Posted on 05/25/2016 6:38:50 AM PDT by Kaslin
Last year, I declared myself a springbok trapped in a human body. A springbok is a highly agile individual who is among the "least concern" species and resides in the southeastern part of the African continent. With such a declaration, some people will suggest that I am suffering from a condition known as species dysphoria, in which one thinks he is a wild animal trapped in a human body. Species dysphoria is similar to gender dysphoria, a condition in which a person believes he is a woman trapped in a male body or a man trapped in a female body.
Many people will argue that I am in need of psychological counseling. I'd dismiss such a suggestion as animalphobia. You might ask, "Williams, why in the world would you want to call yourself a springbok?" The reason is simple. There is nothing in the Internal Revenue Code that says springboks have a federal tax obligation. If government officials were to demand taxes, I would ask the U.S. Department of Justice to intercede, plus they would be reported to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
In these modern times, reality is coming to be seen as optional. Say you are a man and want to be able to check out the ladies' bathroom. You simply say you have transgendered yourself and are a lady. At schools, you could visit the ladies' locker room and maybe even shower with the ladies. In the interest of equality, these options would also be open to those who think they are men trapped in women's bodies and have transgendered themselves into men.
Just as people are not bound by sex, they are not bound by race. Last year, Rachel Dolezal made national headlines. Both of her parents are white, but for eight years, Dolezal claimed that she was black. As a result of her deception, she became president of the Spokane, Washington, office of the NAACP and an instructor of Africana studies at Eastern Washington University. In Dolezal's eyes, just as in the eyes of transgender people, the reality of DNA is not only irrelevant but also oppressive. Those who believe otherwise are seen as racist, homophobic or both.
Dolezal is not the only white woman who has benefited from racial fakery. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, sometimes called "Pocahontas," claimed that she was of Cherokee Indian ancestry. That helped her land a job at diversity-hungry Harvard University as a professor of law. She described herself as a minority in the Harvard Law School directory. Not only was her great-grandfather not a Cherokee as she claimed but he was a white man who boasted of shooting a Cherokee Indian.
Personally, I don't hold either Dolezal or Warren at fault for racial fakery. It was 1960, during my troubled time in the U.S. Army, when I faked my race. It was in Incheon, South Korea, where arriving soldiers were required to fill out a vital information form. Where it asked for race, I checked off "Caucasian." The chief warrant officer, in charge of inspecting the forms, queried me about my designation. I told him that if I put down "Negro" -- as we called ourselves at that time -- I'd get the worst job. The officer probably changed the designation; I didn't.
The irrelevancy of DNA and being able to say what you are can lead to income-earning opportunities heretofore nonexistent. For example, the men's fastest 100-meter speed is 9.58 seconds. The women's record is 10.49. What about weaker male runners claiming womanhood and running in the women's event and winning the gold? Greater opportunities for fame and fortune exist in women's basketball. It would only take a few tall men who claim they are women to dominate the game.
Some of the readers of my column are truly concerned and kind. One reader, upon reading last year's column in which I claimed to be a springbok, warned, "Watch out for lions!"
lycanthrope?
We giggle and mock, but this stuff is a sign of being mobbed by invited evil spirits.
By next deadline to submit your tax return in 2017 we should all declare ourselves to be a springbok, or some other animal or even perhaps an inanimate object.
I hear of cats that supposedly assert themselves to be people.
More like rulers of people. A person can never tell a cat what to do, but a cat can make humans jump though hoops for them.
I think that’s very plausible. That we are even having this conversation is a huge indicator we are way far along the cultural slide down.
Freegards
Or if "identity" can vary from moment to moment or day to day, can we claim to be both and take ourselves as dependents?
Too much switching around might garner an audit!!!
On a thoroughly irrelevant note, back in my shortwave radio days I used to listen to Springbok Radio; I hadn't thought about that in decades, until reading this.
Back to the topic...
Salamander for over 30 years.
(I’ve always painted for pay under that name)
I’m an English major, so on some level I identify as a collection of literary characters trapped in a female body that can’t afford to go to the nice out-of-state colleges which keep sending recruiting letters ;)
"Since we all get to choose our gender and the loonies have determined that there are no limits I've decided to identify as a stripper pole at Diamond Lil's. Come to papa girls!"
He ends with the possibility of men competing in women’s sports. A nearby school has passed a policy that allows that. Any student athlete can join the sports team of the gender with which they identify. The superintendent gave volleyball as an example-boys who identify as girls my play on the team. Wonder what the other teams will think when trying to block a spike that a 6’ tall boy slams at them.
Lirchfield, MN is not a large metropolitan area-the twisted mentality has spread everywhere.
I “giggle and mock” as an alternative to beheading them where they stand.
I truly believe that I am quadruplets trapped in a single body. That’s why I eat for four.
If it all stands, and it probably will, it is pretty much the end of women’s sports. The only women who will continue to compete will be lizzies who work out and look like men anyway.
I had a dog who, at age 11 began to try to talk like a human.
I didn't think cats would stoop so low as to be people.
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