We’re sure Ben Carson went to medical school? Because he really does not seem to understand how human bodies work. (As you’ll recall, this is the same guy who said that gay marriage leads to polygamy, as if straights have not been employing serial sexual escapades since time began.)
“For thousands of years, mankind has known what a man is and what a woman is,” he drowsily droned to yet another group of rotten Republicans. “And now all of a sudden we don’t know anymore. Now, is that the height of absurdity? Because today you feel like a woman, even though everything about you genetically says that you’re a man or vice versa?”
Ugh, God, stop it stop it stop it stop it. First of all, “mankind,” blerg; at this point, using that word is just a deliberate middle-finger, and signal that yes, more inclusive words exist and no I’m refusing to use them.
But on to the substance of his argument: for thousands of years, humanity has understood that gender is a fluid, nonbinary thing. It is not hard to Google for examples of cultures all over the world that have blurred the lines between male and female over the last thousands years. But apparently Ben just believes that whatever he learned what he was a child always has been true and always will be.
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Oh, but it gets worse:
Wouldn’t that be the same as if you woke up tomorrow morning after seeing a movie about Afghanistan or reading some books and said, “You know what? I’m Afghanistan. I know I don’t look that way. My ancestors came from Sweden, or something, I don’t know. But I really am. And if you say I’m not, (then) you’re racist.”
No, Ben. You have fundamentally misunderstood, well, everything. Trans people do not see a movie and then decide the next day that they are trans. Just stop this “woke up tomorrow morning” garbage.
But there’s actually something ever-so-slightly (and accidentally) correct about his analogy. Changing your nationality is something that people can, in fact, do. If you move to a different country, and learn a whole new set of customs and behaviors, and learn about yourself, and fill out a ton of paperwork, and do a lot of soul-searching and difficult decision-making, and have a lot of conversations, then yes you can in fact become naturalized as a citizen of another country. So, yeah, that can change.
It’s not a perfect analogy — trans people generally consider themselves to have been trans their whole lives, and for their transition to have affirmed the gender that they always were. But this is a nuance probably much too deep for Ben Carson.
Kangol
He was babbling about Lucifer last night. He should’ve been the VP pick. We’d have a rolling comedy all the way to the election.
RPerez
I wouls love to find out what Caitlyn Jenner feels after these recent interviews about her claiming her support of the Republican Party. Would be interestimg to hear.
Rob91316
The Crackpot of Craniotomy is Cuckoo for Christ.
Masc Pride
@Kangol: Would it still be funny if they won? Keep in mind that a big part of the reason why Donald Trump is now the Republican nominee is because the party basically dismissed him as a joke that wouldn’t get very far in the election…and look how that turned out. Hillary is far from a shoo in, and she’s possibly the worst candidate to put up against Trump.
Bob LaBlah
@RPerez: It does seem odd that the gay bloggers haven’t banded together to demand a response from Phonyana, huh? We are just as divided as the GOP when it comes to that “thing”.
1EqualityUSA
Thready pulse…agonal breathing…we need to address a code status of GOP.
ErikO
@RPerez: Cait probably loves them!!!
Bob LaBlah
@ErikO: Believe it or not she has finally issued a statement regarding/condemning their lack of sensitivity for the gay community. You know things are bad if Phonyanna, who was right there in Cleveland last night, is clandestinely saying “it might be a good idea to take another look at this guy”. Or at least that what it sounded like to me based on what she said. I won’t post it but it is worth a google search.
Kangol
@Masc Pride: You’re right. That Trump has gotten this far spurs gallows humor, i.e., funny with a side of horror.
@RPerez: I guess Caitlin and Dr. Ben Narcolepsy aren’t not going to be having a sleepover in Cleveland. She even said last night that the Dems were better on LGBT issues. And she was among Republicans!
Kangol
Caitlin and Dr. Ben Narcolepsy aren’t going to be having a sleepover. Plus Ben has his (crazy) Candy to lick on.
abnerbha
I want to go into women’s bathrooms if there are pretty women in there & if a pretty woman wants to use men’s bathrooms, then that is fine with me. I want a pretty woman to go into men’s bathrooms but I wouldn’t want uglies like Ellen Lee DeGeneres and Rosie T. O’Donnell shitting in any bathroom as they’re ugly so Ellen & Rosie can shit in diapers. Ellen Lee DeGeneres & Rosie T. O’Donnell both probably like to have farting & shitting contests in bathrooms, so Ellen & Rose both want to do battleshits contest in men’s bathrooms since women’s toilets got dirtied by them.
abnerbha
There is something wrong with a man thinking he is a woman or a woman thinking she is a man. It is mutilation with dangerous hormones. Most transexuals were sexually abused in childhood which messed up their minds and transexuals sexually abuse children. Transexuals are mutilated gays and lesbians. I don’t care what others say but mutilating a man or woman to make them fake members of opposite sex is gay/lesbian. And gay/lesbian groups are apologists for Transexuals which is why the word T is there. They must abolish this surgical mutilation.
Finally, sex change maimings which is mutilating some1 to make them fake members of opposite sex is comparable to trying to make a man a fake animal because he thinks he is an animal trapped in a human body. Most feminists are not speaking against this. 1 would hope that feminists would oppose the mutilation that happened to Chastity Sun Bono as feminists have spoken against Female Genital Mutilation which happens in some nations. Transexuals are mutilations which no Dr. should take part in, yet most feminists are not condemning this female genital and breast mutilation as what happened to Chastity S. Bono where her healthy breasts were mutilated, dangerous hormone shots and her genitals mutilated.