{"id":6013,"date":"2014-06-13T00:15:47","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T07:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=6013"},"modified":"2014-06-13T00:15:47","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T07:15:47","slug":"the-new-doublethink-natural-born-social-construct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2014\/06\/13\/the-new-doublethink-natural-born-social-construct\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Doublethink: Natural Born Social Construct?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Can 2 + 2 = 3, at the same time 2 + 2 = 5?\u00a0 According the Orwellian Doublethink, it can and must.\u00a0 This doublethink is the fundamental argument of transgenderism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On one hand, we are told that transgendered individuals, <em>i<\/em>.<em>e<\/em>. those who think they are something other than what they are biologically, are \u201cborn that way\u201d and are thus protected by the same laws, and for the same reason, that persons are protected based on their race, biological sex, and purportedly their sexual preferences.\u00a0 Thus, 2 + 2 = 3.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On the other hand, we are told that \u201cgender\u201d is a \u201csocial construct\u201d that has nothing to do with one\u2019s biological sex.\u00a0 Thus, \u201ccis-gendered\u201d individuals, <em>i<\/em>.<em>e<\/em>. those who think they are what they actually are, are declared to be suffering from cis-normative oppression, and are encouraged to abolish that notion of gender\u2026 particularly if they are little boys who act like little boys.\u00a0 Thus, 2 + 2 =5.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6014\" title=\"INGSOC Queer LGBTQ\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/INGSOC_Queer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/INGSOC_Queer.jpg 550w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/INGSOC_Queer-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Anyone who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/379312\/rage-rhetoric-and-reform-kevin-d-williamson\" target=\"_blank\">questions<\/a> this Doublethink is condemned as a monster in the most negative manichean terms possible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Question for the Leftists who support sex-reassignment surgery: If they are &#8220;born that way&#8221; (which is the basis for their &#8220;protected class&#8221; status), then why should that be changed?\u00a0 Further, why should someone else be forced to pay for that?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the &#8220;mind&#8221; and &#8220;body&#8221; don&#8217;t match, why is it okay to change the body, rather than the mind? After all, if these individuals are &#8220;born&#8221; thinking they are a different gender than their body, doesn&#8217;t mean that they are &#8220;born&#8221; with their body just like a person is &#8220;born&#8221; with their race?\u00a0 Isn\u2019t failing to come to terms with the fact that they are \u201cborn that way\u201d <em>their<\/em> problem and not the problem of another?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Aren\u2019t we told that physical form trumps what one thinks?\u00a0 After all, &#8220;race,&#8221; or &#8220;sexual orientation&#8221; are considered protected classed because they are declared &#8220;immutable&#8221; while you can be discriminated in the private sector for what you believe or say, or even forced to violate your own beliefs and be compelled to speech you don\u2019t believe in.\u00a0 Yet in the case of sex-reassignment surgery, we see what one thinks trumping what one biologically is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If what one thinks they are and what they really are differs, why is changing what one looks like acceptable but changing what one thinks isn&#8217;t?\u00a0 Isn&#8217;t what one believes or says supposedly a &#8220;choice&#8221;?\u00a0 Isn\u2019t \u201cgender\u201d supposed to be a \u201csocial construct\u201d and in effect a choice?\u00a0 If so, then why does someone who has a \u201cgender identity\u201d divergent from their biological sex, nonetheless get treated as if it is an immutable characteristic like race of biological sex?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But then, engaging in non-coital sexual acts is protected because that it is declared by homosexual activists to be &#8220;who they are,&#8221; despite the fact that sexual relations and how one dresses is a choice.\u00a0 After all, if it wasn&#8217;t, then rape wouldn&#8217;t be a crime, since the perpetuator isn&#8217;t culpable for their own sexuality!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Don&#8217;t question it\u2026 Just accept the party line.\u00a0 It&#8217;s doubleplusgood!<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The New Doublethink: Natural Born Social Construct?\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Can 2 + 2 = 3, at the same time 2 + 2 = 5?\u00a0 According the Orwellian Doublethink, it can and must.\u00a0 This doublethink is the fundamental argument of transgenderism.\"><meta name=\"twitter:image:src\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/INGSOC_Queer.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Can 2 + 2 = 3, at the same time 2 + 2 = 5?\u00a0 According the Orwellian Doublethink, it can and must.\u00a0 This doublethink is the fundamental argument of transgenderism. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On one hand, we are told that transgendered individuals, &hellip; 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