I’ve got a new piece up at The Freethinker on why clashes over civil liberties follow the trans movement wherever it goes: Civil libertarians who have sat this conflict out so far may be startled to see free speech set up in opposition to human rights and equality. But when it comes to gender, an atmosphere of wartime censorship has set in. Trans activists claim these strictures save lives, but in reality it is the survival of the cause itself that requires such exceptional treatment.
Oct 21, 2022·edited Oct 21, 2022Liked by Eliza Mondegreen
I'm not exactly against the concept of the "noble lie," but the problem with lying is that pretty soon, people start assuming you are a liar.
Over the past few years, there seems to be an increasing willingness on the left to lie in favor of a good cause, this has ranged from early claims that masks didn't help with COVID to preserve PPE, to claims that cancel culture is not a thing to claims that biological men don't have an advantage at sports. This is starting to corrode trust on the left, and its going to start spilling over to other things.
I believe climate change is a real problem. However, if the same people who are telling me these things have have clearly demonstrated a willingness to lie to me in support of what they believe to be a good cause, and to slander and black ball anyone who tries to provide conflicting evidence (as they did with Lisa Littman), maybe I need to start reconsidering that as whether they are lying and suppressing info on this (or other) topics as well.
To be sure, I think the right is significantly worse on this. They are much further down the path of lying and suppressing information than the left. The problem is that, the fact that the other side is even less trustworthy, isn't a reason for me to trust you. It's just a reason for me to throw up my hands and either go with my gut or just ignore the issue entirely as unknowable.
Trust is hard won and the left needs to think hard about whether they are really serving the greater good by squandering it.
You're on to a good start. Many people leave the left, but nobody leaves the "other" side. Communism has killed 100s of millions under the auspices of good intentions. The "other" side never lied about its aims.
2022: Capitalist pharma (whose roots lie in a deal between Rockefeller and Nazi pharma) now partners with the West's far-left organizations (as global as WHO/UN; and as local as BLM/LGBTQ2+) to convince children that they are not essentially human.
This is a big conversation. "The right" is a much bigger place than your comment suggests that you realize. Hundreds of millions of us leave the left and support, or vote for "other" sides. "The right" isn't one place, or one guy you've been taught to dislike.
Today's hegemony IS left, and is far-left. China's communist government slices the organs out of live people it considers enemies of the state. There IS no, "they just haven't done it properly" communist, or even social-democratic, state. I'm the product of three social democracies, and I'm ex-far left. It stopped with me.
Your writing is probably the most thoughtful and incisive, and readable I’ve read on the implications of gender ideology. I feel like you’re constantly expanding your thinking too. It’s helping me stay sane in this Orwellian climate.
There is far too much profit driving the transgender/transhumanist agenda for those promoting it to voluntarily stop shoving it done the public’s throat.
Great article! Cross-sex ideation is the more accurate term for all things "trans." The psychiatrists/psychologists who took dictation from their fetishist patients have truly lost the thread. But it's made them and the surgeons quite rich.
Ute Heggen, author, In the Curated Woods, True Tales from a Grass Widow (iuniverse, 2022)
Thank you for another superb article that can be in the primer category for "those who have ears." I know a few people I can send this to. The crack is widening. Last night there was another tiny crack in the narrative expressed by MSNBC's Chris Hayes in a segment raging against a new Republican bill in Congress based on Florida's so-called "don't say gay" bill. At least some of us in this fight would agree with his fears about a poorly crafted bill having unintended consequences. So that's fair journalism, even as we agree with the bill's intent to fight gender ideology indoctrination in schools. But he also acknowledged that people he knows might have "complicated feelings" about the "trans issue" and implied that there are valid questions. I don't have his exact words, but I think he mentioned sports. Anyway, thanks again for this--I know that this article will widen the crack even more!
Re Ed Davey, his party has been taking funding from Ferring Pharmaceuticals (who market puberty blockers) since the days of Davey's predecessor, the amount said to be £1.4m at the last count.
Like so many liberal feminists, I used to see the UK Lib Dems as my home and feel bereft electorally now, with so many politically parties toeing the same line.
Excellent work. NOT (I repeat, NOT) a criticism, but interested to know why you didn't address the globalists planning and funding it all. Since this insane proposition – to redefine humanity, rewrite law, and silence critics of every nation – didn't spring organically from trans activists. Coming in Part Two?
I'm not exactly against the concept of the "noble lie," but the problem with lying is that pretty soon, people start assuming you are a liar.
Over the past few years, there seems to be an increasing willingness on the left to lie in favor of a good cause, this has ranged from early claims that masks didn't help with COVID to preserve PPE, to claims that cancel culture is not a thing to claims that biological men don't have an advantage at sports. This is starting to corrode trust on the left, and its going to start spilling over to other things.
I believe climate change is a real problem. However, if the same people who are telling me these things have have clearly demonstrated a willingness to lie to me in support of what they believe to be a good cause, and to slander and black ball anyone who tries to provide conflicting evidence (as they did with Lisa Littman), maybe I need to start reconsidering that as whether they are lying and suppressing info on this (or other) topics as well.
To be sure, I think the right is significantly worse on this. They are much further down the path of lying and suppressing information than the left. The problem is that, the fact that the other side is even less trustworthy, isn't a reason for me to trust you. It's just a reason for me to throw up my hands and either go with my gut or just ignore the issue entirely as unknowable.
Trust is hard won and the left needs to think hard about whether they are really serving the greater good by squandering it.
You're on to a good start. Many people leave the left, but nobody leaves the "other" side. Communism has killed 100s of millions under the auspices of good intentions. The "other" side never lied about its aims.
2022: Capitalist pharma (whose roots lie in a deal between Rockefeller and Nazi pharma) now partners with the West's far-left organizations (as global as WHO/UN; and as local as BLM/LGBTQ2+) to convince children that they are not essentially human.
This is a big conversation. "The right" is a much bigger place than your comment suggests that you realize. Hundreds of millions of us leave the left and support, or vote for "other" sides. "The right" isn't one place, or one guy you've been taught to dislike.
Today's hegemony IS left, and is far-left. China's communist government slices the organs out of live people it considers enemies of the state. There IS no, "they just haven't done it properly" communist, or even social-democratic, state. I'm the product of three social democracies, and I'm ex-far left. It stopped with me.
Good luck on your ideological journey.
Your writing is probably the most thoughtful and incisive, and readable I’ve read on the implications of gender ideology. I feel like you’re constantly expanding your thinking too. It’s helping me stay sane in this Orwellian climate.
There is far too much profit driving the transgender/transhumanist agenda for those promoting it to voluntarily stop shoving it done the public’s throat.
Thank you for keeping my hopes up in these dark times.
Great article! Cross-sex ideation is the more accurate term for all things "trans." The psychiatrists/psychologists who took dictation from their fetishist patients have truly lost the thread. But it's made them and the surgeons quite rich.
Ute Heggen, author, In the Curated Woods, True Tales from a Grass Widow (iuniverse, 2022)
uteheggengrasswidow.wordpress.com
Please take a look at this review. It presents clear evidence of trans ideology’s intent to sexualise society’s concept of the child (from birth), and how pro-paedophile academic activists have succeeded in using that idea to influence public policy in the U.K: https://safeschoolsallianceuk.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/A_Review_of_the_Relationships_and_Sexuality_Education_Curriculum_in_Wales_-_October_2022.pdf
Thank you very much! I read it and I'm passing it along here in Canada.
Thank you for another superb article that can be in the primer category for "those who have ears." I know a few people I can send this to. The crack is widening. Last night there was another tiny crack in the narrative expressed by MSNBC's Chris Hayes in a segment raging against a new Republican bill in Congress based on Florida's so-called "don't say gay" bill. At least some of us in this fight would agree with his fears about a poorly crafted bill having unintended consequences. So that's fair journalism, even as we agree with the bill's intent to fight gender ideology indoctrination in schools. But he also acknowledged that people he knows might have "complicated feelings" about the "trans issue" and implied that there are valid questions. I don't have his exact words, but I think he mentioned sports. Anyway, thanks again for this--I know that this article will widen the crack even more!
Excellent piece, Eliza, written with your usual elegance and precision. No scrutiny + no debate = tyranny.
As well as people being suspended or fired for pronoun use, there's a teacher in Kilmainham jail in Ireland https://uk.news.yahoo.com/trans-row-irish-schoolteacher-returns-125805789.html
Re Ed Davey, his party has been taking funding from Ferring Pharmaceuticals (who market puberty blockers) since the days of Davey's predecessor, the amount said to be £1.4m at the last count.
Thank you for your work, Eliza
Here it is - STILLTish's research into Ferring and the Lib Dems https://gendercriticalwoman.blog/tag/liberal-democrats/
It started here with a 2019 London Times report https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/puberty-blocker-drug-firm-donated-cash-to-lib-dems-cf3x77nh3
Like so many liberal feminists, I used to see the UK Lib Dems as my home and feel bereft electorally now, with so many politically parties toeing the same line.
This is so spot-on Eliza. Thank you for writing it.
Excellent work. NOT (I repeat, NOT) a criticism, but interested to know why you didn't address the globalists planning and funding it all. Since this insane proposition – to redefine humanity, rewrite law, and silence critics of every nation – didn't spring organically from trans activists. Coming in Part Two?