CNN Equality Town Hall: Misgendering Is "Violence"

 Apparently, it is now considered “violence” to alter the name of a trans person or to misgender someone. During CNN’s tragi-comic “Equality Town Hall,” singer Shea Diamond, a trans “woman,” approached the microphone to ask a question. At that time, the network’s Nia-Malika Henderson mispronounced her name, calling her “Shay,” and then asked, “What’s your question?” This prompted Diamond, who supports Mayor Pete Buttigieg, to reply: “Uh, it’s ‘Shia’ Diamond. Put that on record. Yes, honey, it’s violence to misgender or to alter a name of a trans person, so let’s always get that right first.”

Diamond wants to be called “She-a,” get it, honey? What a fraud. So, it’s violence to misgender someone, but “women’s health care” when you want to kill your own baby? The left seems to believe that it should be illegal to state the truth about someone’s gender, but that there is a natural right to assault Trump supporters…and fetuses. Beam me up, Scotty.

It has been de rigueur for years now to take the Lord’s name in vain on most television shows and in nearly every movie. “G** D**nit!” and “Jesus C****t!” and their derivatives are ubiquitous. But don’t take the name of a trans person in vain! That would be inexcusable and, well, sacrilegious.

During this same Equality Town Hall, Cory Booker (of Spartacus fame) asserted that the United States is facing a “national emergency” due to violence against the LGBT community. This is patently absurd, fake news. Quite the opposite is occurring. The roughly 90 percent of us that are not in the LGBT community have acceded to its every demand. Gays earn more on average than straight people do. Gay marriage has been legalized. Transgenders have won the right to use whatever locker room or bathroom they feel like in many states. We are blasé when people tout their bisexuality. In fact, we have openly bisexual representatives in Congress. Yet Booker believes discrimination against everyone who isn’t a cis-gendered, straight, white person is so rampant as to constitute a crisis. In fact, he said if he were elected president, he would institute a “White House Office on Hate Crimes and White Supremacist Violence.” He added he would also require the FBI and the DOJ to allocate the same amount of resources to white supremacist-inspired violence as they devote to international terrorism. Would that office be located next to the White House Offices on Black Violence, Antifa Violence, Islamic Violence and Illegal Immigrant Violence? Oh, wait, sorry, there are no offices like that.

We in the West are all “transitioning.” From hard-working, relatively stable communities that held themselves—and others—accountable and believed in a higher power……to weak, entitled, amoral entities who’ve lost their history, sense of self…and sense of purpose.

If this transitioning isn’t stopped, we will soon lose our culture, values-- and our countries.

Forever.

Genesis Incompatible With Human Dignity British Court Says

A British court recently ruled against Dr. David Mackereth, a disability assessor who was fired from the United Kingdom’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) last year for refusing to use transgender pronouns. The DWP had asked Dr. Mackereth, “What would you do if you were to assess someone who is obviously a man but asks to be referred to as ‘she’ or ‘Missis’ in the report?” Mackereth replied that, as a Christian, he wouldn’t comply with the request. He was summarily sacked.

Dr. Mackereth then hired the Christian Legal Centre (CLC) to represent him in a lawsuit filed against the DWP for religious discrimination. An employment tribunal ruled that the DWP was within its rights to terminate Mackereth. The ruling declared: “Belief in Genesis 1:27, lack of belief in transgenderism and conscientious objection to transgenderism in our judgement are incompatible with human dignity and conflict with the fundamental rights of others, specifically here, transgender individuals.” The panel also categorized the bible as “mere opinion.”

Belief in the Bible is “incompatible with human dignity?” Belief in Genesis is “incompatible with human dignity?” Really? Where does the DWP and the employment tribunal think human dignity comes from? From whence does it originate? In Whose image are we created? Adam Schiff’s? Dignity cannot be granted, bestowed—or denied-- by a government. The court’s declaration is—as most things leftist are—exactly wrong. Look at the places where people, or more commonly their governments, don’t or haven’t believed in Biblical principles. Places like North Korea, the Sudan, Hitler’s Germany or Pol Pot’s Cambodia. These aren’t and weren’t exemplars of human dignity. (Neither an individual nor a government needs to be Christian or particularly religious to believe in many Biblical principles).

And what about the human dignity of the those forced to share locker rooms or bathrooms with transgenders? What of the human dignity of Dr. Mackereth?

I know what is incompatible with human dignity. Socialism and radical secularism. Look at, say, all of history for example. Leftists want to rewrite a book that cannot be rewritten. They wish to change things that cannot be changed. There is such a thing as immutability.

Only the politically correct could view the Biblical acknowledgment of two sexes--and the cleaving of one man and one woman in a marriage that could naturally lead to procreation-- as incompatible with human dignity while simultaneously believing abortion is compatible with human dignity.

Andrea Williams, CLC’s chief executive, noted in a press release: “It is deeply disturbing that this is the first time in the history of English law that a judge has ruled that free citizens must engage in compelled speech.” She added: “It also excludes foundational Christian beliefs from the protection of human rights and anti-discrimination law. The ruling itself puts a belief in the Bible on a par with the racist and neo-Nazi ideologies which have been held to be ‘not worthy of respect in democratic society’ in earlier judicial decisions.”

Genesis 1:27 reads: “So God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them. Agender, demifluid, hydrogender and pangender He created them. Also, trigender, two-spirited and venngender, among others.” (Okay, I might have added the last 15 or 16 words).

Saying that the Bible is incompatible with human dignity is like saying the Bill of Rights is incompatible with human freedom. It’s self-evidently absurd. What can be said is that the DWP and the employment panel are incompatible with human sanity.

In 1996, Robert Bork wrote a book about the decline of Western culture titled, “Slouching Towards Gomorrah.” In my “mere opinion,” we are racing towards it now. 

Portland Bans Urinals In Its Municipal Services Building

                The city of Portland has banned urinals in its self-titled Portland Building, the home of the city’s administrative offices, even though they use less water than toilets. What’s more, the many existing urinals will be removed from the building, as part of its extensive and expensive remodel-- to be completed in 2020-- and a spokeswoman told NBC affiliate KGW News that she could not provide an estimate of how much the removal will cost.

                Chief Administrative Officer Tom Rinehart attempted to justify the urinal ban in an email to employees. Rinehart stated: "We will continue to have gender-specific (male and female) multi-stall restrooms that are readily available to any employee that prefers to use one. But there will be no urinals in any restroom in the building. This will give us the flexibility we need for any future changes in signage.” So, removing all the urinals in the building and capping the plumbing, etc., will be less expensive than changing some signage?

                The building will have multiple gender-neutral, multi-stall bathrooms for the simultaneous use of men and women, and every floor will have at least one bathroom open to “any gender.” There will be a total of 42 “all-user stalls.”

                Rinehart also said in his email that: "I am convinced that this is the right way to ensure success as your employer, remove arbitrary barriers in our community, and provide leadership that is reflective of our shared values." And shared bathrooms. We’ve got to remove arbitrary barriers-- like those between men and women who are urinating and defecating! The right to shared bowel movements is one of the great civil rights…um, movements… of our time!

                Numerous men have already utilized Target store’s gender-neutral bathroom and changing room policy to perv on girls and women in various states of undress, but, apparently, that’s as nothing compared to the heinous bigotry of someone refusing to call a man a woman…or vice-versa.

                So, good-bye urinals, you are nothing more than white, porcelain relics of a bygone era when men and women were considered biologically different, and each was afforded respect and privacy. At least when going to the bathroom.

Air Canada Bans "Ladies And Gentlemen"

                Air Canada employees will no longer use the phrase “ladies and gentlemen” when greeting guests or in boarding announcements. In an effort to be respectful of gender fluidity, flight attendants, pilots, and other staff will now be instructed to use only neutral words such as “everybody” to refer to the company’s guests.

                A media spokesperson for Air Canada noted that the company was named one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for 2019 and stated: "We will be amending our onboard announcements to modernize them and remove specific references to gender. We work hard to make sure all employees feel like valued members of the Air Canada family, while ensuring our customers are comfortable and respected when they choose to travel with us." The Great White North goes to great lengths to accommodate all forms of gender expression and identity, even protecting them under its criminal code.

                Examples of approved words and phrases include, “Attention all Homo Sapiens (and your support animals), flight 331 for Copenhagen is now boarding at Gate 22,” “one and all,” “all and sundry,” “Peoples of the Earth, welcome aboard,” “whosoever,” and “Yo, bitches and mofos, how ya’ all been?”

                The spokesperson said the company has not yet decided whether to amend “Fly The Flag,” its long-time slogan, to “Fly The LGBTQ Flag.” 

San Diego City College Hosts White Supremacy Seminar

                San Diego City College recently hosted a white supremacist seminar, during which it handed out various “educational” materials to attendees, including “white supremacist pyramids.” The festive extravaganza was titled, “Confronting White Supremacy Through the Arts,” and was hosted by Michelle Chan and Dr. María José Zeledón-Perez, co-directors of the World Cultures program at SDCC. Campus Reform photographed a promotional flyer for the event, which read: “Come join us in confronting White Supremacy through students’ performances. Prior to the performances, guest speakers will set the stage and contextualize what white supremacy is, its areas of activity, and how rampant it is in our society, curriculum, mindsets, and media.”

                I don’t know about you, but I’m going to make my reservations early for next years seminar! I can’t wait to hear the instructors say, “Now please reach under your seats and pull out your white supremacy pyramids.”

                The afore-mentioned white supremacy pyramids (not to be confused with the government’s “food pyramids”) rank Caucasian command on scales of “Overt White Supremacy” and “Covert White Supremacy.” The pyramids helpfully show that the Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazis and use of the n-word are to be considered overt supremacy and therefore utterly unacceptable.

                Examples of the somewhat less heinous covert supremacy, per the pyramids, include cultural appropriation, racist mascots, Columbus Day celebrations, paternalism, and brandishing the slogan “Make America Great Again.” “Euro-centric curriculum,” “claiming reverse racism,” and “funding schools locally” are also listed as tools of white supremacists. Believing we are somehow “post racial” is another example of white supremacy, as is the belief in pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps, aka the “bootstrap theory.” And anyone uttering the phrases, “Don’t blame me, I never owned slaves” or “we’re just one human family” is worthy of naught but our most strenuous condemnation. Yet another example of white supremacy, the pyramids make clear, is saying-- of something you said— “It’s just a joke.”

                “Confronting White Supremacy Through the Arts?” That is a joke. And it’s on progressives, whether they wish to confront that fact or not.

               

PETA Sends Live Traps To White House

                A mouse recently fell from the ceiling of the White House Press Room onto a reporter’s lap, prompting People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to send a “humane mousetrap” to the Capitol Building. PETA’s president, Ingrid Newkirk, said in a statement: “The White House is this mouse’s house, too, but we’d rather that she be evicted than eviscerated, so we’re providing a humane trap that allows her to be put outdoors safely. Effective rodent-control measures are those that keep smart, gentle mice out of glue traps and reporters’ laps without harming them.”

   “The White House is this mouse’s house, too?” Quite. “She” has just as much right to it as the duly elected President of the United States, right PETA? Same for cockroaches, millipedes and silverfish, I suppose? “Smart” and “gentle” creatures all, I’m sure. Unlike reporters.

               PETA apparently also sent the White House a copy of a tip sheet called “Living in Harmony with House Mice and Rats.” She noted that PETA is “willing to provide many more humane traps, if needed.”

              There are a great many rats in the Press Room, most of them human.

  I’m sure Trump would love to trap and evict these “journalists” and “reporters,” but he would need much bigger traps than PETA is sending him.

              And, speaking of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, where are the organizations called “People for the Ethical Treatment of Republicans,” or PETR? “People for the Ethical Treatment of Conservatives,” or PETC? “People for the Ethical Treatment of Straight White Christian Males,” or PETSWCM?

  And how about “People for the Ethical Treatment of ‘Fetuses,’” or PETF?

Sesame Street Adds New Character

                “Sesame Street,” the timeless children’s public television program, has once again proven its wokeness. It recently introduced the kiddies to “Karli,” a new character whose fictional mother is a recovering drug-addict who regularly attends meetings to help her get and stay sober. In a recent episode, Karli talked with Elmo about her opioid-addled mother, telling him, “My mom needs help learning to take better care of herself, so she talks to people with the same problem.” The show has previously flirted with gay characters on several occasions.

                Anonymous sources tell me this is just the beginning of the show’s commitment to progressive ideals. These sources, near the top of the PBS hierarchy, say that future episodes will feature many progressive themes. The following is a brief outline of what my unimpeachable—if anonymous—sources informed me will be upcoming story lines:

*Guy Smiley will be killed when a gay three-way goes tragically awry and a jealous Mr. Snuffleupagus shoots him in the head with an AR-15.

*Miss Piggy will be found to have an illegitimate son-- conceived with Oscar the Grouch-- who will question his gender identity from the age of three.

*Julia will become pregnant and have an abortion at a local Planned Parenthood office, repeatedly touting her “right to choose” what to do with “her own body.”

*Mr. Johnson will die in an auto-erotica accident when he is asphyxiated while role-playing with Murray Monster.

*Abby Cadabby and Zoe will be kidnapped and sexually abused by “radical right-wing” Trump supporters.

*Bert and Ernie will both identify as cis-gender straight females on the same day, saying they are not gay and can’t understand why some folks assume they are.

*Barkley will attend an anti-Trump rally!

*Big Bird will lobby for the legalization of marijuana and “magic mushrooms”

*Kermit will attend an antifa rally in one episode and escort illegals over the border from Mexico into the U.S. in another

*Elmo will teach his peers the most pleasurable masturbation techniques

*Natasha will expound on the evils of capitalism and why socialism is “like, humane and cool”

*Cookie Monster will plead with viewers to give “more and larger” donations to Public Television “to support great television like this”

*Grover will appear in drag and read books to little kids during “Drag Queen Story Hour”

*Rosita will educate kids on the separation of church and state—and then lobby them to join her in the Church of Satan

*Don Music will sing his new song, “We Are the Rainbow World”

*Sherlock Hemlock will try to get to the bottom of the Trump-Russia collusion scandal

*Count von Count will list all the reasons that straight, white, Christian males are bad

*The Two-headed Monster will explain why, due to climate change, we will all be extinct within 12 years

*Grundgetta will talk about the BDS movement

                How exciting! And, remember kiddies: “You’re watching PBS!”

California Issues Ban On Travel To Iowa

            Xavier Becerra, California’s Democratic Attorney General, recently banned state-funded travel to the state of Iowa in response to a new Iowa law that prohibits Medicaid from covering gender transition surgeries.

The website of the California Office of the Attorney General states that with bill AB 1887, enacted in 2016, the California Legislature determined that “California must take action to avoid supporting or financing discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.” It also decrees: “To that end, AB 1887 prohibits a state agency, department, board, or commission from requiring any state employees, officers, or members to travel to a state that, after June 26, 2015, has enacted a law that (1) has the effect of voiding or repealing existing state or local protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. In addition, the law prohibits California from approving a request for state-funded or state-sponsored travel to such a state.” (Italics mine).

Incredibly, Iowa is just one of at least 11 states to which California bans state-sanctioned travel. It is one thing to refuse to discriminate on the basis of gender identity, of which there are two. Neither men nor women should be the victim or beneficiary of discriminatory laws or labor practices. Gender “expression,” however, is in no way a biological or immutable fact. In fact, it is the obverse of race or sex, in that it is totally fungible. A man can claim to be a woman, but that doesn’t make it so-- just as a “honkey” can claim to be an African-American, albeit with no basis in reality. I can claim to be a gerbil or a giraffe, but that simply does not make it so. If a woman with ovaries and a vagina says she is a he, that claim has no more veracity than if Oprah Winfrey attempted to identify as Abraham Lincoln.

When states, nations or societies begin to take these preposterous claims seriously—and sanctimoniously sanctify and sanction them—they are saying that nothing matters, truth is only in the eye of the beholder, there are no absolutes, no constants, nothing real. They are denying physical reality as well as logic and reasoning. They are stripping words—and life—of meaning.

Moreover, if every state acted as California has, the concept and practice of republicanism would be irreparably harmed. I could see Alabama banning state-sponsored travel to California because it is hostile to rednecks. Who could then blame Georgia if it prohibited travel to New York because it is insufficiently welcoming of evangelical Christians? Decent, God-fearing, pro-life states should long ago have put the kibosh on travel to those that have permissive abortion laws. And why should Montana, Wyoming, Texas or even Kentucky put up with the discriminatory—and probably unconstitutional—gun restrictions in place in Washington, D.C., Chicago, and other hotbeds of violent crime? Those states should ban government-sponsored travel to any other state or municipality that infringes on the rights of its citizens in that manner.

The Constitution and the Bill of Rights guarantee Americans freedom of speech and the right to self-defense. They do not guarantee the “right” to pick your own gender.

And the right to life is granted by the same Creator who determines one’s sex. 

California's Attorney General can ban his state's public employees from state-funded travel to other states. Ironically, if California doesn't soon dramatically change course, no one from the other 49 states will want to travel to California. 

Ms. Monopoly

                “Monopoly” is arguably the most iconic board game of all time. But, combine a game about—gasp!-- making money with the supposed income gap between men and women and you knew something had to give to appease the politically correct mob. And it has: introducing “Ms. Monopoly.” Hasbro says the new game focuses on “female empowerment,” adding that the company is changing the rules of the game so that “this time women get an advantage at the start.” (Get it)?

                In this version, the banker gives $1,900 to each female player but only $1,500 to each male participant. Females get $240 every time they pass “go,” whilst males only collect the standard $200. And, instead of stuffy old real estate, players invest in “inventions and innovations made by women, including chocolate chip cookies, bulletproof vests, solar heating, and ladies’ modern shapewear.” There are new tokens, too, including a white hat, a watch, a barbell, a glass and a jet plane. Hasbro states the white hat symbolizes Mr. Monopoly passing his top hat to his niece, whereas the watch represents the fact that it is “about time for some changes.” I’m guessing the barbell indicates that women are strong, the glass represents women’s love for wine, and the plane represents their desire to get away from the patriarchy that has so oppressed them since well-nigh the beginning of time. There are other updates, as well. For instance, rideshares replace railroads and Wi-Fi supplants water works.

                “Ms. Monopoly” went on sale late last month for the bargain price of $19.99 and can be found on the shelves of retailers across the fruited plain. It can also be ordered at Walmart.com.

                If Hasbro was really serious about its social justice warring, it would have changed its company name for the new release to Hassis. It won’t be long until many more “woke” versions of the old classic are introduced to the brave new world. “Monopoly for Socialists” is sure to arrive soon, though I think a more accurate name would be “Monopoly for Morons.” It’s only a matter of time until “LGBTQ Monopoly” arrives on the scene. Gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders will be handed far more money to start than will be given to either cis males or cis females, who will not be allowed to pass “go” until all members of the LGBTQ Community have safely gone past.

                “Ms. Monopoly” will surely trigger the release of a vast array of classic board games updated for modernity. “Ms. Scrabble” will award double letter and word points to females. “Trivial Pursuit” will allow women to only answer “entertainment” questions in the interest of fairness. (Easy, ladies, that was only a joke). “Ms. Operation” will allow girls to touch the sides of the patient while removing various organs without losing their turn.  The new “Ms. Battleship” rules will stipulate that a female only has to sink two ships to win the game if she is competing against a male. “Ms. Yahtzee” will allow girls to roll 7 dice when playing against boys, who will be required to roll just 4. Other new games aimed at females will be: “No Risk,” “No Clue,” “Candy (Ass) Land” and “Twister, the #MeToo Version.”

                I would like to see Mattel introduce an updated version of “Pictionary” requiring opposing teams to draw and guess events recently depicted in the mainstream news. This spin-off game would be called “Fictionary.” I’m also hoping Hasbro introduces a brand-new game in honor of the BDSM/Kink Community, a game perfectly suited to this progressive era. Who wouldn’t want to play “Poop Chutes and Bladders?”

Gender The New Race In Canada

            Whoa, Canada!

The Ontario Provincial Police force recently announced that it will no longer release the gender of either perpetrators or victims of crimes, so as to “be progressive in the change of times.” The OPP says it will no longer need driver’s licenses or other documentation to specify a person’s gender, as it will not be assuming gender at all. Everyone will be referred to in a gender-neutral manner. The force will use more generic terms such as “the individual,” “the accused,” or “a person of interest” to comply with its self-imposed wokeness.

A review of legislation found that the Police Services Act does not require information regarding a person’s gender to be made public. The police will retain the option to release a suspect’s gender, but even in that case the information will subsequently be expunged from news releases.

I can’t wait for news releases stating: “An individual has been accused of raping a person outside of a building in Manhattan a New York borough.”

The disease of Political-Correctness has made it harder and harder to convey accurate information. We have allowed this mania to make us pretend, obfuscate and obscure. And then pretend this is a good thing. Reality must be hidden. The truth be damned. We can’t use race to describe a criminal. Now we are dispensing with gender, as well. How can we get even vaguer and less useful? We must prohibit the release of a perpetrator’s or victim’s age, height, weight, attire and other identifying characteristics! Perhaps we can ban the assumption of species, too. But remember to use their correct pronouns!

“The being of interest in the recent rape of a highly-developed mammal outside of a building in a New York borough has pleaded not guilty by reason of ‘an unjust society made me do it.’ Xir is requesting that xir be compensated in the amount of $100 million—American-- for the ‘mental anguish a deeply unjust society has inflicted upon Xirself.’”