Whether it be schools, universities or your therapist's couch: Speaking your mind freely without being met with political ideology has basically become impossible.
Interesting observations and links again. Though one might reasonably suggest that each of your tales are also cases where the personal has become the political ... 😉🙂 Nature of the beast.
However, what the hell is a "former trans-identifying girl called Helene"? A penis-having transwoman who still calls himself "Helene"? An ovary-haver and vagina-haver named Helene who desisted from calling herself a transman?
As Francis Bacon put it, "Therefore shoddy and inept uses of words lays siege to the intellect in wondrous ways". Though I'm not sure that "wondrous" is all that accurate. "Rather depressing" or "tower-of-Babel-ish" might be more so ...
I do encourage you to read Helene's story, formerly identifying as a boy, now identifying as a girl again, which she is. The word "trans-identifying" isn't quite precise enough, but with trans ideology this kind of imprecision is also the nature of the beast, I guess...
👍🙂 Got it bookmarked for later reading; will try to take a gander at yours at PITT as well.
Not least because I've wondered at the experiences of many "transkids" and how they get the "idea" that they're members of the other sex. Unclear on the concept of what it takes to qualify as a member, though many people -- on all sides of the transgender clusterfuck -- are likewise. As I've argued at some length, though few seem to be listening -- or are even willing to listen ("don't confuse me with facts ..."):
But I was chatting/substacking (?) with a "trans widow" about her ex-husband who apparently "thought" that because he was exhibiting some traits typical of women that meant he must have been "born in the wrong body" 🙄. If "adults" can be confused on that score then it is maybe not surprising that "impressionable" teenagers are even more susceptible to such "disordered thinking".
Somewhat apropos of which, you might have some interest in a Note of mine which quoted a refrain from a Leonard Cohen song:
Cohen: "The blizzard, the blizzard of the world Has crossed the threshold
There used to be a computer magazine titled "Sipping from the firehose" -- no shortage of volume, but the pressure is sufficient to blow one's teeth out. 🙂 Seems an apt analogy to the overwhelming volume of information that we're all confronted with, to that "blizzard of the world" -- "overturning the order of the soul". If adults -- supposedly able to sail on an even keel -- are overwhelmed, it is maybe not surprising that teenagers and young adults often don't stand a chance.
PITT will definitely give you an insight into how children get confused about their sex and fall into the abyss of the gender craze. The stories of parents, families, teachers, friends etc. of trans-identified people are often heartbreaking, but give valuable insight into the mechanism of the trans social contagion. And then of course Abigail Shrier (https://abigailshrier.substack.com/) pretty much nails it both in her book "Irreversible Damage" and her Substack.
The main reasons are peer influence, psychological co-morbidities, too much time online (social media, early/excessive porn consumption, etc.), isolation from the physical world during COVID and the subsequent push into online worlds of gender ideology, the indoctrination of schools/institutions, a general societal failure and loss of purpose (https://twoplustwo.substack.com/p/why-are-so-many-children-declaring)...
Thank you for compiling this great list in one handy place. A couple technical things: I think you mean “half a century later” not half a decade. Also havoc is wreaked, not wrecked. https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/pardon-the-expression/wreak-havoc-vs-wreck-havoc/#:~:text=It%20derives%20from%20wrecan%2C%20an,a%20violent%20destruction%20or%20disturbance. Going to read that Peter Boghossian article now... 🙏🏼
Thank you 🙏🙏🙏 (I was in a hurry this morning to finish the introduction before going to the beach)
Ooh beach sounds sublime 🥰
Interesting observations and links again. Though one might reasonably suggest that each of your tales are also cases where the personal has become the political ... 😉🙂 Nature of the beast.
However, what the hell is a "former trans-identifying girl called Helene"? A penis-having transwoman who still calls himself "Helene"? An ovary-haver and vagina-haver named Helene who desisted from calling herself a transman?
As Francis Bacon put it, "Therefore shoddy and inept uses of words lays siege to the intellect in wondrous ways". Though I'm not sure that "wondrous" is all that accurate. "Rather depressing" or "tower-of-Babel-ish" might be more so ...
Yes, the nature of the beast indeed!
I do encourage you to read Helene's story, formerly identifying as a boy, now identifying as a girl again, which she is. The word "trans-identifying" isn't quite precise enough, but with trans ideology this kind of imprecision is also the nature of the beast, I guess...
Thanks for reading and sharing!
👍🙂 Got it bookmarked for later reading; will try to take a gander at yours at PITT as well.
Not least because I've wondered at the experiences of many "transkids" and how they get the "idea" that they're members of the other sex. Unclear on the concept of what it takes to qualify as a member, though many people -- on all sides of the transgender clusterfuck -- are likewise. As I've argued at some length, though few seem to be listening -- or are even willing to listen ("don't confuse me with facts ..."):
https://sarahphillimore.substack.com/p/rip-it-up-and-start-again-sex-and/comment/16696499
https://loreleihatpin.substack.com/p/an-honest-answer/comment/16633413
Though I seem to have found a "convert" 🙂:
https://humanuseofhumanbeings.substack.com/p/binarists-vs-spectrumists/comment/16723157
But I was chatting/substacking (?) with a "trans widow" about her ex-husband who apparently "thought" that because he was exhibiting some traits typical of women that meant he must have been "born in the wrong body" 🙄. If "adults" can be confused on that score then it is maybe not surprising that "impressionable" teenagers are even more susceptible to such "disordered thinking".
Somewhat apropos of which, you might have some interest in a Note of mine which quoted a refrain from a Leonard Cohen song:
Cohen: "The blizzard, the blizzard of the world Has crossed the threshold
And it's overturned The order of the soul"
https://substack.com/profile/21792752-steersman/note/c-16686529
There used to be a computer magazine titled "Sipping from the firehose" -- no shortage of volume, but the pressure is sufficient to blow one's teeth out. 🙂 Seems an apt analogy to the overwhelming volume of information that we're all confronted with, to that "blizzard of the world" -- "overturning the order of the soul". If adults -- supposedly able to sail on an even keel -- are overwhelmed, it is maybe not surprising that teenagers and young adults often don't stand a chance.
PITT will definitely give you an insight into how children get confused about their sex and fall into the abyss of the gender craze. The stories of parents, families, teachers, friends etc. of trans-identified people are often heartbreaking, but give valuable insight into the mechanism of the trans social contagion. And then of course Abigail Shrier (https://abigailshrier.substack.com/) pretty much nails it both in her book "Irreversible Damage" and her Substack.
The main reasons are peer influence, psychological co-morbidities, too much time online (social media, early/excessive porn consumption, etc.), isolation from the physical world during COVID and the subsequent push into online worlds of gender ideology, the indoctrination of schools/institutions, a general societal failure and loss of purpose (https://twoplustwo.substack.com/p/why-are-so-many-children-declaring)...
Re: Transition for adults: Scott Newgent might also give some insight (https://twitter.com/NotScottNewgent/status/1634682798903635970)
Re: Cohen - always great. "The order of the soul" has indeed been overturned.