I remember reading this when it was first published. I was an avid reader at the local library, not being able to afford to buy books. It has remained in my memory all those years, along with similarly distopian novel, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I often think of both when confronted by the likes of Trudeau and his policies, who, I am sure, wouuld love to have a ministry of love to adjust those of us who see through his feckless uselessness.
A woman is a female human. That’s probably a widely accepted usage of the word ‘woman’. But language is complex, biology and sociology are complex. Words aren’t rigid and literally everything exists on a spectrum to some extent.
If you got 20 botanists in a room and tried to get them to agree on a precise, rigid definition of the word ‘tree’, there would be endless debate as to the specifics in individual cases. If you walk into a room and see a woman, she’s a woman. For all intents and purposes, she’s a woman because in that instance the concept of a ‘woman’ is a social construct, based on your subjective assessment of social cues and physical traits. You don’t know what chromosomes she has or doesn’t have.
The statement that ‘trans women are women’ is not a statement of opinion, it’s fact. No matter how you feel about it, that’s just how language works. Is she a woman in every single interpretation of the term woman? No, but if you take that route, then you’re not a man either, and nothing is anything.
The only reason certain people get so incredibly pedantic about this particular word is to vilify a certain weaker out-group while solidifying ones’ place among the traditionally stronger, more ‘pure’ in-group. It’s bullying. This is why you’ll often hear the term ‘fascist’ directed at such people. This is what fascists do, it’s what fascism is. And this is why people like me will continually push back on such nonsense.
Meanwhile, more children have been slaughtered in Gaza in the past 5 months than in all the conflicts in the world over the past four years.
Alright, Ned. First of all, I think that the reason most people don't accept your opininion on this is NOT because they wish to "vilify a certain weaker out-group", or because they like to engage in "Fascism". In fact, if a group (regardless of the size of the group) shows up and demands to be addressed in a certain way and demands to be allowed access to places where they don't belong, that is real bullying and that's the real reason people don't like it.
As far as gender being a social construct, I think that's nonsense, and really, race is much more a social construct than gender is.
“The reason most people don’t accept (my) opinion”? Firstly, again, it’s not really a matter of opinion, it’s a matter of linguistics. Trans women are women. They aren’t women in every sense of the word, but that’s not how language is used.
Secondly, why would you think most people disagree? You gave the example of your Prime Minister tweeting out that very statement. Politicians generally aren’t in the business of broadcasting unpopular opinions on social issues. I think you’ll find every popularly elected leader of every liberal democracy would have similar statements, not necessarily because they care or agree, but because they have to say what’s popular.. I don’t know what the public polling on this particular statement is, but I bet they do. Most people are with me and the facts on this one.
Bullying is when the strong use their strength against the weak so, no, a trans person “demanding to be addressed in a certain way” (if that were even a real thing) is not bullying.
Gender as a social construct isn’t even in the realm of debate. Again, there are biological aspects, but those aren’t what you’re considering when you decide to refer to someone as ‘he’ or ‘she’.
The opinion polling in my country is very clear on this issue. And if you'd like to know how popular our Prime Minister is, you can easily find that information too.
And believe it or not, the biggest issue here is not "pronouns", though thats a convenient deflection. The real issues are men in women-only spaces and "gender affirming care" for minors. Thankfully this last issue is finally being exposed for the quackery it is. I expect the other issue will be resolved as well fairly soon.
I found polling for the US, but nothing for Canada. It’s pretty evenly split in America, which explains why both sides use the issue to appeal to their respective bases.
I really can’t see how ‘gender affirming care’ can be the ‘real issue’. According to your National Post, in the Province of Alberta between 2022-2023, there were a total of eight gender reassignment surgeries.
Among a population of about 4.4 million, that works out to 0.0002% of the population. We know from extensive research that the incidence of these kinds of patients experiencing any regret is less than 1%
So you’re talking about the potential for less than 1% of 0.0002% of the population to have regrets about a medical intervention. In other words, literally nobody. This is literally a non-issue, stirred up by lazy cynical media and leaders in order to draw attention away from actual issues, like children being killed in their thousands, in our name, using our tax dollars and support. An atrocity we’re going to be grappling with for decades to come, which is happening right now.
Really, no one cares if you or anyone else over the age of 18 does weird stuff to their bodies. That's never been the issue here. It's always been about kids, and polling here is VERY clear about that - especially when it comes to transgender women in sports, which is the opinion I was referring to anyway.
In terms GAC for kids, yeah it's about 50% here that want an outright ban on it, but I'm pretty sure if they had polled only parents (which is really the only opinion that matters anyway), that number would be way higher.
Regret is a complex issue, isn't it? It's further complicated by the fact that after the kind of emotional and physical investment involved, it's very likely we (or the doctors) would never even hear about many of these regrets. But that's not even the point. The point is we have doctors who literally experimenting on people with very shoddy science to back them up. Adults is one thing. Children is a whole other deal. You say it's small number? Well, one is too many.
Their intent is obvious to anyone who wishes to see past their 'newspeak'. DIE is just doublethink reversal of the last two letters in DEI. The intent is to have non-Lefists removed from the earth to bring about the Utopia promised by Marx. The solution to DIE/DEI is "Atlas Shrugged".
Hey Ken what's it like getting ratioed every time you post one of your gradeschool-level creative writing projects on reddit? Do you ever think that maybe you're just wrong and like whining?
If everyone you meet thinks you're an asshole, Ken, it might be time to look in the mirror (rather than blaming everyone around you for the miserable state of your unsuccessful life).
Engagement is engagement. If Ken gets 'ratioed' it just means more people are going to see his content and it will, in turn, be shown to even more people.
You can hate on him all you want, but every comment, positive or negative, is boosting his presence on these platforms.
Ken has some misguided views on many things, but your pettiness says a lot more about the state of your own life than it does about his.
This is gold. If my "unsuccessful life" depended on the comments I get on Reddit, that would be miserable indeed. Do you make that inference because that's where your validation lies?
And which one are you in that Reddit conversation?
Oh! I forgot to add that I didn’t have a student number in primary school. It wasn’t until I joined the navy that I had a number. While I had a social security number, I had no use for it until I joined the navy and it was used as my service number. It was also used as my student number in college and more recently, after almost 20 years living in Japan, I needed it to open a new bank account…..in Japan.
Miss Idiot, you really need to get a hobby. Even if it's just hanging out with real people once a week. You'd be surprised what that does for a person.
Ok, then explain Japan. 99% mask compliance for 3 and 1/2 years yet had 8 waves while everyone was masked up with at least two bigger than any before them. Explain this, if masks work, how come the waves continued and got bigger?
Why don’t you answer my last question; if masks work, why haven’t they in Japan? My med school is requiring them again for this new school year, the 5th school year in a row.
Oh, and where in the hell do you get that the panic ended 3 years ago?
As always, you are high on name calling but low on facts.
I remember reading this when it was first published. I was an avid reader at the local library, not being able to afford to buy books. It has remained in my memory all those years, along with similarly distopian novel, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I often think of both when confronted by the likes of Trudeau and his policies, who, I am sure, wouuld love to have a ministry of love to adjust those of us who see through his feckless uselessness.
Yes, Fahrenheit 451 is snother good one. I'd also add Animal Farm to that list. I've reread all three of these in the last few years.
^ another one of Ken's mentally ill cult lmao must be something in the water in Morden
Don't quit your day job, retard. Is that... teaching kids to play guitar?
A woman is a female human. That’s probably a widely accepted usage of the word ‘woman’. But language is complex, biology and sociology are complex. Words aren’t rigid and literally everything exists on a spectrum to some extent.
If you got 20 botanists in a room and tried to get them to agree on a precise, rigid definition of the word ‘tree’, there would be endless debate as to the specifics in individual cases. If you walk into a room and see a woman, she’s a woman. For all intents and purposes, she’s a woman because in that instance the concept of a ‘woman’ is a social construct, based on your subjective assessment of social cues and physical traits. You don’t know what chromosomes she has or doesn’t have.
The statement that ‘trans women are women’ is not a statement of opinion, it’s fact. No matter how you feel about it, that’s just how language works. Is she a woman in every single interpretation of the term woman? No, but if you take that route, then you’re not a man either, and nothing is anything.
The only reason certain people get so incredibly pedantic about this particular word is to vilify a certain weaker out-group while solidifying ones’ place among the traditionally stronger, more ‘pure’ in-group. It’s bullying. This is why you’ll often hear the term ‘fascist’ directed at such people. This is what fascists do, it’s what fascism is. And this is why people like me will continually push back on such nonsense.
Meanwhile, more children have been slaughtered in Gaza in the past 5 months than in all the conflicts in the world over the past four years.
Alright, Ned. First of all, I think that the reason most people don't accept your opininion on this is NOT because they wish to "vilify a certain weaker out-group", or because they like to engage in "Fascism". In fact, if a group (regardless of the size of the group) shows up and demands to be addressed in a certain way and demands to be allowed access to places where they don't belong, that is real bullying and that's the real reason people don't like it.
As far as gender being a social construct, I think that's nonsense, and really, race is much more a social construct than gender is.
“The reason most people don’t accept (my) opinion”? Firstly, again, it’s not really a matter of opinion, it’s a matter of linguistics. Trans women are women. They aren’t women in every sense of the word, but that’s not how language is used.
Secondly, why would you think most people disagree? You gave the example of your Prime Minister tweeting out that very statement. Politicians generally aren’t in the business of broadcasting unpopular opinions on social issues. I think you’ll find every popularly elected leader of every liberal democracy would have similar statements, not necessarily because they care or agree, but because they have to say what’s popular.. I don’t know what the public polling on this particular statement is, but I bet they do. Most people are with me and the facts on this one.
Bullying is when the strong use their strength against the weak so, no, a trans person “demanding to be addressed in a certain way” (if that were even a real thing) is not bullying.
Gender as a social construct isn’t even in the realm of debate. Again, there are biological aspects, but those aren’t what you’re considering when you decide to refer to someone as ‘he’ or ‘she’.
The opinion polling in my country is very clear on this issue. And if you'd like to know how popular our Prime Minister is, you can easily find that information too.
And believe it or not, the biggest issue here is not "pronouns", though thats a convenient deflection. The real issues are men in women-only spaces and "gender affirming care" for minors. Thankfully this last issue is finally being exposed for the quackery it is. I expect the other issue will be resolved as well fairly soon.
I doubt you can interpret opinion polling in this country. Let me guess: it's all Postmedia and MLI polling 🤣
I found polling for the US, but nothing for Canada. It’s pretty evenly split in America, which explains why both sides use the issue to appeal to their respective bases.
I really can’t see how ‘gender affirming care’ can be the ‘real issue’. According to your National Post, in the Province of Alberta between 2022-2023, there were a total of eight gender reassignment surgeries.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/alberta-recorded-eight-transgender-surgeries-minors-2022-23
Among a population of about 4.4 million, that works out to 0.0002% of the population. We know from extensive research that the incidence of these kinds of patients experiencing any regret is less than 1%
https://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/2021/03000/regret_after_gender_affirmation_surgery__a.22.aspx
So you’re talking about the potential for less than 1% of 0.0002% of the population to have regrets about a medical intervention. In other words, literally nobody. This is literally a non-issue, stirred up by lazy cynical media and leaders in order to draw attention away from actual issues, like children being killed in their thousands, in our name, using our tax dollars and support. An atrocity we’re going to be grappling with for decades to come, which is happening right now.
Really, no one cares if you or anyone else over the age of 18 does weird stuff to their bodies. That's never been the issue here. It's always been about kids, and polling here is VERY clear about that - especially when it comes to transgender women in sports, which is the opinion I was referring to anyway.
In terms GAC for kids, yeah it's about 50% here that want an outright ban on it, but I'm pretty sure if they had polled only parents (which is really the only opinion that matters anyway), that number would be way higher.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-poll-transgender-policies
Regret is a complex issue, isn't it? It's further complicated by the fact that after the kind of emotional and physical investment involved, it's very likely we (or the doctors) would never even hear about many of these regrets. But that's not even the point. The point is we have doctors who literally experimenting on people with very shoddy science to back them up. Adults is one thing. Children is a whole other deal. You say it's small number? Well, one is too many.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/09/disturbing-leaks-from-us-gender-group-wpath-ring-alarm-bells-in-nhs
Their intent is obvious to anyone who wishes to see past their 'newspeak'. DIE is just doublethink reversal of the last two letters in DEI. The intent is to have non-Lefists removed from the earth to bring about the Utopia promised by Marx. The solution to DIE/DEI is "Atlas Shrugged".
Hey Ken what's it like getting ratioed every time you post one of your gradeschool-level creative writing projects on reddit? Do you ever think that maybe you're just wrong and like whining?
Ratioed, even on JBP subreddit lmao
https://www.reddit.com/r/JordanPeterson/comments/1bcvskq/when_leaders_persist_in_lunacy/
If everyone you meet thinks you're an asshole, Ken, it might be time to look in the mirror (rather than blaming everyone around you for the miserable state of your unsuccessful life).
Love,
Reddit
Engagement is engagement. If Ken gets 'ratioed' it just means more people are going to see his content and it will, in turn, be shown to even more people.
You can hate on him all you want, but every comment, positive or negative, is boosting his presence on these platforms.
Ken has some misguided views on many things, but your pettiness says a lot more about the state of your own life than it does about his.
Hahahahahahahahaha 12 views. Yes, massive reach Ken the bumpkin from Morden has.
What's your reach, Miss Idiot?
This is gold. If my "unsuccessful life" depended on the comments I get on Reddit, that would be miserable indeed. Do you make that inference because that's where your validation lies?
And which one are you in that Reddit conversation?
You really are a retard. Parents related?
You've never read 1984, have you? Lol
Oh! I forgot to add that I didn’t have a student number in primary school. It wasn’t until I joined the navy that I had a number. While I had a social security number, I had no use for it until I joined the navy and it was used as my service number. It was also used as my student number in college and more recently, after almost 20 years living in Japan, I needed it to open a new bank account…..in Japan.
Yes you're so free that you reconfigured your entire identity around what someone told you online about masks lmao. Useful idiot.
If masks work, then why have they not in Japan?
I am certified in respirator use.
You are certified in being a degenerate weeb with no critical thinking skills.
Miss Idiot, you really need to get a hobby. Even if it's just hanging out with real people once a week. You'd be surprised what that does for a person.
Ok, then explain Japan. 99% mask compliance for 3 and 1/2 years yet had 8 waves while everyone was masked up with at least two bigger than any before them. Explain this, if masks work, how come the waves continued and got bigger?
And this has been going on for a long time, just has finally reached the most basic truths of humanity now.
DURR YOUR STUPID BLOG POST CONFIRMS MY BIASEZ. WE ARE SO SMURT TOGETHER
When short on facts, insult.
Still crying about a pandemic that ended 3 years ago? You and the natives need to seek counselling. Holding a grudge only hurts you, weeb
Why don’t you answer my last question; if masks work, why haven’t they in Japan? My med school is requiring them again for this new school year, the 5th school year in a row.
Oh, and where in the hell do you get that the panic ended 3 years ago?
As always, you are high on name calling but low on facts.
Nobody gives a shit about masks. Do the world a favour and kindly remove yourself from the gene pool. I hear MAID is nice this time of year.
Oh, then why is my med school requiring them for a 5th year?
And now you are telling me to kill myself. You are a real piece of work.