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BrainVision said:
Filling out a form is literally how sex is assigned at birth by the doctor. Your comments and links about fetal development, especially the statement about all fetuses starting out female, are explicitly about fetal brain development. And, yes, I have been teaching at the university level for more than 20 years, starting with physiological psychology and a neuroanatomy lab way back in the day at FSU.
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Good for you.

Its not assigning its marking what's already decided. The doctor cant write what they want like assigning a work detail or a shift. The sex is decided the doctor merely transcribes information. Does the doctor assign a weight and mother and father too?
 
BrainVision said:
Opinions are absolutely allowed, and I recognize my freedom to avoid them. What I said is that if you want to avoid causing harm, then stop sharing harmful opinions. It's as simple as that. You are, of course, free to share whatever opinions you want on this messageboard, regardless of how harmful they may be, until you run afoul of the moderators.
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Funny.
 
BrainVision said:
Opinions are absolutely allowed, and I recognize my freedom to avoid them. What I said is that if you want to avoid causing harm, then stop sharing harmful opinions. It's as simple as that. You are, of course, free to share whatever opinions you want on this messageboard, regardless of how harmful they may be, until you run afoul of the moderators.
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You realize you really need to stop “cancelling” people, denying them their 1A rights by voicing any pushback to their equally valid opinions, probably coming next for their 2A rights!

But definitely stick around. It’s amusing to watch how threatened your combatants find a well-spoken empathetic professor at an elitist Commie indoctrination center to be, in California no less!
 
BrainVision said:
The doctor definitely can write what they want, and they do assign the mother and father and the weight based on their observations. The doctor does not do a genetic test on the infant; they do not run a paternity test on the father; they do not calibrate the scale.

And most relevant to this thread: they do not assign a gender identity.
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They don't have to assign a gender identity because its not there on the form or the person. They annotate the sex which is all they need which funny enough is the same as its gender. Sometimes they do run a paternity test, sometimes they run a genetic test as well. And yes they do calibrate the scale along with all sorts of medical equipment. And the doctor writes what they see, they cant decide one way or another there is a handy indicator for that.
 
BrainVision said:
This is getting closer to correct. We already are non-binary with regard to our genders, as we all vary on the continuum of masculinity and femininity. I think we can all agree on that. We will not all be transgender, as for the majority of us our sex assigned a birth is consistent with our gender identity. We definitely will not all be asexual.
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Can people change genders when they want?

For example, can a transgender person change genders depending on the day of the week or weather?

My question is completely serious.
 
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BrianNole777 said:
Can people change genders when they want?

For example, can a transgender person change genders depending on the day of the week or weather?

My question is completely serious.
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WTF… do you just think “what’s the most obviously ridiculous thing I can ask next?” and then post it in nearly every thread?
 
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NoleSince1961 said:
You realize you really need to stop “cancelling” people, denying them their 1A rights by voicing any pushback to their equally valid opinions, probably coming next for their 2A rights!

But definitely stick around. It’s amusing to watch how threatened your combatants find a well-spoken empathetic professor at an elitist Commie indoctrination center to be, in California no less!
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Threatening and amusing are two different things. I find Brains views so far left they are amusing, yours at least are informative even if I don't agree with them most of the time.
 
NoleSince1961 said:
WTF… do you just think “what’s the most obviously ridiculous thing I can ask next?” and then post it in nearly every thread?
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It’s a legit question.. I think in about 15 years, you are going to see a massive group of transgender people with the “oh what I have done” thought
 
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GeddyLee09 said:
If you notice the new ads are not Bud Lite ads but just Bud or AB ads. They are trying to reach back to the core of their customers. AB will be fine because they have other brands that can weather this. Mich Ultra has a good following that will stay put and the other brands like Stella, Landshark, Modelo and Natty are semi detached from the main brand. It will be interesting to see how this plays out once football starts as Bud Lite has a large interest in NFL and college football. Miller is probably licking their chops right now.

Interesting side note. I was in a country store over the weekend and the only beer left in the cooler was Bud Lite. No Miller Lite or High Life at all. To be fair the Natty and Ultra was all gone as well. Usually its the other way around and there's plenty of Miller available.
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I have not seen any ABInBev ads since the Clydesdale ad, so I can not comment on the content or direction of BL's new head of marketing. That said, I agree that the company will be fine, Inbev is one of the 5 largest consumer products companies in the world, and the "boycott" of BL is a tiny bump in the road for InBev.
The brand of BL will suffer slower sales for a few months, proving that the boycott was successful, then they will probably do some type of rebound ad prior to football season to make those that were hurt/disgusted/mad feel better and be ok with drinking BL vs versus other terrible beers. If not enough people return they will make it a bottom brand price like Black Label to reduce inventory and remarket it as something new in a few years.

My own anecdotal side note-
Was at a neighborhood bar for brunch /lunch, watching some golf and basketball yesterday. Normal specials are bottomless mimosas, 1 off wells, and 3.75 domestic bottles
There was a private party going on that went through their drink tickets very quickly, then started crushing the bottomless mimosas. The group (men and women) were going through so much champagne that the bar announces 5-dollar BL pitchers (pitchers are normally 12 dollars ) and they sold 2 kegs worth of beer in the 3 hours we were there. No one seemed to be upset about drinking the BL special, but there were some NSFW insults hurled between the guys partaking in the BL.
 
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Ohio1nole said:
Can't speak for everyone. And this is coming from someone who gave up drinking a long time ago. So I couldn't care less about A-B's sales.

But this created anger or frustration or whatever you want to call it out of me because I am so damn tired of getting the LGBTQIA+ agenda just rammed down throat 24/7 from news media, social media and corporations. Live your life however you want to live it, but just leave me the hell alone. Then you have this Dylan kid who is dressed in women face, paraded around every talk show in America, white house visits, social media platforms etc. And to me, Dylan is an insult to women. Period. He is dressed in womens clothing, acting like a flamboyant gay man. It is so over the top dramatic, that it is insulting to women all over. And I think you are seeing a lot of people with LGBTQIA+ fatigue.

We have this Dylan kid getting sponsorships from products that he can't even use, like Tampax. It's just hat everything has just turned into a circus and people are getting tired of it
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fair enough, that has been the general response I have gotten from people on the boards as well as friends who were upset.
The anger over the trans person was somewhat surprising as this is not anything new, but maybe it was just a boiling point type event and people exploded as you stated.

I agree that everything has become a circus and it is exhausting.
 
DFSNOLE said:
You make a lot of assumptions based on very little.
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You're right. I underestimated it actually.

It's actually 90+% left leaning. :)


"A 2012 survey of 800 psychologists revealed the group’s left-leaning tendencies have continued, with only six percent of respondents identifying as conservative."

www.influencewatch.org

American Psychological Association - InfluenceWatch

The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology and psychologists in the United States. APA is active in left-of-center policy advocacy and grantmaking activities on behalf of its 121,000 members and exerts powerful...
www.influencewatch.org www.influencewatch.org
 
BrainVision said:
As for the APA membership as a whole, I would absolutely predict that most members of the organization are socially liberal, as almost all people who get PhDs are socially liberal. I also find that almost all mental health professionals are socially liberal, as the profession requires a great deal of empathy and a skill for controlling prejudices and preconceived notions when interacting with people.
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That's basically what my claim was. 👍
 
BrainVision said:
Congratulations! Stick with predictions rather than claims. Why do you think that almost all mental health professionals are socially liberal?
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I've known some and also enjoy reading and listening to podcasts.

Earlier, I linked a podcast from Dr. David Burns. I don't know why they tend to be liberal, just that they are. :)
 
BrainVision said:
I believe that. The liberal and conservative cultures in the US are not the same, and the gulf between them is widening. This is why I think a dissolution of the nation is inevitable. I just hope it’s relatively peaceful.
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My fear has long been that we would repeat what happened in the late 1800's. The issue is now the aggressive side is also the armed side (mostly). While the left has groups like Antifa and others who are capable of violence its not comparable to the militant level violence, weapons and tactics the other side will bring to the table. Lets hope this doesnt happen.
 
GeddyLee09 said:
My fear has long been that we would repeat what happened in the late 1800's. The issue is now the aggressive side is also the armed side (mostly). While the left has groups like Antifa and others who are capable of violence its not comparable to the militant level violence, weapons and tactics the other side will bring to the table. Lets hope this doesnt happen.
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But I also believe that if people who are left leaning and people who are right leaning sit down and talk, you’d be surprised on how much you agree. Or how much you see their side..

Now the far left and the far right.. no shot. I just don’t know what the numbers are-how many people are actually far left instead of slightly left..and same with the right.. are the extremes just the vocal minority or is the slightly leaning now the minority… if that makes sense
 
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BrainVision said:
I believe that. The liberal and conservative cultures in the US are not the same, and the gulf between them is widening. This is why I think a dissolution of the nation is inevitable. I just hope it’s relatively peaceful.
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That's a bit extreme.

The U.S. has been very divided before. Think about the 1960's and the Vietnam War. However, it was before social media and 24/7 cable news.

I think things will get more normal in a few years when Trump is in assisted living.

Be patient. Time heals all wounds. :)
 
Ohio1nole said:
But I also believe that if people who are left leaning and people who are right leaning sit down and talk, you’d be surprised on how much you agree. Or how much you see their side..

Now the far left and the far right.. no shot. I just don’t know what the numbers are-how many people are actually far left instead of slightly left..and same with the right.. are the extremes just the vocal minority or is the slightly leaning now the minority… if that makes sense
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I'm of the belief that its like a Bell curve or normal distribution with 68% being near center. 13% lean left and 13% lean right. That other 3% on each side are the far left and far right. They are the ones who wont be able to agree.
 
BrianNole777 said:
That's a bit extreme.

The U.S. has been very divided before. Think about the 1960's and the Vietnam War. However, it was before social media and 24/7 cable news.

I think things will get more normal in a few years when Trump is in assisted living.

Be patient. Time heals all wounds. :)
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Its not just him although he did a fine job of dividing people with assistance from the media. His replacement is doing a good job of it too. To a lesser degree the previous couple presidents helped divide as well. I never think things are as bad as they seem so hopefully we can come back to near normal in the future.
 
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Its not just him although he did a fine job of dividing people with assistance from the media. His replacement is doing a good job of it too. To a lesser degree the previous couple presidents helped divide as well. I never think things are as bad as they seem so hopefully we can come back to near normal in the future.
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We can disagree on that and other stuff.

Arguments/debates don't work. They just cement people's positions.

Tolerance is necessary, IMO.
 
BrainVision said:
I think it's a bimodal distribution, and I think that the two populations are steadily drifting/being pushed apart.
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They may come closer together in a few years.

We can't predict the future. :)
 
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I think it's a bimodal distribution, and I think that the two populations are steadily drifting/being pushed apart.
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I think that is the intended or desired situation. When people take sides you have better numbers then if the majority is in the middle. Time will tell where we are really at.
 
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BrianNole777 said:
We can disagree on that and other stuff.

Arguments/debates don't work. They just cement people's positions.

Tolerance is necessary, IMO.
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If there was a piece of history I could change it would be the last 4 presidents. RINO, progressive, right wing then left wing. The first two caused the 3rd and 4th to happen. Less movement in the pendulum would be better it gives the media less to bite on. Of course that's just how I see it.
 
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I think that the only thing that could push the two populations together would be an immediate existential threat from an identified foe, e.g., a nuclear world war or an alien invasion. Not even a worldwide pandemic could unify the nation.
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The nation came together after Vietnam and Watergate.

The present divisions won't last forever, IMO.
 
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