1) that theirs is a scholarly pursuit, that their claims and ideas are backed by impartial scholarship based on reason, logic, empiricism and testable claims--we all know this is a lie, theirs is a political crusade that posits the mammalian sex binary as an oppressive imposition that must be destroyed by any means necessary, which only wears the skin suit of scholarship; and
2) that "gender is a social construct" which is something only a cossetted academic who's lived entirely in the world of language and symbols could even contemplate. Our supposed degree-laden betters seem to have never read even an introduction to biology and are completely ignorant of natural selection, sexual selection, mating strategies, the pair-bond, the sexual division of labor etc etc.
Never speak a word of their jargon, never submit to the social bullying, emotional blackmail, and heavy-handed moralism of the Gender cult.
Just tell them: "Sorry, I don't believe in Gender Theory and I don't speak Gender Theory. I respect your choices, please respect mine."
I don t have pronouns, I do not refer to myself in anything other than the first person. You can pick what pronoun to use for me, I wont mind. whatever you choose, ive been called much worse
the animating spirit of our current times in the West seems to be the Hatred of Humanity.
technology has progressed so fast that the limits of nature has been interpreted as oppression.
White liberal self hatred has been brilliantly weaponized into accepting Metaphysical concepts such as gender and whiteness.
cut off from any transcendental grounding, we are floating in the abyss. like a cork amongst the waves. we are grasping at anything to try and make sense of the world.
this creates the perfect environment for the activists and ideologues.
but coming for children is a whole new shade of devilry.
hold on tight y’all, the road is getting rough.
this is taking on an almost religious struggle, but like the blind man said...”you can hide from the Devil, but you can’t hide from God”.
Ironically, I think all this pick-a-pronoun business is making otherwise easygoing people turn against the transgendered. I used to consider myself an "ally." I believe that some have some sort of psychological/neurological miswiring that makes them believe they were "born in the wrong body." It's not a common affliction but it happens. For these people, transitioning provides much needed relief. I'm happy to call a man who has taken steps to present as a woman, either in dress or with medical intervention, a woman. Do I believe that the former man really is a woman? I dunno. Maybe not. But if it makes the transgendered person happy I'm fine to go along.
What's happening now though is a whole different ballgown. I recoil at the idea of language in general being degendered. We lose something important talking about "pregnant people" and "people with prostates" etc. The whole they/them thing is unbearably weird and unwieldy. I shouldn't be pressured to anounce my pronouns.
I think that some transgender activists are oddly traditional; they seem to believe in traditional gender roles. A person doesn't have to become a woman to be effeminate; let's bring back the queens. A person doesn't have to become a man to be masculine; let's bring back the tomgirls. People can act and dress how they like as far as I'm concerned. Few of us need operations to be who we are.
This is sad on many levels, including that transgenderism is real but exceedingly rare. The only jurisdictions that track the phenomenon are the US and the EU. They report that the incidence is about 0.35%, or less than a quarter of flat-earthers. These people are often miserable and should be welcomed and helped, not subjected to use for political purposes. We should join hands with them and accompany them through the marvelous journey called life. There is no medical or other scientific evidence to support clusters of them.
We can do all of this without turning the country upside down.
Everybody needs to read the books Woke Racism, and Cynical Theories. The mistake being made in the framing and responding to these topics like pronouns as a cultural and/or social justice debate is a failure to understand that the motivation behind have little to do with care of LGBTQ rights. Those that have adopted Critical Theory-derived woke ideology have explicitly stated that their motivation is to attain political power. And the mechanism they use is quite simple. Leverage the human tendency to have empathy for the victim while they and other so called victims attack and destroy political opponents branded as oppressors of the victims.
There was a great Op Ed a few years back in the WSJ that called these people "crybullies".
Think about this. You are a conservative male trying to attend a speaking event being protested by these crybullies. They block your access. Most of them are female protestors. One of them pushes you, spits on you and swings her sign at your head. You duck and swing with your fist, connecting with her jaw, knocking her out and sending her to the ground.
Now just think about how this analogy makes you feel. From the right perspective, men are stronger and bigger, and they are supposed to protect women in society... not hit them. From the left perspective, this would confirm that an oppressive male just punched a victim female.
This is the victim shield from which the crybully cast her stones and shoot her arrows. She gains societal protection because of her gender (or other) identity, but yet is one of the meanest, nastiest and most violent of any.
I don't believe in nor support political violence at all. What I do support is complete 100% equality. If someone else, I don't care what identity, attempts to hit me, I will hit back in defense.
This belief in equality is inconvenient to the crybully's agenda. That is why they came up with "equity". Equity is an attempt to combat equal treatment and to continue to leverage the protection of the victim over everyone else. It works because we are moral people and we have a long-standing cultural twitch to recognize the hierarchy of strength and power over those with less.
But that is being used against us.
Critical Theory /woke is racist. Those that believe in it are demonstrating racism (as well as other bigoted views). Everyone should be considered equal. Everyone shouting absurdities like to demand pronouns, should be shouted down as being absurd, weird, ideologically-captured and likely mentally unwell. And to cap it off, told they are racist bigots having adopted the woke ideology. We need to shed our cultural aversion to treating people of certain groups as being more deserving of care or empathy related to their behavior. That is the wedge mechanism the wokeists are exploiting to destroy us. It should be 100% about behavior and everyone should be considered equal.
@i_w4nt_d1lfs_2_t0p_m3 makes a reasonable request to refer to moons as moonself. Xe just don't understand because xer doesn't understand ... *checks notes*..... "glitch-core"...?
Another good article, Brad. Thousands of years of history tells us that this abstract "concept" of men and women has turned out pretty well. I think we can say with some level of confidence that none of these dolts forming the postmodern religion gestated in a "man with a uterus". We used to know that person as, Mom
And why take a simple word like "woman" and complicate it with, "driver's license holder who applies makeup at 30 mph over the speed limit, driving with one knee while talking on the phone". "Man" is nothing but a simple way of saying, "mouth and ear holding person, who flatly refuses to use either"
Ironically, the new faithers abhor traditional religions because the Jesus, Mary and Joseph story and the like, they say, lost touch with objective reality 2300 years ago. Yet, in just the last five years or so, "trans women are women" simply by wishing it. In the early 80's- my HS era- every guy in school would have wished it right around the time cheer squad finished practice. Those guys in "Porkies" drilled holes for the view. Now, just show up in high heels and earrings. And you're a hero
Come to think of it, maybe the guy who came up with the crazy idea deserves more credit than we're giving Xim. That's some strategic thinking there
Given how preposterous the whole thing is, it's hard not to look at it as one giant troll. Then you look at those clips and realize, these people are dead serious. Is it just a giant coincidence this shit all started after they replaced, "Emporor with No Clothes" with, "Anal sex for Dummies?" for 6th grade reading material? It really is the stupidest, most nihilistic endeavor ever shoved down our throats
What has been confounding me for the last several months is the feminist acceptance of trans in sports. But I believe that the feminists are very willing to accept the collateral damage to women's sports, (which they probably detest anyway), in order to continue the emasculation of men. All trans does far more damage to the concept of manhood then womanhood. At one point or another almost all trans women appear to be silly and vapid. OTOH, women cannot be men, it just doesn't work, they don't have the bone structure and strength and (IMO) their innate feminine characteristics almost always show through. But women pretending to be men still diminishes manhood. That's the goal and if manhood can be diminished, they can create a nation of docile followers.
And then there is BDD - "body dysmorphic disorder"
Some sufferers believe that their limbs do not belong to them. People with this specific subtype of BDD may experience a sense of detachment or estrangement from their limbs, feel like their limbs are "foreign" or "alien," or have an intense desire to amputate or remove them.
So, to sum up, if your child feels that their arms are not theirs, schedule them for surgery right away! ;)
Gender Theory is founded on 2 brazen lies:
1) that theirs is a scholarly pursuit, that their claims and ideas are backed by impartial scholarship based on reason, logic, empiricism and testable claims--we all know this is a lie, theirs is a political crusade that posits the mammalian sex binary as an oppressive imposition that must be destroyed by any means necessary, which only wears the skin suit of scholarship; and
2) that "gender is a social construct" which is something only a cossetted academic who's lived entirely in the world of language and symbols could even contemplate. Our supposed degree-laden betters seem to have never read even an introduction to biology and are completely ignorant of natural selection, sexual selection, mating strategies, the pair-bond, the sexual division of labor etc etc.
Never speak a word of their jargon, never submit to the social bullying, emotional blackmail, and heavy-handed moralism of the Gender cult.
Just tell them: "Sorry, I don't believe in Gender Theory and I don't speak Gender Theory. I respect your choices, please respect mine."
I don t have pronouns, I do not refer to myself in anything other than the first person. You can pick what pronoun to use for me, I wont mind. whatever you choose, ive been called much worse
the animating spirit of our current times in the West seems to be the Hatred of Humanity.
technology has progressed so fast that the limits of nature has been interpreted as oppression.
White liberal self hatred has been brilliantly weaponized into accepting Metaphysical concepts such as gender and whiteness.
cut off from any transcendental grounding, we are floating in the abyss. like a cork amongst the waves. we are grasping at anything to try and make sense of the world.
this creates the perfect environment for the activists and ideologues.
but coming for children is a whole new shade of devilry.
hold on tight y’all, the road is getting rough.
this is taking on an almost religious struggle, but like the blind man said...”you can hide from the Devil, but you can’t hide from God”.
Ironically, I think all this pick-a-pronoun business is making otherwise easygoing people turn against the transgendered. I used to consider myself an "ally." I believe that some have some sort of psychological/neurological miswiring that makes them believe they were "born in the wrong body." It's not a common affliction but it happens. For these people, transitioning provides much needed relief. I'm happy to call a man who has taken steps to present as a woman, either in dress or with medical intervention, a woman. Do I believe that the former man really is a woman? I dunno. Maybe not. But if it makes the transgendered person happy I'm fine to go along.
What's happening now though is a whole different ballgown. I recoil at the idea of language in general being degendered. We lose something important talking about "pregnant people" and "people with prostates" etc. The whole they/them thing is unbearably weird and unwieldy. I shouldn't be pressured to anounce my pronouns.
I think that some transgender activists are oddly traditional; they seem to believe in traditional gender roles. A person doesn't have to become a woman to be effeminate; let's bring back the queens. A person doesn't have to become a man to be masculine; let's bring back the tomgirls. People can act and dress how they like as far as I'm concerned. Few of us need operations to be who we are.
As a 1st grade teacher I think it’s a disservice to teach children non-binary is even an option!
This is sad on many levels, including that transgenderism is real but exceedingly rare. The only jurisdictions that track the phenomenon are the US and the EU. They report that the incidence is about 0.35%, or less than a quarter of flat-earthers. These people are often miserable and should be welcomed and helped, not subjected to use for political purposes. We should join hands with them and accompany them through the marvelous journey called life. There is no medical or other scientific evidence to support clusters of them.
We can do all of this without turning the country upside down.
Everybody needs to read the books Woke Racism, and Cynical Theories. The mistake being made in the framing and responding to these topics like pronouns as a cultural and/or social justice debate is a failure to understand that the motivation behind have little to do with care of LGBTQ rights. Those that have adopted Critical Theory-derived woke ideology have explicitly stated that their motivation is to attain political power. And the mechanism they use is quite simple. Leverage the human tendency to have empathy for the victim while they and other so called victims attack and destroy political opponents branded as oppressors of the victims.
There was a great Op Ed a few years back in the WSJ that called these people "crybullies".
Think about this. You are a conservative male trying to attend a speaking event being protested by these crybullies. They block your access. Most of them are female protestors. One of them pushes you, spits on you and swings her sign at your head. You duck and swing with your fist, connecting with her jaw, knocking her out and sending her to the ground.
Now just think about how this analogy makes you feel. From the right perspective, men are stronger and bigger, and they are supposed to protect women in society... not hit them. From the left perspective, this would confirm that an oppressive male just punched a victim female.
This is the victim shield from which the crybully cast her stones and shoot her arrows. She gains societal protection because of her gender (or other) identity, but yet is one of the meanest, nastiest and most violent of any.
I don't believe in nor support political violence at all. What I do support is complete 100% equality. If someone else, I don't care what identity, attempts to hit me, I will hit back in defense.
This belief in equality is inconvenient to the crybully's agenda. That is why they came up with "equity". Equity is an attempt to combat equal treatment and to continue to leverage the protection of the victim over everyone else. It works because we are moral people and we have a long-standing cultural twitch to recognize the hierarchy of strength and power over those with less.
But that is being used against us.
Critical Theory /woke is racist. Those that believe in it are demonstrating racism (as well as other bigoted views). Everyone should be considered equal. Everyone shouting absurdities like to demand pronouns, should be shouted down as being absurd, weird, ideologically-captured and likely mentally unwell. And to cap it off, told they are racist bigots having adopted the woke ideology. We need to shed our cultural aversion to treating people of certain groups as being more deserving of care or empathy related to their behavior. That is the wedge mechanism the wokeists are exploiting to destroy us. It should be 100% about behavior and everyone should be considered equal.
My name is Bob. I'm an elderly white person with a penis. My personal pronouns are Fuck, and You.
@i_w4nt_d1lfs_2_t0p_m3 makes a reasonable request to refer to moons as moonself. Xe just don't understand because xer doesn't understand ... *checks notes*..... "glitch-core"...?
Another good article, Brad. Thousands of years of history tells us that this abstract "concept" of men and women has turned out pretty well. I think we can say with some level of confidence that none of these dolts forming the postmodern religion gestated in a "man with a uterus". We used to know that person as, Mom
And why take a simple word like "woman" and complicate it with, "driver's license holder who applies makeup at 30 mph over the speed limit, driving with one knee while talking on the phone". "Man" is nothing but a simple way of saying, "mouth and ear holding person, who flatly refuses to use either"
Ironically, the new faithers abhor traditional religions because the Jesus, Mary and Joseph story and the like, they say, lost touch with objective reality 2300 years ago. Yet, in just the last five years or so, "trans women are women" simply by wishing it. In the early 80's- my HS era- every guy in school would have wished it right around the time cheer squad finished practice. Those guys in "Porkies" drilled holes for the view. Now, just show up in high heels and earrings. And you're a hero
Come to think of it, maybe the guy who came up with the crazy idea deserves more credit than we're giving Xim. That's some strategic thinking there
Given how preposterous the whole thing is, it's hard not to look at it as one giant troll. Then you look at those clips and realize, these people are dead serious. Is it just a giant coincidence this shit all started after they replaced, "Emporor with No Clothes" with, "Anal sex for Dummies?" for 6th grade reading material? It really is the stupidest, most nihilistic endeavor ever shoved down our throats
My pronouns:
AR / 15
What has been confounding me for the last several months is the feminist acceptance of trans in sports. But I believe that the feminists are very willing to accept the collateral damage to women's sports, (which they probably detest anyway), in order to continue the emasculation of men. All trans does far more damage to the concept of manhood then womanhood. At one point or another almost all trans women appear to be silly and vapid. OTOH, women cannot be men, it just doesn't work, they don't have the bone structure and strength and (IMO) their innate feminine characteristics almost always show through. But women pretending to be men still diminishes manhood. That's the goal and if manhood can be diminished, they can create a nation of docile followers.
Tim Urban's new book "What's Our Problem?" does such an amazing job of killing the Social Justice Fundamentalist narrative. https://joshketry.substack.com/p/must-read-new-book-whats-our-problem
They can pack them pronouns where his/him sun don't shine.
And then there is BDD - "body dysmorphic disorder"
Some sufferers believe that their limbs do not belong to them. People with this specific subtype of BDD may experience a sense of detachment or estrangement from their limbs, feel like their limbs are "foreign" or "alien," or have an intense desire to amputate or remove them.
So, to sum up, if your child feels that their arms are not theirs, schedule them for surgery right away! ;)
None/No -- Don't talk about me!