Posted on 05/10/2007 9:53:05 PM PDT by goldstategop
Living in L.A., as I do, I don’t have wonderful choices when it comes to my local newspapers. There’s the parochial Daily News, which focuses its attention on the San Fernando Valley. This is fine, if you happen to be more interested in the war on potholes than the war on Islamic terrorism.
The alternative rag is the L.A. Times. They slant the news so far to the left, the words almost slide off the page. A person could easily jump to the conclusion that the entire editorial board cut their teeth on Pravda and the Daily Worker. Instead of parroting the party line for Joseph Stalin, they now carry the water for the likes of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.
Speaking of the Senate’s Majority Leader, wouldn’t you think that instead of simply announcing that America has lost the war in Iraq, thus simultaneously lending aid and comfort to Al Qaeda and pulling the rug out from under our troops, he’d have made it a sporting proposition? I mean, even if his scummy behavior didn’t put you in mind of Benedict Arnold, Marshal Henri Petain and Vidkun Quisling, wouldn’t you think that the man who owes his seat in the U.S. Senate to Nevada’s gambling interests, would at least have said, “The odds are seven-to-five that we’ve lost in Iraq”?
The Times is so politically correct that a hiring memo that was made public a few years ago indicated that the paper not only wanted to make certain that racial minorities be moved to the head of the line, but that gays and lesbians also be given preference.
Still, I must confess I was taken aback the other day when I opened the sports section to find an article by Times writer Mike Penner, 49, which began: “I am a transsexual sports writer. It has taken more than 40 years, a million tears and hundreds of hours of soul-wrenching therapy for me to work up the courage to type those words.”
Mr. Penner went on to state that he’d be taking a two week vacation, and when he returned he’d be Ms. Christine Daniels.
As forthcoming as he was, he neglected to mention how he intended to spend the fortnight. Although one might presume he was going in for the sort of surgery I’d rather not think about, it’s possible he’ll merely spend the time shopping for a new wardrobe. He also failed to mention why he was changing not only his first name, but his last. I also wanted to know how his wife took the news, or whether they have children, who will have to remember to buy two gifts this Mother’s Day.
I even tried to imagine how my own wife would react to such news, but all I could come up with were gales of laughter, followed by a deadly serious “Don’t you even look at my shoes!”
According to the Times, most of the response from readers has been overwhelmingly positive. I’m not sure if that means they’re extremely compassionate human beings or just plain goofy.
For my part, being of a suspicious nature, I found myself wondering if Mike Penner was working a scam. After all, the Times, which has lost hundreds of thousands of subscribers since 2000, has been firing staff at a rate that must be nightmarish for those fortunate few still drawing a salary. So, what if this is just a clever career move? What if Mr. Penner is no more a transsexual than Alec Baldwin is, but figured if he claimed to be one, the PC bosses down at 2nd and Spring Street would never dare cut him, you should excuse the expression, from the paper.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
According to the Times, most of the response from readers has been overwhelmingly positive. I’m not sure if that means they’re extremely compassionate human beings or just plain goofy.
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I BET IF THE TIMES TOOK A POLL OF THEIR READERS, THEY WOULD ONLY FIND LIBERALS WHO SUPPORT FAR LEFT IDEAS AND THEORIES. THAT IS WHY THEY ARE SO COMPASSIONATE, MISERY LOVES COMPANY.
What was worse was some of the statements that slipped by unsupported. Penner claimed there is a significant body of studies supporting the validity and results of such surgeries. That is just NOT the case. (I would question the act of self-mutilation; there are other maladies than “gender dysphoria” that explain what he claims he suffers from.) The me-me-me focus in the original article by Penner (not much mention of how his family will take this, but I am sure the public line is “they are supportive”) told me more than anything what was really up.
Sad, science is perverted even on the sports page.
While it is difficult to stop laughing at the prospect of what might happen when this guy shows up at a Bengals game wearing a dress, I am interested in this subject. What are the studies that indicate that transgenders have problems other than wanting sex changes. Got any links?
Sig226 asked for evidence. A pro-Sexual Reassignment web site honestly, though in a softened tone, discussed the “unfavorable” studies. The last sentence of the excerpt quoted below is the money quote. If you wish to know the site this came from, freepmail me. The site’s name probably does not comport with posting standards on FR. Here is the excerpt:
Against this body of favourable evidence there are a number of studies which express reservations. Hoenig et al (1971) argued that SRS helped a majority of patients both subjectively and objectively but the operation could in no sense be regarded as a cure. Newman and Stoller (1971) reported that although surgery produces a change in a person’s secondary sexual characteristics, inner male and female identity remains untouched. Sturup (1976) found that all his patients had psychological problems, including family rejection, difficulty at work, sexual adjustment, depressive ideation, suicidal behaviour and reactive psychosis. Nevertheless, all the patients were satisfied with the surgical outcome. A more recent study by Beatrice (1985) assessed the psychological functioning of four groups each of 10 subjects (heterosexual males, transvestites, preoperative male transsexuals and postoperative male transsexuals) using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale. He reported that both preoperative and postoperative patients showed evidence of psychotic functioning which surgery did not relieve.
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