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Beth, If a person with a penis is called a woman and half the people believe it to the depth of their being, does it make the penised individual a woman?

There are a great many things people disagree on, but one side may declare the thing settled and there shall be no more discussion of it. If a person with an opposing viewpoint expresses it, bans, exiles, jobs lost, professional reputations gone. Not because they are wrong or are hurting anyone, but because it goes against what the rulers say is truth.

Getting back to the woman with the penis. What to do if you do not believe the penised is a woman but are told you must believe? If you don't no more job, no more going to restaurants, no more flying home to see nana even when she is on her deathbed? What if the thing you must acquiesce to is a matter of life or death.

Now, imagine money, power, control are in the balance. Imagine if you could convince the world that a disease has come on to the scene and you have been making the antidote for it for a while. If you can get the world to believe they will die without the antidote, you make billions.

What if you are a scared person thinking you will die, take the antidote because everyone on TV says its safe. Later someone tells you that you may have suicided yourself and your family. Do you latch on to that cuz you are Beth the Realist or do you turn on mute and pretend it is all good?

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