Back in early July, Steve Elers of Massey University wrote a tongue in cheek article ridiculing transgenderism and their use of pronouns. Since then it appears to have triggered a number of people, including lefty journalist David Farrier. Here are some excerpts from Steve’s article
[…] This time, however, I thought I’d complete an online survey because it related to a virtual conference I attended – one of the many consequences of Covid-19.
The survey questions and options for answers were standard until I got to the gender tick box.
Rather than just male or female, I was now presented with multiple options. I can’t remember exactly how many were listed, but perhaps it was about 10.
Yes, you read correctly – there were 10 or so gender options to choose from and one could select one or more of the options. Male and female is so 1990s – in 2020 you can be both or more.
[…] Going back to the survey, logically following on from the gender tick box was the gender pronoun list of options. Gender pronouns are words used to refer to people, eg she/her, he/him, or they/them. However, just like the previous question, the number of gender pronouns to choose from was exhaustive.
Using the following example of he (subject pronoun) / him (object pronoun) / his (possessive adjective) / his (possessive pronoun) / himself (reflexive pronoun), there are now many other options, including but not limited to: ze/zir/zir/zirs/zerself; ze/hir/hir/hirs/hirself; ey/em/eir/eirs/emself; ve/ver/vis/vis/verself; ne/nem/nir/nirs/nemself; xe/xem/xyr/xyrs/xemself. Yes, there are more.
Everyone should start learning ze above for zemselves because more workplaces – especially government workplaces – are asking staff to use them. For example, the State Services Commission – the government agency tasked with overseeing the State sector of New Zealand’s public service – has asked government employees to include their own gender pronouns in their email signatures.
The Commission said that when “cisgender people include pronouns, it normalises it for everyone and protects trans and gender diverse people when they include their pronouns” and that having “pronouns in an email signature signals you as an LGBTQIA+ ally”.
More importantly, the commission says that if anyone suffers “negativity for using your pronouns in your workplace” they should report it to their team leader or HR department.
The big question is why are militant transgender people and their allies like David Farrier so outraged by this article? Considering the obvious threat to free opinion (agree with us or get fired) shouldn’t we be the ones up in arms?
Here is the reason why and the elephant in the room. Transgenderism is a psychosis. Psychosis is defined as “a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.” For example female and male brains are different and there has not been a single case of a transgender person after they have died being shown to have the brain of the opposite sex. Not one. You know where I’m going with this right?
Language reflects reality. We have a male gender pronoun and a female gender pronoun. The reason why we have exactly two gender pronouns is because we have exactly two genders. Language reflecting reality.
But what if you believed that there were more than two genders and that you were one of the other genders? Then you have to change the language to include more than two gender pronouns. This means that anyone who says that there are only two gender pronouns are not only disagreeing with your use of language but denying your very gender – your reality so to speak.
That’s why militant transgender people and the likes of David Farrier are so outraged.
So if it’s so important to them that we include all these extra and let’s fact it, crazy pronouns, can’t we just let them have them? Well no. It’s one thing to have a psychosis, it’s quite another to force others to accept your psychosis. You can believe you are Sir Richard the First for example but it’s another thing entirely to force others to call you “Sir” or die. And that’s what metaphorically is happening.
Transgender people and their allies are right about one thing. It is about more than language. Time we stood our ground.
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