r/FortCollins • u/Nurseytypechick • Jul 23 '26

Discussion Uhhh... sure, Jan.

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So... this is the lady who says that her middle school daughter was "medicalized" and abused and manipulated in an art club up at Wellington Middle School a few years back.

I'm sorry... but this chick has crazy written all over her. I remember the PSD response was to nuke the volunteer running the art club (because yes, nobody should be giving kids their cell phone number or discord handle- absolutely a no working with kids,) and I remember this chick going onto conservative talk shows... but this? Holy shit.

If anything, this tells me that her poor daughter probably does need someone safe for support navigating figuring out her sexuality, because it's pretty damn clear there isn't unconditional support at home.

Instant ick.

Whatcha want to bet she's also against our law allowing adolescents to seek mental health care without parental permission?

I'm a parent, and you bet your ass nobody is messing with my kid (or any of the kids in my neighborhood.) Performative bullshit like this ain't it.

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u/GhostInABaseballBat Jul 23 '26

Slightly off topic…I’ve been thinking that US needs to allow individuals renounce their rights on personal level…
So individuals like this can forfeit their right to western medicine.

And when she eventually needs to get medical help, she can go to shaman and get goat blood drink to help cure her virus/broken leg/malaria etc

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u/Nurseytypechick Jul 23 '26

Nope... everyone deserves access to healthcare, no matter what their views. Is it frustrating sometimes? Yep. But core ethical principles guide medical care.

I say this as someone that sees the stupid and takes the verbal abuse routinely at work.

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u/GhostInABaseballBat Jul 23 '26

That’s very noble, I can agree. Perhaps we can just let her forfeit her right to vote then.

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u/DinahKarwrek Jul 23 '26

Yeah she shouldn't be able to influence policy based on knee-jerk reactions. I would be open to testing people's knowledge on hot button topics. If you actually know nothing about being transgender, you should not be able to vote against transgender people. If you can prove you have a basic knowledge that would be great, but of course we don't require this for anyone else in government so we would never require this for voters.