A revolution for truth and common-sense is breaking out in the United States Congress and it should be supported by all citizen of goodwill. We must all help it spread to our workplaces, classrooms, the public square and even our own families.
Earlier this week, Daily Citizen reported that Illinois Representative Mary Miller introduced the first openly “transgender” member of Congress as the man that he clearly is. Rep. Miller announced to the world, “Today on the House Floor, I refused to deny biological reality [because] I refuse to perpetuate the lie that gender is open to our interpretation. It is not.
On Tuesday, Rep. Keith Self of Texas referred to this same colleague as a male as he chaired a congressional hearing, and it blew up. Rep. Self chose to adjourn the hearing as things got out of control.
You can see the exchange here:
Representative McBride, the member being referred to, responded to Rep. Keith Self by saying, “Thank you Madam Chair” and began to give his remarks. Rep. Bill Keating of Massachusetts interrupted abruptly and asked Rep. Self, “Mr. Chairman, could you repeat your introduction again?”
Rep. Self took the bait and endeavored, a bit unsteadily, to explain why he chose the truthful wording he did: “We have set the standard on the floor of the House…” Rep. Keating then proceeded to bombastically moralize before the committee, asking Self if “he had no decency.” It was then that Chairman Self gaveled the hearing adjourned.
There are several important points worth addressing here, as we seize this cultural moment to publicly refute the lie that male and female are defined and determined by self-perception.
- Rep. Self, like Rep. Miller before him, was right to publicly refuse to participate in the confusion of what a man and woman are, particularly as members of the U.S. Congress.
- It is important to point out that Rep. Self was not offended in the least by being “misgendered” by McBride when he referred to him as “Madam Chair.” Healthy men know what they are. Call them anything you want. They are secure in the truth. When others get offended at being “misgendered” it is a clear sign one is wrestling with his or her “new” adopted self.
- Rep. Self should not have taken the bait. No one should. When you are put in a situation of needing to speak the truth about the objectivity of male and female, always stick to your guns. Self should have confidently responded, “I was crystal clear in what I said. Let’s continue.” Rule of thumb there: Never engage others who want to redefine biological reality on their terms. Doing so is a recipe for crazy-making.
- When others challenge your adherence to reality, simply state in a determined voice, “You and I seem to have a very different definition of what a woman (or man) is. Can you give me your working definition as we seek to establish exactly what we are talking about here?” Gender activists cannot answer that simple question which is why it must be asked.
- Always remember, anyone can identify anyway they want. That is their freedom. But it is irrational to expect everyone else to play along with one’s subjective gender identity. It is also a violation of basic self-determination and freedom of conscience to demand any of us to speak words we know to be untrue. Compelled speech is never compassionate nor democratic.
- Finally, never let anyone weaponize your compassion against you. Do not ever feel shamed or pressured into thinking going along with the lie of false language is compassionate. It is not.
We are in an extremely critical cultural moment where the gender ideology movement is rightly being put back on its heels as more people realize the belief system is logically incoherent. All citizens of goodwill must continue to press in and demonstrate their conscientious objection to an a-scientific redefinition of humanity that male and female are not biological realities.
Additional Articles and Resources
How to Respond to “Trans” and Gender Ideology? Simple: Live Not by Lies
‘Transgender Means Many Different Things’ — And Nothing
Transgenderism and Minors: What Does the Research Really Show?
Parents Fight Back Against California School District’s Secret LGBT Clubs
What Does it Mean to Be Trans, Anyway?
The Shifting Ground of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’
Do Not Fall for the ‘Affirm Them or They Will Die’ Lie
How the “Trans” and Gender Redefinition Issue Attacks the Family
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