I got told the other day, but someone who doesn't live in this country, that things probably aren't as bad as I think they are.
I'm white het cis male. They are almost certainly even worse than I already know, and I know a lot.
Like tell me you've paid no attention to the news in our country, just in the past week, without telling me.
"Well sure, you have a balkanized system of rights by state that has criminalized abortion, helping to get abortion, leaving the state to get abortions, being trans, helping someone be trans, helping someone leave the state to be trans, books, helping people to get banned books, getting banned books from another state's public library; public displays of 'male and female impersonators' and the forced detransitioning of kids....
"...But that's just in several states right? Not, like, all of them? You still have your health, so cheer up! It's not so bad!"
No....it's really seriously bad right now.
People fighting the pronouns fight in 2023 when clearly they are banning all the wrong shit it's like: Get out of my face with that.
If you think pronouns and acting like a human being towards other people is a bridge too far but you're okay with a burning planet and nazi gestapo shit around every corner and think we should normalize that somehow and all come together around a common fire--
You are DREAMING.
No one will ever tell me what's the worst thing that ever happened with wokism.
What was it?
Was it Louis C.K. getting banned from comedy for...a couple years?
Was it Kaepernick getting blackballed from the NFL for taking a knee?
Oh, no, wait, sorry, he got cancelled now....didn't he?
DIDN'T HE.
You want me to tell you the worst thing "anti-woke" ideology has done?
It ends with torture and murder.
These things are not the same. And there's no 'meeting in the middle' on this.
See my parable able the Killer of Hundreds vs. the Killer of None:
The Parable of the Killer of Hundreds vs. the Killer of One
The Killer of Hundreds and the Killer of None met to resolve their differences.
The Killer of Hundreds said, "I offer a compromise, we shall only kill fifty."
The Killer of None replied, "I offer only that we shall kill none."
The onlookers cried out in shock and surprise! What sort of compromise was this?
The Killer of Hundreds smiled coldly and said, "You should be more reasonable. Clearly I have compromised, and you have not. If you will not deal with me reasonably, how are we ever to proceed?"
The Killer of None replied, "You offer little compromise, killer of hundreds. For you, to compromise on the number of people killed sacrifices none of your position that people should be killed.
"However," The Killer of None continued, "For me to concede to even one of these murders would be to compromise all of my position. Once I cross that line, what argument can I ever possess for one against fifty or hundreds?
"In truth," the Killer of None explained, to the voices of all present, "You are sacrificing nothing, while asking me to sacrifice everything. For some things there can never be any compromise."
