Sheril KirshenbaumDec 28, 2022

Alan Turing was a mathematician & cryptographer who was a leading code-breaker in the team that decrypted Nazi Germany’s Enigma machine during WWII. He inspired modern computing & what became AI.

Instead of being hailed as a genius & hero, Turing was convicted as a homosexual & forced to endure chemical castration. He died by suicide at 41 in 1954.

The British government didn’t apologize until 2009 & Queen Elizabeth II finally pardoned him in 2013. #history #science #HistoryRemix

Show threadWestTexasJesusDec 29, 2022
@Sheril F the Queen and their phony construct.
Show threadHannah AlmeidaDec 29, 2022
@westtexasjesus @Sheril I mean, it's still technically a crime in Texas. It's unenforceable now, but still in the books. All it takes is another SCOTUS ruling that this should be left to states and Texans will be all set to be convicted of gayness. Punishable by fines/jail time and having to register as a sex offender. Still not a bad as Massachusetts. There it's a crime against nature, under the same statute that prohibits sexual activity with minors and animals, and could get as many as 20 yrs
Show threadHannah Almeida
@westtexasjesus @Sheril and there are a handful of states that still require people convicted of sodomy to register as sex offenders, even if they move out of state, even though it's not a punishable crime anymore. Will all the consequences that entails. How often do you think people bother to find out the details of a sex offender's conviction? How does it look on a job application? How utterly devastating do you suppose it is, to report to law enforcement every 90 days?
Dec 29, 2022 at 3:01pmWeb
Show threadWestTexasJesusDec 29, 2022
@gwenwifar @Sheril which could lead us into a grand discussion of why one group of people always feel the need to control the lives of other groups of people.