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7/24/15 – 7/30/15

Last year, I wrote a small piece on the feud between Janet Mock and Piers Morgan. Janet, a MtF transgender person, threw a tantrum because Piers Morgan stated that "she" was born a boy. Despite literally being born a male, "she" claims she was always female. I had to comment on this lunacy because many people support these retarded ideas. Since that time, I have been working on a blog post that sums up the major problems in transgender activism. I have been putting it off a little bit, but I really do want to finish it. I don’t do this for a living, and I devote my free time to many other things besides blogging. Anyhow, something occurred that was bigger and more ridiculous than the Janet Mock/Piers Morgan fiasco and I felt like I needed to post about it. In this occurence, a transgender person threatens violence against someone for not agreeing with their worldview, and on live television! I call it a “demonstration of trans supremacy” because these people believe they should be able to get away with things that the rest of us cannot, they want to impose their backward ideology on society, and they want to bully those who dare to disagree. I find that the term "trans supremacy" acurrately describes this kind of trans activism. Anyway, it went down the Dr. Drew show on HLN.

I am a very big fan of Dr. Drew (Pinsky) and his TV work, and I used to absolutely love the Dr. Drew show on HLN. The show’s tagline used to be “the psychology behind the headlines” or something like that, and he would have actual psychologists on the show to evaluate and discuss the human behavior in current events. It was not only thought-provoking, but grounded in science, and it was gold. In a shameful alteration, the show now invites the most self-satisfied, pop culture nobodies on the show to serve on a panel and discuss topics that they really have no authority on. These nobodies include Karamo Brown (black gay reality TV star from ten years ago), Segun Oduolowu (“entertainment journalist” and clichéd, but fashionable, professional black victim), and Samantha Schacher (annoying blonde host of a pop culture TV show; check out this error-laden and severely hackneyed biography of her from her website). The show recently incorporated a studio audience which, as expected, reduced the program to a platform for guests to pander to progressives and battle for applause. The combination of awful panelists and a biased, interrupting audience eliminates the possibility of having a rational discussion on any polarizing topic.

When the Dr. Drew show invited Zoey Tur and Ben Shapiro on the show last week to talk about Caitlyn Jenner’s ESPY award, they followed the same pattern of inviting nobodies to speak on the topic. Zoey is a MtF transgender news reporter with no particular relevance to the story except “her” “gender change” and “her” opinions on the subject. Ben is a conservative political commentator with several books and a Harvard law degree to give his opinions some gratuitous (and unwarranted) credibility. I didn’t know too much about Zoey before this whole feud began, but, from “her” previous appearances on the show, I actually enjoyed what “she” contributed to the panel. Unlike the majority of the outspoken transgender community, Zoey did not blindly worship Caitlyn Jenner and was not afraid to express some opposition to Caitlyn. As for Ben Shapiro, I never heard of him prior to this episode of Dr. Drew. However, after hearing Ben speak on the show, I considered him to be my favorite conservative republican of all time (since then, I’ve discovered Milo Yiannopoulos). Within 24 hours, I followed him on Twitter, liked him on Facebook, and watched probably 6 hours of him on Youtube. I love this guy. Let’s get into the actual argument on the show. I watched it unfold live. Luckily, there was no studio audience on this episode. They do some shows without studio audiences (I’m not sure why) and they should keep it that way. The first topic on the show was Caitlyn Jenner’s ESPY award and whether she deserved it or not. The conversation turned into a circus ride that made me want to barf my brains out.

The first moment that irked me was when Zoey said this:

It is very hard to tell if “she” was exaggerating or being serious. Hopefully “she” misspoke, but I don’t think “she” would take it back if given the chance. Yes, coming out as transgender in a culture like ours is somewhat brave, but there are plenty of things that require more bravery than simply being transgender. How about taking a bullet for someone? How about coming out as homosexual in a country where one would be systematically executed for it? How about coming out as a pedophile and vehemently supporting the rights of pedophiles? I’m sorry, Rosa Parks, but Caitlyn Jenner is braver than you. I’m sorry, Nelson Mandela, Malala Yousafzai, and Jesus Christ, you are all beneath Zoey Tur in terms of bravery. If your gender identity doesn’t align with your genitals, if you have gender dysphoria, a psychological abnormality, something you had no choice in having, then you are automatically braver than all other people whose gender identity matches their genitals, according to Zoey Tur. If you take a look at Zoey’s smug performances on Twitter, you can see that “she” is not a reasonable or respectful person. “She” is part of the growing trans supremacist movement in America.

Shapiro jumped in and asked, “Why are we mainstreaming delusion?” This is a fair question because, essentially, transgender people believe that they are something that they are not (delusion) and they (perhaps not all transpeople, but at least the trans activists) want the rest of the world to believe along with them (mainstreaming), and we are kind of letting them win. It is very odd. Shapiro then began to point out that Caitlyn has male chromosomes and male “appendages,” referring to Caitlyn as “him.” He was then interrupted by Sam Schacher who has something idiotic to say:

It is considered disrespectful to refer to someone using masculine/male pronouns if they have male parts. This is what the world has come to. Despite Caitlyn’s male chromosomes, male gonads, male genitals, we are supposed to honor “her” feelings above anything we can observe scientifically. This is the kind of sappy, backwards idea that trans activists want to impose on all people. How can we have a rational conversation about anything when it is established that we are to disregard basic scientific values for the sake of being polite? When appealing to scientific values becomes frowned upon, you know that we are headed in the wrong direction. The trans supremacists have a philosophy which says that what they believe is more factual than anything science can tell you, and they want to impose this view on society. The word “cult” comes to mind. Sure, we can refer to Caitlyn with feminine pronouns, but it would only be out of respect for “her” identity. It would be like when your grandmother with dementia starts spouting nonsense, and instead of telling her she’s wrong, we just let it go because it’s not worth it.  And sure, Caitlyn is legally female, but legal definitions do not always reflect reality (e.g., age of consent). If trans supremacists have their way, all that will be required to have your sex legally changed is believing that you were born in the wrong body (a psychological abnormality), even without having any surgery. Imagine if we went to these lengths to accommodate the grandiose delusions of schizophrenia patients. Perhaps we will be doing this in the near future.

Zoey, later on, said this:

Actually, Zoey, they do. Sex determination in humans is controlled precisely by your sex chromosomes. If you’re referring to gender, then “male” and “female” are the wrong words to use. The words you are looking for are “masculine” and “feminine.” What the sex chromosomes don’t determine is your identified sex, which is different from your actual sex. Dr. Drew recognized Zoey’s error and said this:

Thank you, Dr. Drew, for correcting Zoey. What “she” said was very misleading. Sex chromosomes determine your sex, but they not determine your gender identity. If you check the chromosomes of a transgender person, you will find that the person is indeed delusional. Zoey and the other trans supremacists want to force you into believing that gender identity is the sole determinant of whether someone is male or female. They want to make it so that gender identity overrides chromosomes, genitals, and gonads, because that is precisely what they need to make sure that everyone plays along with their delusions. 

Klinefelter’s Syndrome is a genetic abnormality that results in having an extra X chromosome and one Y chromosome (XXY). Unfortunately for Zoey’s point, everyone with Klinefelter’s syndrome is male; they all have a Y chromosome. There are also many other abnormalities, like Turner Syndrome (X, female) and Triple X Syndrome (XXX, female), that result in atypical body shape, atypical genital development, and even gender dysphoria. However, the sex of the person can always be determined by their chromosomes. Chromosomes do indeed determine if a person is male or female. Male and female are terms that describe sex, not gender, and not gender identity. Caitlyn Jenner is a male (sex) with a feminized gender (gender), who identifies as a woman (gender identity). It’s no wonder why Zoey mentioned Klinefelter’s syndrome but did not elaborate on how it had any relevance. It was not relevant. It seems more that Zoey just wanted to use big words. Shapiro then asked, “Do you want to discuss the genetics?” I wish he would have stopped there, because Zoey would have had nothing of significance to say in reply. However, Shapiro then asked, “What are your genetics, sir?” It was another valid question, and I wish Zoey would have given an answer, but we all know what happened instead. I’ll get to that in a bit, though. 

Dr. Drew saves the day again! Stay away from talking about genetics, Zoey, because you are not making any good arguments from this perspective. If you want to make a case for the acceptance of transgender people, you will not get there by talking about genetics. However, there is some evidence in brainscans that show similarities between a transgender person’s brain and a typical brain of the opposite sex. This is where you want to focus if you want to seek permission to be recognized as something you are not. Of course, if you know anything about science, we cannot establish any causation from these scans. We cannot determine if the differences in the brain caused someone to have gender dysphoria, or if the gender dysphoria caused the differences in the brain. We do not perform enough brainscans on babies and infants to determine if these differences are present at birth, or at what point in development these differences surface themselves. Not that it would matter, it is still a brain abnormality.

In any case, this was a solid point brought up by Dr. Drew and it went unnoticed because of what ensued next.

Obviously, this was way over the line. Threatening someone with violence just because they don’t agree with your worldview is not what you do when having an adult conversation. Shapiro was aggressive, certainly, but he was not at all unreasonable or disrespectful toward Zoey. Calling an adult male “sir” is actually very polite. Shapiro could have said, “asshole” or “Mrs. Doubtfire” or some transgender slur, but he used polite terms. And even if Shapiro had called Zoey these things, that would still not be an excuse for threatening violence. You shouldn't involve yourself in rational discussion if you are going to threaten violence when someone disagrees with you. Even if Zoey's threat was not real, what would be the point of saying threatening words? It only makes “her” look foolish and impulsive.  It’s funny that Zoey wants us to believe "she" is a woman but yet "she" still has such wanton, residual masculinity. Look at that grip on Shapiro’s neck. Look at that jawline! Shapiro called it “mildy inappropriate,” but it was more than mildly inappropriate. It is simply unacceptable for an adult person in an adult conversation. Shapiro actually has written a book about this exact bullying tactic. Shame on Dr. Drew for allowing this to happen on his show.

Zoey even gets even nastier by saying Shapiro is “consumed with hatred.” Where does this come from? I’ll tell you. This is another pillar of trans supremacy: if anybody who uses scientific findings to support an argument that contradicts our deluded thinking, then they are automatically bigots, haters, and transphobes. This is how the leftist bullies silence their opposition. And when they supplement this with name-calling and threats of violence, they are supported by fellow leftists, which only feeds their ego, and then they feel as though it is acceptable. Zoey even calls Shapiro a “little boy.” This is an adult conversation here, and it is coming to name-calling. If anybody is a little boy, it is Zoey Tur. But even this would be incorrect; Zoey is just a grown man, behaving as a little boy, dressed as a grown woman.

When Shapiro said to Zoey, “I don’t hate you,” Dr. Drew said, “You called her delusional.” Why is this equated with hatred? If you tell a schizophrenic patient that they are having delusions, does that mean you hate them? I’m sure Dr. Drew has told many people that they have delusions. Dr. Drew must be bursting with hate.

You know, if Shapiro had threatened Zoey in the same way, he might be in jail right now. The trans supremacists would have had his head on a platter. The crazy part is: they are aware of this double standard, and they are fine with it. They feel as though their minority status gives them permission to engage in certain behaviors (force others to label them as something they are not, circumvent the rules of argument, break the law) that others are not allowed to do. If you have looked around on social media, there are many people coming out in support of Zoey's behavior. It is absolutely ridiculous that this kind of behavior is defended. Perhaps I shouldn’t expect these people to know how to argue properly or appropriately, considering that they believe it possible for people to be “born in the wrong body.” I have to remind myself that there is a mental illness behind it all. The fact that this new wave insanity is only growing should have us all worried and frightened.

Is that not one of the most stupid arguments you’ve ever heard? Don’t use facts because they are insulting. Are you sensing the madness yet?

Ben Shapiro knows that transgender people are discriminated against. I promise you all, Ben Shapiro knows that it is hard to be transgender. He never promoted any kind of discrimination or nasty behavior toward transgender people. He said he is willing to tolerate transgender people; he just opposes the idea that, as a society, we should embrace and affirm their delusions. He does not stand for the idea that people’s individual feelings are a better indicator of truth than scientific values. How can that possibly be viewed as hateful? Why should he change the way he “projects” his thoughts? He’s projecting basic biological truths. If you cannot handle it, you need to excuse yourself from the conversation. You don’t need a degree from Harvard to see that Shapiro’s arguments are reasonable and definitely not “hate speech,” as Zoey called it. Sam Schacher should be ashamed for suggesting that as a society we should affirm the delusions of a mentally ill population to prevent them from committing suicide. What an idiot.

The idiocy continues:

There is not much to say to this. It’s just a misdirected, over-sensationalized use of a meaningful word. It is incorrect and it is unmerited. It’s batshit.

Whether it is due to gender dysphoria, autogynephila, or autoandrophilia, it is abnormal for someone to feel that they are not in the right body. It is not as if somebody took their brain and put it into another person’s body. They developed abnormally. It doesn’t mean they are stupid or subhuman. They are humans with problems. Imagine feeling like you are in the wrong body. Of course, that sounds horrible. It’s a problem. We should accept them with their problem, and they shouldn’t be stigmatized for having the problem. But it’s not society’s problem. Our understanding of science will prevent us from having more than two sexes in our society. We are not going to change the environment to fit the problem. If you want to protect your feet, it is easier to wear shoes than to cover the world with leather (Shantideva). Illness needs treatment, not reinforcement. Should we also cater to the delusions of transracial (e.g., Rachel Dolezal) and transspecies (e.g., otherkin) people? These are real things. What if a pedophile feels as though he’s a 12 year old? This is not farfetched. Do we honor these feelings? What about the people who identified as the second coming of Christ? Were all of them really Christ's reincarnation? Holy shit, we didn't believe in them. We are all going to hell. Fuck.

Anyway, Ben Shapiro ended up pressing charges against Zoey Tur. This was not because he felt a legitimate threat. He pressed charges as a protest to leftist bullying tactics.  Nobody should be able to engage in this sort of behavior without consequences, but that's exactly what happens if you're part of the victim class. I have talked to my share of transgender people, and they all had this same way of arguing. They have this aggravating, self-entitled attitude that interferes with any possibility of having a rational conversation. I wonder if there are any decent transgender people. Why can’t a transgender person live their life without asking the world to cater to their abnormality? Why is this even being argued in 2015? Trans supremacists will certainly (hopefully) be on the wrong side of history. In fifty years, this will be viewed as a failed revolution (hopefully).

Here are the main points of this post:

The Dr. Drew show is terrible place to have a rational discussion because of the uneducated panelists.

Ben Shapiro does not hate transgender people.

Caitlyn Jenner and Zoey Tur are not females. They are males who identify as females.

Coming out as transgender knowing you will be ostracized is brave. Simply being transgender is not brave.

Trans supremacists believe that gender identity overrides chromosomal sex, genital sex, and gonadal sex. Essentially, they believe that a person’s feelings have more merit than scientific values.

Trans supremacists believe that disagreeing with a transgender person is an act of hate.

Trans supremacists believe that it is insulting to use facts in an argument against a transgender person.

Trans supremacists believe that transgender people can get away with certain things because of their minority status.

Trans supremacists want to impose these beliefs on society.

These beliefs are unreasonable.

Here is a link to a conversation that Ben Shapiro had with Dr. Drew and Adam Carolla regarding what happened on the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHCxHbdI71Y

Here is a link to what the American Psychological Association has to say about transgenderism: http://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/transgender.aspx

Here is a very funny but insightful set of tweets that relate to what I wrote: