I go through this with my niece on a regular basis, her: "I am a man".
Me: No you aren't.
Her: That is transphobic, I am a man because I say I am a man.
Me: I am a billionaire.
Her: That is ridiculous, you don't have a billion dollars.
Me: And you have none of the physical features of a man, isn't that the same?
Her: I don't have room in my life for transphobes.
Me: Surrounding yourself with people who will support your fantasy isn't going to make it any more real than me having all the monopoly money Hasbro has ever made is going to make me a billionaire.
Being a man isn't a state of mind, though that can be part of it, it is a physical reality.
My favorite is when abortion comes up. I tell her she isn't allowed to have an opinion because she is a "man". Pisses her right off even though she said exactly the same thing to me before she decided she was a man.
(This is why I distinguish between "respect" and "courtesy" -- courtesy should be extended unless there's a reason not to, because that's how society gets along. Respect should not be extended unless earned. They are not the same thing.)
These people are all insane and stupid. They are signature aspect of participants in all revolutionary movements. Look the French, Russian, and Chinese revolutions and all the very bizarre people in each and ideas that they had were made into laws, no matter how preposterous. All going against centuries of knowledge and science but were pleasing to the leaders of these movements. Check out Trofim Lysenko, who served Stalin. He killed millions with all sorts of ridiculous theories of biology and agriculture. These same type people are emptying our language and society of coherence and truth. This will not end well for us, because our adversaries don't suffer from this madness.
Oh, it's kinda like Obama saying that "when human life begins" is "above his pay grade." Never stopped him from having an opinion about banning abortion at any particular point, though, did it? I think we all know: the elision of the subject of discussion is a feature, not a bug. He could have been honest and said that a new human being is created during the process of fertilization, but he didn't view it as in the state's interest to defend that human being's right to life until X point, but any time you use actual words with actual meanings, you run the risk of seeming like something other than an eminently reasonable guy with whom no one can disagree. So the technique is to obfuscate and talk about nothing for as long as it takes for the public's attention to move away, and then you call for the vote on more billions for a proxy war, or CRT textbooks in every school, or whatever. Tiresome.
At least when you have dueling ideas, you can have conversations and you can find solutions. When the other side has no ideas, just endlessly repeated phrases akin to religious mantras and magical incantations, you have nowhere to go.
I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it twice. We’re being run by idiots, tyrants and tyrannical idiots. Cabinet members that don’t know squat about how to competently do their jobs, judges on confirmation hearing that have no idea what a Brady motion is (look up that one for a hoot). Bottom line, they can’t define it, better yet, won’t define it (assault weapon, vaccines, science, man, woman, natural immunity, the list goes on). Because IT is what they say IT is.
Apparently, "woman" is the only thing that is self defining. Do we say "a chair is any piece of furniture that's a chair." Of course not, but that's the logic of the left.
How long is a piece of string ... how big is a hill ... how far is a smidge ... what is a woman.
It's off the charts what we're witnessing. While we went about enjoying our lives living like pampered self-entitled prats (God bless the British and their words), look at what quality of individuals filled up our seats in government.
It's mind-blowing. This isn't the Peter Principle in real-time. It's something worse. These people don't even rise to reach Peter.
This abject ignorance is a particular form of gaslighting. The idea is to prevent any kind of informed discussion. Usually the gaslighter embraces a certain dogma. In this case however, we're dealing with totally empty vessels.
Hahaha... this guy thinks I have to respect him? A man in makeup? Our country is so stupid and so is he. Come to my house and see.... respect? Barfola . Never
I go through this with my niece on a regular basis, her: "I am a man".
Me: No you aren't.
Her: That is transphobic, I am a man because I say I am a man.
Me: I am a billionaire.
Her: That is ridiculous, you don't have a billion dollars.
Me: And you have none of the physical features of a man, isn't that the same?
Her: I don't have room in my life for transphobes.
Me: Surrounding yourself with people who will support your fantasy isn't going to make it any more real than me having all the monopoly money Hasbro has ever made is going to make me a billionaire.
Being a man isn't a state of mind, though that can be part of it, it is a physical reality.
My favorite is when abortion comes up. I tell her she isn't allowed to have an opinion because she is a "man". Pisses her right off even though she said exactly the same thing to me before she decided she was a man.
"You will respect us."
Or *what*, motherf***er?
(This is why I distinguish between "respect" and "courtesy" -- courtesy should be extended unless there's a reason not to, because that's how society gets along. Respect should not be extended unless earned. They are not the same thing.)
That last one, with the NZ PM... "I wasn't expecting that question, so it's not something I've pre-formulated an answer on."
Damn, kinda saying the quiet part out loud there.
These people are all insane and stupid. They are signature aspect of participants in all revolutionary movements. Look the French, Russian, and Chinese revolutions and all the very bizarre people in each and ideas that they had were made into laws, no matter how preposterous. All going against centuries of knowledge and science but were pleasing to the leaders of these movements. Check out Trofim Lysenko, who served Stalin. He killed millions with all sorts of ridiculous theories of biology and agriculture. These same type people are emptying our language and society of coherence and truth. This will not end well for us, because our adversaries don't suffer from this madness.
Danny Huckabee
Oh, it's kinda like Obama saying that "when human life begins" is "above his pay grade." Never stopped him from having an opinion about banning abortion at any particular point, though, did it? I think we all know: the elision of the subject of discussion is a feature, not a bug. He could have been honest and said that a new human being is created during the process of fertilization, but he didn't view it as in the state's interest to defend that human being's right to life until X point, but any time you use actual words with actual meanings, you run the risk of seeming like something other than an eminently reasonable guy with whom no one can disagree. So the technique is to obfuscate and talk about nothing for as long as it takes for the public's attention to move away, and then you call for the vote on more billions for a proxy war, or CRT textbooks in every school, or whatever. Tiresome.
“ The boat between human islands is language, and ours is sinking”—so good!
For those who value truth, words are tools of communication. For sociopaths, words are weapons.
"Because there’s nothing in there."
But oh how much damage all that nothing causes.
At least when you have dueling ideas, you can have conversations and you can find solutions. When the other side has no ideas, just endlessly repeated phrases akin to religious mantras and magical incantations, you have nowhere to go.
I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it twice. We’re being run by idiots, tyrants and tyrannical idiots. Cabinet members that don’t know squat about how to competently do their jobs, judges on confirmation hearing that have no idea what a Brady motion is (look up that one for a hoot). Bottom line, they can’t define it, better yet, won’t define it (assault weapon, vaccines, science, man, woman, natural immunity, the list goes on). Because IT is what they say IT is.
Apparently, "woman" is the only thing that is self defining. Do we say "a chair is any piece of furniture that's a chair." Of course not, but that's the logic of the left.
How long is a piece of string ... how big is a hill ... how far is a smidge ... what is a woman.
I hate this postmodern world.
Jesus wept.
We’re not supposed to question them. They are the elite expert class. Now pipe down and give me another booster.
It's off the charts what we're witnessing. While we went about enjoying our lives living like pampered self-entitled prats (God bless the British and their words), look at what quality of individuals filled up our seats in government.
It's mind-blowing. This isn't the Peter Principle in real-time. It's something worse. These people don't even rise to reach Peter.
It's a war against God's created order, a fight against objective truth.
This abject ignorance is a particular form of gaslighting. The idea is to prevent any kind of informed discussion. Usually the gaslighter embraces a certain dogma. In this case however, we're dealing with totally empty vessels.
DR. GASLIGHT. A doctor causes his patient to question her own sanity. Listen to Turfseer’s new song. https://turfseer.substack.com/p/dr-gaslight
Hahaha... this guy thinks I have to respect him? A man in makeup? Our country is so stupid and so is he. Come to my house and see.... respect? Barfola . Never