Gay and trans political fortunes have tracked underlying public perception.
In 1986, when I graduated from high school, many people (still) believed being gay was a choice or lifestyle. Over time, however, that view was displaced by an understanding of a biological or genetic element.
Importantly, in the public eye, being gay is now widely considered an immutable characteristic. Now, that may in fact be wrong—but the important thing is many people see sexual orientation be like race, i.e., something over which you have no choice.
Our discrimination laws are strongest in protecting such things. In mock trial debriefs, the jurors express real anger when someone is treated unfairly on such grounds
But our laws—and jurors—waffle a bit when (rightly or wrongly) the issue is perceived as something over which the person controls. Fat acceptance, for example.
The polling on trans rights shows continued strong support for basic civil rights (job, housing) but a collapse when the asserted rights conflict with traditional female spaces.
The reason for this collapse, ultimately, is wide-spread rejection of the idea that a trans woman is not just identifying as a woman but IS a woman.
The upshot is the above polling. And, frankly, if the movement cannot sell the shorthand idea of “trans = woman,” I don’t see how it can get the desired access to female spaces.
This failure is why the trans movement is the polar opposite of the victory for gay rights (“just like us”).
A cascading consequence is that once a movement shows itself to be anti-reality, its adherents are not your first choice to provide life-altering treatment to children.
Yeah the degree to which the activist left manages to get race and gender exactly backwards is quite astonishing. (ie race is a fundamental determinant part of one’s life and whereas gender is simply a social construct without any real meaning or way to be measured)
When you reached peak-twitterpation talking about the splintering of far left wing political parties, the cadence and speed of your voice strongly reminded me of Vizzini from Princess Bride. Fortunately, you seem nothing like him!
Gay and trans political fortunes have tracked underlying public perception.
In 1986, when I graduated from high school, many people (still) believed being gay was a choice or lifestyle. Over time, however, that view was displaced by an understanding of a biological or genetic element.
Importantly, in the public eye, being gay is now widely considered an immutable characteristic. Now, that may in fact be wrong—but the important thing is many people see sexual orientation be like race, i.e., something over which you have no choice.
Our discrimination laws are strongest in protecting such things. In mock trial debriefs, the jurors express real anger when someone is treated unfairly on such grounds
But our laws—and jurors—waffle a bit when (rightly or wrongly) the issue is perceived as something over which the person controls. Fat acceptance, for example.
The polling on trans rights shows continued strong support for basic civil rights (job, housing) but a collapse when the asserted rights conflict with traditional female spaces.
The reason for this collapse, ultimately, is wide-spread rejection of the idea that a trans woman is not just identifying as a woman but IS a woman.
The upshot is the above polling. And, frankly, if the movement cannot sell the shorthand idea of “trans = woman,” I don’t see how it can get the desired access to female spaces.
This failure is why the trans movement is the polar opposite of the victory for gay rights (“just like us”).
A cascading consequence is that once a movement shows itself to be anti-reality, its adherents are not your first choice to provide life-altering treatment to children.
Yeah the degree to which the activist left manages to get race and gender exactly backwards is quite astonishing. (ie race is a fundamental determinant part of one’s life and whereas gender is simply a social construct without any real meaning or way to be measured)
When you reached peak-twitterpation talking about the splintering of far left wing political parties, the cadence and speed of your voice strongly reminded me of Vizzini from Princess Bride. Fortunately, you seem nothing like him!
Ahh, another pointed reference to the George Clooney opus "Midnight Sky!"
The cynic in me thinks you have a backroom deal with Clooney to goose up rental activity for that "classic" with your occasional mentions?
"Me thinks he doth protests too much?" said some hack writer somewhere.....
Rental activity?
Every time Jeff mentions that movie I imagine dozens
(DOZENS!!!) of people scrolling through their video on demand menus looking for it to see what the fuss is all about.
CA-CHING!!!
Aha! You did it! https://open.substack.com/pub/imightbewrong/p/people-are-drawing-bad-conclusions-f1b