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Monica's avatar

Correct. Weird. But not gross. The rufo uncovered chats are all of the above plus gross. I would be so uncomfortable as a colleague sitting next to one of these people knowing what they are chatting about.

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Kittywampus's avatar

Agreed. Add in the national security implications attached to statements lending to blackmail, and that's far beyond gross.

But I think work supervisors have a responsibility to step in far sooner if workplace behavior goes off the rails, as this surely did. I'm more interested in why it didn't. Trans exceptionalism sounds like the answer.

But I would also add that this isn't a leftist cause, necessarily. I remember when Thomas Donnelly, an expert in national security, transitioned several years ago (shortly before the pandemic, I think). Donnelly went by Giselle, post-transition. But I saw stuff online that indicated classic AGP kinks - the previous spelling was "Jizzelle." That material has been scrubbed. Donnelly's AEI colleagues were vocally supportive. Establishment Republicans have considerable tolerance for sex/gender nonconformity as long as they're not running for office.

There's a large trans contingent comprising alumni of the military and intelligence services. Chelsea Manning. Charlotte Clymer. Jennifer Pritzker. I don't understand it. I'm curious, not dogmatic, about what's at the root. It's clear, though, that transition is far from exclusively a left-of-center phenomenon.

One interpretation is that male people who chafe at gender restrictions might pursue über-masculine careers in hopes of resolving dysphoria. Maybe? I'm not sure. I just know there's a noteworthy pattern here, as there is among male shape-shifters (the Zizians!) and autistic people of both sexes.

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AKI's avatar
Mar 17Edited

Maybe it's an autism thing?

Edit: sorry, saw you literally said this!

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