But tragically, that's where they come from and remain. We must own our nutjobs just as we demand conservatives, the Religious Right and Muslims own theirs.
But tragically, that's where they come from and remain. We must own our nutjobs just as we demand conservatives, the Religious Right and Muslims own theirs.
Well, they don't, why should we? I would dispute that they are ours to rein in but it would just end up in hair-splitting that I haven't the patience for.
I will say though that their breed of inflexibility and rigidity has nothing in common with our pluralism; I see the "trans" activists as MAGAts in a mirror.
They're our embarrassing cousins. They're correctly associated with the left and assuming you categorize yourself that way (I characterize myself that way) I say they're ours and yes, SOMEONE has to challenge them, and the right has to see that not all of us approve of them either. It will alert the conservatives who aren't completely crazy (like liberals who aren't part of the Loony Left) who their compatriots and allies are.
Extremism is extremism, and every side has a few of them. I am about to start insisting the trans movement own up to their sexual predators (the way I've been hammering the Catholic Church for decades) as I DO think we share responsibility for those who are associated with us - whether their MAGA hats are red or that gawdawful colour combo on the trans flag.
But tragically, that's where they come from and remain. We must own our nutjobs just as we demand conservatives, the Religious Right and Muslims own theirs.
Well, they don't, why should we? I would dispute that they are ours to rein in but it would just end up in hair-splitting that I haven't the patience for.
I will say though that their breed of inflexibility and rigidity has nothing in common with our pluralism; I see the "trans" activists as MAGAts in a mirror.
They're our embarrassing cousins. They're correctly associated with the left and assuming you categorize yourself that way (I characterize myself that way) I say they're ours and yes, SOMEONE has to challenge them, and the right has to see that not all of us approve of them either. It will alert the conservatives who aren't completely crazy (like liberals who aren't part of the Loony Left) who their compatriots and allies are.
Extremism is extremism, and every side has a few of them. I am about to start insisting the trans movement own up to their sexual predators (the way I've been hammering the Catholic Church for decades) as I DO think we share responsibility for those who are associated with us - whether their MAGA hats are red or that gawdawful colour combo on the trans flag.