That person calls JKR 'sis', which I would find every bit as annoying as being called 'cis'. Whenever they start on the 'compromise you femininity' schtick I know they're reading from the playbook. I don't consider myself to have any femininity, thanks, I'll leave that to the transwomen to play with. What I do have is femaleness, which they will never have, however much they tantrum.
The twisting of language in order to hide what’s really been happening, has been intentional and masterful by the ideologues; without the language of gender ideology all we have are blokes in dresses. But what puzzles me is that there are so many people who, even when confronted with facts and evidence, still persist in clinging to the ideology. It would seem that ideology renders people incapable of rational thought and critical thinking.
Protecting women's sports from mediocre (or fetishistic) men who'd like to join in should be an absolute no-brainer.
The fact that so few on the left/liberal side of politics stand up for it means they're out of touch with reality. I see them smirking on X about how "the far right" is in an echo chamber, but I'd like to point out it's their echo chamber that will f*ck them over in the end.
Who on earth is this Banks “person” anyway? An uneducated (gonna, wanna) foul-mouthed nonentity who can’t hold the proverbial candle to the wonderful JK.
I remember reading a tract from Dentons the lawyers. In order to get trans ideology into law, it would have to be under the radar because the public at large would never agree to the erosion of women and gay rights and the indoctrination of children (my words not theirs). For years the educated classes took their favourite (yet deranged) philosophers and cemented them into public services and workplaces. People like Andrew have made me feel normal, when the ideologs would have me believe I was every kind of ist in the book. I now hope it will take less than the generations I thought it would take to unravel this mess. There will of course be the hanger onners. If they own up to their errors, they will show they were guilty of allowing child abuse.
I take no pleasure in assuming an uncharitable view of the celebrities that you've quoted here, but the didn't know better defence was unconvincing years ago, let alone now.
Whether Kathy Burke gets what she's supporting when she said that it's better to be woke, is neither here nor there. She has a platform where many thousands of people are going to hear and share her words, so she has a responsibility to learn about what she's talking about before spouting such low resolution bullshit.
As for Billy Bragg, other than being incredibly thick and smug, his views are always so convenient for his public image that it makes me question his concerns for any group of people. It's as convincing a posture as his Woody Guthrie impersonation.
Thanks Andrew. Holding the hard left to account is not about the issue we can all empathise about, it's about seeing the dangerous flawed thinking and spiralling bad results behind the mindset.
Great piece as always, Andrew. So true, many who support Woke lunacy are ignorant but sadly, they seem determined to stay ignorant. It’s far too embarrassing to have to admit they’ve been conned into supporting an idiotic, backward movement that is bent on destroying women’s identity and rights (as well as gay rights), bent on eroding our very grasp of reality and which advocates sacrificing kids’ body parts, development, health and life expectancy.
And this horrendous medical scandal was all for what? It was orchestrated to satisfy the fetishistic nostalgia of adult men (and even to titillate them, for let’s not forget the influence of castration fetishists on WPATH) and to legitimise the bullshit “born this way” argument. We must not forget also the immense profits that have been reaped by Big Medicine and Big Pharma.
Re alerting others to the reality of what’s happening, sadly, of those not officially signed up to the gender madness, many are incapable of looking into its dark heart. It’s too ugly. This is not dissimilar to the way people couldn’t believe the reports about what was happening in Auschwitz, even when shown the evidence. Surely human beings couldn’t be doing such things to other human beings?
As you argue so well, the widely-adopted gender cult language is designed to obfuscate and confuse. This is why we must call “bullshit” on the trans cult unequivocally. There is no such thing as trans. Transwomen are men, transmen are women. There are no trans kids. These terms carry the ideological baggage that people can be born in the wrong body. Once we tear down the linguistic facade it will be easier for ordinary, non virtue-signalling people who actually want to understand to do so, and for us all to fight the good fight and see off this insane ideology.
Thank you, Jenny. I agree that this is a largely a linguistic and rhetorical battle. As more people understand the truth behind the words, we'll be in a much better position!
In a free and educated world people fully respect other people's identity, be it sexual, racial or political. In a despotic world language is used as a weapon to brainwash and force people to conform to an agenda that allows the despot total power. That is the key word. Power. Not equality or humanity.
Thanks Andrew. This could be written for my family. Intelligent, thoughtful, lovely ppl who refuse to engage with the facts. It's easier to tell someone who tries to keep up with the debate that they are brainwashed, or captured by algorithms.
However, I'm not convinced that Mr Trump, yes the pussy-grabber, has written anything in language which is scientifically credible. Let's watch and hope it all holds up in court.
As for the comments of the musician who I have never heard of.....she sounds envious of JKR's wealth as it comes up quite a bit. Its so easy to sling insults around fueled by e.g. envy. And superficially satisfying! I hope her musical talents are greater than both her reasoning and her appreciation of facts.
Many decent people have been tricked. And the problem is they react badly if you tell them. I understand this, of course. "You don't get it" is such a terrible thing to hear.
Most of us don't relish being wrong and looking like idiots. We always knew they'd backtrack, saying stuff like Scottish Labour currently are: 'if only we'd known!' and 'why did no one tell us?'
According to Meghan Murphy and others, "... there were other smart individuals who worked to ensure the language [of the Title IX EO] was clear and foolproof, including May Mailman.
Ms Mailman, a Trump administration deputy policy assistant and senior policy strategist, is a former Ohio deputy solicitor general and former director of the Independent Women's Centre, a conservative organization. The EO has drawn praise from Kara Dansky, lawyer and long-time women's rights activist.
Some say that the definition of a conspiracy theory is a fact in waiting, and this is certainly true iro what Musk and DOGE are uncovering. When it comes to gender ideology, as in so much else, 'follow the money' has revealed a great deal, not least when it comes to NGO promotion and big pharma. The exposure of USAID funding of transgenderism, not only abroad, but also domestically ought to be the final nail in the coffin for the idea that gender ideology was ever a bottom-up, organic movement; when it comes to its funding we can see that the opposite is true. The brighter the spotlight, the more die-hard culture warriors are going to find themselves vulnerable and exposed.
[ While true that Nixon signed title IX, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, Clinton, and Obama signed the other major women’s legislation I’m aware of. Wilson was president when the 19th amendment passed.]
When I say trans women, I now only mean a female human who calls themselves trans, I’ve totally given up on referring to a trans person as anything but their sex.
Affirmation of a delusion harms the person and those around them because. In this case causes an enormous number of people to be delusional, thereby misinterpreting reality.
There is no courtesy to trans to call themselves the opposite sex. It harms them and people around them by corrupting language, and perpetrating the idea that there is something so wrong with their sex that it cannot be acknowledged.
That person calls JKR 'sis', which I would find every bit as annoying as being called 'cis'. Whenever they start on the 'compromise you femininity' schtick I know they're reading from the playbook. I don't consider myself to have any femininity, thanks, I'll leave that to the transwomen to play with. What I do have is femaleness, which they will never have, however much they tantrum.
She is very annoying!
The twisting of language in order to hide what’s really been happening, has been intentional and masterful by the ideologues; without the language of gender ideology all we have are blokes in dresses. But what puzzles me is that there are so many people who, even when confronted with facts and evidence, still persist in clinging to the ideology. It would seem that ideology renders people incapable of rational thought and critical thinking.
Thanks Andrew, great piece as ever.
Thank you!
Wonderful. Going straight to the photocopier to hand out to my students!
Oh interesting! I wonder what they'll make of it...
Let us know what happens!
Protecting women's sports from mediocre (or fetishistic) men who'd like to join in should be an absolute no-brainer.
The fact that so few on the left/liberal side of politics stand up for it means they're out of touch with reality. I see them smirking on X about how "the far right" is in an echo chamber, but I'd like to point out it's their echo chamber that will f*ck them over in the end.
They don't even know what "far right" means, of course! That would be a start...
That's easy. It's someone who disagrees with them.
Who on earth is this Banks “person” anyway? An uneducated (gonna, wanna) foul-mouthed nonentity who can’t hold the proverbial candle to the wonderful JK.
A rapper and singer. Not the smartest.
I remember reading a tract from Dentons the lawyers. In order to get trans ideology into law, it would have to be under the radar because the public at large would never agree to the erosion of women and gay rights and the indoctrination of children (my words not theirs). For years the educated classes took their favourite (yet deranged) philosophers and cemented them into public services and workplaces. People like Andrew have made me feel normal, when the ideologs would have me believe I was every kind of ist in the book. I now hope it will take less than the generations I thought it would take to unravel this mess. There will of course be the hanger onners. If they own up to their errors, they will show they were guilty of allowing child abuse.
A bit strong? Perhaps
The Dentons document was incredible for how overt its intentions were. Good to see the quiet part said out loud.
I love not being “woke”. It’s much nicer than being an ignorant fucking berk.
A first. Didn't have to look up any words in this post.
It's so strange that Burke hasn't even taken the time to understand the ideas she's espousing...
I take no pleasure in assuming an uncharitable view of the celebrities that you've quoted here, but the didn't know better defence was unconvincing years ago, let alone now.
Whether Kathy Burke gets what she's supporting when she said that it's better to be woke, is neither here nor there. She has a platform where many thousands of people are going to hear and share her words, so she has a responsibility to learn about what she's talking about before spouting such low resolution bullshit.
As for Billy Bragg, other than being incredibly thick and smug, his views are always so convenient for his public image that it makes me question his concerns for any group of people. It's as convincing a posture as his Woody Guthrie impersonation.
Yes, the effect is the same irrespective of the intentions. It's ghastly.
Exactly. It's also insufferable. I would never tell anyone they should advocate for any position, but at the very least get out of the way.
Thanks Andrew. Holding the hard left to account is not about the issue we can all empathise about, it's about seeing the dangerous flawed thinking and spiralling bad results behind the mindset.
Agreed.
Thank you.
Great piece as always, Andrew. So true, many who support Woke lunacy are ignorant but sadly, they seem determined to stay ignorant. It’s far too embarrassing to have to admit they’ve been conned into supporting an idiotic, backward movement that is bent on destroying women’s identity and rights (as well as gay rights), bent on eroding our very grasp of reality and which advocates sacrificing kids’ body parts, development, health and life expectancy.
And this horrendous medical scandal was all for what? It was orchestrated to satisfy the fetishistic nostalgia of adult men (and even to titillate them, for let’s not forget the influence of castration fetishists on WPATH) and to legitimise the bullshit “born this way” argument. We must not forget also the immense profits that have been reaped by Big Medicine and Big Pharma.
Re alerting others to the reality of what’s happening, sadly, of those not officially signed up to the gender madness, many are incapable of looking into its dark heart. It’s too ugly. This is not dissimilar to the way people couldn’t believe the reports about what was happening in Auschwitz, even when shown the evidence. Surely human beings couldn’t be doing such things to other human beings?
As you argue so well, the widely-adopted gender cult language is designed to obfuscate and confuse. This is why we must call “bullshit” on the trans cult unequivocally. There is no such thing as trans. Transwomen are men, transmen are women. There are no trans kids. These terms carry the ideological baggage that people can be born in the wrong body. Once we tear down the linguistic facade it will be easier for ordinary, non virtue-signalling people who actually want to understand to do so, and for us all to fight the good fight and see off this insane ideology.
Thank you, Jenny. I agree that this is a largely a linguistic and rhetorical battle. As more people understand the truth behind the words, we'll be in a much better position!
In a free and educated world people fully respect other people's identity, be it sexual, racial or political. In a despotic world language is used as a weapon to brainwash and force people to conform to an agenda that allows the despot total power. That is the key word. Power. Not equality or humanity.
The woke claim they are dismantling power. In truth, they are seeking it.
And to think Life of Brian unintentionally predicted the future nothing is more unusual than folk
https://youtu.be/chnlQQCsTVw?feature=shared
It was prescient.
Thanks Andrew. This could be written for my family. Intelligent, thoughtful, lovely ppl who refuse to engage with the facts. It's easier to tell someone who tries to keep up with the debate that they are brainwashed, or captured by algorithms.
However, I'm not convinced that Mr Trump, yes the pussy-grabber, has written anything in language which is scientifically credible. Let's watch and hope it all holds up in court.
As for the comments of the musician who I have never heard of.....she sounds envious of JKR's wealth as it comes up quite a bit. Its so easy to sling insults around fueled by e.g. envy. And superficially satisfying! I hope her musical talents are greater than both her reasoning and her appreciation of facts.
Many decent people have been tricked. And the problem is they react badly if you tell them. I understand this, of course. "You don't get it" is such a terrible thing to hear.
Most of us don't relish being wrong and looking like idiots. We always knew they'd backtrack, saying stuff like Scottish Labour currently are: 'if only we'd known!' and 'why did no one tell us?'
It's not going to wash.
According to Meghan Murphy and others, "... there were other smart individuals who worked to ensure the language [of the Title IX EO] was clear and foolproof, including May Mailman.
Ms Mailman, a Trump administration deputy policy assistant and senior policy strategist, is a former Ohio deputy solicitor general and former director of the Independent Women's Centre, a conservative organization. The EO has drawn praise from Kara Dansky, lawyer and long-time women's rights activist.
For Dansky's analysis see her substack: https://karadansky.substack.com/p/defending-women-from-gender-ideology
Thanks, Andrew.
Not sure I can be as optimistic as you but Trump's orders have certainly changed the picture here.
Have cross posted.
https://dustymasterson.substack.com/p/its-practically-stamped-on-your-forehead
Dusty
Thanks Dusty!
Some say that the definition of a conspiracy theory is a fact in waiting, and this is certainly true iro what Musk and DOGE are uncovering. When it comes to gender ideology, as in so much else, 'follow the money' has revealed a great deal, not least when it comes to NGO promotion and big pharma. The exposure of USAID funding of transgenderism, not only abroad, but also domestically ought to be the final nail in the coffin for the idea that gender ideology was ever a bottom-up, organic movement; when it comes to its funding we can see that the opposite is true. The brighter the spotlight, the more die-hard culture warriors are going to find themselves vulnerable and exposed.
Nice piece - I was startled by your facts.
[ While true that Nixon signed title IX, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, Clinton, and Obama signed the other major women’s legislation I’m aware of. Wilson was president when the 19th amendment passed.]
When I say trans women, I now only mean a female human who calls themselves trans, I’ve totally given up on referring to a trans person as anything but their sex.
Affirmation of a delusion harms the person and those around them because. In this case causes an enormous number of people to be delusional, thereby misinterpreting reality.
There is no courtesy to trans to call themselves the opposite sex. It harms them and people around them by corrupting language, and perpetrating the idea that there is something so wrong with their sex that it cannot be acknowledged.
There is nothing wrong with being male or female.