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To: sylvester80 who wrote (1153778)	8/2/2019 5:14:14 AM
From: RetiredNow	4 Recommendations Recommended By bruwin locogringo Taro Tenchusatsu Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573822

First of all, Franco was Spanish, you illiterate moron. My family came from Cuba to study in college so they could go back and run the family businesses in Cuba. My grandfather was wealthy in Cuba, but Castro stole everything from him. While my father was here Legally as a student, Castro took over and so my father never went back, but brought the rest of his family here through legal ports of entry and following the law, which he learned in school. My whole Cuban family worked at jobs that you would turn your nose up at, they paid their taxes, and eventually became citizens. All of it was by the law, respecting the law, and loving this country for how it welcomed them and provided them opportunity. One generation later, all of us are wealthy, because of the best education our parents demanded we get and that is available to those who work hard in this country. Only in the US can this happen...this Horatio Alger story of rags to riches, and yet, it happens so frequently here for immigrants willing to follow the process and the law and having respect and love for this country. We know what a true Socialist or Fascist looks like. Liberals in this country are an existential danger to this country and you look the same as the Castros, green on the outside and red on the inside just like a watermelon. We watched when our country was taken over by crazy people who used hate, division, and long discredited economic ideas, as well as the promise of free shit, to create a civil war and turn the country Socialist. Cuba has been a hell hole ever since. Even now, 60 years later, Cubans still leave when they can to come to the US for a better life where they can enjoy political freedom. Even if 50% of this country does not recognize you for what you are. I know you and I know the evil you will bring to this country. Your ignorance, childishness, refusal to learn the lessons of history, and your arrogance in the belief of your intellectual superiority will kill this country. I hate how you will force this generation of soft Americans to learn how harsh a Socialist system can be, when Americans are so used to freedoms that they take them for granted and are so unprepared for the psychological repression of a totalitarian state. You will rot in hell for what you will to do to this country and the hundreds of millions of lives that will be permanently worse off because of it.

To: sylvester80 who wrote (1153778)	8/2/2019 5:21:51 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573822

This is the immorality of the Liberals and Democrats in this country. Why is this not illegal? This is clearly child abuse. You people make me sick... -------- Berkeley Couple Support Their Children Aged 4 & 8 In Decision To 'Transition' It's not child abuse - it's being an accepting and loving parent. In a Daily Mail article published this week, Ben and Sara Kaplan, of Berkeley, Calif., explained why they allowed their two young children to transition at the ages of eight and four. The family is sharing its story in an attempt to "break the taboo" around trans children following studies that showed a rash of suicides among trans children who weren't accepted by their families. Their two children, James, who transitioned from female to male, and Olivia, who transitioned from male to female, say that before the transition, they felt like they had "a piece missing." But at the age of eight, James Kaplan, now 11, who was born a biological girl, realized he had to transition from female to male. And just a few years later a then-four-year-old Olivia Kaplan, now seven, who was born a biological boy, realized she wanted to transition from male to female. Their names at birth have not been revealed. The family are now sharing their story in the hopes of breaking the taboo around trans children, after statistics revealed an alarming number of suicide among young transgender people whose families are not supportive. Their parents were surprised when then-8-year-old James (whose birth name wasn't published, along with the birth name of his sibling) came to them and expressed the desire to transition. They were even more surprised when their then-four-year-old son expressed a similar desire a couple of years later. But having just been through the transition process, they knew how to handle the transition process as parents. Though one thing they didn't do: Question whether their extremely young child might simply been copying what their oldest child was doing. Even their oldest child felt "competitive" when he learned that his younger sibling wanted to transition. However, like with most siblings, he admits there was the usual competitiveness. "I reacted to Olivia transitioning like most older siblings would – even though I'm trans," James explained. "I was a little confused at first and got a little defensive because I thought it was my thing." "But after like a day of that, I saw that Olivia is a girl and she always will be." For Olivia, having her big brother understand was key: "He was my first supporter and it made me feel very confident that I would have many more." James, who is now 11, has begun taking hormone blockers to put off the onset of puberty and meunstration, which he said would be "distressing." It will also prevent him from developing breasts. He's also waiting to start taking testosterone, which would be the first non-reversible step in his transition. Though he's already legally changed his name to James. Their youngest child won't begin similarly irreversible steps in her transition for a few more years, but when the time comes, she will likely start with a hormone blocker. The parents also insisted that they "parent" their kids "for those who think we just follow our children around doing nothing." The two parents insisted that they're not 'imposing an agenda' on their children - they're simply supporting their decisions to be who they truly are. Ben and Sara want to educate those who accuse them of imposing an agenda on their kids. "The reason that we chose to be public at this point is because having two transgender children is not that unique, but it's very difficult to advocate for the second child without it looking like there's a problem in the house," Sara explained. "It looks like there is an agenda," she said. "Like the mother is sick, and that's not the case here." Instead, the parents insisted that they were "on the right side of history." They say their research has "proven" that they are doing the right thing. "We are on the right side of history and we are not going to allow our kids to feel shame or fear based on other people – they deserve to feel loved and accepted." "We are going about this because we are listening to our children and because we are doing a lot of research, which has proven we are doing the right thing," Ben added. But if that's true, how come so many readers are skeptical?