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LeftInTX

(32,761 posts)
13. Fortunately, it is not 105 degrees here today! But it was like that a little over a week ago!
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 09:14 PM
Sep 2024

I've read some of the horror stories in a DNA group that I'm in. So I responded to Rep Tony Gonzales (R) who was touting adoption when the Dobbs case was making it's way through the Supreme Court. I responded to his post. My cousins live in another state and somehow it popped up in her feed that I had responded to his post. (She doesn't follow him etc.. Never known her to be political etc etc) Anyway, she then responded to my comment on his FB page... Then I also respond: "Well this guy is a local congressman and yada, yada, yada"

Anyway, my response to him fell flat....He probably ended up looking good. I ended up with egg on my face.

I was trying to score points and a cousin pops up out of nowhere...nowhere...She was obviously triggered by my response. I would have never created an original post like that, but I really was mad about the Dobbs case etc etc and Gonzales just had to throw out, "Adoption is an option" or something like that...... My response was all about the craziness of Dobbs etc etc etc....

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No uncertainty GrapesOfWrath Sep 2024 #1
I guess they'll just have to settle for local unwanted children. Voltaire2 Sep 2024 #2
The problem is many there don't want girls IronLionZion Sep 2024 #5
No longer accurate. Voltaire2 Sep 2024 #6
Our youngest daughter was China adopted back in 2001, who just graduated college last month Pas-de-Calais Sep 2024 #3
Curious what is her citizenship? kimbutgar Sep 2024 #24
China's population is tanking...that's why PortTack Sep 2024 #4
This adoptee says 'good.' Dem2theMax Sep 2024 #7
I posted something like that on FB, and then an adopted cousin came along and left a comment saying that I was insulting LeftInTX Sep 2024 #9
I just wrote you a reply and then accidentally hit the back button. Dem2theMax Sep 2024 #11
Fortunately, it is not 105 degrees here today! But it was like that a little over a week ago! LeftInTX Sep 2024 #13
Adoptees tend to live in a permanent state of denial. Dem2theMax Sep 2024 #18
There are legit reasons for adoption, such as an abusive parent etc. LeftInTX Sep 2024 #20
There are people who give birth who should never do so. Dem2theMax Sep 2024 #21
Many of these kids were with extended family. LeftInTX Sep 2024 #22
Thank you for proving my point. Dem2theMax Sep 2024 #23
Adoption is usually designed as a permanent solution to a temporary problem. StevieM Sep 2024 #25
Thank you! Dem2theMax Sep 2024 #26
Why should adoption be abolished? moreland01 Sep 2024 #10
Required reading for anyone who is adopted, thinking about adoption, wanting to know more. Dem2theMax Sep 2024 #12
"Surrogacy" likewise needs to be abolished worldwide. valleyrogue Sep 2024 #14
Amen! Dem2theMax Sep 2024 #15
Thought you might be interested in this. Dem2theMax Sep 2024 #16
Maybe it's a sign of prosperity ... they can afford to be more charitable towards their own poor FakeNoose Sep 2024 #8
Well, I guess my friend was lucky then TexasBushwhacker Sep 2024 #17
Lo siento por favor raising2moredems Sep 2024 #19
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