be labeled a bigot by this site and then have the mods lie about it and try to gaslight me.

I don't think I've ever used the word "bigot" in my life. You claimed you got an infraction for bad mouthing a mod. I listed your most recent infractions to prove that wasn't the case and something you made up.

No idea what you mean by "this site". 2+2 isn't Skynet. Individual mods gave you infractions for violating forum rules and listed a reason for it.

I won't be labeled a bigot and/or have the mods lie about it and try to gaslight me either.

Seems a pretty low bar. Have you tried not typing things that make you sound like a bigot? That approach seems, from what I've seen, to work pretty well.

Eh he's okay

Is transphobia a form of bigotry? Are people being intentionally obtuse when I say the site has labeled me as a bigot and not understanding what I mean?




Infracting me for transphobia, and putting that on my account is a label for other mods to read. Some other mod comes along without knowing what exactly I was infracted for and sees "continued transphobia" and is going to think I'm a bigot. Plain and simple. Am I wrong?

Marknfw wouldn't answer me, will you? Is transphobia a form of bigotry?

For anyone that thinks I'm transphobic would you not also categorize me as a bigot?

I already don't say or type anything bigoted. What have I said that you consider to be bigoted or that sounds bigoted?

Can you see the disdain with which people who disagree with me treat me? So many sarcastic responses, nobody can be direct with me.

Yes. It fits the dictionary and common-folk implicit definitions perfectly.

I've no idea what you write. I don't really keep track of who is who here. I just sometimes enjoy reading the words of whiny people whining about mods being mean to them.

Generally speaking, the way I deal with how people treat me is to ask myself, "what is it about me that makes them treat me the way they do?"

In the case of a forum, it can't be that you have a big nose or speak with a silly accent or are a bit too short or dress funny or can't catch a ball. It can only be the words that you type.

So, by the process of elimination, they are sarcastic and have disdain for you because of what you type. For instance, whining about mods does tend to make people think bad things about a person. At the least, "wow, that guy is pretty whiny, I should say something sarcastic to make him flail around like a freak more. What fun!"

Or (if you are certifiably nuts) you can try one of the other approaches, which are 1) to just think that people have chosen you at random to pick on or 2) that they are picking on you because they are jealous of and can't understand you because of your staggeringly huge intellect.

Just in case you are trying to claim that they called you a bigot because they said you are said something transphobic, you can't say "they called me a ****" when they called you a "pussy."

I will be direct with you. For many of your faults, you are also annoying to the extreme. You were ok for a long time but you have now lost it. I personally wanted Madlex to be a Mod in NVG because is a very cool dude and extremely fair and honest.

So get over it, relax, and smarten up or no one wants you here, Capiche? Unless you chill.

who invited you back? bitch!

Thanks for answering. Notice the mods I asked didn't answer my simple yes/no question. Unwilling to engage honestly with me. Sad.

Like typing "men can't be women" for example. For some reason that gets ridicule and disdain from people who disagree with that. I think it's a level of cognitive dissonance from people who agree with me but can't admit it even to themselves. It seems logical, we all grew up knowing the difference between male and female and yet now some fraction of the population has become indoctrinated (great word to describe what's happening) to believe that you can change genders. It's mental illness to think you're the opposite sex. And I'm not a bigot for saying that. Wild speculation from my mind here but I bet there is a correlation between believing you can switch genders to ability to be hypnotized. It's all play acting, isn't it?

Incorrect. Racist, sexist, homophobe, transphobe, etc all fall under the umbrella of bigot. If you are any one of those things you are a bigot. If someone calls me a human being they are also calling me a mammal by definition. If someone calls me a transphobe they are calling me a bigot. I'm really not sure why anyone continues to be intentionally obtuse about the meaning of the word bigot and why it's accurate to describe transphobia as bigotry. It is. So don't accuse someone of being transphobic unless you think they are being bigoted towards trans people. That's the point I'm trying to make.

Thank you for exemplifying the sort rude cop like attitude that the mods here display far too often.

Does telling someone who is upset to "calm down" ever work? That's essentially how I read the bolded part. Telling me I'm annoying to the extreme and then to relax is bad communication on your part. Luckily for me, I've been in a state of zen recently. I am over it. I am relaxed. I am smartened up. I don't speak Italian. I'm chill as a cool drink of water.

Bobo would never talk to anyone like that, he at least does his best to be respectful and polite, even to me. I notice the difference, thank you Bobo. Release me please! I'll follow your example and be better!

It doesn't seem that their job is to engage with you.

As a previous psychology graduate student and unfamous psych research author of published papers, it saddens me when people use the phrase "cognitive dissonance" incorrectly. Please stop making me sad

You were born an infant. You aren't an infant. Hardly the thing of cognitive dissonance.

It also saddens me a bit as an amateur philosopher when people switch words (woman, female) and think that no one will notice.

That is basically believed because you can actually change genders.

No. That is not a mental disorder. My ex-colleagues get to decide what is and what is not a mental disorder. Your opinion on the subject doesn't matter.

It also makes me sad when people use "it's" incorrectly.

I agree that "bigot" is not the most helpful word, which coincides with the general viewpoint of the moderators from my understanding of your complaint. "Mild to moderate mental disability" is statistically most likely. There are a lot of things to rule out before coming to a specific diagnosis, so we cannot be sure at this time.

Bob is a fantastic moderator and a great attribute to the community. In my dealings with him he has had the upmost respect for all parties.

Not really sure why we are talking about men being women and all that (i skipped a lot of this thread), if bobo likes that as well then that’s fine with me too.

I use these words interchangeably (woman, female, man, male) when talking about adults because that's what a woman is, an adult human female. If you disagree with my definition of woman, could you define it for me? (In a way that has meaning, you can't include the word in the definition of the word)

No you cannot.

But let me test your beliefs. If you can change genders, can you change back? At any time? And does it happen in an instant? Can you change back and forth at will or when it suits you? Also don't most trans people believe they've always been the other gender? So they never actually go through any kind of transition right? If gender is something that occurs in the mind, why do trans people try to conform to the opposite sex they were born into? If a woman can be anything why do trans women try to look feminine?

I just want to see how crazy you are. Because some trans people believe you can be gender fluid and go from being a man to a woman back to a man again all in the blink of an eye. Do you believe that? Do you think I'm bigoted and deserving of disdain and ridicule for thinking that someone believes that is crazy?

Yes it is a mental disorder to think you are something that you are not. When your view of reality does not conform to reality you have mental dysfunction caused by some form of mental illness. It's not complicated.

For example if you are trans blind and you think you're a blind person born in a seeing person's body, you are mentally ill. And having a doctor pour a chemical solvent into your eyes in order to blind you so that you can conform to your mental illness identity is wrong and medical malpractice. Just like doctors that chemically castrate children and chop off their healthy body parts, it's wrong. You are part of the problem because you promote this mental disorder.

It's is a contraction of the words "it is" as in "It is (or it's) mental illness to think you're the opposite sex". How did I use that incorrectly?

OP, as far as I can tell, you seem to fundamentally misunderstand the nature of transgender identity, though I can't say I entirely blame you. As it's currently presented, it is, by my estimation, a significant oversimplification of one of the most poorly understood psychophysiological phenomena in human history. Further complicating this is that there are some very talented and very prominent propaganda artists on both sides of the conversation that are using this issue to their own ends, which is why very few people actually have a thorough and nuanced understanding of transgenderism and gender dysphoria (so much that is possible, anyway) , even some people who identify as transgender themselves

I personally don't think it's a bad thing that you're asking questions and challenging information that you're presented with - that's critical thinking in a nutshell - but I would very strongly advise you to take a step back, try to develop a little more empathy for transgender people, and don't take anything that you hear at face value, because from what I can see, your ability to think critically about this issue is very clearly being compromised by the "anti-trans" propaganda you've already consumed

I don't want to expand on this here for fear of this not being the correct venue, but I would be happy to if it is allowed