Catholic teenager Malachy O’Kane was suspended from his
Ontario public high school for 6 days because he wore a sweatshirt reading
“There are only two genders.” O’Kane, 16, was suspended on April 18, the second
day he wore the shirt to the Granite Ridge Education Centre in Sharbot Lake, a town
near Kingston, Ontario. One of the school’s counselors told Malachy that he was
not allowed to wear the shirt because the school considers it “hate speech.”
Ironically and
hypocritically, the school itself, which serves children from kindergarten to
Grade 12, prominently displays controversial ideological-political messaging--
including LGBTQ and Black Lives Matter images-- on its walls.
One wonders whether Granite Ridge Education Centre, and most other schools
in Canada and the (formerly) United States, would similarly suspend students
for wearing shirts stating: “The
Earth is round,” “The sun is the center of the solar system,” or “Water is wet.”
What about shirts proclaiming, “The science is settled,” “White people suck,” or
“Trump is a fascist?”
I think we can all guess at the
answers. Accurately.
Of course, the truth
cannot actually be “hate speech.” Indeed, in days of yore, it was often said
that “the truth shall set you free.” Today, however, the truth is more likely
to get you suspended, cancelled, or imprisoned. Because the truth is a threat
to Democrats and other leftists, and they have a monopoly on power. Truth is kryptonite
to Socialists/Marxists/Communists, all of whom crave power above all else.
Jesus told the Jews who
had believed in him, “If you
abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the
truth, and the truth will set you free.” Jesus was crucified. The
Jews were slaughtered en masse during the Holocaust…and are once again being
set upon.
That is the truth. As is “There are only two genders.” (See
also Genesis 1:27.) There, I’ve said it.
Whether it sets me free or not, time
will tell. But, in one sense, it doesn’t matter. Because, like kindness, truth
is its own reward.