The Land Of Honk

Ever being a progressive sort striving to further the social justice agenda, I published my pronouns on my blog some time ago, and I’ll thank you lot to use them.
Several of my feminist friends deliberately click the button that says ‘male’ on their Facebook profile just to screw with the system, I’m sure they’ll be delighted to be informed by this beacon of progressiveness that they’re all transphobic.

I’ve decided on “Your Excellency”, suitably galling for someone to have to use when referencing me–the curtsey is obligatory–and also non gender specific. So there is that to crow about.
But on a more general note, it is not cool to stone the homosexuals anymore, I get that. I’m down with it for the most part, really I am. But according to the modern day pieties we are seemingly required to idolise the fuckers? I don’t recall being consulted on that one.

“Do what you want, I don’t care, just leave me alone.”
“You will be made to care.
Therein lies the problem. It’s not about fairness; it’s about submission.

You’d think that people who are allegedly overflowing with sensitivity and insight might register that continually barking instructions at people, instructions that are faintly ludicrous, and threatening to smear them if they don’t comply, while rejecting anything but deference as the act of an enemy, is not an ideal way to win sympathy or indulgence.
In a society that is so mentally weak that even American “conservatives” will fall for a 4chan troll that the OK hand signal is a secret white power gang sign, I think you may be a bit optimistic here. In a world so weak, the sheep is king.

You know, I typed the above on an Apple phone, which recently updated, such that it draws a red squiggly line beneath words it doesn’t like, such as “Cutekitten” or “Archdruid.”
It has no problem at all with “h8er.”

It’s not about fairness; it’s about submission.
It’s certainly an odd attitude to cultivate if what you want is merely fairness and civility.
With predictable modesty, the author of the drama above, Ez, claims to be “trying to leave the world in a better state than I found it.” And yet, he – sorry, they – is seemingly determined to frame any reluctance to comply with his – sorry, their – demands, however neurotic or grandiose, as an act of callousness and cruelty. As if denouncing practically everyone as “transphobic” and therefore the enemy, because they don’t care to wave their pronouns about, will somehow make the world better.

It’s certainly an odd attitude to cultivate if what you want is merely fairness and civility.
Aye – there’s the rub.
It never was and never will be about fairness, or civility. It’s about domination, power. They say the equality word but they’ve twisted that to mean whatever they want it to mean at any given moment, same as the racist word.

There are an awful lot of people in the human race, and always will be, who just enjoy bullying others and demonstrating their power over them. All the rubbish about “punching up”, and protecting people who have always been victims is just today’s can’t. In fifty years’ time the excuse will be something else, though the sadists and bullies of tomorrow will also be on the “right side of history”.

BTW – looks like another “fiber community” has succumbed to O’Sullivan’s Law.

looks like another “fiber community” has succumbed to O’Sullivan’s Law.
For those unfamiliar with the world of woke knitting.

I never knew knitters and nerds led such exciting lives!

I had the (probably unoriginal) thought recently that the left is under the impression that their brand of authoritarianism is better than the other guy’s alleged brand of authoritarianism (e.g., Trump and others on the right being Nazis/fascists). Then I had the thought that if they’re going by body count, they’re right.

On the other hand, it’s a good business opportunity for someone wanting to start a site for Trump-liking, Trump-neutral, and sane knitters.

Musashi Myamoto famously believed bokken were more dangerous than katana and could back it up. They’re heavy hardwood clubs not too dissimilar from a baseball or cricket bat, so if the rozzers confiscate those I assume they’d take your bokken too.
Assuming they don’t just seize it because it looks scary.

Assuming they don’t just seize it because it looks scary.
Can they do that?
That’s an offensive weapon, that is! [grabs shield]

…instructions that are faintly ludicrous, and threatening to smear them if they don’t comply, while rejecting anything but deference as the act of an enemy…
“A rider came among them, dividing them in two, saying ’permitted!’ and ‘forbidden!’ of all manner of things.”

It’s not commented on much but the Great Pronoun Battle of the left is effectively over a bunch of words never used directly in the presence of a person, and which will always be effectively limited. First person pronouns (‘you’, ‘thou’) are never sexed, and if they are to communicate – to function, effectively, as pronouns and words – you can never have too many pronouns. So why does it matter so much if they don’t hear it anyway, and if they’re not used as a slur? It seems to be not so much about affirming of identity as policing of speech.

“It seems to be not so much about affirming of identity as policing of speech”
I wonder if the so-called mainstream media will ever catch on to this.

Gracious. What about gun collectors? What about somebody who’s a descendant of King Edward I or whomever and inherited Great-great-great-great-etc Grandpa’s sword and wanted to keep it in the family?

I think “Room for cream, sir?” will make a good pronoun for me. It will give these harridans important practice in a life skill.

“What about somebody who…inherited Great-great-great-great-etc Grandpa’s sword and wanted to keep it in the family?”
That does seem to be a bit of a problem in Airstrip One:
https://www.news.com.au/technology/terry-pratchett-creates-a-sword-with-meteorites/news-story/6e2beab31cfa115128dda892af56a500
“…Pratchett has stored the sword, which he completed last year, in a secret location, apparently concerned about the [power-mad] authorities taking an interest in it.”

“Everything before yesterday is wrong”
–mantra of the PC/SJW brigades
Like the French Revolution, they want everything to start over from day one, reset the calendar, the clock, and all the agreed upon conventions of civilization–especially language and usage. And that’s just for starters…

The unpersoning continues apace.

she still had to pay a price for her association with the film
Just think whatthey’ll do when they discover Mel Brooks’ oeuvre.

Fight Teh Patriarchy by sweating and smelling!
Apparently, stinky pits are a “made-up problem.” Users of, say, peak-time public transport can no doubt testify to the reality of body odour and its limited charms.
Previously in Slate.
And if the whole my-body-odour-will-topple-the-patriarchy schtick sounds familiar, you may be thinking of this lady here, among others.