News of the Week (October 11th, 2020)

Posted on October 11, 2020 by The Political Hat

 

News of the Week for Oct. 11th, 2020


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The Superficial Dating Transphobia Lie

Posted on October 9, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Human beings are a sexually dimorphic species, with physical and physiological differences between the sexes, that reproduce via sexual congress of the two sexes. It is only natural and normal, then, that most people have a sexual interest in members of the opposite sex (particularly those who seem to be healthy and most capable of reproduction).

     Oh, people aren’t all straight or engage in carnal activities with other people (or things or whatever) to reproduce, since the sexual drive that serves to perpetuate the species can be satisfied in other ways. However, many people who support transgenderism as normal need to denormalize the very normal natural instinct of human beings to reproduce, and they do so by reducing a person’s biological sex to just a question of what genitals one has and that differences in genitals carries the same, or even less, consideration as some other superficial feature, with even fertility being a subjective preference such as preference for a hobby or hair length.

     In other words, people are attracted to another’s biological sex, not to another’s gender identity beyond indicators of reproductive suitability.

     Some try to argue this… but do so poorly.

     People of each sex are indeed diverse in a myriad number of ways. But one’s sex isn’t just one of many relatively co-equal possible aspects, but the central defining one when it comes to perpetuating the species.

     A transgender person could fit that bill if that transgender person is someone one could have offspring with, but since there are non-genital physical and actual physiological differences between the sexes people are more likely to prefer those of the opposite sex that embody those aspects more likely to be held by the opposite sex than not—but this focus on genitals and fertility being but a fetish makes it clear that screwing a “transgender person” of the opposite sex is still “transphobic” for some people.

     People who are intersex tend to be infertile or carry other complications that indicate health problems and a decreased chance (if any at all) of reproducing. But yet again we see attraction based on sex being reduced to practically a fetish for one genital shape or another.

     Not being attracted to people who can’t have children with you is not only not “kinda odd”, it is indeed a normal inclination that humans have to perpetuate the species. And it’s not just a question of if the transgender person could have offspring, but if they could have offspring with you and be able to provide for you your healthy offspring.

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Systemic Madness

Posted on October 8, 2020 by The Political Hat

     With all the Social Justice warriors, eco-zealots, Antifa, ‘twould seem that Portland is the center of madness. Is there a reason for this? In all seriousness, YES.

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Neanderthal Girlfriends And Prehistoric Catgirls

Posted on October 7, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Homo sapiens are so heterosexual, they get all the ladies, even those sexy, sexy caveladies.

“Y chromosome sequences now provide new evidence that Neandertals and early modern humans met and exchanged genes before the major out of Africa migration—potentially as early as 370,000 years ago and certainly more than 100,000 years ago. This implies that some population closely related to early modern humans must already have been in Eurasia at that time. Surprisingly, this interbreeding resulted in the replacement of the original Neandertal Y chromosomes with those of early modern humans, a pattern similar to what has been seen for Neandertal mitochondrial DNA in an earlier study.

“At first, the complete replacement of both Y chromosomes and mtDNA of early Neandertals was puzzling, as such replacement events are quite unlikely to occur by chance alone. However, the researchers used computer simulations to show that the known small size of Neandertal populations may have led to an accumulation of deleterious mutations in their Y chromosomes which would reduce their evolutionary fitness. This is quite similar to situations where extremely small population sizes and inbreeding can sometimes increase the incidence of some diseases. ‘We speculate that given the important role of the Y chromosome in reproduction and fertility, the lower evolutionary fitness of Neandertal Y chromosomes might have caused natural selection to favor the Y chromosomes from early modern humans, eventually leading to their replacement,’ says Martin Petr.”

     Clearly most our ancestors had a hankering for neanderthal babes.

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Bad Biologist

Posted on October 6, 2020 by The Political Hat

     A jellyfish expert has decided to totes discombobulate þe olde “sexual binary” by “proving” that there aren’t just two sexes.

     This was so begging for a fisking, your humble author could only acquiesce.

A fisking! A fisking!

     Argumentum ad verecundiam.

     In the absence of a certifiable medical disease or syndrome, yes, yes it is.

     This is literally not true. The nature of the Y-chromosome is far more complex than that.

     It means that one with such a conditions has De la Chapelle syndrome, which typically involves a rash of medical problems including sterility.

     It means that one with such a conditions has Swyer syndrome, which also involves other such complications. It does not make you a physically male like a fully functioning Y-chromosome does.

     The presence of a Y-chromosome steers fetal development towards a functional biological male who can   produce sperm and impregnate a functional biological female who wasn’t so steered and who produces eggs and gestates the offspring for ca 9 months.

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Orwellian Wokeness Comes To Math

Posted on October 5, 2020 by The Political Hat

“Ideology is Science.”

“The Scientific Method is Anti-science.”

“Struggle Sessions are Discourse.”

“Disallowing Indoctrination is Censure of Open Debate.”

     ‘Twould seem that the woke mathematics textbook we all must use is “1984”.

     Going beyond “2 + 2   5” argument, the Mathematical Association of America has released an “Anti-Science Policy and the Censure of Discourse on Race and Racism.“

     This means only one thing… a fisking!

A fisking! A fisking!

“We stand in the midst of a year of transitions. We have long been aware of broad shifts in the postsecondary education landscape, but 2020 has also been marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and emergency distance/online/hybrid teaching. Each of these new challenges for higher education has evolved alongside a movement to stand up for Black lives. The data are clear: these issues are inseparable.”

     Ah, þe olde “appeal to authority” fallacy (argumentum ad verecundiam). The #BlackLivesMatter organization, let alone Antifa and all the rioting/revolutionary mayhem, are about as related to each other as the price of a Uygher fetal liver harvested in a Xinjiang Sinkiang does with L’Hôpital’s rule. Right away they are fully invested in Critical Race Theory without bothering to even try to justify it.

“Black, Latinx, and Indigenous lives are the most affected by policing, health, and education policies.”

     Aside from the use of the term “Latinx”, which is another give-away that this is all based on ideology, it further doubles down on the idea that White privilege is so overwhelming and powerful that bad policing, ill health, and mis-education are incapable of negatively effecting people because the “system of oppression” grants them this near mythical power while sapping non-White individuals of any choice or even agency.

“Policy must be informed by facts and science.”

     And, as herein shown, apparently also by a de facto religious ideology.

“Thanks to science and mathematics, we understand now that masks, social distancing, frequent, rapid, mass testing, and contact tracing are all fundamental to keep our communities safer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet policies at the federal level have not consistently reflected these facts; for example, choosing not to incorporate a mask-mandate in the US has had serious consequences.”

     Note how this statement ignores the possibility considerations other than data and scientific findings. While “data and science” alone might indicate certain measures, that those measures cold have consequences beyond the parochial question at hand does not mean incorporating moral values or other preferences are “anti-science”.

     Science can inform public policy and private action; it does not dictate them.

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News of the Week (October 4th, 2020)

Posted on October 4, 2020 by The Political Hat

 

News of the Week for Oct. 4th, 2020


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The Threat Is Real (This Ain’t No “Soy Boy” Temper Tantrum)

Posted on October 2, 2020 by The Political Hat

     One of the common responses from some quarters to the #BlackLivesMatter/Antifa rioting/revolutionaries is that they are all “soy boys” who will fold like an accordion once they face real opposition (presumably from the manly-men who so opine).

     This of course, ignores myriad facts to the contrary.

Pictured: A fact to the contrary.

     The #BlackLivesMatter/Antifa rioters/revolutionaries have demonstrated an ability to organize, a source of outside material support, an ability to fund, and that they have the tacit approval of elected officials.

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Banning Tasty Food In California

Posted on October 2, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Banning things for people that the allegedly enlightened elite decide the serfs ought to do without is something that people in California have to to expect. The receipt, hotel shampoo bottles, straws, and disposable cutlery are all items that have been the targets of bans in California. Now, tasty junk food will be banned from the checkout lanes in grocery stores in Berkeley:

“Grocery stores larger than 2,500 square feet will no longer be allowed to sell unhealthy food and beverages at the checkout line, and instead will be encouraged to offer more nutritious food and drink. Gone will be chips, candy bars, sodas and other sweetened beverages; only food items with no more than 5 grams of added sugars or 250 milligrams of sodium per serving would be allowed.

“Council member Kate Harrison, who co-authored the ordinance, said the new regulations do not prohibit junk food entirely — retailers will still be allowed to sell the items in other parts of the store — ‘just not at the eye-level of a child’ in the checkout lane.

“‘It’s not a ban, it’s a nudge,’ Harrison said.”

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Equity: The Cure Worse Than The Purported Disease

Posted on October 1, 2020 by The Political Hat

     “Racism”, as the hard/academic Left defines it, has already been declared a “public health crisis” in many states and localities. The Center for Disease Control is even trying to peddle this wokeness via “Critical Race Theory”. The danger of these “Equity” and “Inclusion” boards set-up to infiltrate all elements of the public sector and direct resources and planning towards a woke future without the vast majority of people recognizing what is even going on; an example of how this spreads is warranted.

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