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smoliske
08/28/17 3:53:59 PM
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http://www.dailywire.com/news/20299/california-moves-jail-people-who-use-wrong-pronoun-emily-zanotti

California legislators are set to vote this week on a bill that could criminalize using the wrong pronoun to refer to a transgender individual.

The bill, which passed the California state senate in May, has moved into the California state assembly as part of a slew of gender-based "anti-discrimination" laws designed to protect California residents who don't believe they fall into the gender binary.

Titled the "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Long-Term Care Facility Residents Bill of Rights," the new law would allow transgender individuals living in care facilities like nursing homes to use bathrooms in line with their preferred gender (not necessarily their biological gender), and would punish any caregiver who "knowingly" uses the wrong gender pronoun to refer to one of their patients.

Use "he" instead of "she" and you could face a $1,000 fine and up to a year in jail for gender-based discrimination and harassment. The law, which says "knowingly," does not seem to identify a specific standard, leaving interpretation of motive up to authorities.

Unsurprisingly, free speech advocates and faith-based care facilities are upset about the development, partly because they would be compelled to act in a way that defies their religious dogma and partly because there's absolutely no way the state will limit the bill's protections just to care facilities.

“How can you believe in free speech, but think the government can compel people to use certain pronouns when talking to others?” a representative of the California Family Council testified to the assembly late last week.

The state senator who authored the bill, Scott Weiner, was particularly vocal when it came to exempting religious organizations from the law: he wasn't going to do it because, he claimed, religion has no place in public life.

“Everyone is entitled to their religious view,” Weiner said. “But when you enter the public space, when you are running an institution, you are in a workplace, you are in a civil setting, and you have to follow the law.”

Fortunately, in this case, the law — at least, the larger law and the Constitution — may be on California residents' side.

According to law professor Eugene Volokh, the law itself seems too vague, and it's likely California wouldn't strictly interpret the law and limit their enforcement to nursing home caretakers only. Its "pretty unlikely that, if this law is enacted, such prohibitions would be limited just to this scenario," he told National Review.

That would mean California could face litigation once they start enforcing the rule, and precedent isn't on California's side.
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RE_expert44
08/28/17 3:55:05 PM
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What a bunch of wackos
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Mist_Turnips
08/28/17 3:55:08 PM
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Weiner
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It all checks out.
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Tryhaptaward
08/28/17 3:55:14 PM
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What the fuck
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averagejoel
08/28/17 3:55:23 PM
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smoliske posted...
http://www.dailywire.com/

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pikachupwnage
08/28/17 3:55:57 PM
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The Admiral
08/28/17 3:58:51 PM
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@eston posted...
Oh no, a child was sent to the office
Clearly this is the end of days


The answer to why you don't dismiss instances like the one that spurred this comment is that it leads to idiocy like this.
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glitteringfairy
08/28/17 3:59:38 PM
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Lmaofornia
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smoliske
08/28/17 4:00:11 PM
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averagejoel posted...
smoliske posted...
http://www.dailywire.com/


feel free to check out the legal text of the bill, the source is irrelevant when the story is still true, regardless of whether it has a liberal or conservative spin to it
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averagejoel
08/28/17 4:01:56 PM
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smoliske posted...
averagejoel posted...
smoliske posted...
http://www.dailywire.com/


feel free to check out the legal text of the bill, the source is irrelevant when the story is still true, regardless of whether it has a liberal or conservative spin to it

then why not link directly to the bill instead of to a website that's like half a step more reliable than InfoWars
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s0nicfan
08/28/17 4:02:50 PM
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The left continues its march towards full authoritarianism.
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smoliske
08/28/17 4:03:27 PM
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averagejoel posted...
smoliske posted...
averagejoel posted...
smoliske posted...
http://www.dailywire.com/


feel free to check out the legal text of the bill, the source is irrelevant when the story is still true, regardless of whether it has a liberal or conservative spin to it

then why not link directly to the bill instead of to a website that's like half a step more reliable than InfoWars


because I'd rather post a news story
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Tropicalwood
08/28/17 4:03:49 PM
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Nothing out of the ordinary here, just Commiefornia violating the constitution as usual.
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averagejoel
08/28/17 4:04:44 PM
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smoliske posted...
averagejoel posted...
smoliske posted...
averagejoel posted...
smoliske posted...
http://www.dailywire.com/


feel free to check out the legal text of the bill, the source is irrelevant when the story is still true, regardless of whether it has a liberal or conservative spin to it

then why not link directly to the bill instead of to a website that's like half a step more reliable than InfoWars


because I'd rather post a news story

then why not link to an actual news site
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The Admiral
08/28/17 4:06:03 PM
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averagejoel going the distance trying to talk about anything but this article.
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Mist_Turnips
08/28/17 4:06:56 PM
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Dem desperate derailment attempts.
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smoliske
08/28/17 4:07:24 PM
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The Admiral posted...
averagejoel going the distance trying to talk about anything but this article.


does he believe not talking about it or discrediting the source makes it less legitimate ?
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SageHarpuia
08/28/17 4:08:41 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
The left continues its march towards full authoritarianism.

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frozenshock
08/28/17 4:09:28 PM
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Why are liberals doing everything in their power to make sure Trump stays in power?
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averagejoel
08/28/17 4:09:38 PM
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smoliske posted...
The Admiral posted...
averagejoel going the distance trying to talk about anything but this article.


does he believe not talking about it or discrediting the source makes it less legitimate ?

it doesn't make it less legitimate - it's illegitimate whether or not I discredit it
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The Admiral
08/28/17 4:10:56 PM
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averagejoel posted...
smoliske posted...
The Admiral posted...
averagejoel going the distance trying to talk about anything but this article.


does he believe not talking about it or discrediting the source makes it less legitimate ?

it doesn't make it less legitimate - it's illegitimate whether or not I discredit it


"It's illegitimate because it makes my side look terrible."
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mustachedmystic
08/28/17 4:11:40 PM
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Republican legislatures introduce stupid bills all the time. This isn't any different.
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Sephiroth1288
08/28/17 4:13:13 PM
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averagejoel posted...
smoliske posted...
The Admiral posted...
averagejoel going the distance trying to talk about anything but this article.


does he believe not talking about it or discrediting the source makes it less legitimate ?

it doesn't make it less legitimate - it's illegitimate whether or not I discredit it

Literally ad hominem fallacy.

Tye bill does exactly what it is reported as doing. We know this because it's the same law as the one that just passed in Canada, and it made using the wrong pronouns illegal.
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gamepimp12
08/28/17 4:20:15 PM
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While I could see the whole intentionally mislabeling a trans person as hate speech (don't know if I agree yet)

I don't think such a scoped in law does anyone any good
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The Admiral
08/28/17 4:20:23 PM
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mustachedmystic posted...
Republican legislatures introduce stupid bills all the time. This isn't any different.


I never get this kind of argument.

"Yeah, my side is stupid, but your side is stupid too!!"

How is that any sort of reason for why this bill shouldn't be criticized?
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Zikten
08/28/17 4:22:11 PM
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omg wtf
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Webmaster4531
08/28/17 4:22:11 PM
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fenderbender321 posted...
mustachedmystic posted...
Republican legislatures introduce stupid bills all the time. This isn't any different.


This is why everyone needs to start being more libertarian. Its seems like everyone's argument these days is "well, the Republicans/Democrats did something even more stupid, so at least we're the lesser of 2 evils"

Libertarians have their own can of worms just as bad.
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averagejoel
08/28/17 4:24:10 PM
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there seem to be exactly 0 sources other than dailywire, breitbart, and their ilk, who reported on this bill, and there's nothing about it on the Long Term Care portion of California's Healthcare website, leading me to believe that it is false.

this is the closest thing that I found from an actual source:
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/07/06/california-bill-would-require-workplace-transgender-training/
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Sami1000
08/28/17 4:33:15 PM
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Use "he" instead of "she" and you could face a $1,000 fine and up to a year in jail for gender-based discrimination and harassment


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNIeQDP37Nc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unYrMt9qW2I

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mustachedmystic
08/28/17 4:50:03 PM
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I'm well aware that most politicians on both sides are are corrupt hypocritical assholes. When people post articles such as this and are like "lol libtards", or "lol California", as if the pols on "their side" or the state they live in are any better, they just come off sounding ignorant.
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TheVipaGTS
08/28/17 4:52:02 PM
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I just don't see why this has to be an issue. That person is transgender. Now wants to be called "she"...why do so many people have to be insufferable and say things like "his mama named him Jeff ima call him Jeff! HE! Is Jeff!"

What is killing you so much about just saying "she" for example. If there wasn't such push back on something so mundane and inconsequential this wouldn't be as big of an issue at all.
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NeonOctopus
08/28/17 4:57:16 PM
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FighterStreet
08/28/17 4:57:46 PM
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stop writing lolcalifornia

i guarantee you 95+% of liberal californians wouldnt support this including myself


it's just basic free speech
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eston
08/28/17 4:59:33 PM
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Titled the "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Long-Term Care Facility Residents Bill of Rights," the new law would allow transgender individuals living in care facilities like nursing homes to use bathrooms in line with their preferred gender (not necessarily their biological gender), and would punish any caregiver who "knowingly" uses the wrong gender pronoun to refer to one of their patients.

Sounds reasonable to me. It's not like they're talking about fining random people on the street who may or may not know someone is transgender. A caregiver should definitely know better, and the nature of their interactions with patients puts them in a unique position to emotionally abuse people.
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Nightmare_Luna
08/28/17 5:02:36 PM
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lol california
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Webmaster4531
08/28/17 5:02:42 PM
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fenderbender321 posted...
The only complaint you can have against is libertarians is that they don't employ the government to "fix" or "solve" issues.

I mostly dislike them for being laissez faire ancaps but yes them legalizing discrimination like denying people service is also one.
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Sylph
08/28/17 5:03:18 PM
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Punching someone is so unimaginative. There are so many more effective ways to retaliate.
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eston
08/28/17 5:06:55 PM
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The Admiral posted...
@eston posted...
Oh no, a child was sent to the office
Clearly this is the end of days


The answer to why you don't dismiss instances like the one that spurred this comment is that it leads to idiocy like this.

Idiocy such as...not allowing caretakers to intentionally mistreat their patients who in many cases don't have the ability to stand up for themselves? Yeah man what a terrible law
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--kresnik--
08/28/17 5:10:42 PM
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We need a special jail for snowflakes like this judge.
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Webmaster4531
08/28/17 5:24:48 PM
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fenderbender321 posted...
Webmaster4531 posted...
fenderbender321 posted...
The only complaint you can have against is libertarians is that they don't employ the government to "fix" or "solve" issues.

I mostly dislike them for being laissez faire ancaps but yes them legalizing discrimination like denying people service is also one.


Again, if you think discrimination is a problem, libertarians are doing nothing to take power away from you as an individual to try and fix it. If anything, they are giving you more power due to their stance on taxes and individual freedoms.

This is the libertarian bullshit I'm talking about. I want to see your stupid explanation what taxes and specifically my freedoms have to do with this.
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WaterLink
08/28/17 5:34:56 PM
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DarkChozoGhost
08/28/17 6:00:05 PM
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Are employees at healthcare facilities allowed to call African American residents the n word on a regular basis? If not, then this legislature is fair.
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SageHarpuia
08/28/17 6:02:14 PM
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DarkChozoGhost posted...
Are employees at healthcare facilities allowed to call African American residents the n word on a regular basis? If not, then this legislature is fair.

False equivalency.
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Webmaster4531
08/28/17 6:03:41 PM
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SageHarpuia posted...
DarkChozoGhost posted...
Are employees at healthcare facilities allowed to call African American residents the n word on a regular basis? If not, then this legislature is fair.

False equivalency.

It's not.
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SageHarpuia
08/28/17 6:04:45 PM
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Webmaster4531 posted...
SageHarpuia posted...
DarkChozoGhost posted...
Are employees at healthcare facilities allowed to call African American residents the n word on a regular basis? If not, then this legislature is fair.

False equivalency.

It's not.

Tell me, do you promote transracialism?
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