Your substack has been a wonderful follow-up to the film. Thank you for writing it. I have long considered myself quite ‘left.’ I love the idea of living in a world which celebrates diversity and generously affords dignity to all people. Turns out it isn’t that simple. The last two years have been a rather depressing opportunity to look a little deeper at all manner of things. In summary - I have learned that a significant chunk of what I see right in front of me is bullshit. The film, and your stack, has given me some tools for conversations with my little girl, to help her with critical thinking, and to protect herself from nefarious interests. I don’t consider myself in least bit anti-trans. But I think that puberty blockers are seriously messed up, and childhood is no time to make such significant, and irreversible decisions. That sort of thing should be strictly adults-only. Most of the people on the left that I used to identify with (I can’t believe they are all so angry at me just because I took the view that a certain jab doesn’t work well, and that masks are pretty silly in the covid context) would probably consider me transphobe. Well - I identify as non-transphobic, so they can stick that in their pipe, I guess.
I would have considered myself centre-left once upon a time (but in truth I didn't quite know what that meant) and I think of myself as centre right now (with a better understanding of the words and concepts. One of the most important essays I read two years ago was this one on Marxism (what is it?) and liberalism and how it has the seeds of its own destruction within it. It was, and remains, a profound read for me. I recently reread it and discovered a few more layers within it. It might help you to wrap your head around liberalism and what's happened to us and our world a bit better.
I "like" this, although the content is horrifying. What a terrible madness. While I don't agree with "transition" for anyone, imposing it on a child who has no capability of understanding the consequences and almost certainly would come to peace with their birth sex if left alone is worse than criminal.
Yep, I know...it is such a vile version of crap...of all the craps out there this one is a gold medal contender. Writing about injecting genetic toxins is actually a "lighter" subject.
Your substack has been a wonderful follow-up to the film. Thank you for writing it. I have long considered myself quite ‘left.’ I love the idea of living in a world which celebrates diversity and generously affords dignity to all people. Turns out it isn’t that simple. The last two years have been a rather depressing opportunity to look a little deeper at all manner of things. In summary - I have learned that a significant chunk of what I see right in front of me is bullshit. The film, and your stack, has given me some tools for conversations with my little girl, to help her with critical thinking, and to protect herself from nefarious interests. I don’t consider myself in least bit anti-trans. But I think that puberty blockers are seriously messed up, and childhood is no time to make such significant, and irreversible decisions. That sort of thing should be strictly adults-only. Most of the people on the left that I used to identify with (I can’t believe they are all so angry at me just because I took the view that a certain jab doesn’t work well, and that masks are pretty silly in the covid context) would probably consider me transphobe. Well - I identify as non-transphobic, so they can stick that in their pipe, I guess.
Thank you!
I would have considered myself centre-left once upon a time (but in truth I didn't quite know what that meant) and I think of myself as centre right now (with a better understanding of the words and concepts. One of the most important essays I read two years ago was this one on Marxism (what is it?) and liberalism and how it has the seeds of its own destruction within it. It was, and remains, a profound read for me. I recently reread it and discovered a few more layers within it. It might help you to wrap your head around liberalism and what's happened to us and our world a bit better.
https://quillette.com/2020/08/16/the-challenge-of-marxism/?fbclid=IwAR3plnIgHwoGJel5hxkf6_TLGCCvUlmyzRK4ukUkt1OS6ZE0xb8WiDfYnLA
Thank you so much. My views are definitely evolving as I learn more. I will read the article. Cheers.
I "like" this, although the content is horrifying. What a terrible madness. While I don't agree with "transition" for anyone, imposing it on a child who has no capability of understanding the consequences and almost certainly would come to peace with their birth sex if left alone is worse than criminal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=063RGou-P_8
Yep, I know...it is such a vile version of crap...of all the craps out there this one is a gold medal contender. Writing about injecting genetic toxins is actually a "lighter" subject.