Dishonesty On Demand
Or, The Wig Is Doing A Lot Of Heavy Lifting.
In the clip below, Calgary trans activist Victoria Bucholtz, aka Karla Marx, has words – deep, manly words – with Jennifer Johnson, a conservative politician.
Ms Johnson had previously upset activists, and much of the Canadian media, by describing the classroom propagation of trans activist ideology – specifically, setting children on a path to mutilation and castration – as a blemish and contaminant, akin to “poop” in cookies.
I think it’s fair to say the exchange that follows is not a triumph of reconciliation. It may, however, prove instructive – indeed, telling – though possibly not in ways that Mr Bucholtz intended.
Trans activism in a nutshell.
An aggressive, bullying man attempts to intimidate a woman into submission, demanding that she say something she knows isn’t true.
And he’s loving every minute of it. pic.twitter.com/CY0Fa3Wp34
— Mia (@_CryMiaRiver) September 17, 2024
Readers will note how “listening to the community” is conceived by Mr Bucholtz as deference and prostration, and regurgitating things that are obviously untrue. If it sounds like a struggle session, hold that thought:
Readers may likewise wish to ponder the chutzpah of a gaslighting bedlamite demanding “respect” while simultaneously demanding that everyone else surrender their probity and become dishonest and absurd, mouthing lies as and when instructed.
Ms Johnson had also expressed concern about the use by activists, in schools, of pornographic material. Concerns that much of the subsequent media coverage sneered at or dismissed as unfounded.
I’m assuming that Ms Johnson was referring to things like this.
Because, apparently, “vagina slime,” fellatio, and “strap-on hotness” are topics of urgent moral importance for middle-school children. Children who need to know about the joys of masturbating while driving.
But ssshh, don’t tell Mom and Dad.
Mr Bucholtz – “(She/Her)” – is an “LGBTQ+ facilitator,” an “activist,” and “currently teaches at Mount Royal University.” His areas of expertise include “the history of emotions.” When not demanding that people tell lies repeatedly and in public, he is “an avid mountaineer,” a drag queen, and a “dog mom.”
Mr Bucholtz’ educational chops can be witnessed here.
One more time:
Because it’s a “basic foundational principle.”
Via Mia Hughes.
Update, via the comments, where Rafi asks, not unreasonably,
Alas, I fear that if we pull at that thread, the whole sweater may come unravelled. I mean, if, as we’ve been told, quite emphatically, women can’t be transwomen, on account of being, you know, women, then surely only a man can be a transwoman. Which sounds like another way of saying, a transwoman can only be a man.
But hey, pile of yarn.
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When they self-identify, it’s madness not to deal with them.
I’ve yet to see a one of these types who didn’t have actionable offenses in their background, which almost inevitably come out.
Said “coming out” is then viewed with shock by all “right-thinking” people, who evince amazement at the whole thing. “How could this happen? How could it be?”
Meanwhile, we professed troglodytes are over here saying “Told ya…”
I have no idea why people are so easily gulled. You’d think they would learn.
They’re the same thing.
Well, it’s perhaps telling that it took me a while to unearth exactly what Ms Johnson had said, and in what context. Such was many reporters’ eagerness to frame the situation in the worst possible light. I know almost nothing about Ms Johnson, and her comments were certainly clumsy and rather rambling, perhaps even regrettable, if only for reasons of style. But the collective hyperventilation seems intended to obscure rather than reveal.
It’s worth noting that Ms Johnson also expressed concern about the use by activists, in schools, of pornographic material. Concerns that much of the subsequent media coverage sneered at or dismissed as unfounded.
I’m assuming that Ms Johnson was referring to things like this.
Because, apparently, “vagina slime,” fellatio, and “strap-on hotness” are topics of urgent moral importance for middle-school children. Children who need to know about the joys of masturbating while driving.
But ssshh, don’t tell Mom and Dad.
[ Post updated. ]
Obvious teacher material.
Yet this is where we are now. Everyone remember where we parked.
‘Children who need to know about the joys of masturbating while driving.’
Yikes, maybe the H&S peeps will save us, I find it difficult enough to change channels on the radio safely, never mind anything more involved!
There’s always voice activation.
What?
As a keen reader of fantasy and sci-fi, I often peruse Tor Books ‘Reactor’ blog to see what’s coming up. Anyone wondering what’s driving the seeming explosion in ‘woke’ stuff amongst youngsters would do well to scan this for certain words and concepts:
https://reactormag.com/most-anticipated-young-adult-sff-h-for-september-october-2024/
It’s relentless! Finding a book that’s classic sci-fi or fantasy without a ‘gender fluid’ or ‘trans’ protagonist is like scrabbling around in a dung heap for diamonds.
I laughed and I’m not sorry. *ping*
Bless you, sir. While rummaging in the freezer for a bag of peas, may you find a forgotten Classic Magnum.
[ Slides tip jar to more prominent position, adds fairy lights. ]
If he really thinks he’s a woman, how can he be a drag queen – a man pretending to be a woman?
If you pull at that thread, the whole sweater may come unravelled.
I mean, if, as we’ve been told, quite emphatically, women can’t be transwomen, on account of being, you know, women, then surely only a man can be a transwoman. Which sounds like another way of saying, a transwoman can only be a man.
But hey, pile of yarn.
I’m a sucker for fairy lights. Ping!
Bless you, sir. May your local taxi firm not introduce a voice recognition system for confirming destinations that doesn’t work, ever, resulting in retrospectively comical aggravation and much shouting at your phone.
#RealLifeDrama
Turns out it’s all the fault of “patriarchy” and, inevitably, “white supremacy.“
He’s an educator, you know.
There’s always voice activation.
What?
A shouted climax
I’ll leave my coat…
[ Fetches petrol can, lighter. ]
Can I have a teacher without a serious mental illness?
[ Post updated again. ]
Well, that’s sort of the problem, isn’t it? If you’re not allowed to mention the elephant in the room – sexual dysmorphia as a mental health issue – then you’re likely to be wrong-footed and to find any progress elusive. It’s difficult to have a realistic discussion if the facts of the matter are pre-emptively taboo. And so, you may find yourself being scolded and rhetorically bullied by an unpleasant, preening man with unattractive tattoos and overly animated hands.
It is, I think, possible to acknowledge the obvious in a way that’s civil, perhaps even sympathetic. But if you can’t acknowledge the obvious, ever, regardless of relevance or provocation, if that’s not permitted, then… what’s left seems scarcely worth the effort. At worst, it’s a trap.
Omitting context is what reporters do. All the damn time. They don’t report the context, and they don’t tell readers where they can find the context. I have seen this excused on occasion as merely a tactic to protect their jobs by keeping citizens dependent on them for information, but the pattern of when they do give context vs. when they don’t proves this excuse to be false. Their corrupt desire to control what people know is morally no different from what government censors seek to do.
Let me stop you right there. In all communist countries I am aware of, Drag and other deviations, even vanilla gay/lesbian, are illegal and even severely punished. There is no “drag story hour” in schools. Same with “queers for Palestine”–go ahead, go to Gaza and show your support.
The more they talk, the worse it gets.
Where we parked? I can’t even remember what we were driving or where we were going…
I think the car is currently on fire.
A reminder, were one needed, that we live in strange times:
Again, everyone remember where we parked.
THAT WASN’T REAL COMMUNISM!
Trying to remember where I parked my helicopter.
Not to worry. I never forget where I parked my scorpion pit.
He’s just a bully (with backup).
As a rule, in person, I’m polite. No, really. Were I to see Mr Bucholtz in the street, I don’t think I would go out of my way to draw unflattering attention to him. I don’t think that would occur to me as a rewarding thing to do. Life, after all, has no shortage of peculiarities.
But – but – were Mr Bucholtz to demand of me that I actively participate in his unhappy psychodrama – and demand that I become dishonest and complicit – then, well, all bets are off. And any loudness on his part, any further insistence, any drag-queen finger theatre, would, I think, only make me less indulgent.
You know you’re special when your pretences have pretences.
Oh, well said, sir. Well said.
from that comment thread:
and:
The rapist mentality is commonplace in leftism, literally and metaphorically.
If it sounds like a struggle session, hold that thought:
It is actually a struggle session. In order for Jennifer Johnson to rejoin her political party, the UCP (United Conservative Party, the italics are for WTP), she has to undergo a public shaming and demonstrate that she’s “doing the work.” I’m being to sound like a broken record, but we stopped being a serious country a long time ago.
Makes you think ennui was a factor in the collapse of European communist states.
Unfortunately the clowns escaped.
In all communist countries I am aware of, Drag and other deviations, even vanilla gay/lesbian, are illegal and even severely punished.
Every system has its orthodoxies. Communism has more than the average. It’s also ironic that a system built on disruption and revolution has such a low tolerance for same.
He’s an educator, you know.
Those hands! I’m not going to be able to sleep tonight. Thanks.
Drag-queen finger theatre. You’d never tire of it.
“Good morning, class.”
A reminder, were one needed, that we live in strange times
… a lesbian was reprimanded for hurting someone’s feelings, so she sued because her feelings were hurt? And this all happened at a taxpayer funded “OMGWTFBBQ employee group meeting”?
Let them fight. Maybe once enough bodies have hit the floor everyone will remember why keeping your personal shit out of the office was the default setting.
It is, I think, possible to acknowledge the obvious in a way that’s civil, perhaps even sympathetic
It’s not a rabid dog’s fault that it’s rabid. That doesn’t make it any safer to be around.
Personally, I think we should just start responding to anything any OMGWTFBBQ activist says with a soothing-toned, sympathetic “I’m so terribly sorry you were moelsted as a child. That’s tragic, and it wasn’t your fault. I hope the therapy is helping.” It’s the Islam is right about women tactic re-applied.
David, thank you for removing the duplicate. The image was so disturbing I inadvertently posted twice.
See, you don’t get this kind of service over at Worstall’s, or Samizdata.
Don’t pin that shit on me, man.
I think I may need to practise my rough hoodlum voice.
[ Straightens tie, checks hair. ]
Drag-queen finger theatre.
Ooh, Great idea for an app. Small Hands Filter™.
Guaranteed to reduce those size 12 man hands down to a delicate ladies size 6.
Need a companion app for the voice.
‘Carol Channing’ should be the default setting.
Instalanche.