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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff The reason you cannot identify the "extreme left" is you assume they must be left of you. But, I hate to break it to you.... YOU are the extreme left.

SFC Kelly Fuerhoff - "Since when has the right tolerated or accepted anyone in the LGBTQIA?" for the vast majority of conservatives/Christians ALL of their life.

Tolerance does not require that I celebrate, support, understand, etc. etc. etc. It merely requires inaction on my part, NOTHING more.

Acceptance? as long as I tolerate, why would anyone in the LGBTQIA need or desire my acceptance. Are you ready to accept my views and treat me with civility and respect when they differ from your own. The history of our exchanges leads me to believe not.

"No one is "pushing" for transgender girls or women to play in girls or women sports." Absolutely absurd assertion.

"Weird how conservatives don't have an issue with trans boys or men playing in boys and men's sports..." They don't have a biologically determined advantage in strength, endurance, speed and mass. Those XX chromosome youth that are competitive in boys'/mens' sports are so, because of skill that transcends biological disadvantages.

"What progressives are pushing for pornographic graphic novels in libraries?"
_"Gender Queer: A Memoir," an award-winning graphic novel by Maia Kobabe about the author's experience growing up nonbinary and asexual, which contains images of oral sex and masturbation. In South Carolina public school libraries.
_"33 Snowfish." Contains graphic depictions/narrations of pedophilia abuse, snuff films, minors supporting drug habits by prostitution, In Virginia public school libraries.
_“Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” includes drawn depictions of masturbation and oral sex. Removed from Missouri public school libraries.

Never mind the UN trying to legalize child prostitution. California Senate Bill 1322, authored by Sen. Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles), make the crimes of solicitation and loitering with intent to commit prostitution misdemeanors inapplicable to children younger than 18. Passed September 2016 and signed by Governor Jerry Brown.

SFC Kelly Fuerhoff -

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/men-too/202108/how-sex-offenders-groom-their-victims

SFC Kelly Fuerhoff -
I am a liberal, which you might discern from my direct comments. It's pretty explicit from what I actually said. It seems odd to me that you have decided that I have a political affiliation of the boogeyman variety, presumably because I dare to dissent from what you seem to believe or have an affinity towards. Also, it's quite odd that you instantly resort to an attack based on "ableism" to discredit me. That's no way to have a conversation. Maybe consider the influences which have you engaging in such a maximal and toxic fashion.

If the nonsensical alphabet soup is what bothered you with my comment, and you can't discern sarcasm or that there is no such organization using your preferred alphabet soup, perhaps there are more fundamental issues to discuss before tackling this one. You are simply uninformed and broadly misinformed about a great deal of what you are asserting. That's not your fault - it is by design.

"Equity" is not the same thing as "Equality," and the former actively undermines the latter in every context in which it is employed and enforced. Just look at the assault on Women's rights under the banner of "trans" rights. It's worth noting that actual homosexuals, particularly lesbians, do not agree with or support the current "trans" movement for its extremely hostile and misogynist stance towards them.
https://www.economist.com/international/2021/06/05/a-backlash-against-gender-ideology-is-starting-in-universities
https://www.thecollegefix.com/lgb-vs-t-how-the-trans-issue-is-dividing-a-movement/

Regarding "queer" education, their word and not mine, you can read it for yourself here:
https://thepostmillennial.com/drag-queen-story-hour-is-the-intentional-queering-of-early-childhood-education
Skeptical of the article's analysis of the subject? Read it for yourself:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348772774_Drag_pedagogy_The_playful_practice_of_queer_imagination_in_early_childhood

If you are unfamiliar with the term "praxis" which appears repeatedly throughout, it is used heavily in post-modern doctrinal texts and refers to a process of political and social activism, akin to evangelist missionary work, which is intended to induce social change. Like some sects of Christianity, post-modern cultists are actively encouraged and required by doctrine to take on this work. This concept of "praxis" is taken directly from Karl Marx and is further ideologically refined by Antonio Gramsci in the pre-war era. Gramsci's ideas were central to the strategies employed by Mao Tse Tung in the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which finally destabilized the Chinese government and allowed the Maoists to gain control there, resulting in the deaths and murders of at least 55 million Chinese citizens while Chairman Mao was in direct control - which the "party" retains to this day. Now, that ideology is being used against OUR society, with some tweaks to take advantage of weaknesses inherent in our Liberal society. These people are 'evangelizing' our children to adopt their ideology, beginning in elementary school.

An excellent summation of the origins of gender ideology:
https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/2021/07-08/the-sordid-origins-of-transgender-theory/

Regarding the claimed divinity and sacrosanct position of the "trans" in this ideology, here is a hint, as these activists were unable to refrain from saying the cult mantra in the public sphere during their praxis:
https://pjmedia.com/culture/robert-spencer/2022/10/06/shakespeares-globe-theatre-trans-people-are-sacred-we-are-the-divine-n1635103

The cult here is comprised of the collected postmodernist ideologues, the vast majority of which are likely not aware of the true extent and origins of the ideology which they support. This goes back to an age long before the life of Marx or Hegel, who were both theologians - just read their actual works and see for yourself. Postmodernism is just one collection of ideologies which has its roots in Gnosticism, an ancient grouping of esoteric cult ideologies, in this case with heavy influence from Hermeticism through Hegel. The Catholic Church waged war against Gnostics for a few hundred years in Europe during the medieval period, long before Hegel or Marx came along. It is likely as old or older than the roots of Judaism - the Corpus Hermeticum, some of which is now lost to history, is at least 2500 years old and is based on much older esoteric cult texts and traditions. Read it for yourself and then read Hegel's and Marx's works to see the obvious religious basis for their ideologies, which serve as the basis of all postmodern ideology in turn.
https://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/herm/
https://hermetic.com/texts/hermetica/index

Further insight into the very recent trend of transgenderism amongst children:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-disturbing-history-of-research-into-transgender-identity/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/books/review/trans-helen-joyce.html
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/the-origins-of-the-transgender-movement/

Of particular note, in the second to last paragraph of the Scientific American article, the notion of internet-based indoctrination is broadly dismissed, yet my own experience of dealing with pre-pubescent children in this age suggest that Reddit has little to nothing to do with the issue: It is YouTube and TikTok influence which is largely to blame. I have two stepsons which fell into this gender nonsense, one of which is now 18 and definitely not trans or even gay, despite the vehemence of his ideology-fueled proclamations of just two years ago. Natural puberty is undoing the indoctrination to a large degree, though he refuses to hear anything which counters his pre-conceived and indoctrinated notions of reality to this day. The younger of the two is much more socially sensitive and the full measure of puberty is just now beginning to take hold at 15. I expect that he will finally realize that he is just a normal boy, though he has communicated some disturbing insights to his web-based influences thus far, such as "but I'm not ready to have sex with anyone yet" following an admission that he has had crushes on both males and females, as an apology for what he apparently sees as some weakness of character in the current social hierarchy and expectations. I have advised him that what he has been experiencing is totally natural and that he can just accept himself as he is - that he does not ever need to act on the influence of others. He's confused, as we all have been in the early years of puberty, but there is a concerted effort to twist things in the current political climate to use the natural order for obvious political ends with respect to our children. It is disgusting and abusive and has led to my older stepson intimating suicidal ideation on numerous occasions across several years from pre-puberty to the past year. There is real harm in pushing this nonsense on children.

"Who are the ones who burn the books? Not progressives."
On book burnings - this is my FAVORITE! Why do so many people get this so wrong? The most famous Progressive campaign to burn books was carried out by the National Socialist Party in Germany - that's right, the Nazis were Progressives. It turns out that ALL Marxists are. As such, book burning, literally erasing the past and anything which might contradict their assertion of 'truth', is the LEAST of their sins - there's also the program of Eugenics, which continues to be carried out to this day by our Federal government through Planned Parenthood and has resulted in the broadest program of ethnic cleansing of "minority" groups in American history, in keeping with long-held Progressive ideology towards eugenics and race.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/01/11/what-the-data-says-about-abortion-in-the-u-s-2/
https://www.guttmacher.org/infographic/2017/abortion-rates-race-and-ethnicity
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/margaret-sanger-eugenics-birth-control-planned-parenthood_n_5f1f2a40c5b638cfec4893a8
https://townhall.com/columnists/susanwillkeenouen/2020/09/23/research-shows-planned-parenthood-expands-targeting-minorities-as-it-spurns-racist-founder-n2576680

If you're looking for more contemporary examples of Eugenics programs being enacted by mainstream Progressives today, look north to Canada and their assisted suicide legislation, touted as a "money saver" by Prime Minister Trudeau. The State, under Trudeau, will happily kill you for non-life-threatening ailments in Canada now, to include depression, in lieu of offering medical treatment.
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/medical-assistance-dying.html

There is, of course, far more to what is going on today than just what I have attempted to address here. It's not particularly well-hidden, if you just look around and ask questions. These people thrive on obfuscation and deceit, as they always have - you aren't meant to know about their ideological background and thus their true motives.

So, learn. Or support the American version of what happened in China in the 1950s, Germany in the 1930s and Russia in the 1910s. It's ultimately your choice, until it isn't.