I just had this lightbulb go off in my head and I want to share it. It's not really a new thought, but more of previous thought channels finding a new connection. I just watched Tucker Carlson's eighth episode on Twitter. It was heavy! I commented on the Bird that his 5min clip had drilled right into the heart of the culture war. I then went to grab a thread I wrote the other day to drop below it and read a few things in the process that kind of froze my mind in its tracks. All these pieces came together at once and there in the middle was this quote:
Hand on heart, I never had any animus against LGB.
When T came on the scene my instinct was the same, let them be.
Now, I have to remind myself that the LGB are the same as they ever were, while reserving my anger for the TQ+. And I'm one of the careful ones.
In one sense, I'm not so angry at the TQ. They've no off switch, but that's activists for you. I'm raging against the pillars of society, who are supposed to moderate and balance competing claims. Turns out no amount of rapists in women's prisons, no amount of sterilised young people, no amount of hulking lipstick wearers on No 1 podiums will shake them into doing their duty.
I never really believed in the patriarchy. But if any amount of harms against women and children are handwaved away in favour of sexually driven men's wants... Well, what would you call it? If even pointing out the harms gets you slated and slandered, well maybe.
Thank you Theo, and I apologise that I didn't actually address the substance of your article.
I think there's been a couple of generations of the Church's moral authority having been undermined. More indeed - see the Jacobins , see the Communists in 1930s Spain, see Ireland in the present day. Not that the Church was blameless - far from it. But it leaves religion and the religiously informed seriously undermined. The new god is Progress, and thou shalt have no gods before Me.
The TQ follows logically from the LGB, and both flow logically from feminism, as all of them are based on denying the existence of significant differences between men and women.
The mainstream bands of feminism never denied physical differences, just intellectual and emotional differences. Things like, women CAN be X, we have the same capacity for learning as men - so educate us. We can have the same desire for recognition and fulfillment in a variety of roles, not just motherhood - same as men. Same desire for autonomy and respect in the world and in the home. There's no emotion a man feels - pride, lust, anger - that we don't also feel. So respect us.
Which is hard to argue against, and really needed spelling out to be honest, in years gone by.
That said, female intrusion into male only spaces did kay the groundwork for the TRAs. I supported women who didn't want to be excluded when male colleagues went to male only clubs etc and ended up talking shop there - though men could have had the manners not to do that, and made sure colleagues were accommodated for work events. They could have kept their clubs and societies that way.
Even still, mens spaces were about relaxation and binding, whereas wokens spaces thar are disputed now are about safety, so not quite the same thing.
Regarding gay rights I suppose I'm thinking if the non radical, non politically queer gay people. We love who we love, we'll be normal boring married couples - or at least keep it private - and don't kick us in the face for coming out of a gay bar. Which is also fine, imo. Also fine. Properly Liberal state of affairs.
> The mainstream bands of feminism never denied physical differences,
Yes they did. See the push for women in the military for the most brazen example.
> just intellectual and emotional differences.
Which also exist, BTW.
> Regarding gay rights I suppose I'm thinking if the non radical, non politically queer gay people. We love who we love, we'll be normal boring married couples
Except that's not what happened. See the behavior of gays at pride parades. See how children adopted by gay couples tend to get sexually abused.
A normal (straight) couple consist of two people in an exclusive sexual relationship who will raise their children together. A gay "couple" are two gays who like to go to gay orgies together.
I side with the theists in your family. What makes gender theory so pernicious is that it thinks it can override God’s design. This is a spiritual battle of good versus evil. To say that you can choose your own gender is simply to flip God off. People who promote gender theory literally hate God that is the underlying animus for all of gender theory.
This is a good one Theo. There’s a lot here, and I have to read it carefully and give it the attention it deserves. I may have something to say about this later, if I think I can contribute to the discussion. The whole "created in God's image" topic has always interested me, and here's a piece where that topic is a central theme.
Thank you, my friend. Appreciate you reading it. I meant to dive a bit deeper into the "perfect image" aspect of it, actually. It's such a stark contrast from this dogma we're facing.
As I said, an excellent piece. Inspiring. Here's the last bit of something I'll Stack, when I've brought all the threads together to make a shabby handkerchief:
"Which brings us full circle. Theo is an atheist, and he’s intelligent. So he understands that a faith held by those dearest to him, and so, so many others in every culture on every thawed continent, may just have something to teach him. So, he listens, and he learns.
I too cannot call myself a believer. I believe Heaven is vast, and cool, and indifferent, paraphrasing H.G. Wells. But I do have faith. A deep, abiding faith in the power of reason. And in something greater than myself.
So let’s reason together. Theo quotes the central question of Judeo-Christian faith:
“God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.”
That is a question actually, one I don’t think religious people and religion itself have done a particularly good job of answering. The question is, “What is the image of God?” That question is the central pursuit of all deist religion. Once you understand the image of God, you will know the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.
I don’t pretend to know the answer. So, I go at the question by asking myself “What is NOT in the image of God?”
I know something with absolute certainty, because it's essentially a tautology. Whatever God is, God is neither confused nor fearful. God is the antithesis of the spellcasters.
And that knowledge fills me with confidence that the spellcasters are ultimately doomed. Because they stand, as Theo so eloquently observes, against reality itself, and demand that we do so as well.
And we of the Rest of the Pie will not accept that demand, be we American or Armenian. All that is required to resist, and to ultimately defeat magic, is to be unafraid. It is the super-power of the Gods."
The ANSWER is indeed 42, but the QUESTION is now beyond reach, because a mob of destructive, plodding bureaucrats blew up the computer before it finished working on the problem.
A lot to absorb here. But I note: 1) It is indeed a cult. 2) Of course we must respect others' faith/beliefs. 3) I was raised with no faith but have come to fully embrace the theology of Christianity (as a non-denominational Protestant). 4) "A false religion would be better than none" George Orwell. (Unless that false religion is the hateful woke one). Aside from the issues you have raised, there is the constitutional challenge of a government-backed religion being foisted upon us in the name of DEI. I'm an attorney, and this garbage blatantly violates the Establishment Clause. https://johnklar.substack.com/p/woke-theocracy-dominates-america
Critical Constructivism is the Ontology PsychoSocial Science is the Metaphysic. There is also a hot swappable metaphysic in Systemic Injustice.
They've got a gnostic dualism that is instrumental and extremely flexible. It can wrap Whiteness into capitalism and capitalism into anything that oppresses.
These are the weak links, IMO; the ones that hurt their legitimacy and damage their assertion from authority schtick.
when I told them the same - in our house, we profess christ and his love and our identity streams from who we are in Christ, but I would never bring that idea into a public school and profess it as truth to another person's child - they called me, in print, "a conservative Christian mom, who is afraid they are going to gay her kids." Where does this mom go from here? There is no honest dialogue. We are supposed to bow and celebrate, but we are not allowed to say a word. There is no good faith discussion. Parents are supremely frustrated, and while this is going on they are watching their children's language change and "pansexual" flags show up covertly in their bedrooms when they aren't even sexual anything yet. And this is just the moms. The dads are coming up out of their chairs. And I warned them, you do not want the men in my family coming out of their chairs. They have backed American families into a corner and are holding our children in a hostage situation. this doesn't end well.
is disgusting , every time i see that flag I want to set in on fire. Unfortunately they have infiltrated every aspect of our lives, schools, media , sports and yes even the church. But we can only hope people are starting to wake up and start to push back at all this garbage. I am proud of the parents that are protesting , specially the muslim community. These whole LGBT is totally not compatible with Islam or christianity. But I have been reading and this whole thing has been going on for decades. People need to wake up!!!
Well done. And frankly, I’ll accept XiXimXey over the use of they as singular. Especially since the singular they is always accompanied by a plural verb. Language matters. Grammar is important for communication.
And yes, make and female He created them. Scripture backed by biology, not narrative. Playing pretend doesn’t make it real.
I knew we had crossed a line when Boards of Ed started telling parents that they had no rights to know what was in the school curriculum-let alone to influence, or change it. Parents were told that educators were the, “experts,” and had better knowledge of what children need. This rhetoric encapsulated the tenets of their approach-we are the special class, we are in control, we know what is best and you will yield because you (who don’t agree with us) are responsible for our oppression and you wouldn’t want to be a bigot/-ism/-phobe. Their oppression has been so great that it cancels out an Armaneian genocide- in fact, the Armaneian parents are now the villains for questioning their teachings. The tide is turning, as they made the mistake of pushing too far and stripping parents of their rights to make decisions for their children. The same “we know best,” that has led to the mutilation of children in clinics all over the country. Telling parents the only solution is gender affirming care- “do you want a gay child, or a dead child.” Heretics will not be tolerated. Questions are blasphemy. It is the government religion and those who do not agree will be burned on the cross. As always, you bring it all together and shine a light on the real insanity behind the curtain.
Hand on heart, I never had any animus against LGB.
When T came on the scene my instinct was the same, let them be.
Now, I have to remind myself that the LGB are the same as they ever were, while reserving my anger for the TQ+. And I'm one of the careful ones.
In one sense, I'm not so angry at the TQ. They've no off switch, but that's activists for you. I'm raging against the pillars of society, who are supposed to moderate and balance competing claims. Turns out no amount of rapists in women's prisons, no amount of sterilised young people, no amount of hulking lipstick wearers on No 1 podiums will shake them into doing their duty.
I never really believed in the patriarchy. But if any amount of harms against women and children are handwaved away in favour of sexually driven men's wants... Well, what would you call it? If even pointing out the harms gets you slated and slandered, well maybe.
Very harsh words, and yet all true. These are such wild times. An inversion of everything! Thanks for your input. I feel you on the fire.
Thank you Theo, and I apologise that I didn't actually address the substance of your article.
I think there's been a couple of generations of the Church's moral authority having been undermined. More indeed - see the Jacobins , see the Communists in 1930s Spain, see Ireland in the present day. Not that the Church was blameless - far from it. But it leaves religion and the religiously informed seriously undermined. The new god is Progress, and thou shalt have no gods before Me.
The TQ follows logically from the LGB, and both flow logically from feminism, as all of them are based on denying the existence of significant differences between men and women.
The mainstream bands of feminism never denied physical differences, just intellectual and emotional differences. Things like, women CAN be X, we have the same capacity for learning as men - so educate us. We can have the same desire for recognition and fulfillment in a variety of roles, not just motherhood - same as men. Same desire for autonomy and respect in the world and in the home. There's no emotion a man feels - pride, lust, anger - that we don't also feel. So respect us.
Which is hard to argue against, and really needed spelling out to be honest, in years gone by.
That said, female intrusion into male only spaces did kay the groundwork for the TRAs. I supported women who didn't want to be excluded when male colleagues went to male only clubs etc and ended up talking shop there - though men could have had the manners not to do that, and made sure colleagues were accommodated for work events. They could have kept their clubs and societies that way.
Even still, mens spaces were about relaxation and binding, whereas wokens spaces thar are disputed now are about safety, so not quite the same thing.
Regarding gay rights I suppose I'm thinking if the non radical, non politically queer gay people. We love who we love, we'll be normal boring married couples - or at least keep it private - and don't kick us in the face for coming out of a gay bar. Which is also fine, imo. Also fine. Properly Liberal state of affairs.
> The mainstream bands of feminism never denied physical differences,
Yes they did. See the push for women in the military for the most brazen example.
> just intellectual and emotional differences.
Which also exist, BTW.
> Regarding gay rights I suppose I'm thinking if the non radical, non politically queer gay people. We love who we love, we'll be normal boring married couples
Except that's not what happened. See the behavior of gays at pride parades. See how children adopted by gay couples tend to get sexually abused.
A normal (straight) couple consist of two people in an exclusive sexual relationship who will raise their children together. A gay "couple" are two gays who like to go to gay orgies together.
I side with the theists in your family. What makes gender theory so pernicious is that it thinks it can override God’s design. This is a spiritual battle of good versus evil. To say that you can choose your own gender is simply to flip God off. People who promote gender theory literally hate God that is the underlying animus for all of gender theory.
The connection between the two is undeniable. And it manifests openly within "Pride" now.
Thank you for posting this, Theo. So much to chew on. I'm just getting started. More to come~
Pamela
This is a good one Theo. There’s a lot here, and I have to read it carefully and give it the attention it deserves. I may have something to say about this later, if I think I can contribute to the discussion. The whole "created in God's image" topic has always interested me, and here's a piece where that topic is a central theme.
Good work.
Thank you, my friend. Appreciate you reading it. I meant to dive a bit deeper into the "perfect image" aspect of it, actually. It's such a stark contrast from this dogma we're facing.
As I said, an excellent piece. Inspiring. Here's the last bit of something I'll Stack, when I've brought all the threads together to make a shabby handkerchief:
"Which brings us full circle. Theo is an atheist, and he’s intelligent. So he understands that a faith held by those dearest to him, and so, so many others in every culture on every thawed continent, may just have something to teach him. So, he listens, and he learns.
I too cannot call myself a believer. I believe Heaven is vast, and cool, and indifferent, paraphrasing H.G. Wells. But I do have faith. A deep, abiding faith in the power of reason. And in something greater than myself.
So let’s reason together. Theo quotes the central question of Judeo-Christian faith:
“God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.”
That is a question actually, one I don’t think religious people and religion itself have done a particularly good job of answering. The question is, “What is the image of God?” That question is the central pursuit of all deist religion. Once you understand the image of God, you will know the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.
I don’t pretend to know the answer. So, I go at the question by asking myself “What is NOT in the image of God?”
I know something with absolute certainty, because it's essentially a tautology. Whatever God is, God is neither confused nor fearful. God is the antithesis of the spellcasters.
And that knowledge fills me with confidence that the spellcasters are ultimately doomed. Because they stand, as Theo so eloquently observes, against reality itself, and demand that we do so as well.
And we of the Rest of the Pie will not accept that demand, be we American or Armenian. All that is required to resist, and to ultimately defeat magic, is to be unafraid. It is the super-power of the Gods."
Isn’t the answer 42?
The ANSWER is indeed 42, but the QUESTION is now beyond reach, because a mob of destructive, plodding bureaucrats blew up the computer before it finished working on the problem.
A lot to absorb here. But I note: 1) It is indeed a cult. 2) Of course we must respect others' faith/beliefs. 3) I was raised with no faith but have come to fully embrace the theology of Christianity (as a non-denominational Protestant). 4) "A false religion would be better than none" George Orwell. (Unless that false religion is the hateful woke one). Aside from the issues you have raised, there is the constitutional challenge of a government-backed religion being foisted upon us in the name of DEI. I'm an attorney, and this garbage blatantly violates the Establishment Clause. https://johnklar.substack.com/p/woke-theocracy-dominates-america
Critical Constructivism is the Ontology PsychoSocial Science is the Metaphysic. There is also a hot swappable metaphysic in Systemic Injustice.
They've got a gnostic dualism that is instrumental and extremely flexible. It can wrap Whiteness into capitalism and capitalism into anything that oppresses.
These are the weak links, IMO; the ones that hurt their legitimacy and damage their assertion from authority schtick.
Good piece, Theo. Thorough. ;-)
when I told them the same - in our house, we profess christ and his love and our identity streams from who we are in Christ, but I would never bring that idea into a public school and profess it as truth to another person's child - they called me, in print, "a conservative Christian mom, who is afraid they are going to gay her kids." Where does this mom go from here? There is no honest dialogue. We are supposed to bow and celebrate, but we are not allowed to say a word. There is no good faith discussion. Parents are supremely frustrated, and while this is going on they are watching their children's language change and "pansexual" flags show up covertly in their bedrooms when they aren't even sexual anything yet. And this is just the moms. The dads are coming up out of their chairs. And I warned them, you do not want the men in my family coming out of their chairs. They have backed American families into a corner and are holding our children in a hostage situation. this doesn't end well.
is disgusting , every time i see that flag I want to set in on fire. Unfortunately they have infiltrated every aspect of our lives, schools, media , sports and yes even the church. But we can only hope people are starting to wake up and start to push back at all this garbage. I am proud of the parents that are protesting , specially the muslim community. These whole LGBT is totally not compatible with Islam or christianity. But I have been reading and this whole thing has been going on for decades. People need to wake up!!!
I think I do believe in gender spirits, just that they used to be called demons.
Well done. And frankly, I’ll accept XiXimXey over the use of they as singular. Especially since the singular they is always accompanied by a plural verb. Language matters. Grammar is important for communication.
And yes, make and female He created them. Scripture backed by biology, not narrative. Playing pretend doesn’t make it real.
I knew we had crossed a line when Boards of Ed started telling parents that they had no rights to know what was in the school curriculum-let alone to influence, or change it. Parents were told that educators were the, “experts,” and had better knowledge of what children need. This rhetoric encapsulated the tenets of their approach-we are the special class, we are in control, we know what is best and you will yield because you (who don’t agree with us) are responsible for our oppression and you wouldn’t want to be a bigot/-ism/-phobe. Their oppression has been so great that it cancels out an Armaneian genocide- in fact, the Armaneian parents are now the villains for questioning their teachings. The tide is turning, as they made the mistake of pushing too far and stripping parents of their rights to make decisions for their children. The same “we know best,” that has led to the mutilation of children in clinics all over the country. Telling parents the only solution is gender affirming care- “do you want a gay child, or a dead child.” Heretics will not be tolerated. Questions are blasphemy. It is the government religion and those who do not agree will be burned on the cross. As always, you bring it all together and shine a light on the real insanity behind the curtain.