Some consider the Nation’s Capital as “Fantasyland on the Potomac”. Other outsiders are “Fed Up” with the Federal City. It's better to consider D.C. as “the District of Calamity” (sic).
Celebutard Kim Kardashian seems to be conflicted about her choices for President in 2016. At first, Kim Kardashian was all in for Democrat Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (D-NY). But after chatting with her stepfather Bruce ("Call Me Caitlyn") Jenner, Kardashian claims that she is now on the fence and may vote for Republican Presidential . Sure.
Apparently, Kim Kardashian has forgiven Trump for his honest ejaculation on Howard Stern's radio program. The Manhattan real estate mogul turned reality television star now starring in "Who Wants to Be President?" offered aesthetic impressions of Kim Kardashian's gluteus maximus.
Bruce "Call Me Caitlyn" Jenner is the sextagenerian poster "child" for gender dysphoria. Jenner managed to have a reality show revolve around the "transition", prominently appeared on awards shows and even managed a slot an upcoming Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition.
But reports are that now 66 year old Jenner is very unhappy about the challenges of transitioning from male to female and is miserable. Jenner remains attracted to women but is said to be tormented as his Christian faith holds that same sex relationships are sinful.
Some insiders allege that they would not be surprised if Jenner does detransition in the next couple of years, which would be facilitated as Jenner has not undergone the genital surgery yet.
May Jenner find personal solace but his case illustrates the perils of too eagerly embracing an esoteric, non-scientific enthusiasm such as gender fluidity, gender dysphoria and transgenderism. The broader question is:What is the real animus for the cultural shift? A dadaistic repudiation of cultural norms? A nihilistic approach to standards? Or to be generous, strive to accommodate a niche minority by challenging the welfare of the majority?
Al Arabiya reported that eight members of the Iranian Women's Soccer team are not actually woman and having been playing on the national team without a sex change operation. Some of those cited played their entire career as men but only revealed their gender on their last day of duty. Seven players were terminated because of this controversy.
This is not the first time that the Iranian women's team has been over-inclusive in their team make up. In 2014, when the Iranian governing soccer body started gender testing, it was revealed that four players on the women's national team were men awaiting sex change operations.
The Iranian womens' soccer team is renowned for wearing a modified hijab when they are on the pitch. FIFA banned the Iranian Womens' team in 2011 as the international body deemed the headscarf unsafe. Perhaps. But headwear certainly helped hide these sporting Tootsies.
Aside from the jocular grotequeries of the Iranian Womens' Soccer team farce, this brings up several ancillary meta-issues. President Obama made an Executive Agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran over Nuclear Arms. Many questioned provisions which allow the Iranians to self inspect, citing their history of cheating. The multiple malfeasance by the Iranian Womens' soccer team does nothing to dissuade this perception of Persian prevarications.
Secondly, the number of Iranian Womens' Soccer players who are supposedly having sex change operation calls into question transgender issues. While operations may mutilate genitlia to mimic the female body features, does it really change someone's genetics. In the wake of Bruce "Call Me Cait" Jenner's rollout, questioning this scientific fact can bring a civil discussion to blows.
Last year, MMA fighter Tamikka Brents reacted to her Technical Knock Out by transgendered athlete Fallon Fox (ne Boyd Burton). Brents opined:
I’ve fought a lot of women and have never felt the strength that I
felt in a fight as I did that night. I can’t answer whether it’s because
she was born a man or not because I’m not a doctor. I can only say,
I’ve never felt so overpowered ever in my life and I am an abnormally
strong female in my own right. Her grip was different, I
could usually move around in the clinch against other females but
couldn’t move at all in Fox’s clinch…
Some say this is just sour grapes after being TKO'ed. Perhaps. But does a sex change operation change a person's skeletal and muscular structure? Of course not. This XY advantage becomes more evident in combat sports like Mixed Martial Arts, boxing and wrestling. Lately, the political news has been abuzz over politically incorrect comments made by Republican Presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson about how he could never support an unreserved Islamist for President. Liberals lambasted the proud non-politician candidate as being a racist (which incorrectly presupposes that Islam is a race). But the crux of the matter is that an Islamist adheres to sharia, a holistic religious, cultural and political legal system which supersedes any existing secular law. Part of sharia allows for taqiyya, deception to advance one's aims by cheating. It is sad to wonder if the Iranian "Womens'" Soccer team had to cheat to try to win, but the hijabs seem to do more than protect a woman's female honor on the field. What a Farsi (sic)!
Campus Reform made headlines as it reported upon a "Bias Free Language Guide" posted on an official University of New Hampshire website which noted problematic words in American (suggested substitute "Residents of America") lexicon. Such inclusive language sought to encourage "[C]ommunication that does not stereotype or demean people based on personal characteristics.” This suggested UNC PC Newspeak rationale is that: “Each step of inclusion moves us closer to a full democracy”.
To that end, campus skulls full of mush were encouraged to use non-binary pronouns with spivak pronunciations like ze/zie/hir as are "often used by trans, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming people.” So there's nothing like paying thousands of dollars for an university education, only to finish sounding as if one has a speech impediment (another verboten phrase - perhaps unconventional pronunciations) engender conversation on inclusive language use. Would you like fries with that?
Even referring to gender-neutral bathrooms was considered "problematic" to the authors of the "Bias Free Language Guide" as it reflects ciscentrism, which is defined as a " pervasive and institutionalized system that places transgender people
in the ‘other’ category and treats their needs and identities as less
important than those of cisgender people.” Such ciscentrism can also include the lack of gender neutral lockers and residences. Perhaps this will be featured on "Caitliyn" (ne Bruce) Jenner's new E! television reality show "I am Cait". .Bully for zie/zi (sic).
Denonyms are sensitive subjects because of the sense of latent American imperialism. If one were to identify as "American", that precludes other countries in the hemisphere. Hence, the Bias Free Guide Language Guide suggests "Resident of America". But that frankly seems incorrect, as it excludes the other hemispheric inhabitants of the continents. If one were to say "Resident of the United States", it also excludes Mexicans still residing South of the Rio Grande, as they live in "Los estados unidos Mexicanos". So once again, there is the quandary of including an uninclusive identification: "Resident of the United States of America" or "American" for short.
Of course it would be crass to politically correct types to refer to American citizens. But it is problematic to refer to "illegal aliens". It may be acceptable to refer to such persons as "undocumented immigrant" but it is recommended to call them "person seeking asylum" or "refugee" instead. The UNH PC Newspeak makes saying foreigner problematic, as it is deemed better to say "international people".
As concerned as the UNH Bias Free Language Guide is about people, there is little doubt that our PC betters would still refer to abortion victims as "clumps of cells" or perhaps of fetus (of what?) rather than unborn persons so as not to offend progressive womyn (sic).
Examples of Bias Free Language Guide's Problematic Lexicon
Other problematic phrases included: "sexual preference", "speech impediment", overweight (as arbitrary), "freshman", (why not sophomore -- a wise fool?), "chairman" and "dumb". It's a good thing that the latter expression was denounced as there would be no way in UNH PC Newspeak to convey the merit of this Bias Free Language Guide.
After a few days of "problematic" publicity in conservative media circles such as Laura Ingraham, University of New Hampshire President Mark W. Huddleston made an emphatic statement about free speech. This peon to free speech should seem unremarkable in a state with a motto of "Live Free or Die".
Huddleston's denials, however, seem somewhat hollow as the Bias Free Language Guide was part of UNH official website material and it referred to Counseling Center training on" Microagressions: Subtle but Detrimental". The Bias Free Language Guide seems like companion scholarship, if that is politically correct to say.
Universities ought to be citadels of free speech and a Chatauqua of ideas. Alas today it seems to foster the inculcation of anarchistic intellectual indoctrination under a polity governance of raised eyebrows. Sorry to say that ciscentrism sounds like politically correct crap which poses as inclusive language but really redefines rhetoric to an unreality that is antithetical. No wonder George Orwell opined about the risks about truth telling in a delusional society.
In the wake of the Chattanooga terrorist attack, Republican Presidential candidate Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA) had harsh words for the Obama Administration and their inability to admit that radical Islamists are inflicting violence on America.
Some jaded political pundits perceive Governor Jindal's statements as being calculated comments to draw attention to his fledgling Presidential campaign or even to make the top ten cut for the Fox News opening debate. These analysis are either ignorant of Governor Jindal's hard hitting January 2015 foreign policy speech in London when he criticized Sharia "no go zones", his commitment to protecting religious liberty for persecuted Christians or his evangelical political appeal.
These Cocktail Party commentators seemingly prefer that people ruminate on whether Caitlyn (ne Bruce) Jenner should have received the ESPY "Courage" award or wiping the Confederate Flag from the Dukes of Hazzard car because of the Charleston church shooting. Mainstream media commentators like symbolism and ultimately ineffective action rather than dealing with a prickly socio-political problem which regularly costs lives throughout the globe and continues to come to our shores.
Donald Trump has made a splash on the campaign circuit with his tough talk on America's illegal immigration morass and has rocked up the polls. While this Trump popularity may not last, it does show that a wide segment of the Republican electorate are tired of mealy mouthed politicos who spout politically correct platitudes while doing nothing to tend to festering wounds to the American body.
Rather than perceive Gov. Jindal's comments as a cynical campaign strategy, it would be wise to appreciate Jindal naming Radical Islam as the enemy as plain talk on real problems which have been ignored during the Obama Administration. Perhaps that is eventually a winning strategy. Nevertheless, it beats robotically recited platitudes, carefully controlled listening tours and a strange Scooby mobile.
Shapiro pointed out that Jenner had not yet undergone any gender reassignment surgery. Nevertheless, such a medical procedure still does not change one's DNA which is either male or female.
To drive home the point, Shapiro asked his trangendered panelist Zoey (ne Robert) Tur "What is your genetics, sir?". Of course, that was an uncomfortable scientifically based question. But what seemed to set off Tur was the use of the title "Sir". Thus, Tur put a hand on Shapiro's shoulder and threatened to send him home in an ambulance.
Aside from the fact that Tur's threat was not a very ladylike of a response, it underlined the thesis of Shapiro's book "Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation" (2014). Shapiro was outnumbered on the panel and was physically threatened for stating his opinions, which are scientifically unimpeachable.
Several years ago, after the 2011 Tuscon shooting which seriously wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ 8th), Democrats like President Barack Obama pushed for civility in public discourse. This Dr. Drew dialogue again shows that so called civility is but a one-way street. Those not espousing the current progressive shibboleth are targeted to be bullied and silenced. Even liberal pundit Camille Paglia condemns the fascistic tendencies among liberals which imposes silence on those who are not politically correct. Alas, as Tom Nichols suggests in "The New Totalitarians Are Here", progressives want more than silence, but the expect not only to win arguments but make the loser love it.
What makes Tur's threats remarkable is that they were done physically on camera with a principled person who will not back down.
What a way for a Republican Presidential candidate like former Governor George Pataki (R-NY) to attract attention. Pataki took to social media to indirectly criticize former Governor Mike Huckabee's (R-AR) snarky cultural comment and allying with a celebrity celebrating his/her transgender metamorphosis.
Somehow, this seems even less likely to score with the Republican base than Senator Rand Paul implying that the GOP was responsible for ISIS.
While Huckabee's flippant comment may mock, it does so to bolster a broader theme about defending traditional values, offers a reductio ad absurdum over the California transgender bathroom choice law and shows a sense of humor. Pataki's comments seem steeped in political correctness, play upon celebutard worship and seem desperate for attention.
If Bruce Jenner wanted to preserve his dignity and be a positive role model, perhaps he should have avoided posing for Playgirl in 1982 or not starred on E! television's Keeping Up with the Kardashians or allowed himself to be exploited by the media as he finalizes his transgendering process.
Civility is a much needed quality in public discourse and unwarranted ad hominem insults ought to be avoided. But it is distressing that a conservative governor like George Pataki would be afraid to allow anyone to voice opinions on behaviors that are contrary to their own druthers.
