{"id":18660,"date":"2021-11-12T01:09:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T08:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=18660"},"modified":"2021-11-12T01:09:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T08:09:34","slug":"trans-women-athletes-are-good-but-trans-species-bird-are-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/11\/12\/trans-women-athletes-are-good-but-trans-species-bird-are-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans-Women Athletes Are Good But Trans-Species Bird Are Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If a biological male can with first prize in a women\u2019s sporting contest, then why can\u2019t a biological mammal be named \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/01\/bat-named-bird-of-the-year-2021-in-controversial-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bird of the Year 2021<\/a>\u201d?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe bat is getting its due \u2014 at the expense of birds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNew Zealand has named the bat their \u2018Bird of the Year,\u2019 despite the now-controversial fact that bats are not of the avian family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBats are regarded as New Zealand\u2019s only native land mammal, and under threat of extinction \u2014 as well as public scrutiny as of late due to its potential link to the initial coronavirus outbreak in 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt\u2019s the first time a non-bird has been honored with the award, angering some birders who claim the mammalian animal stole the election from the rightful Aves class.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cApproximately 7,000 voters favored the bat against some 200 New Zealand-native species of bird.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe Oceanic nation crowned the species the \u2018long-tailed bird\u2019 or pekapeka-tou-roa. The precious bat, hardly bigger than a thumb when fully grown, is one of the rarest mammals in the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe online poll drew in a total of 58,000 votes \u2014 the most to participate in the contest in its 16-year run. Organizers said the bat\u2019s inclusion is part of a campaign to promote the critically endangered animal, which receives far less attention than birds overall.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_18661\" style=\"width: 157px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18661\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18661\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/batanimation.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"160\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured: A Bird.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Transgenderism already established that genetics doesn\u2019t matter. This is its logical outcome.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Trans-Women Athletes Are Good But Trans-Species Bird Are Better\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"If a biological male can with first prize in a women's sporting contest, then why can\u2019t a biological mammal be named 'Bird of the Year 2021'?\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/batanimation.gif\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If a biological male can with first prize in a women\u2019s sporting contest, then why can\u2019t a biological mammal be named \u201cBird of the Year 2021\u201d? \u201cThe bat is getting its due \u2014 at the expense of birds. \u201cNew Zealand &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/11\/12\/trans-women-athletes-are-good-but-trans-species-bird-are-better\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6,1],"tags":[70,55,86,68],"class_list":["post-18660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-progressives","category-science","category-uncategorized","tag-facepalm","tag-gender","tag-science","tag-wtf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18662,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18660\/revisions\/18662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}