Corporal Klinger (Jamie Farr) from the old M*A*S*H* series–a vision of the future?
So last month in Orlando, Florida, they held a tech jobs fair for women that kind of fell apart when it was, in the words of some organizers, “overrun” and “invaded” by men calling themselves women so they could get jobs (https://ground.news/article/attendees-report-men-invading-women-in-tech-conference).
It was the Gracie Hopper Celebration, aimed at finding tech jobs for those currently “underrepresented” in the field–women. But once the men started pushing women out of the way, quite a few of the women threw up their hands and left. My wife suspects it was a feminist enterprise “that they got back, right in the teeth.”
Of course, you could always hold a jobs fair that was open to all, men and women alike, and just pick the overall best candidates–but where’s the fun in that?
So we get the whole feminist schtick–“no differences between men and women,” “pregnant people,” Mr. Trans Woman who’s going to have a period and just because he hasn’t had it yet doesn’t mean he’ll never have one so there! And don’t forget “Anyone who says he’s a woman is one!” So there.
On one hand we have feminists at war with “toxic masculinity” wanting to erase men, and on the other, “trans women”–aka men–elbowing their way into women’s sports and wanting to erase women.
Where does that leave us? Erase everybody?
Satan loves this ****.
There is an interesting dichotomy to this. The answer to discrimination is not to discriminate; period! If some demographics are underrepresented, there’s nothing wrong with making educational opportunities available, but in the long run, it’s training, experience and problem solving ability that matter in today’s workplace.
I’ll have a story to tell about that tomorrow… if I don’t forget.
Please do.
I don’t know. I think we need to discriminate more, not less. People forget that discriminate has a positive definition – except where it has been redefined so suit “modern” audiences…
Merriam-Webster still has the old definition.
discriminate verb
transitive verb
1 a : to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of
Depth perception may be defined as the ability to appreciate or discriminate the third dimension …
—H. G. Armstrong
b : DISTINGUISH, DIFFERENTIATE
discriminate hundreds of colors
2 : to distinguish by discerning or exposing differences : to recognize or identify as separate and distinct
discriminate right from wrong
especially : to distinguish from another like object
discriminate the individual voices in the choir
intransitive verb
1 a: to make a distinction
discriminate among historical sources
discriminates between literary fiction and popular fiction
b: to use good judgment
2: to make a difference in treatment or favor on a basis other than individual merit
discriminate in favor of your friends
discriminate against a certain nationality
Synonyms
difference differentiate discern distinguish secern separate
The English language isn’t sinking many putts lately.
My relatives from Havisu City, Arizona have been visiting us. In their city when the BLM were set to parade downtown the men of the city showed up with AR-15s along the parade route. These bought and sold professional BLM protestors got a look at the avenue and decided not the march after all. During the Covid Scare the businesses in Havisu City put signs in the windows, “Hell, no, we will not enforce mandates.” Now, that’s my kind of town.
We need a lot more of this!