I don’t know why I was born transgender, but I have no secret agenda. I want my child to live in a world where they are safe and free to be exactly who they are.

Fewer than 1 in 3 people report personally knowing someone who is transgender. Yet the American public is saturated with viral social media videos and political news stories, largely generated by a well-funded coalition of organizations long dedicated to making it as difficult as possible for LGBTQ+ people to go about their daily lives.

These organizations proudly advocate for the abuse of LGBTQ+ young people through the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy, and they have celebrated their role in influencing Texas to “investigate” parents who’re doing their level best to support their transgender kids.

They’ve succeeded in generating national debates about excluding transgender kids from school sports, banning medically necessary health care and even prohibiting restroom usage – all under a guise of “protecting young people.” But these debates are largely missing the point.

Transgender people are our friends, family members and neighbors. They work in the cubicle next to us at the office, and they pray next to us in our houses of worship.

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  • I do mechanical so not an expert on geotechnical or civil but the video covers the basics related to the tower seems pretty clear cut.

    I know that when undertaking a large engineering project each specific system or component is given to the relevant speciality to handle of which you clearly are not part of. I also know that almost all systems have legally mandated factors of safety to account for unpredictable things like idk unexpected Sinkage.

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      Sounds like you read a Wikipedia article. Sinkage sounds like you made it up. How does that make you an expert on the millennium tower?

      • Sounds like you read a Wikipedia article.

        cos I know what I’m talking about so do the people writing wikipedia.

        Never said I was an expert I provided a link to an experts opinion that references the other experts reports. Sinkage typically refers to the downward movement or settling of a structure or foundation into the underlying soil or ground. I don’t need to be an expert on the subject to reference an expert, but if we look at it relativistically compared to you I am an expery.

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          and relative to me, you are a dumbass who happens to be a mechanical engineer.

          Just because i’m a linux user, and understand how the OS functions, doesn’t make me an OS level SWE. That would make me one of the greats, i am not. I am some fuck who uses linux.

          Likewise, relatively to you, assuming you don’t use linux, i’m the linux expert here. Even though i have no qualification for such title.

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              how many years have you been using linux? I’ve been going for about 5 years now myself.

              Your statement is true. About mechanical engineering. And potentially linux, depending on your level of experience.

              But the equivalent here is like me claiming that because i use linux, i know how macos works more than a macos user.

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                You’re falling for their sealioning and moving goalposts. Take a sec to think about what you’re arguing and where this conversation started at the top of the thread. There’s no winning, please save your energy and don’t give this troll any more attention. You don’t deserve to have your effort squandered on a closed mind.