Elsewhere (278)

Not a care in the world it seems…
“…she had not thought about what men might like, how they think or what they enjoy about life before transitioning.”
One would have thought that, that is exactly the sort of thing one should have considered before transitioning…

A law professor who thinks he’s above the law.
A law “professor” (apparently many academics in the US are known by the honorific “professor” even if they don’t hold a chair) at a supposedly prestigious university who has single-handedly decided that the rule of law does not apply to the “woke” and who is either (a) too stupid to realise the horrific implications of his position or (b) knows only too well but is so utterly arrogant that one can only assume that he has become morally insane.
I think the same problem is at the root of the BLM nonsense which means blacks are not to be held accountable in the same way as whites. The inevitable explanation is that this is because Da System is stacked against blacks somehow; it doesn’t seem to occur to those who hold this position that this is just as racist as any white supremacist dogma since it denies black people autonomy on the basis that they cannot properly function in a society somehow “dominated by white people”. Again, moral insanity ensues.

A biological female who transitioned…There were 3,200 gender affirmation surgeries…
“Transitioned”, “gender affirmation” surgery; right. The relentless refusal to call things what they actually are is getting tiresome and only encourages more of the same. That someone this confused is working as a social worker (the necessity of which is questionable to start with) in an MTF is a separate issue.

One would have thought that, that is exactly the sort of thing one should have considered before transitioning…
Especially since she has been a male all along.

– Oh come now!
Just to clarify- I meant by that the white ‘liberals” who buy into this bullshit. My fault for not making myself more clear.

And an assumption he won’t get fired for it.
It’s another illustration of the psychological asymmetry of leftists and conservatives, in that people on the left, especially the far left, are much more likely to view law-breaking as acceptable, excusable, even titillating. Hence the ‘occupations’, the vandalism, mob harassment, traffic obstructions, etc. It can also earn them a kind of kudos among their peers, in a way that’s much less common among conservatives, who tend to regard law-breaking and anti-social behaviour quite differently.
And the kind of lefties we’re talking about very much count on this. It often spares them payback.

The relentless refusal to call things what they actually are is getting tiresome and only encourages more of the same.
It’s an old problem:
A superior man, in regard to what he does not know, shows a cautious reserve. If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success. When affairs cannot be carried on to success, proprieties and music do not flourish. When proprieties and music do not flourish, punishments will not be properly awarded. When punishments are not properly awarded, the people do not know how to move hand or foot. Therefore a superior man considers it necessary that the names he uses may be spoken appropriately, and also that what he speaks may be carried out appropriately. What the superior man requires is just that in his words there may be nothing incorrect.
— Confucius, Analects, Book XIII, Chapter 3, verses 4–7

The relentless refusal to call things what they actually are is getting tiresome
Following the recent Scarlett Johansson saga, a former Guardian contributor was quite indignant that a female journalist had dared – briefly and politely – to acknowledge a distinction between the categories of ‘man’ and ‘trans man’. Apparently, to retain some discernment on this matter is proof of wickedness.

Apparently, to retain some discernment on this matter is proof of wickedness.
Indeed. “Debunking” trans women are not women.

Claims that trans women are not women often rely on essentialist (and therefore incorrect) assumptions about biology. For instance, people might argue that trans women are not “genetically female,” despite the fact that we cannot readily ascertain anybody’s sex chromosomes.

“And therefore incorrect”, according to this N=1, and no we can’t just look at someone and know their chromosomes, but give me a microscope and some cells and I can, and $99 will get you a dandy DNA test in your own home.

The problem isn’t that we (i.e., trans women) refuse to acknowledge any differences, but rather that the trans-women-aren’t-women crowd refuses to acknowledge our many similarities.

Here we are back at “It is up to you 99.0% to fall in line with we 0.1% confused.“

“My penis is female”
Thing is, I’m generally willing to go with the categories of trans man and trans woman as things that exist in the world. And if a trans person were sufficiently lucky or industrious to pass as their preferred sex, I doubt the matter would come up at all. But there’s something disagreeably surreal about being confronted with an obvious mismatch, a dissonance, a category error, and being expected, not just to be civil, but to pretend – and pretend to oneself – that the mismatch isn’t there.

being expected, not just to be civil, but to pretend – and pretend to oneself – that the mismatch isn’t there.
Ever relevant:

In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is…in some small way to become evil oneself. One’s standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to.

― Theodore Dalrymple

I assume Professor Gonsalves took and passed a bar exam at some point in the distant past. I think it’s fair to say that licensing authorities–normally the state supreme court–take a dim view of lawyers who deliberately break the law. In point of fact, every year I have to reaffirm my obligation to “protect, preserve, & defend” the constitution and laws of the U.S. and my state.

I checked out Gonsalves Twit page.
This account’s Tweets are protected.
Only confirmed followers have access to @gregggonsalves’s Tweets and complete profile. Click the “Follow” button to send a follow request.
Yes, please do fester in your own small pond.

Thing is, I’m generally willing to go with the categories of trans man and trans woman as things that exist in the world.
Yes, there is a very small number of people, for example, true hermaphrodites, persons born with ambiguous genitalia or other chromosomal anomalies that would fit into those categories, and that is nature. However, what I think we are contending with now is nurture, fairly obviously among the seemingly endless parade of kids being touted as “trans” whatever, but also among the adults some of whom I think are just being trendy/hip/edgy, and some of whom have mental issues and are encouraged to continue to pretend by the SJW classes. the media, and so on. A classic example of the latter (or both, maybe) is Bruce Jenner, who is as feminine as a steam engine locomotive, and has a 20 something girlfriend.
Right. Guy thinks he is a woman so he can be a lesbian, but, as you say, we all are supposed not only to pretend it is real and makes sense, but also to advance the general philosophy.

Dcardno: it fits in fairly straightforwardly given his main focus is HIV activism.
Also, it avoids having a real job. Or rather, since I imagine he actually works quite hard, having to do anything boring or for any length of time.
The old intelligentsia studied a subject for 30 years until they knew it inside out. The new Left ones mix a bit of activism with their “intersectional” interests in a hybrid of whatever takes their fancy.

…the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate.
I’m just gonna go ahead and add this to the window-breaking, arson, and general fuckwittery I referenced earlier. It’s all just different flavo(u)rs of Humpty Dumpty’s “which is to be master” argument.

A law “professor” (apparently many academics in the US are known by the honorific “professor” even if they don’t hold a chair) at a supposedly prestigious university who has single-handedly decided that the rule of law does not apply to the “woke” and who is either (a) too stupid to realise the horrific implications of his position or (b) knows only too well but is so utterly arrogant that one can only assume that he has become morally insane.
One thing I’ve always been puzzled by is why so many people who claim to believe that the authorities are institutionally biased against them also use every opportunity to try and get these authorities to lay down what is and isn’t appropriate speech/behaviour. If I thought that the authorities were biased against me and mine, I’d want them to generally do as little speech-regulation as possible, as any regulations they did pass would probably not be to my benefit.

Noah more racism
http://www.williamofockham.com/2018/07/23/lets-put-it-down-to-his-white-ancestors/

The rules for proper wokeness are so ephemeral and volatile that I do not know how progressives keep current. Views and terminology that generated applause last week produce angry mobs of pitchfork-waiving activists this week, as they strip the transgressor of careers and reputations. Apologies seemingly only fuel the rage.
Perhaps the answer is that progressives don’t keep current. Every day, left-leaning schmucks have their hearts torn out as a sacrifice to the gods of political correctness, their expressions frozen in permanent bewilderment.

The general consensus in my program was these people were trying to learn how to help themselves normalize their social dysfunction.
The vast majority of people I know who are in some kind of social work are there because in their minds, they have beaten their own substance abuse/bipolar/depression/schizophrenia/etc issues, and now want to help others.
It reminds me a bit of the criticisms of AA, that if you have problems with alcohol spending all of your time around other alcoholics probably isn’t a good long-term strategy.

Im reply to nunya bidness; South Park season 9 episode one ‘Mr. Garrison’s Fancy New Vagina’ the term dolphinoplasty is introduced.

Is a toilet an appliance? If so, I have a mid-sized appliance report. The flush chain just broke.
It’s 2130 here. I believe there is an evil cabal among toilets whose raison d’ etre is to make sure they break at the most inconvenient time. Dad left a repair kit but we can’t find it. (Mom was senile during her last years so he tended to store stuff in odd places to keep her from finding them and maybe hurting herself or causing expensive damage to something.)
I suppose our toilet will be severely disciplined by the cabal for merely yanking its own chain after the hardware store has closed. A real pro would have clogged up during a January blizzard when the plumbers are 3 days behind because everyone’s pipes are frozen.

““It is up to you 99.0% to fall in line with we 0.1% confused.”
At least that recognises that there is a 0.9% who are just “eff off and die, you weirdos!”

Martina Big

She has the biggest breast implants in Europe

I’m not sure how to process that.

shouldn’t her name actually be…
[ Henchlesbians loom menacingly then drag Captain Nemo’s table closer to the gents. ]