What’s True

Vance was indeed given the name James Donald Bowman at birth, after his biological father …

What’s False

… but, officially, he has only changed his name twice, not three times. The first name change was the result of his adoption by his stepfather. The second name change was one he requested as he was about to graduate from Yale Law School, a year before he got married.

  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Nice of his peers to refer to him by his chosen name instead of his birth name without any grief though! I wonder if there’s a lesson in here somewhere… 🤔

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      3 months ago

      Yeah: it’s that white cis male privilege will be enforced at all costs.

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      3 months ago

      I don’t have it in me to deadname him.

      I also don’t have it in me to speak towards his defense if anyone else deadnames him.

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    This points out one of the evilest parts of the Republican party and that is the fact that their political opinions have nothing to do with their actual beliefs and are only a way for them to hurt other people. At the end of the day they don’t care if someone changes their name or what bathroom they use, but talking about these things in relation to transgender issues is a way for them to cause pain to others which is the only point to anything for Republicans.

    People that say things like “I’m not a conservative but I’m voting for Trump/Bush/Romney” are really saying they’re only voting for the fascist parts and don’t really care about the fiscal policy as long as they get to cause undeserved pain to someone. And remember, if it’s not undeserved pain then they’re not into it. It’s must be undeserved or at the very last disproportionately cruel.

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    3 months ago

    All name changes seem perfectly reasonable to me. Couch copulation, not so much.

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    He changed what he is publicly known as at least 3 times, only 2 were officially recorded. Seems like it is important to him to be referred to by his chosen name, nothing wrong with that.

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    3 months ago

    Smells like another Kid Rock. Brought up rich and trying to pretend you are from poor country folk to get votes or in Rock’s case sell albums.

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      3 months ago

      His choosing of his own name while wanting to deny the same right to others is hypocritical and part of his being an asshole.

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      I feel like the GI Bill should only cover tuition at state schools. Idk why. Otherwise just gives me the ick.

      I don’t like government giving money to private institutions or companies when theres a public option, ESPECIALLY when the private parties receiving that money are the same people who bemoan about government being “the problem”, deregulation/needs to be dismantled, etc.

      Ifyou look back thru history, ALL aristocracy, Mr. TheAristocrat, is heavily comingled in government - for everything. They just want all the government money for themselves. Duplicitous motherfuckers. That’s the kind of person that’ll trip you if a bear starts chasing the two of you.