Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
Know yourself; know your worth ๐๐
*Always Keep Fighting*
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A pantomine horse isnโt a horse.
An open secret isnโt a secret.
A hot dog isnโt a dog.
A shrinking violet isnโt a violet.
Crowโs feet arenโt feet.
Fair gameโs not a game.
Trans women arenโt women.
I spoke to Raรบl Esparza to discuss how Assistant District Attorney (ADA) Rafael Barba will be tested in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Barba's fractured relationship with Olivia Benson #raulesparza#lawandordersvu#oliviabenson#lawandorder#nbc
'He has a point, but he's too blunt.'
From the start, a key tactic of the gender identitarians has been linguistic prescription, and it's proved shockingly successful. Trans activists' shibboleths and euphemisms have been allowed to penetrate the upper echelons of our culture with devastating consequences to freedom of speech and belief. Huge swathes of liberal media, the arts, academia and publishing have thrown themselves with gusto into the defence of a quasi-religious belief causing provable real world harm, and in their arrogance they've been outraged when people they assumed were part of their In Group have refused to march meekly along in lock step.
Time and again, I've seen and heard well-educated people who consider themselves critical thinkers and bold truth-tellers squirm when put on the spot. 'Well, yes, maybe there's something in what you're saying, but it's hateful/provocative/rude not to use the approved language/pretend people can literally change sex/keep drawing attention to medical malpractice or opportunistic sexual predators. Why can't you be nice? Why won't you pretend? We thought you were one of us! Don't you realise we have sophisticated new words and phrases these days that obviate the necessity of thinking any of this through?'
As the vibe shifts, and a lot of people in the elite professions start trying to reposition themselves, the obvious place to start is, 'it's not that I couldn't see your point, but did you have to say it that way?' We dissenters were supposed to find a way of questioning the chemical castration of children while calling it 'gender affirming care.' We were meant to defend the rights of vulnerable women while also using female pronouns for male rapists. We should have found a way to discuss fairness for women and girls in sport, while pretending that the ineradicable physical advantage men have over women doesn't exist.
Either a man can be a woman, or he can't. Either women deserve rights, or they don't. Either there's a provable medical benefit to transitioning children, or there isn't. Either you're on the side of a totalitarian ideology that seeks to impose falsehoods on society through the threat of ostracisation, shaming and violence, or you're not. The alternative to being 'blunt' - using accurate, factual language to describe what was going on - was to surrender freedom of speech and espouse ideological jargon that obfuscated the issues and the harms caused. We've always needed blunt people, but we need them most of all when being asked to bow down to a naked emperor.
I FINALLY got to see Steve Martin & Martin Short live in Vegas tonight! Such a great show!! Another bucket list item checked off the list for me! They came back for a quick "encore".... a toast, to the amazing Diane Keaton. ๐
What is Dann's favourite scene in SVU?
I was blessed to have Dann Florek on my podcast Tis Yourself a while back and we spoke about @Chris_Meloni, @FINALLEVEL, Kelli, Mariska, Belzer and more.
Here are some snippets from the chat, and you can listen to the full thing at these links:
Spotify:
https://t.co/bDzZwPCunJ
Apple: https://t.co/4RfSEUuv6e
@acast: https://t.co/bDzZwPCunJ
#SVU @SVUWritersRoom@lawandordertv@NBCSVU_fans@The16thPrecinct #SVU27 #SVU27PREMIERE #SVUS27
You guys were just mad about JEANS a couple weeks ago but are perfectly content watching a man get assassinated?
Tell me you're mentally ill without telling me you're mentally ill.