When the world is sane, be a little mad and when the world is mad, be sane.
A couple nights ago TikTok's algorithm sent me down a rabbit hole after stumbling on a post author's stitch with a woman teaching neo pronouns to children. Dressed as snow white, using a high pitched baby voice, she proceeds to explain how to address people as their frog self, pumpkin self, ghost self, berry self...you get the picture. And no, it is not satire. This is the "new normal" for a world going slowly mad. (For those who wish to view it, you can find her under lesbian snow white)
I was half tempted to suggest she dress as Alice, or even more appropriately, the Mad Hatter, but I didn't have the heart for snark or jokes. It is far sadder to me than funny, especially after I finished up the last video on my strange little journey.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRHsffKC/
It's awful. And I don't even mean from the standpoint of society and this current bizarro world we're living in. I mean for some of these people who are clearly mentally ill, but instead of getting real help, they're being told their delusions are reality and encouraged to go deeper and deeper into them.
I feel true sadness for 25 year old Dylan Mulvaney. "I was giving up hope until this happened!..." well now they'll feel validated and happy for a few minutes, but what happens when they fade from the spotlight? All of these pseudo friends on tik tok will also fade, depression will follow...and these people hyping them up will have forgotten all about them until they read a headline Former tik tok star dies from overdose, followed by a blurb- depending on the leaning of the publication- that will either blame bullying for the demise or explain how their fall from the public eye led to depression, psychiatric treatments, and finally death at their own hand. If they haven't already succumbed to an illness brought on by surgical complications and/or chemical cocktails they've been fed for years.
I sat back and pondered the situation and concluded that in many cases it's not these people that are the problem. They are to be pitied as we would anyone in a diminished mental/emotional capacity. The real crime lies with the system that is setting them up for epic failure and the people of sound mind (arguable) that are supporting and encouraging them based on the desire to look accepting and "inclusive" to their peers- "See, I'm a good person, I told them how perfect and beautiful they are!"
Thousands upon thousands of people cheering them on with a variation of pretty words and no substance, giving these people the illusion of acceptance that will lead to a rug pull of devastating proportions.
And the worst part, perhaps the only reason I care about this particular situation, is the way this movement has targeted children. I am very "To each their own" when it comes to adults, so long as they aren't causing intentional harm. But when I hear about kids being told that make-believe is truth? When innocent, wild imagination is being touted as reality? When therapists and doctors are going so far as to prescribe chemicals to disrupt their natural processes and facilitate mutation without any data for long term consequences? When life altering surgeries are now being performed as young as 16? When I see This on the kids section of YouTube?:
I have no choice but to care. The above cartoon targeting children while promoting puberty blockers claims "It's safe and reversible, just stop taking them and puberty resumes."
Uhh... is no one seeing how even if this were the case and there were no other damaging side effects, they're talking about a prepubescent child "pausing" puberty for several years..Essentially their body is stuck as a child, and now they're years behind physically and hormonally- do they truly see no potential problems with this?
I'm watching educated, intelligent people behave like bobbleheads, going along with these things simply because it's the fashionable thing to do. It is clearly not because they've given it any real thought, but instead are sticking to their line Trust the Experts, when in this case the experts are either out of their minds, working by an agenda, or funded by pharma and driven by greed.
I have close friends that consider themselves Liberal and Progressive, and they now agree this has gone way too far. While initially they were very accepting, they now recognize that a line has been crossed and are no longer comfortable with where this is headed. They no longer think it's a conspiracy to imagine that this could progress to age identity. Where predators will insist they've done nothing wrong because they identify as sixteen...twelve...eight.
Perhaps you're thinking Don't be absurd, that won't happen. Yet several cases of trans women in prisons have led to assaults and rapes, as well as at least two cases in highschool bathrooms. So if men are allowed to simply call themselves women in order to be recognized as such and given access to women only facilities, then is age being the next fluid ideology truly such a large stretch?
And this is not to mention the damage it is doing to the queer community. As my bonus son and husband have stated on numerous occasions "We don't identify with the LGBTQ community, they have lost their minds and are giving the rest of us a bad name."
Because of this a group called Gays Against Groomers has formed, which includes several veteran trans persons as well as a growing number of gay, lesbian, bi and queer folk- speaking out against the targeting and sexualization of children.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRHwpgjc/
To date this group has been banned from PayPal and Twitter for "hate speech" and many news outlets are presenting them as bigots...The irony of which appears to be lost on the accusers.
We truly need a return of the George Carlin style, grumpy old men- and women- who are honest and say it like it is. We need a movement that brings logic back into fashion. Of course the problem we face with that is how likely is it for those individuals to be given a platform in this Ban It If We Don't Like It society?
I still hold onto the hope that we won't completely destroy our society. That despite the similarities to past fallen empires we can bring about a different outcome. But I am truly concerned that the pendulum has swung so far in one direction that the rebound will take it too far in the other. In fact I often wonder if that isn't exactly the method to the madness, too push it so far the people will welcome a "strong leader" AKA dictator to "make things right". (To those of you who view the former US president or current Russian president as modern day heroes, you might consider the implications of what I'm saying here.)
And everyone would do well to question why the centrists have all but disappeared, why our current propaganda is pushing people further and further from a balanced perspective and urging people to "take sides." Extreme left and extreme right were once minority politics, now they appear to be the rule rather than the exception.
Perhaps it isn't a Carlin that we need as much as thousands of rational people to gain the confidence to speak their minds. To stop fearing being labeled a bigot when that word has been so overused it has lost its meaning anyway.
To build bridges across the gap and stand on them... Who would have thought that the middle would become the new position of rebels?
Stop letting fear silence you. The two sides are loud but in this digital age, thousands of voices of reason can cut through the cacophony.
I admit even I feel slight trepidation at the thought of making this public as I am much more comfortable in a place of neutrality. What I'm realizing is that it is exactly people like myself-- Who operate in love and peace above all, who can empathize with people in all walks of life, who truly feel and know we are all sisters and brothers in one human race-- it is our voices that are needed in this moment. Perhaps we are the meek, and it's our time to speak.
I would love to have an open and honest discussion in the comments, I'm not afraid of hard questions or criticisms. Perhaps in speaking your truth we can find our way to The truth.
Thanks for reading!