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Middle-Aged Mutant Nutbar Turtles: Oregon 'Mental Health Expert' Identifies as a Terrapin
http://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2025/03/13/oregon-mental-health-expert-identifies-as-a-turtle-n2409755
It's been a while since we checked in on the batpoop-crazy state of Oregon, so maybe we should take a gander and see how things are going up there in the Pacific Northwest.
Fair warning: Prepare to be 'shellshocked.'
In one of the worst cases of cultural appropriation that the animal or reptile kingdoms have seen since Mitch McConnell entered the Senate, there is now a 'mental health expert' in Eugene who identifies -- and no, we are not joking but we wish we were -- as a turtle.
That was not a typo. A turtle.
Oli London (@OliLondonTV) ~ Oregon mental health advisory board includes member who identifies as TURTLE. đ˘
A member advising Oregonâs Health Authority (OHA) on best practices and policies in mental health identifies as a terrapin species.
JD Holt who goes by the name JD Terrapin uses turtle pronouns.
âHello everybody, itâs JD. I use they, them and turtle for my pronouns.â
She is part of a panel of âexpertsâ advising the state on mental health.
Source: NY Post
And here is more from the New York Post:
A member of a state panel advising the director of Oregonâs Health Authority (OHA) made a wild first impression at a meeting by proclaiming, 'I use they, them and turtle for my pronouns ...Iâm in the Springfield-Eugene area and I get to be part of the council.'
Holt is one of roughly two dozen 'consumers' on the OHAâs Consumer Advisory Council (OCAC), which is appointed by OHA Director Dr. Sejal Hathi, who was chosen by Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek.
Gender Wiki, a website that documents non-binary genders, describes 'turtlegender' â also dubbed 'tortoisegender' â as a legitimate 'xenogender' identity in which a person 'feels a gendered connection to turtles.'
Ahh. Well, there you have it. They consulted the definitive resource on the subject, 'Gender Wiki.'
According to the Post article, members of the OHA can investigate, evaluate, and recommend behavioral health resources.
Umm ... can they recommend those resources for their own members? Because we know one person on the panel who could use some of that.
Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) ~ Would admitting that you're trans-turtle count as coming out of your shell?
MAZE (@mazemoore) ~ Nickname: Clitortoise
Alright, stop that. We're not going to embrace such awful puns here on Twitchy, no matter how 'snappy' they are.
Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) ~ In fairness, she passes as a turtle more convincingly than Rachel Levine or any other trans male passes as a woman.
Dammit. Matt Walsh makes a good point.
JT (@JtDirtyBirdy) ~ Pure insanity. The fact that you canât tell if this is a joke is seriously sad.
No, she is not joking. She expects to be taken seriously. And only in a place like Oregon could she ever BE taken seriously.
For his part, at least Dana Carvey admitted that he was only pretending to be a turtle.
We Wonât Remain Silent (@LacysLoveCavemn) ~ Okay, when it comes to mental health advisors ... maybe ... JUST MAYBE ... we should pick ones WITHOUT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES????? This isnât rocket science.
Candice Clark (@candyjane53) ~ Some of you moms are leaning in way too hard on the "You can be anything you want to be when you grow up" lessons.
TERFs ârâ us ÂŠď¸ (@Terfs_R) ~ Wow ... have you completely lost it, Oregon??? Turtle pronouns? đ˘đłď¸ââ§ď¸â§ď¸
Yes. We can confirm that Oregon has, in fact, completely lost it.
Oregon just gets worse and worse every time we turn our heads in their direction.
My moms caregiver (@mymomcare) ~
Can't we just build a wall around the entire state?
Or maybe we can give it to Canada so that Justin Trudeau will stop crying like a little girl every time he steps in front of a microphone.
FullBreed (@breed_full) ~ If I ever go to Oregon, I'm not drinking the water.
That is a VERY wise decision. Better yet, don't ever go to Oregon.
Duke (@Duke3God) ~ So, safe to say they won't be having turtle soup at one of the meetings?
Savannah (@BasedSavannah) ~ Liberal white women are a SCOURGE on the U.S.
This isn't even debatable anymore. It's axiomatic at this point.
But it's safe to say that, with their latest 'shell-ebrity,' Eugene, Oregon has set a new bar for absolute nutbar insanity that they 'affirm' in the Pacific Northwest.
We're almost afraid to see what Seattle will do next to top them.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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