Just an old guy.
@dragonmantis.bsky.social
I'm a freethinker, believer in the 1st & 2nd as well as the 14th. Neofascist christian nationalists like to call me a snowflake (as if that's somehow worse than being a traitor) and Democrats will often call me a conservative.
created December 11, 2024
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Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social)
@benfowlkes.bsky.social You asked who would have the best chance at beating Chimmy and Chad piped up with GSP. I can guarantee you that a prime Dan Henderson puts Khamzat Chimaev to sleep. TRT Dan gets probably the same outcome.. Do you disagree?
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You don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Nope, it's prize fighting and should be treated as prize fighting.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
For the record now it should carry the drug.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Well now it should..
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No I'm not.. You're talking out your neck..
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
I have access to every pay-per-view, I get to see the ppv undercards live as well as the fight nights and other fight programming. I don't buy or pirate anything.. So how is this going to be cheaper?
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social)
@benfowlkes.bsky.social I'm having a hard time following your logic.. I pay something like $5.99 or whatever the fuck it is for ESPN in my ESPN Disney Hulu bundle.
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Play hardball? You mean like when they saved speaker of the house Mike Johnson from losing his speakership? Democrats are trash, Republicans are traitors, oh joy..
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
No it's not.. Trump by far should surpass him.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
They weren't particularly brutal lockdowns the fighter didn't seem to be concussed and I felt like a few of those were half flops. I don't want knock down limits.
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Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
That was the christian nationalists plan all along. Trump no longer feels he needs the support of his most devoted enthusiastic and committed supporters.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Now he'll decide the constitution needs retooling, rig elections, cut the federal government in pieces so small there's nobody that can fight against him within it. Then attempt to create a trump theocracy..
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social)
Trump has started turning on MAGA. Some people were surprised, I was not..
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I remember when I looked up to this guy.. Now he's just a treasonous POS that deserves what he gets.
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People are not making arguments that you say they are just because you say they're making them. 🫵🤡 You're the one who sounds like trash running your neck about people you don't know, making up lies.. Grow up kiddo..
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Whoa whoa whoa.. QAnon is on the political right buddy.. Don't start rushing pizzerias quite yet.
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Because it's a horrible old system.. You should look up how many people kill themselves after being convicted of child molestation and sent to prison for life. It's a lot higher than people who just get sent to prison for life.
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Actually it's private property with public access There is case law on the matter.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
okay so which policy do I support that makes it difficult for you to live your life?
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Nope.. I'm not complicit by action or by support. That's your opinion.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
anyway I just want you to know I wish you well and have absolutely nothing against you because you are a trans woman. And I will protect to the best of my ability my friend who is trans. Fortunately in my city so far she has been very well received.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
But make no mistake even though we disagree on one aspect of this issue that doesn't mean you can categorize me as complicit with a bigoted belief that would be a bigoted belief lol
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
It's not fear, it's just facts.. I have no resistance to you. You just have to concede that you don't have rights that supersede other people's rights, most notably biologically born females and we don't have an argument in the first place.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
We could still use a law requiring them.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
I didn't realize you lived in the UK. We have a ton of unisex bathrooms in my state and in other states in the US.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
those people, people who feel like they are entitled to hurt others based upon their own beliefs are horrible people. They're not just a threat to you, they're a threat to me and they're a threat to America, they're a threat to civilized humanity.
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strange autocorrect flex..
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Non-gender specific bathrooms have been around for a while now. I think it would be a simple fix to require a non-gender bathroom in any building that is licensed for business. A good number of large companies have already moved in that direction to begin with..
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I do support your gender identity. I do not support or believe that you are a woman. I don't think that conflicts with my support for you as an individual as a person as a human. and I have stuck up for my friend who is transitioning and she knows I have.
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I don't believe anybody's right should ever be able to supersede anyone else's rights.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't understand how we ended up in a world that accepts the premise that if you disagree with someone based on your morality or your ethics you have the right then to assault or treat them differently than other people. Society has gone haywire.
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Sorry but my daughter's competed in combat sports and I think you have no clue of what you're speaking about.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
I feel you should always be happy to be you and I'm happy you're happy to be you. I'm glad you're doing well.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
So do others born biologically male. That doesn't make them female. both men and women can have an Adam's apple that has absolutely no bearing on the conversation. hormone imbalances can cause all kinds of things.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
and this is what I've heard from my friend who is trans she just wants to be left alone. she doesn't want to compete in sports against biological females. She just wants the right and the left to mind their own fucking business.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
and nobody should ever have a problem with that.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
My daughter competed in combat sports, they don't deserve to have to compete against someone who was born male. Nor do other biological women.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
You deserve all the rights, respect and kindness everybody else is given. But your rights can't supersede the rights of biological females. You don't have a right to compete against biological females.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Nobody should have a problem with any of that. That's your business and if you feel better the way you are now then I'm all for what you're doing for yourself. and here's where I hope you'll agree with me..
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't have a problem with that, I never have said I did.. I never said you don't deserve respect I never said you don't deserve to be safe or any of the nonsense all the people coming at me are saying I believe.. You're still not biologically a female.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
If I'm willing to give you the same respect I give other people regardless of what their gender is and I'm willing to see you as individual but you're unwilling to accept that premise from me because I don't believe you're a woman. Who's really got the problem?
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I'm more than willing to call you by whatever name or pronoun you would like to be addressed by.. I have no problem with addressing you as feel what your gender is.. And you should also be as safe as anybody else in public.. Where exactly am I going wrong here?
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When are you going to become pregnant? when do you start menstruating? Oh never? So my belief is that you deserve every right and every bit of respect everybody else on the planet deserves. But you're not biologically female.
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of course not.. You just like to jump to conclusions about people when you don't understand their position.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
no it's really a dumb comment We weren't talking about feeling safe around trans people that's something he brought up to change the basis of the conversation.. Like I said it was a deflection and silly.
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Zach has a PhD from YouTube.. Just like his counter people on the right.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Zack you don't sound very knowledgeable about the topic. Trans women cannot literally become biologically female, did you fall in bump your head? This nonsense is what the right points to when they want to spread disinformation.
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Nope, I have both a heart and empathy for everyone else. Your comma is unfounded.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
I keep an educated take based in reality. You keep you nasty accusations ans assumptions wherever you want.
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They both belong in a prison cell next to each other..
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Good for you. Dumb comment through..
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
But trans women aren't biologically female. There is something called reality that you're missing..
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh okay lol.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course not You're all fascists..😂🫵🤡
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Two grifters talking nonsense..
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Still can't stand Paddy, Charles Oliveira would absolutely wreck his day IMO.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
I know many people who are looking for the source of the smell.. Unfortunately none of them are politicians Democrat or Republican..
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Fox News is still way worse than CNN lol.. Not that either of them are particularly good sources of information but come on kiddo. guides.library.harvard.edu/newsleans/th...
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
But we can both hope I'm wrong.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
No that's not how this will work. This supreme Court has reserved their right to upend settled precedent, reinterpret constitutional statutes that have also had precedent for decades. I don't see why they can't do it again.. And without due process there's literally no law..
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The pledge of allegiance was written by a christian socialist.. I'd like to let that marinate with the anti-socialism maga crowd. But unfortunately they don't seem to have the ability to recognize the irony.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
They can recognize our intelligence. It's just too bad that we don't allow ourselves to recognize theirs.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course the produce industry in this country would take a giant hit. And apples will probably cost $5 a piece. But we're making America great again! 🤪
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Actually, I'm kind of good with some of that.. Let's rip all the subsidies for oil companies away they don't need them and never needed them. We can get rid of the subsidies for sugar and some of the other commodities that never really needed them either.
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Without due process your law book is just leaflets of paper.
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Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
You think there's going to be another democratic administration. I would be surprised.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
You can continue your conversation with the other idiot.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Am I having a back and forth with someone who is mentally delayed? Because the context of the conversation is fairly clear to anyone with a brain.
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You should stop taking guesses most of them have been incorrect.. But do look up the meaning of oppression and then get back to us.
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I muted him ages ago lol.
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No they are not.. Due process is the foundation of law once it's been removed there is no law. The feet have been removed from the runner..
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Well regimes get old, get replaced by new ones..lol. Oppression hasn't failed anywhere. Hell oppression doesn't even fail in this country. Honestly I have no clue where you're coming from. If oppression has failed how come the Catholic Church still exists? Sadly oppression flourishes today.
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That is my fear..
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Did you catch the protests in Russia when the war with Ukraine started? Because I saw some fairly large protests get real quiet real quick. There is no peaceful way to rip power from those willing to use violence in order to create a theocracy.
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My point is simply that Trump doesn't give a flying fuck.. We could have the biggest protest the US has ever seen and he would just see it as an opportunity to piss on trees and send in the national guard. Trump is a narcissist who idolizes Putin and wants to be the American equivalent..
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It happens..
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I've said it before and I'll say it again.. It's time for a third party that doesn't dabble in any religion, looks for answers within the facts we have and not the facts we wish we had.. Party that caters to the belief in secularism.
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I don't know what part of you doesn't understand that they want a dictatorship but the sooner you come to the realization that that's what they want then maybe you'll come to the realization It's worth fighting against. Or you can sit at home for one day and pretend like you did something..
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
You're absolutely deluded if you think Donald Trump gives a flying fuck about your protest..
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
It was laid out on the Clermont institute think tanks website in plain view for everyone to read. They want to dismantle the Constitution bring the country back to the articles of confederation and then free outline a new constitution with Christianity as the religion of the country.
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Christian nationalists are torpedoing this country into a third world status and somehow Democrats think protesting is going to make them change their mind..
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
This is how diluted Democrats are they believe calling in to work aka protesting is going to change the environment we are now living in.. They literally refuse to accept the terms of reality, protest all you will it won't do shit.
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Republicans didn't have hardcore evidence, they didn't have a fucking scrap.. They used election disinformation to their advantage to win the next election. While Dems said, did, and achieved nothing.. I hope all the voters that "Sat out in protest" realize they voted for this..
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Sorry, no ill intentions.
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Actions speak louder than words so no they don't.. Christian nationalists executed a coup of our country and the Democrats just sat there and watched.
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Are they not treating their slaves properly? Because you know Jesus did lay down some mandates about how to treat your slaves... Christianity has always been trash..
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Soon living paycheck to paycheck won't cover paycheck to paycheck. So they have a choice, stand up now or bend over later.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Democrats don't care.. Why did Hakeem Jeffries save Mike Johnson's speakership? Allowing him to maintain the house for MAGA and be third in line for the presidency. Dems put money into the conference of maga candidates because they thought they would be easier to beat come election time.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
As I keep parroting this because it's true. Remember 1/2 of 1% of GDP is all it would take to boost everybody below the poverty line above it. Homelessness isn't an unsolvable conundrum in our country, It's a symptom of our country's dysfunction that's being ignored.
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The funny part is neither man would step in a ring and box him. But he's the poser..lol.
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Cool story man.. Way to completely miss the point. ðŸ¤ðŸ¤ªðŸ«µðŸ¤¡
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Cheaper and easier doesn't mean much..
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Meh, they drop one and then another on top of the first to go deeper.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Anti-vaxxer woes..
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
I've never heard anyone say that a velociraptor can travel at 40 miles per hour that's just some shit somebody made up so they can make an article that says it doesn't.
Just an old guy. (@dragonmantis.bsky.social) reply parent
Well he's also a treasonous piece of garbage so..
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