How the PC Police Ruined Childhood (and Adulthood)
It looks like
liberals see no minimum age when it comes to drilling the dictates of political correctness into the skulls of the next generation. Because
they have established footholds in Academia, the media, and Hollywood, they
have seized the opportunity to do just that as they have sought to develop a permanent upper hand in the culture war.
For nearly my entire
life, the PBS series “Arthur,” based on the children’s book series featuring an
anthropomorphic ardvaark and his friends, has provided entertainment and
educational benefits to young children across America. Between 1976 and 2011, author Marc Brown
wrote nearly four dozen installments. As
a matter of fact, I had the privilege of meeting Brown’s sister Kim, who served
as the inspiration for the character DW, 16 years ago as a second grader. Sorry, I do not have any photographs to prove
that I actually met her. I also had a computer
game called “Arthur’s Thinking Games” at one point based on the books (and TV
series).
It appears as if the
writers for the “Arthur” TV series have run out of ideas. They have decided to go full PC and introduce
the concept of same-sex marriage to little kids. A recent episode of “Arthur” featured a
same-sex marriage between Arthur’s teacher Mr. Ratburn and his “significant other.” In retrospect, based on its decision to air
this episode, Mitt Romney’s proposition to defund PBS actually seems like a
good idea. If PBS wants to advance a
left-wing agenda, then it should do so without the use of taxpayer dollars. This
development with Mr. Ratburn should not come as a surprise since one of the
writers for “Sesame Street” recently said that he always saw Bert and Ernie as
gay partners.
Liberals seem to have
no respect or admiration for the innocence that once defined childhood. Instead, they have apparently made the
calculation to turn public school children into foot soldiers of the Cultural Revolution. They have already successfully
implemented radical sex education into the curriculum of many schools across
the country in the form of the “Guidelines for Comprehensive Sexuality Education,”
which provides teachers with a
framework for K-12 sex education. As I
have explained before, “this framework advocates teaching children as young as
five about masturbation, sexual intercourse and homosexuality.” I also touched upon California’s Healthy Youth
Act, which they might want to rename the “Horny Youth Act.” After all, this “comprehensive sex education”
framework teaches students about “lubricants, anal sex, and sex toys.” The textbook encourages students to use
cucumbers, carrots, and bananas as dildos.
These same people probably like to lecture the rest of America about
the importance of “feeding the hungry,” especially when it comes to the immigration debate. Nothing
says “feeding the hungry” like wasting and destroying perfectly good food by
rubbing it against genitalia.
A recent piece of
legislation championed and passed by liberals in both parties has consequences
for those currently in childhood and adulthood.
The House of Representatives passed the so-called Equality Act Friday, with
every Democrat who voted voting yes and all but eight Republicans who voted
voting no. The Equality Act serves as
the latest example of how liberals have mastered manipulating language to make
their policy proposals more palatable to the American people. Other examples of this include substituting
the word “marriage equality” for same-sex marriage, “Medicare for all” for
socialized, government-run healthcare, “family reunification” for chain
migration, “Road Repair and Accountability Act” for gas tax, and a whole
boatload of euphemisms for abortion; including “reproductive rights,” “reproductive
health,” “women’s health,” “choice,” and “bodily autonomy.”
An article published
by The Daily Signal entitled “7
Reasons Why the Equality Act Is Anything But” cuts through all the crap and outlines what the “Equality Act”
means for all Americans. First of all, “it
would penalize Americans who don’t affirm new sexual norms or gender ideology.” This has already happened to a teacher in
Virginia named Peter Vlaming who lost his job for refusing to refer to a biological
female as a male in accordance with “her” wishes; although The Daily Signal article lists Vlaming under the second
reason, “it would compel speech.” Vlaming’s
situation actually applies to both reason number one and reason number
two. The third unintended (or more
likely intended) consequence of the “Equality Act” listed warns that “it could
shut down charities.” For example, a shelter for “homeless, abused, and
trafficked women” faced a lawsuit on the basis of “gender identity
discrimination” because it refused to admit a biological male.
Nothing has more dire
consequences for children and adolescents across America than the fourth aspect
of the Equality Act as outlined by The Daily Signal: “It would allow more biological males to defeat girls
in sports.” Believe it or not, this
aspect of the Equality Act has drawn the ire of both the left and the right.
From the left, women’s rights organizations have argued that the Equality
Act would roll back decades of progress in creating women’s sports that resulted
from Title IX of the Civil Rights Act.
It seems as if girls
competing with biological males in sports find themselves in the same position
as Republicans in California: no matter how hard they work, they simply cannot
beat the Democrats; who have a huge head start thanks to the transformation of
the Golden State caused by America’s failed immigration policy. As for high school girls, no matter how hard
they work, they cannot match up against transgender males, who have biological
advantages over biological females that the “pro-science” party seems all to willing
to ignore. Selina Soule came in eight at an event in the Connecticut State
Track Championships although she came in sixth among the biological females. Two biological males who identify as women
took the top two spots at the event, with one breaking the state record in the
100-meter dash. Had Soule come in sixth place, she would have had the chance “to
complete in front of college coaches.” As the article points out, Soule “not
only lost to the biological males in the championships but also lost out on valuable
opportunities to be seen by college coaches and chosen for scholarships.” Soule has appeared on “The Ingraham Angle,”
where she told her story to Fox News host Laura Ingraham.
While the simple, kindergarten-level
biology outlined in “Kindergarten Cop” should serve as the starting point for
any conversation about gender or “gender identity,” high school biology teaches
about hormones and chromosomes. As Soule
pointed out, “it’s scientifically proven that males are built to be physically
stronger than females. It’s unfair to put someone who is biologically a male,
who has not undergone anything in terms of hormone therapy against cisgender
girls.” To those who have a hard time keeping up with “woke” terminology
(myself included), “cisgender girls” means “biological females.” Ingraham went
on to explain some of the differences between males and females that have become
quite obvious now that biological males get to compete against biological
females in Connecticut track racing: “females are, on average, nine percent
shorter than males; male bones are bigger in both size and density; females
have shorter arms and legs relative to body size; females are around 30-35
percent muscle by weight while males are 40-50 percent muscle; females’
ligaments are thinner and softer than males’; the internal organs of…men tend
to be bigger, broader, more capable of taking in oxygen; shoulder size…the
structure of the anatomy is different period.” Soule closed the conversation by
declaring “we are not physically able to be competitive against someone who is
biologically a male.”
The article also
warns that the Equality Act “could be used to coerce medical professionals” and
“it could lead to more parents losing custody of their children.” The article
explains that in states where laws similar to the Equality Act have taken
effect, transgender individuals have sued Catholic hospitals for refusing to
perform hysterectomies. In addition, the
American Journal of Bioethics has argued the state has a responsibility to
intervene if parents refuse to give their children “puberty-blocking drugs.” An
example of this kind of intervention took place in Cincinnati, where a judge
deprived parents of custody of their child because of their refusal to follow
the PC playbook when it comes to treating their offspring’s gender dysphoria. The Daily Signal article concludes
by warning that the Equality Act “would enable sexual assault,” pointing to an incident
in Decatur, Georgia; where a boy who identifies as a girl sexually assaulted a
5-year-old girl in the girls’ restroom.
Thanks to the Decatur City School District’s policy allowing transgender
individuals to use the restroom of the gender they identify with (as opposed to
their biological gender), this girl had her childhood turned upside down. When the school district, located in the Atlanta
suburbs, refused to change its policy because of what happened, the girl’s
mother removed her from the school.
The article concludes
with a bottom line summary of the “Equality Act”: “This extreme and dangerous
legislation would create unprecedented harm to businesses, charities, medical
professionals, women and children, and entire families.” It also warned that
the legislation “would be used as a sword to attack people and force them to
adopt new ideologies about human sexuality.”
It looks like a
majority of the House of Representatives, including virtually all Democrats,
have decided not to heed the warnings of The Daily Signal. One of the two
Democrats I discussed in my most recent blog about pro-life Democrats, Dan Lipinski,
voted for the Equality Act; while the other, Collin Peterson, did not vote at
all. The eight Republicans who joined Democrats
in voting for the Equality Act include all three Republicans who represent districts
carried by Hillary Clinton, Mario Diaz-Balart of South Florida, Tom Reed and
Elise Stefanik of Upstate New York, Susan Brooks of Indiana, and Greg Walden of
Oregon. According to Roll Call, many of these Representatives
have done their best to attract primary challengers by supporting the Democratic
effort to block the President’s national emergency declaration and/or joining
with Democrats to condemn the Trump administration’s support for a legal
challenge to Obamacare. Although none of
the Congressional Republicans have done more to attract a primary challenger
than Justin Amash of Michigan. More on
that another time.
Fortunately, it looks
like the Equality Act will not succeed in becoming law; thanks to the
Republican-controlled Senate. Every single Democrat except Joe Manchin has
signed on as a cosponsor while Republican Susan Collins has joined with the
Democrats in supporting the legislation.
The legislation would require 60 votes to pass in the Senate. It looks
like the Equality Act will not even receive majority support in the Senate, let
alone the 60 vote threshold needed to stop a filibuster. Even if it did pass the
Senate, the Equality Act would likely have a veto waiting for it when it makes
it to President Trump’s desk. The second
liberals retake all three branches of government, expect the Equality Act to become
law. Do not expect them to let a
filibuster stand in their way.
Many more examples
exist of the PC police ruining and politicizing childhood; including the
children’s book “A is for Activist” and exposing young children to drag queens at story time. Let’s not ruin anymore
childhoods. Tell your Senator to vote “no”
on the Equality Act. Religious liberty and the innocence of childhood hang in the balance.
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