In theory, I understand that some gay-questioning kids might need outside support if they come from families that, for whatever reason, pressure or even punish them for even having such thoughts. After all, we know there are many gay adults who recall the anxiety and fear they felt growing up in a house where to be "different" in that wa…
In theory, I understand that some gay-questioning kids might need outside support if they come from families that, for whatever reason, pressure or even punish them for even having such thoughts. After all, we know there are many gay adults who recall the anxiety and fear they felt growing up in a house where to be "different" in that way was to make yourself a target of anger, possibly even abuse.
But what I really don't understand is the current obsession among the wokerati not just to be accepting of a gay or questioning kid, but to *celebrate* gay, lesbian, etc. students as having triumphed over the allegedly tainted state of heterosexuality.
In other words, among a certain kind of people, there is a *clear* idea that *anything* is superior to being (the horror, the horror) "straight."
That bizarre notion of celebration seems to underpin these crusading teachers' glee and zeal for finding and recruiting (remember when that was the most nefarious charge one could level at gay people?) kids for their club.
Agree. And then kids feel they are not ok unless they can belong to some supposedly victimized group that is somehow lacking in "rights" - like "trans".
It is not the job of the school teacher to be the outside support. And, the real issue here is not even homosexuality but the promotion of Gender Identity Ideology. Pretty much any naive kid of any orientation - without a ton of friends - can fall into the "gender" trap. There is no such thing as Gender (outside "sex") and it is pretty much a cult - not science. Changing a kid's name and pronouns at school is gas lighting them and is a serious psychological intervention that often steers them toward cross-sex hormones and surgery. And, doing so behind the backs of parents creates an unhealthy "my parents are the enemy" vibe - often at an age when kids naturally need to separate themselves out. All this is done under a "kindness and understanding" mantra with "Trans" Speaker Grifters hired to come talk to the kids at assemblies and often a DEI/DIE person hired full time at a school.
Activists have been quietly working to change the laws so that they work against parents and children.
In theory, I understand that some gay-questioning kids might need outside support if they come from families that, for whatever reason, pressure or even punish them for even having such thoughts. After all, we know there are many gay adults who recall the anxiety and fear they felt growing up in a house where to be "different" in that way was to make yourself a target of anger, possibly even abuse.
But what I really don't understand is the current obsession among the wokerati not just to be accepting of a gay or questioning kid, but to *celebrate* gay, lesbian, etc. students as having triumphed over the allegedly tainted state of heterosexuality.
In other words, among a certain kind of people, there is a *clear* idea that *anything* is superior to being (the horror, the horror) "straight."
That bizarre notion of celebration seems to underpin these crusading teachers' glee and zeal for finding and recruiting (remember when that was the most nefarious charge one could level at gay people?) kids for their club.
Agree. And then kids feel they are not ok unless they can belong to some supposedly victimized group that is somehow lacking in "rights" - like "trans".
It is not the job of the school teacher to be the outside support. And, the real issue here is not even homosexuality but the promotion of Gender Identity Ideology. Pretty much any naive kid of any orientation - without a ton of friends - can fall into the "gender" trap. There is no such thing as Gender (outside "sex") and it is pretty much a cult - not science. Changing a kid's name and pronouns at school is gas lighting them and is a serious psychological intervention that often steers them toward cross-sex hormones and surgery. And, doing so behind the backs of parents creates an unhealthy "my parents are the enemy" vibe - often at an age when kids naturally need to separate themselves out. All this is done under a "kindness and understanding" mantra with "Trans" Speaker Grifters hired to come talk to the kids at assemblies and often a DEI/DIE person hired full time at a school.
Activists have been quietly working to change the laws so that they work against parents and children.
Ryan Grim: Trans Rights Memo: https://youtu.be/lxR78esqpEQ
Spot on!!! The culture amongst kids being groomed by adults