Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail
From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: The Joy Of Democracy
Date: 26 Oct 2024 07:17:13 GMT
Lines: 14
Message-ID: <lo3jboFop7oU2@mid.individual.net>
References: <ClDRO.423798$FzW1.157455@fx14.iad>
	<vf7ah3$1b8kc$2@dont-email.me> <vf7kl8$1ctc2$4@dont-email.me>
	<QvNRO.321349$v8v2.25424@fx18.iad> <vfa6lp$1u9vg$4@dont-email.me>
	<lnt24mFp96sU1@mid.individual.net> <vfej72$2qk0v$11@dont-email.me>
	<qoklhjl81eb51fkrk45a5ht5ho5f496qqd@4ax.com> <vfgjrq$38rgd$1@dont-email.me>
	<pnonhjhgbndl5k9d63jl91kkjnq7tj91oh@4ax.com>
	<lo2bnqFj476U2@mid.individual.net>
	<cs0ohjltin1kh0me1ihoigr0adnpmck99c@4ax.com>
	<lo2obtFl2hgU1@mid.individual.net>
	<2acohj1r2rbcihua9lft8bgbpnen3t6aod@4ax.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Trace: individual.net aOs19o+VjU1hp7ETDxnlfgZ3QSJ6n7p5dK8ONrKjo/fLJMJu5+
Cancel-Lock: sha1:UhowVEnWyviQ1uAETJJnxuobqqU= sha256:jsTu5Dqnf9XZi87GlCO2rcUu5zuqlUCoUukgq94cGxA=
User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba)
Bytes: 1921

On Fri, 25 Oct 2024 20:04:02 -0400, Joel wrote:

> I haven't had much interaction with Ms. Zephyr, but I have with Erin
> Reed, her partner, they are not "comic relief", they are serious
> intellects in the cause for trans rights.  You may think it's funny for
> them to be who they are, but that'd tend to indicate a quaint immaturity
> in yourself, what I call being a "phobe".  They are human beings, and
> should be taken seriously.

Zephyr would have been taken more seriously without the 'blood on your 
hands' speech trying to stir up the supporters in the gallery. Setting up 
shp on a bench in the hall after being censured was cute, as was the 
fracas when a group tried to set on 'her' bench.