Not, In Fact, Done With It
A bold use of the word gaslighting.
The damsel in question, aka “Commie DickGurl.”
It does, I think, inadvertently get to the nub of things, a common source of friction in this particular kind of drama. Which is to say, who’s gaslighting whom?
Update:
Via Darleen.
“You’re crazy, bro”
Makes for one ugly looking woman.
It’s not gaslighting if they are crazy.
It’s always fast food restaurants, isn’t it? Have you noticed?
Never five-star restaurants or hotels….
If a man tells you he is Napoleon is the correct response to ask “When do we march on Moscow sire?” or say “You know you’re loony”?
Forget it, I know, I know. I’ll go saddle the horses.
It seems to me that if a 34-year-old man masquerades, unconvincingly, as a trampy young woman, and has meltdowns like a trampy young woman, and expects everyone around him to treat him as if he were a lady – all appearance and behaviour to the contrary – then some attempt at deception is already underway. And that’s before we get to the issue of who starts with the shrieked profanities and sexual epithets, and then gets theatrically indignant when the favour is repaid, albeit in small part, as if their own prior conduct had been utterly beyond reproach.
We live in South Park.
“This is discrimination and I’m fucking done with it…”
[turns around, returns to counter to look for some more]
There’s an awful lot one could say to such people. The kindest would probably be “Just grow up”.
…and from the second video: “I don’t have time for this!!!”
Erm. Yes you do. Clearly you do. Lots and lots of time.
Insisting ‘You must pretend what I pretend’ isn’t, I fear, the easiest sell, given the context. Indeed, the display of volatility, and all of the subsequent agitation, suggests that “Commie DickGurl” doesn’t quite believe it either.
And then there’s the added complication that the Popeyes employees have no way of knowing which of the various phenomena bundled under the category of ‘trans’ they’re actually faced with. It may be someone with gender dysphoria; it may be an autogynephilic man, an attention-seeking fetishist, as seen here, or some other opportunist bedlamite. And how one might respond, how indulgent one might be, could depend on which it is.
If a man tells you he is Napoleon is the correct response to ask “When do we march on Moscow sire?” or say “You know you’re loony”?
No response is correct unless it begins “Your Imperial Highness”.
Ah, the wonders of the intertubes, in which we all can share the adventures of captain nuthatch.
A mixed blessing, communication is.
then there’s the added complication that the Popeyes employees have no way of knowing which of the various phenomena bundled under the category of ‘trans’ they’re actually faced with.
You are attempting to use reason to manage the literally (ABLILML) unreasonable. Like one might use a monkey wrench to scrub a fish tank. Of course you know this. All of us, including the workers and other patrons at Popeyes know this. And yet we all pretend that this is in one way or another something that WE must deal with in a reasonable manner. Alinsky on steroids. In any truly rational society, this person would have long ago either been locked up in an institution or been given sufficient attitude adjustments that they could very well otherwise be living a normal and happy life. But either of those things would have been wrong, wrong, wrong to do. So here we are. And here we will remain until we start dealing with such people in a more…ahem…rational manner. Sigh…
…and has meltdowns like a trampy young woman…
Meltdowns, how dare you, sir ? It is obvious, as he clearly states, he was standing up for trans “rights”.
Years from now after the arc of history has been bent towards justice, the children of all genders will gather to hear the tales of the men who strode bravely to bring rights to the oppressed, Gandhi, MLK, CommieDickGurl.
“I don’t have time for this!!!”
Dude needs to chill.
Oh and by the way, Commie DickGurl does sex work. Should anyone be tempted.
Dude needs to chill.
Massive doses of Haldol?
Commie DickGurl does sex work.
So do I.
When She Who Must Be Obeyed is in the mood. Or something.
This phenomenon is self-correcting. Popeyes staff will eventually no longer tolerate this abuse, and quit. The restaurant will close since they cannot hire and keep staff. Commie DickGurl will no longer have a restaurant in which to play this game.
Didn’t The Opportunist Bedlamites used to open for Alice Cooper back in the 70s?
Folie à deux, it’s all the rage.
Folie à deux, it’s all the rage.
Somebody should write a book titled Intellectual Popular Delusions and the Madness of Universities.
Somebody should write a book titled Intellectual Popular Delusions and the Madness of Universities.
An extraordinary idea.
🙂
Not to rain on the tranny-hating parade, but give it a fucking rest already.
here we will remain until we start dealing with such people in a more…ahem…rational manner
And what manner would that be? Go on, spell it out explicitly. These threads always dance around things so.
Dude needs to chill.
BAHAHAHAHA! Oh! How droll! Sick burn! NEVER heard that one before! See, it’s funny because you called the person who ‘identifies’ as female a male thing! That’s so clever!
Disclaimer, I’m trans myself. Sorry, I mean “””””trans”””””. So go ahead and tell me more about how “such people” should be dealt with to save Western civilisation.
Then do the gays.
I’m trans myself.
I’m curious, what do you make of the exchange in the video?
At the risk of trying to clean a fish tank with a monkey wrench, please tell me what I said that, as a trans person, upset you so much? What makes you so sure that NONE of the Popeyes employees nor any of the patrons are trans themselves? Go on, spell it out explicitly.
Folie à deux, it’s all the rage.
Or in this case seul avec ma folie.
All the swearing – nothing the staff says matters, he/she wants to be offended. I go to Popeyes for delicious fried chicken and mashed potatoes with spicy gravy, not to have the staff justify my lifestyle choices. As if they even know who I am.
No, it’s because the individual doing a rather poor masquerade of a female is visually biologically male, given the effects of testosterone during growth years upon the bone structure. The vocal cords are a bit of a giveaway as well.
Most people don’t like to be forced to lie and the various pronouns that English uses are sex based. Now, lying is the lubricant of social interaction; that’s the one exception to the West Point Honor Code, as a matter of fact. If you are visiting someone’s home for dinner, say, and you are asked if you enjoyed the meal, then you aren’t forced to insult the people who invited you by telling the truth. Similarly, most people will play along with the charade by referring to someone presenting in the link as “Miss, Ms, Madame, Miss, she, and/or her”.
People also fuck up.
Disclaimer, I’m trans myself. Sorry, I mean “””””trans”””””. So go ahead and tell me more about how “such people” should be dealt with to save Western civilisation.
Then do the gays.
Bandit (interesting choice of nom-de-internet), I don’t give two thoughts about how you identify – sincerely or not – I care about how you behave in public.
In a liberty-based society, that means I owe you nothing more than civility in the public square. I don’t tell you how to identify and you don’t tell me what speech I must use. We either deal with each other on a voluntary as possible basis or one or the other of us walks away.
This trans-identified male is little different than any other individual who is getting their rocks off in being as obnoxiously toxic in public as possible and videoing it for the clicks. It is just a step above those young blacks who engage in the knockdown game on elderly Asians or BLM/Antifa cultists flipping the tables of people in restaurants.
And that’s not even getting into the “trans-activists” who are targeting minors (especially gay & lesbian) for conversion and going after women and girls who want to be left alone in their own activities.
NOT all trans-identified people are activists. Many are horrified what is being done “in their name.”
You want to be left alone to live your life? Then start acting like it. Otherwise, at some point, the people being assaulted will no longer feel any need to be civil in the face of such assaults.
Oh … btw it’s funny because you called the person who ‘identifies’ as female a male thing!
Let’s get this perfectly clear. Regardless of this male’s public identification, he is not, nor will ever be, female. That’s why the phrase “trans woman/man” exists. One’s social identity can be inline with biology or not, but it cannot change the biology.
The sexes are not fungible.
It will be interesting to see if you ever respond, or was this just a drive-by sneer?
Go on, spell it out explicitly.
Gay, straight or trans, a self-centered narcissist is a self-centered narcissist.
I don’t tell you how to identify and you don’t tell me what speech I must use.
Seems to be the most plausible, practical arrangement.
NOT all trans-identified people are activists. Many are horrified what is being done “in their name.”
That does bear repeating. I vaguely recall Diedre McCloskey saying something along those lines, and I’ve linked to several trans people, YouTubers, including Theryn Meyer, having perfectly civil discussions, on this and related matters, with Jordan Peterson.
My reaction: Nature can be so cruel.
So go ahead and tell me more about how “such people” should be dealt with
The same way as schizophrenics or anyone else with a major mental delusion.
If Bandit intends to post calming words on each and every site showing that particular video he/she is going to be a busy little person. So it might just have been a “one and done” visit here.
(Anyway Bluey and Bingo are waiting to hear their bedtime story).
On a more cheerful note: James Burke Drinking Supercut
Cheers, David!
James Burke wants to do another Connections series. (Via Old Holborn)
And“: “In a May 2020 interview, Burke said that he was writing a new Connections book, which would be the basis for a new television series titled Connections 21, slated to air in January 2022.”
So it might just have been a “one and done” visit here.
Almost certainly the case. Especially since it was not phrased in a way conveying any interest in actual debate. I was particularly amused by “These threads always dance around things so” since “dancing around rather than making a clear point” is not a characteristic of this blog. Oh well, no loss: Bandit 1 hardly ever comments here anyway, and I don’t recall any of those comments being memorably enlightening or entertaining.
James Burke wants to do another Connections series.
I re-watched some of them recently. The first series is by far the best. The quality dipped noticeably afterwards, becoming a little disjointed and at times glib.
Oh well, no loss: Bandit 1 hardly ever comments here anyway, and I don’t recall any of those comments being memorably enlightening or entertaining.
I used the search widget to find any comments by Bandit 1 and only this one and 2 others on a post in 2013 came up. The user name may be the same, but the posts sounded like they came from two different people. The 2013 comments were reasonable, and in the flavor and spirit of this joint, while today’s drive-by sounded like the crap you get on Twitter and other blogs and boards.
I have to say I appreciate the commenters here – aside from a few tedious persons who no longer post, even the more heated discussions still maintain some base level of civility and intelligence, and stick to the points being debated, more or less. This rickety barge really is an oasis compared to other places. I hope my use of the Amazon US button whilst ordering car parts helps to say danke, mein host. Tisn’t much, but I haven’t much.
I hope my use of the Amazon US button whilst ordering car parts helps to say danke, mein host.
It’s all good. And bless you. May your enemies know the stool-loosening horror of frequent Windows updates.
Right, time to expire. Columbo beckons.
As it were.
Manners maketh the Man, but not this ‘Lady’.
What goes around, comes around: if this fool wants to be respected, s/he should also be respectful and courteous to others. It wasn’t and thus is deserving of condemnation and ridicule for its bullying, discourteous behaviour typical of a tantrumming toddler. Ultimately the fool wants to be ‘special’ by being ‘different’ – “Look at me; I’m dressing up”, but I suggest it is far from emotionally secure and certain in it’s fashionable women’s garb and notional role as a woman, hence projects its own uncertainty, even self-hate and anger onto others who just happen to be in the line of fire.
Right, time to expire.
…like tears in the rain…did you mean retire, or do you you have your AED on standby ??
I’m only familiar with Connections and The Day the Universe Changed. Last watched both a long time ago such that I get them mixed up. Is his other stuff any good?
This video may beg the most appropriate use of the “Sir, this is a Wendys” meme ever.
I’m only familiar with Connections and The Day the Universe Changed. Last watched both a long time ago such that I get them mixed up. Is his other stuff any good?
Those two can be found on YouTube. So can Masters of Illusion, and also others I suspect.
Right, time to expire. Columbo beckons.
I never before pictured Columbo with black robe and scythe. The only homicide detective who speaks in ALL CAPS, BRIEF MORTAL?
So which seasons do you think well of, David? So many shows are good only for the first few.