Fox News has posted a video of someone who is identified as a "trans-activist" confronting members of Turning Point USA, a national association of conservative students, at the University of Washington. Turning Point was manning a table on campus with literature when the activist confronted them and flipped over their table, calling them, "F---ing Nazis." According to the article, the incident occurred on "Thursday", but it is not entirely clear if that means today or the previous Thursday. The video can be seen in the below link.
*Update: Here is the report from TPUSA's website.
As I generally do, I have gone to the website of the campus newspaper, the Daily UW, to see if there is any information on this event. Thus far, I see nothing. Most campus newspapers are weekly, so it may take some time. Perusing the Daily UW, it is clear that it is no different from most campus newspapers, full of liberal stuff, victimization and demands that the university do more for (fill-in-the-blank) group. There was a march for trans rights briefly mentioned.
Two things are becoming clear to me: First, the trans movement is sweeping the nation-at least on university campuses, where it is being romanticized. It would not surprise me if, within a couple of years, 1/4 to 1/3 of university students are self-identifying as trans-gender, or some other designation pertaining to their gender or sexuality. It's basically becoming a fad.
Secondly, TPUSA, founded by conservative activist Charlie Kirk, is now in the spotlight in university communities. In other words, the left has sat up and taken notice-and they have total contempt for TPUSA. We are going to see more incidents like this. On public university campuses, people have the right to set up tables with their literature, coordinated with the university. It is now going to require having a uniformed campus police officer nearby to discourage incidents.
Coupled with the recent TPUSA-Riley Gaines incident at San Francisco State, these incidents indicate to me that TPUSA is succeeding. Yes, there will be more incidents, but I predict they will gain many more members among students who are sick and tired of the fascist tactics of the left on campus.
If you don't see the grift, that makes you the mark.
ReplyDeleteTPUSA is indeed "winning", but they're not winning what you think. Charlie Kirk is a trust-fund grifter, and this is EXACTLY what he wants. He and his organization actively spread anti-trans (among other) misinformation and propaganda that leads to harm against trans people. However, they do it in a "polite" and "respectable" way and then wait for the people they threaten to lash out emotionally. And now? They get people like you to act like they're the victims.
Who do you think is more likely to be the victim of violence (including murder)? A trans person or a conservative Christian? According to one study, transgender people are FOUR TIMES more likely to be victims of a violent crime than everyone else. Oh, but boo hoo for poor little Charlie Kirk.
https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/ncvs-trans-press-release/
The idea that being trans is a fad is absurd. The only "fad" is that people finally feel comfortable being their true selves. When you were growing up, they either led miserable lives pretending to be something they weren't, or they killed themselves. Yes, we will see more trans people, but that doesn't mean that there will be more. The ones we have will just be visible.
Charlie Kirk is doing exactly what was done against gay people a generation ago and black people the generation before that. Prey upon people's fears and act like they're the ones being victimized. He'd probably go after gay people if it wasn't for the fact that a lot of conservatives now fully support gay rights (including marriage) nowadays (as opposed to a couple of decades ago).
I wonder who he can go after once trans people are accepted. I guess we can always go back to trying to "cure" left-handed people.
I don't think that Kirk wants to hurt gay people or trans people, but this "trans movement" is becoming increasingly radical. TPUSA is an organization. How many of their members have been arrested for hate crimes or anything else? If trans-activists are going to resort to disruption and violence to further their cause, they will not win support.
ReplyDeleteIf you know anything about my blog, you know that I have often expressed opposition to any violence or harassment directed against LGBTQ people. I'm sure Kirk feels the same way. But we don't have to agree with every position they take or demand they make. Males participating in women's sports is outrageous. Schools promoting this lifestyle to children too young to understand it is an outrage.
Are you not even curious to know what is in the so-called manifesto of the Nahville killer? Why won't the police release that document? What is the reason? I don't know what is in the manifesto, but the longer time goes without it being released, one can assume it has something that goes against the narrative that the authorities and media want to portray. One rightfully suspects that it is a case of a trans person, psychologically disturbed to be sure, expressing hate towards Christians. Does that mean that there is a wave of trans-inspired murders looming against Christians? No, I would never blame trans people for what the woman in Nashville did. But the public deserves to know the full truth about what motivated this attack.
What you are doing here is blaming the victim. No matter what problems trans people may face, it does not justify violence being directed against people like Riley Gaines or TPUSA people in the name of the trans cause.
Kirk is no radical extremist nutcase. Listen to him speak. He is intelligent, articulate and makes sense.
I am not saying that Kirk is a "radical extremist nutcase". I'm saying that he's a GRIFTER. Chances are decent that he doesn't even think much of the stuff that he says - just as has been proven about Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, etc. He says whatever he needs to say to stir people up and make money for himself.
ReplyDeleteI'm also saying that he engages in the type of divisive rhetoric that feeds the types who DO commit hate crimes against trans people. And you're doing it too right now. The whole "schools promoting this lifestyle to children too young to understand..." is a ridiculous talking point. No school has a policy of promoting becoming trans to children. And even if they did, no kid would become trans as a result because THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT WORKS. It doesn't work that way for the same reason that people can be gay or trans even if they are solely surrounded by people who aren't.
The only thing that's being encouraged is tolerance and acceptance. I have a child, and I told him from early on about trans people. Did he completely understand it? Of course not. But the message that he DID understand was to treat them with kindness and stick up for them as they're often treated unfairly. I guess that's radical left-wing extremist doctrine to you though.
I already went round and round with you on the sports issue, which is a mountain out of a molehill even if I accept your basic premise.
You say that the "trans movement" is becoming "radical" and later bring up the ONE trans shooter that we know about. Yeah, sure, I'd like to know what's in the manifesto. I also wouldn't want any kind of crime wave against Christians.
But at the same time, I live in the real world and know that Christians, in general, pose a far greater threat to trans people even if we suddenly get another couple dozen trans shooters. I also think that it's not a stretch to say that in this instance, it's a case of two things being true: The shooter was victimized by his parents and the people at the Christian school, and the shooter is a murderer whose actions aren't justifiable.
I mean, who's the real "radical" group here? Trans people? The LGBT community? I can make the case far better that white men are being radicalized when I look up how many of them have resorted to mass shootings (not to mention an attempt to overthrow democracy).
This notion of "radical trans activism" is a distraction, and you're falling for it.
I do find this talking point to be particularly hilarious though:
"If trans-activists are going to resort to disruption and violence to further their cause, they will not win support."
Are you completely unaware of the entire history of the human race? How did the United States even become a country? With an attitude like yours, I suspect that you would have been a British loyalist back in the day.
First of all, a grifter is a small-time swindler. Kirk is not any such thing. By your definition, any activist who starts an organization is a grifter. You just don't like his politics. If Hannity or Carlson are paid handsomely because they are successful commentators, they are grifters in your book.
ReplyDelete"The whole "schools promoting this lifestyle to children too young to understand..." is a ridiculous talking point. No school has a policy of promoting becoming trans to children"
And what do you call it when elementary schools bring in drag queens to read children's books to the kiddies? I would tend to agree that is more dangerous at the age of puberty when kids are questioning their identity in many ways as opposed to grammar school kids who are too young to understand it, but then again, what is the point?
I am glad you are teaching your child to be tolerant of trans-LGBTQ people. But that is different from those who want to promote it and glorify it as a lifestyle. GHender dysphorias should be treated with compassion, not "celebrated".
"But at the same time, I live in the real world and know that Christians, in general, pose a far greater threat to trans people even if we suddenly get another couple dozen trans shooters. I also think that it's not a stretch to say that in this instance, it's a case of two things being true: The shooter was victimized by his parents and the people at the Christian school, and the shooter is a murderer whose actions aren't justifiable."
Really? True Christians don't go around attacking gays or trans people. I know one religion that does. As far as I can recall, the only mass murder attack on gays in the US was Orlando-committed by a Muslim terrorist. In the Middle East, they throw gays off of buildings. Christians are not doing that. But the left and the LGBTQ activists would rather ignore that and concentrate on Christians' perceived intolerance toward gays/trans etc.
As far as the Nashville shooter being victimized by the Christian school, you are assuming a fact not in evidence. You are speculating. That's another reason why we need to see her manifesto and suicide note. If the authorities fear that the manifesto could inspire others to do the same, they can at least tell us what the motive was so we can know what threat may exist. Again, I point out that I am not accusing all Muslims of attacking gays or all trans people of being terror threats. Pls don't read that into what I wrote above.
As for the sports issue, if women now have to compete with and shower with biological males like Lea Thomas, which the Biden adm. is advocating, you can say goodbye to women being able to compete within their own sports. Title 9 becomes meaningless.
As for the growing radicalization of the trans movement, in addition to Nashville, we are seeing more incidents if disruption and intimidation of speakers like Riley Gaines. It is becoming a disturbing trend on college campuses.
Finally, I can hardly envision myself as a British royalist. Can you imagine us being under the reign of King Charles? I shudder to even think about it.