People often, perhaps most of the time, instinctively chant a tribal shibboleth to express the view that displays their membership in the tribe that they are identified with. In this case, membership in "woke".
A useful question for them is, "Do you actually believe that or are you saying what is expected of you by your tribe? Do you have…
People often, perhaps most of the time, instinctively chant a tribal shibboleth to express the view that displays their membership in the tribe that they are identified with. In this case, membership in "woke".
A useful question for them is, "Do you actually believe that or are you saying what is expected of you by your tribe? Do you have the guts to go against one of your tribe's check box items if you know in your heart of hearts that it is something that you don't really buy into?" Depending upon the tribe, "Are you just [?]'s bitch?" - 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘭 [?] 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘗𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪 𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱
I wonder about this a lot. Do people actually believe that a man who mutters "I identify as a woman" actually is one? Really? That goes way past quibbling over definitions of words.
I am truly shocked at the extent to which institutions, government, workplaces ... have bough into this rubbish. Especially since even if you count the fake "trans" (0.6%) along with the GID sufferers (0.0065%), you have the tiniest minority there is.
And how anyone who's had to sit through an extended lecture on "my gender identity" or seen Dylan Mulvaney or any one of a number of YT videos like "It's MA'AM!" can possibly believe these people deserve respect.
Right now I'm reading Helen Joyce's 'Trans' and it spoke of trans as another 'psychic epidemic' - and these traditionally suck in doctors, academics, the press, popular opinion. I've bookmarked it to write about it in a future blog post.
I thought about buying it but I am nosing in on 70 and there is so much else I need to read. I'm afraid reading about "trans" would just piss me off (more).
It does piss me off but it also has some new insights I haven't found elsewhere. The truth is coming from Europe; gender-affirming care's days are numbered and when that house of cards falls, the rest will fall too.
These were my thoughts exactly as I was reading Chris's post. Everyone so desperately wants to belong to a tribe. I am wary of groups due to childhood bullying and this wariness has served me well during this hysterical era. I am not getting sucked in by either side and can maintain some rational thoughts outside of the peddled narratives.
Beyond this, why does everyone want someone else to do their thinking for them? Maybe it makes them feel safe if they hold what they believe to be the "right answer."
I'm beginning to wonder whether perhaps there's a cult out there to snag *all* of us. We think we're above that because we'd never join the Christians or NXVIM or QAnon, but then along comes something that speaks to our psychological weakness - on the loony left's side, the almost obsessive need for 'inclusivity' and the fear you might otherwise be 'oppressing' a 'marginalized group'.
The left strikes me as being a collection of cults, although not everyone on the left is part of one, or any. There's the antiracism cult; the trans cult; the feminism cult, the anti-colonialism cult; the queer cult (which is very amorphous). I don't pay as much attention to the right anymore but clearly Trump is a cult leader as is QAnon.
Someone else help me out: Are there right-wing cults besides these two you're seeing?
People often, perhaps most of the time, instinctively chant a tribal shibboleth to express the view that displays their membership in the tribe that they are identified with. In this case, membership in "woke".
A useful question for them is, "Do you actually believe that or are you saying what is expected of you by your tribe? Do you have the guts to go against one of your tribe's check box items if you know in your heart of hearts that it is something that you don't really buy into?" Depending upon the tribe, "Are you just [?]'s bitch?" - 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘭 [?] 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘗𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪 𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱
I wonder about this a lot. Do people actually believe that a man who mutters "I identify as a woman" actually is one? Really? That goes way past quibbling over definitions of words.
I am truly shocked at the extent to which institutions, government, workplaces ... have bough into this rubbish. Especially since even if you count the fake "trans" (0.6%) along with the GID sufferers (0.0065%), you have the tiniest minority there is.
And how anyone who's had to sit through an extended lecture on "my gender identity" or seen Dylan Mulvaney or any one of a number of YT videos like "It's MA'AM!" can possibly believe these people deserve respect.
Right now I'm reading Helen Joyce's 'Trans' and it spoke of trans as another 'psychic epidemic' - and these traditionally suck in doctors, academics, the press, popular opinion. I've bookmarked it to write about it in a future blog post.
Ad hoc
Ad loc
And quid pro quo
So little time
So much to know
— The Nowhere Man, Yellow Submarine
I thought about buying it but I am nosing in on 70 and there is so much else I need to read. I'm afraid reading about "trans" would just piss me off (more).
It does piss me off but it also has some new insights I haven't found elsewhere. The truth is coming from Europe; gender-affirming care's days are numbered and when that house of cards falls, the rest will fall too.
I'm becoming more selective with my time as it runs out.
I'm currently reading "The Righteous Mind" by Johnathan Haidt. Strong recommend!
Pelosi is gone. How about 'AOC's bitch'? Pelosi is a very bright woman with her head straight on her shoulders. I've lost all respect for wokie AOC.
Generic voice that dictates tribal policy.
Better Pelosi's than AOC's. But that's just my opinion.
These were my thoughts exactly as I was reading Chris's post. Everyone so desperately wants to belong to a tribe. I am wary of groups due to childhood bullying and this wariness has served me well during this hysterical era. I am not getting sucked in by either side and can maintain some rational thoughts outside of the peddled narratives.
Beyond this, why does everyone want someone else to do their thinking for them? Maybe it makes them feel safe if they hold what they believe to be the "right answer."
For me my thought is often, why should that issue belong to a political party or its default current ideology?
I'm beginning to wonder whether perhaps there's a cult out there to snag *all* of us. We think we're above that because we'd never join the Christians or NXVIM or QAnon, but then along comes something that speaks to our psychological weakness - on the loony left's side, the almost obsessive need for 'inclusivity' and the fear you might otherwise be 'oppressing' a 'marginalized group'.
The left strikes me as being a collection of cults, although not everyone on the left is part of one, or any. There's the antiracism cult; the trans cult; the feminism cult, the anti-colonialism cult; the queer cult (which is very amorphous). I don't pay as much attention to the right anymore but clearly Trump is a cult leader as is QAnon.
Someone else help me out: Are there right-wing cults besides these two you're seeing?
Agreed.