Lil_Phantoms_Lawyer

Lil_Phantoms_Lawyer t1_ja7plfe wrote

I'm surprised the Children's Museum is there tbh. It's nice, but I've been to a lot and most of them are nicer. The Clay Center in Charleston, WV was a surprisingly awesome Children's Museum that I wish we had in Pittsburgh. The imaginative play area was just so wonderful and something our Children's Museum lacks.

Heinz History Center is truly a gem though and I'm glad both made the list.

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Lil_Phantoms_Lawyer t1_j9u5yfw wrote

I love that movie (and specifically that scene) as well! I think that's definitely true, there are people who have great enjoyable lives and its all noodle salad, but even they have bad days and tough times. Every person that has ever lived has felt some level of pain, but certainly some muh less than others.

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Lil_Phantoms_Lawyer t1_j9tx797 wrote

Yeah, you're correct it's not fair for me to say they called it dangerous when they didn't use that word. The article is still hysterical about it imo:

>The Pride flag ban in classrooms is already having chilling consequences, not just on the LGBTQ community.

I understand your point of "feeling seen" but that does sound like the Pride Flag exists to endorse an identity which is exactly what the article says it doesn't do.

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Lil_Phantoms_Lawyer t1_j9tpdt2 wrote

>who almost killed herself multiple times over what I later found out was just a complete and utter lack of representation

When I was 19 I attempted suicide and was found bleeding out in a bath tub. I ended up in-patient for several months. It was a long road to recovery, and there were times I thought and believed "if only X was different this wouldn't have happened" but the reality is, while there were external pressures it was an internal struggle made up of many factors. Suicidal depression is not single faceted, and while you may contribute the lack of Pride Flags in your school classroom, it isn't why you almost killed yourself. That simplifies your situation, I wish you the best on the road of recovery.

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Lil_Phantoms_Lawyer t1_j9tl4yk wrote

>Gender identity and sexual orientation are not belief systems. And by conflating Pride flags with the expression of religious or political affiliations, the majority members of the school board are discriminating against LGBTQ students. The purpose of Pride flags in classrooms is not to endorse an identity, but to offer safety.

That's an incredibly weak argument. It is not dangerous to ban Pride Flags from the school classroom.

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Lil_Phantoms_Lawyer t1_j9kwsqs wrote

The Republicans have just no direction. But I'm also over the Democrats LGBTQ+ racket. I think we are fucking up a lot of kids with puberty blockers and I can't believe that people are okay with it. I'm progressive but I'm not that progressive.

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Lil_Phantoms_Lawyer t1_j9kslhr wrote

Lol God he's so obnoxious. He's got an ego like Trump, but less successful so you're extra confused why he's so full of himself.

I still would believe he didn't know about that check, but:

>Although, might be smarter to look at your funding sources after speaking out.

Couldn't agree more. Dude is an idiot. Gladly voted against him, though I do tend to lean republican.

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Lil_Phantoms_Lawyer t1_j9ke81v wrote

I'm not a fan of Doug Mastriano, but I could believe he didn't even know he received that $1k. That's not a lot.

Dude never held office in Ohio, or anywhere. It's weird this article is trying to put some blame on him for the derailment like they gave him one thousand bucks to go loosen some bolts or something.

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