What bothers me most about this "trans" phenomenon is the breadth of its acceptance. Let's be candid; a man who puts on a dress, even a man who has himself castrated and goes on hormones, remains a man. He was bathed in androgen in the womb, he grew up with male bones and musculature. If he wants to express himself as female that's hi…
What bothers me most about this "trans" phenomenon is the breadth of its acceptance. Let's be candid; a man who puts on a dress, even a man who has himself castrated and goes on hormones, remains a man. He was bathed in androgen in the womb, he grew up with male bones and musculature. If he wants to express himself as female that's his business but it's not mine nor anyone else's.
You've expressed the absurdities here very well and I don't need to embellish them.
But the acceptance is so broad that people are being fired from jobs for refusing to use bad grammar; children are being mutilated by unscrupulous surgeons; millions are laying claim to being "trans" who would never qualify as such by a psychologist, yet nobody dares push back.
A few days ago I was updating my profile on a job search board. There was a new section: "Pronouns." I left it blank; fortunately it was not flagged as required when I went to the next page.
Amazon is doing a series based on Lord of the Rings update with contemporary values; there are black actors and even "non-binary" Elves. Nobody seems to care that there was no Africa in the world of Middle Earth; I suppose if Amazon ever does a series on the Civil War they will have General Lee played by Idris Elba and anyone who objects will be called "racist."
It doesn't sound as though Alex read your article at all.
Dunno if you saw "28 Weeks Later" but he has a commanding presence in a uniform.
I really like Tolkien's mythology, I am not a fantasy reader otherwise at all but I know the story behind LotR really well, and I am really irrritated by Amazon turning it into another piece of Happy World entertainment. The "inclusiveness" thing has escaped all rational bounds and become unchecked compulsion.
The races of Middle Earth were Elves, Dwarves, Maiar, and Men, not Europeans and Africans. Yet any appeal to faithfully portraying Tolkien's richly detailed world is answered with charges of racism if not fascism.
I get this. But, honestly, I didn't really notice that much. All of the characters just seemed like "people" to me. It's not as good as the Peter Jackson LOTR, but I like it better than "The Hobbit." The Disney-fication of that story was a huge turnoff. We rewatch LOTR at least once per year. But, we never watch "The Hobbit" trilogy.
I haven't seen 28 weeks later. I'll put it on my list. Re: LOTR: although I find it irritating too, I have to step back and think, this over-correction in representation in media is inevitable and necessary and we will balance out again eventually. I hope.
What bothers me most about this "trans" phenomenon is the breadth of its acceptance. Let's be candid; a man who puts on a dress, even a man who has himself castrated and goes on hormones, remains a man. He was bathed in androgen in the womb, he grew up with male bones and musculature. If he wants to express himself as female that's his business but it's not mine nor anyone else's.
You've expressed the absurdities here very well and I don't need to embellish them.
But the acceptance is so broad that people are being fired from jobs for refusing to use bad grammar; children are being mutilated by unscrupulous surgeons; millions are laying claim to being "trans" who would never qualify as such by a psychologist, yet nobody dares push back.
A few days ago I was updating my profile on a job search board. There was a new section: "Pronouns." I left it blank; fortunately it was not flagged as required when I went to the next page.
Amazon is doing a series based on Lord of the Rings update with contemporary values; there are black actors and even "non-binary" Elves. Nobody seems to care that there was no Africa in the world of Middle Earth; I suppose if Amazon ever does a series on the Civil War they will have General Lee played by Idris Elba and anyone who objects will be called "racist."
It doesn't sound as though Alex read your article at all.
If anyone could pull off a Black General Lee, it'd be Idris Elba.
Dunno if you saw "28 Weeks Later" but he has a commanding presence in a uniform.
I really like Tolkien's mythology, I am not a fantasy reader otherwise at all but I know the story behind LotR really well, and I am really irrritated by Amazon turning it into another piece of Happy World entertainment. The "inclusiveness" thing has escaped all rational bounds and become unchecked compulsion.
The races of Middle Earth were Elves, Dwarves, Maiar, and Men, not Europeans and Africans. Yet any appeal to faithfully portraying Tolkien's richly detailed world is answered with charges of racism if not fascism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RywJSc3I6dU
I get this. But, honestly, I didn't really notice that much. All of the characters just seemed like "people" to me. It's not as good as the Peter Jackson LOTR, but I like it better than "The Hobbit." The Disney-fication of that story was a huge turnoff. We rewatch LOTR at least once per year. But, we never watch "The Hobbit" trilogy.
I haven't seen 28 weeks later. I'll put it on my list. Re: LOTR: although I find it irritating too, I have to step back and think, this over-correction in representation in media is inevitable and necessary and we will balance out again eventually. I hope.
Fun thought.