Ever
wonder how and why certain social issues come to the front of our collective
consciousness? One minute the talking heads of our cable news networks are all
over an issue. Next, we’re confronted with a social crisis. It climbs out of
that social media well like the creepy girl from the Ring. Where did the issue come from? I don’t believe it evolves
naturally. I suspect it’s a distraction. Can anyone say “red herring”?
Social
media has got to be the easiest group ever to manipulate. Take, for example,
the uproar back in July 2014 over a photo posted to Facebook by Jay Branscomb. (See, I did some research. Pat on
back.) Go ahead and google it, I’ll wait.
Are we back? Ok, lets continue. As you can see, the
photo depicts a hunter posing before his kill. At least that’s what social
media ran with. But come on, it was a picture of Steven Spielberg on the set of
Jurassic Park. The trophy kill was a
movie prop of a dinosaur. I mean, how stupid are we? It’s a fucking dinosaur.
Small children everywhere know what a dinosaur is! Their extinct right? And
haven’t existed for 65 million years! (Thought I better mention that, you know,
just in case.) Are we really that easy to manipulate? Apparently, yes, yes we
are!
So,
who’s doing the manipulation? Let’s try to answer that question using the most
recent social media “cause celeb”. Can the transgendered or even those who
happen to be biologically one sex but identify with the other, use the public
restroom of the gender they consider themselves to be? Well, if you dress like
a woman, act like a woman and quack like a duck, (see what I did there? That’s a
clever bit!) you use the woman’s restroom. The bathroom police aren’t going to
stop you. How would they know you have man parts? And the same goes for those of
you who gender identify as male. You use the men’s room.
I’ve heard the
opposing argument, “would you want your [insert child’s gender here] in there
with ‘them’? I’m assuming the ‘them’ refers to the transgendered or gender
self-identified. And yes, I’ve seen Benny Hill and know what it means to
‘assume’. Still, how are the little terrors going to know? Why would they care?
What have you been teaching them? It’s not like the transgendered individual is
going to “whip it out” as the saying going. The women’s restroom doesn’t
include urinals, does it? Sure the stalls have more gaps in their coverage than
a Miley Cyrus costume but mind your own damn business, that’s what I was
taught.
And for those
who gender identify as male, now there’s a product for you! Would you like to
use the urinal in the men’s room? How about writing your name in the snow? Check
out this link. Http://www.backpacker.com/gear/apparel/trail-clothes/category-womens-apparel/gear-review-female-urination-devices.
How’s that for gender equality!?
Ok, back to the
issue I was blathering about a moment ago. If this issue was a distraction, what was it
distracting us from? And who was orchestrating the distraction? The second
question is easy to answer. The Obama administration sparked the issue in the
same way a pyromaniac sparks a fire. The Departments of Education and Justice
issued guidelines to public schools that basically said students can and should
use the bathroom they gender identify with; whether they be male or female.
Ok, so what. I
guess I’m one of the un-initiated and just assumed that’s what they were
already doing. Of course, just to show my ignorance, I suppose some less than
ethical teenage boy might use that as an excuse to shower with the girls after
gym class. But, of course, this is the ‘real’ world and that’s not going to
happen. (You should probably read that last bit in a sarcastic tone.)
As to the why,
what was President Obama’s administration trying to distract us from? Here is
where I’m going to use my superpowers. Yes, I have a superpower. It’s the POWER
TO REMEMBER! What was the big issue dominating the news cycle before this
self-identify restroom gender issue burst to the surface like a teenagers’ zit?
The relocation of Syrian (and I use this term in its broadest possible
definition) refugees.
Let’s play a
game. The game is from Sesame Street.
It’s called: Which of these things is not like the others. Which of these things
just doesn’t belong? Did the song pop into your head too?
First
picture is from Reuters and the other 3 are from Time.com
Have you figured it out? It’s not:
one’s in color and the others are black and white. Look closely. In one picture
of ‘refugees’, in this case from Syria, (that’s the colored one) what do you
see. Males of military age fleeing the fight for their country. I like to call
them cowards. What would America look like if all the men of military age ran
away during our Civil War? The other three pictures show refugees form WWII.
Notice the absence of men of military age? That’s because they were fighting
and yes, dying on the battlefield.
I’m
not trying to glorify war. It really is hell on earth. Just ask a vet. After
more than a decade of war, there are plenty of vets around to ask. But I think
we need to remember just what a refugee actually is! Women, children and the
elderly, you know, innocent victims. Or, if you have a more military mindset,
collateral damage. Tragic, but often unavoidable. These are the people we have
a moral obligation to help. A spirited public discussion on what form that help
will take is necessary.
Still, refugees,
traditionally, are not males of military age. Sure, times change but ISIS (you
remember them) has stated they plan to infiltrate us through these refugees.
And the Federal Government has no way to detect them. This is a problem. Can
you say “Mateen” and “Pulse Nightclub”? How about “San Bernardino”? Now, I know
these murderous acts weren’t necessarily done by refugees. It does however,
serve to illustrate ISIS’s ability to hurt and kill us. After all, the radical
Islamic terrorists that committed the atrocities said they were doing this for
ISIS. Maybe we should believe them? Not according to President Obama.
Having said
that, what does President Obama do? He goes ahead and brings Syrian refugees in
anyway. Doesn’t matter that the American people have some concerns. Just because
he could. His administration pledged to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees by 2016.
Way behind on that promise, and our attention elsewhere, what does the
administration due? Cut the already woefully inadequate vetting process down to
a mere 3 months. Yup, that’s going to work. No security issues with that!
In conclusion,
what have we learned? When these social issues pop up, seemingly out of
nowhere, ask yourself: what I’m I missing? What don’t they [insert any
group/government or entity you wish here] want us looking at? What are they up
to? Is this a giant, smelly red herring plopped down on the table of our minds?
Is this issue at this time meant to distract us? And another thing. This one
regarding the hole public restroom issue. Why don’t we go to unisex bathrooms?
A lot of public places have a small version of the unisex bathrooms. They’re
called “family” restrooms. It’s just a thought.
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