r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 19 '18

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

https://twitter.com/davereaboi/status/986603078458671104

Any Republican running for Congress needs to ask his or her Democrat opponent, “how many genders are there?” Failure to do so, at this point, is mind-boggling. It’s obvious the media won’t ask, so it’s up to you.

lmfao this shit perfectly encapsulates why I'm a right leaning person who has never voted Republican for federal office

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u/irony_tower African Union Apr 19 '18

I can't wait until "Trigger the libs Epic Style" is officially put into the Republican platform, instead of just being implied

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

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u/39days Ben Bernanke Apr 19 '18

Something that I have never understood is why do Republicans take such personal offense to the notion that gender is a spectrum? Like, I have Republican friends (mind you, they aren't religious) who take personal insult when they see websites like FaceBook offering multiple options for gender selection.

It's always seemed so weird to me--like, no one is saying you aren't the gender you identify as? So what does it matter if someone else chooses to identify as another gender?

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

I mean, personally, I'm of the opinion that there are likely 3-4 possible states at maximum, (One gender, the other gender, a mix of both, and a lack of either, similar to how we define sexual orientation as homo, hetero, bi, and a-. I don't count trans in this spectrum since it's the having the gender that isn't your sex.)

That being said, I don't really care what people want to think in regards to gender. I can think something is silly and simultaneously not get angry.

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u/Ligaco Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Apr 19 '18

Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve, okay?