In my heart, I can't understand ignorance. Maybe it's that I have a desire to understand as much as I can? Who knows? But as I write this, MAGA is denying that the Orange Snowflake's birthday parade was hardly attended, while 11 million people attended No Kings protests across the nation.
One of my Facebook friends, a TG person who doesn't want to acknowledge the truth that only photographs can show, is caught up in the false narrative that there weren't that many people attending the protests. But then, she hasn't seen the "Gender Correction" letter being sent out for passport renewals.
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Ignorance is either a lack of opportunity to see an objective truth, or a choice to ignore an objective truth. If one sees the objective truth and recognizes it as such, then the person is rational. Choosing to ignore an objective truth is something else. I'm not sure of what to call this. Yet, who defines "Objective Truth?" Years ago, broadcast TV had something known as the "Fairness Doctrine." Sadly, Ronald Reagan killed that off, and along with it died objective news casting. Today, people pick their "news" sources based on their prejudices, and never hear opposing points of view that would test their views of reality.
Sadly, news organizations without a Fairness Doctrine will slant the news to serve the wishes of their owners. All too often people on both sides of the political divide claim that the other side is reporting falsehoods. This has resulted in the political divide we have today - to such an extent that rational people should be thinking: Should we split up the United States along its political divides and limit the harm done to people on both sides of the divide? Or, should we put guardrails on the 1st amendment to the constitution, and somehow make all organizations claiming to report the news report it objectively.
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I have a transgender acquaintance who still yearns for some of the conveniences of her biologically male past, such as being able to pee standing up. Another transgender acquaintance I met through a (former?) reader of this blog is obviously TG. That shouldn't be a problem, but this person moved to the back woods of Upstate NY and was rejected by her conservative church. They both have the same flaw - they think that their (political) tribal membership card will continue to be accepted after transition. I'm reminded of the Jews who supported Hitler, thinking that he'd take care of ALL who supported him. Yes, they were taken care of, but not in the way they thought.
The above two people are choosing to be ignorant. I expect that reality will soon hit them in the face. It's a shame, as us aware people understand the consequences of the actions of people like those two, and we hate the upcoming suffering that their type is causing to happen. As for me, I will try to get out of the way and report what is going on objectively as long as I can.
