Why do they have to drag our children into their creepy politics?
[Thanks to Elder Mike for the nooze tip]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the slimiest man in North America, wants to be president of the United States. In case Jobydin comes up snake-eyes. Hey, he’s done such a great job on California!
One of the Golden State’s most recent capers, signed into law by Slimy, is legislation requiring toy stores to have a special section for “gender-neutral toys” or else face up to a $500 fine (https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/california-stores-without-gender-neutral-toy-sections-will-be-fined-under-new-law).
Now they want to run the toy stores.
I’m not so sure I know what “gender-neutral” toys are. My brother and sister and I all played with our Lincoln Logs, modeling clay, stuffed toys, building blocks–no room to list ’em all. My sister had a lovely six-gun and holster (we have the home movies): I am sure the clerk at the toy store never said to my father, “Now, you’re gonna let only boys play with this, right? No girls!”
If people would just mind their own cotton-pickin’ business–!
But wait, there’s more!
They’ve also passed a law requiring parents to “affirm” (God defend us!) “a child’s ability to determine their (?? bad grammar alert) gender independent of their parents’ desire…” Now plain fact is rewritten as mere “desire”? Well, of course! To do otherwise would be “the antithesis of modern thinking.”
So that’s modern thinking, is it? Where do I dump it?
So… shall we let Slimy Newsom do to all America what he’s been doing to California?
Not that any of the other Dems is any better.
What a stupid, messed up bunch of characters. I guess they want recognition so badly that they are willing to do any asinine thing to get attention. Sad mess.
Almost a hundred years ago H.L. Mencken called California “the Midwest gone mad.”
What gets me, is that many people I’ve met in SoCal seemed quite down to earth, but I think that no one can withstand the tide.
Well, heck, Chalcedon HQ is in California; and Ronald Reagan used to be the state’s governor. What happened?
It takes an aggressive minority of radicals and some wishy washy voters.
I’ve always believed that letting children follow their interests is the best policy, unless those interests are truly harmful. When I was quite small, I used to grab an old doll that my older sister had, throw it in a doll carriage and give it a very fast run around the yard. Some parents, would have freaked out, but mine didn’t think much of it. I wasn’t hurting anything, and I had fun.
My interests have mostly been in musical, mechanical, electrical, aeronautical, and communications studies. I’ve made most of the income of my life from being able to design and configure networks. I learned discipline in the aviation pursuit, and I learned logic from music, which is pure math. Virtually everything I do has its roots in these long term interests.
So, if someone has a daughter that enjoys similar subjects, instead of discouraging these interests, or telling their daughter that this is not lady-like, they should let her learn about what interests her. Some of the best technical people I know are female, and they should have the opportunity to learn and to express their interests.
Likewise, not every boy is interested in sports. I never was, with the exception of running and bicycling. I’ve known of people that would taunt a young man who didn’t like sports, but I don’t agree with that. We can’t all be football heroes, and some of us don’t want to be. I have a macho side, and I have a sensitive, artistic side, and I’m fine with that. I don’t really give a rip about the opinion of anyone that has a problem with either side of my nature.
Stereotypical behavior of any kind is always boring.
I agree. I may be a conservative, but I’m not an absolute conformist, in any sense of the word. I live within the guidelines of scripture, to the best of my ability, but I’m interested in living an interesting life.
I cannot recall anyone stopping me going into the aisle of the “boy’s” toys nor from spending my birthday money on G.I. Joes instead of dolls.
That’s Far Left Crazy for you–solving problems that don’t exist.
Unreal. I’ve always been of the opinion that kids will play with what interests them. When I was a boy, I was fascinated with railroads, road construction and semi-trailer trucks, so my HO train set and Tonka Trucks interested me. Later on, it was model cars, probably because I was interested in the mechanical aspects of real cars.
I have known females that loved cars, trucks, etc. and played with toys which aligned with those interests. So what? I didn’t object to that when I was a kid, and I don’t object now. People, and children are people too; follow they tend to follow their own personal interests.
All that having been said, dolls seem to be more popular with little girls and toy trucks seem to be more popular with boys. Again; so what? Let people be who they are.
Of course I am racked with guilt because my shoelaces are labeled as “Men’s”. I don’t get it, they look gender neutral to me. 🙂
I was one of those girls! I hated all things “girly”, which led to many battles with my mother, who tried to stuff me into dresses and insisted I learn my “duties as a woman”. My dad, on other hand, didn’t care and was more than happy for my help, after my older brothers all moved away. I’m still not into “feminine” things. My husband, on the other hand, is mechanically inept, and enjoys things like shopping and nice clothes. I used to joke that I was the “man” and he was the “woman” because of the stereotypes, but I can’t make that joke anymore!
I always liked tomboys better than what we called “fluffy-ruffle girls.” But I think what these stories are about is an evil campaign by satanically inspired idiots who want to do away with the sexes.
Years ago, when my daughters (now 27 and 30) were young enough for McHappy Meals, they had a preference for the “boy” toys – they tended to be cooler and better quality than the “girl” toys. One day, we were going through the drive through, ordered the girls their Happy Meals, and were asked if we wanted the girl toy or the boy toy. My husband asked what the toys were. He was asked again, the girls toy, or the boy toy. He asked what they were. She flat out would not answer. Even if she didn’t know, she could have gone to look! She just kept asking, girl toy or boy toy, and kept getting ruder and ruder about it. We finally went to the next window and asked to talk to a manager – who told us to leave and not come back, because my husband was ticked off about the whole thing!
That was the only time we ever had an issue with “gendered” toys.
I’ve never been to a MacDonald’s where the staff was anything but arrogant and pig-headed. Just try getting a burger with no ketchup.
I worked at a number of MacDonald’s, when I was 16 to 18. I think my wages were $0.95 an hour. One December, all of our crew, which were all white, exchanged stores to work at, with an all black crew from a mostly black part of town. I am not sure why we did so. But it turned out to be fun. We got along just fine with all the mostly black customers, and so did the black crew, with all mostly white customers from the other side of town. This was, I think in 1969 or 1970. And the first black crew member they hired; I became good friends with. I still remember his name.
Staff that was arrogant and pig-headed…I didn’t experience that when I worked at MacDonald’s. I have been away from the states for about 15 years. But even before I left, I never came across any staff from MacDonald’s that were like that.
What can I say? After several such encounters I made a point of never going to MacDonald’s again.
The closest Mc Donald’s to my home is an absolute mess. The drive thru can take 15-20 minutes, and you are doing good to get your order as requested. There is another fast-food outlet, nearby, and it is just as bad. I figure that if a place is unkempt and disordered, the chances of the food being mishandled is high.