The Supreme Court drives a stake in the transgender controversy, and neither party says much. Is this chapter in American politics headed for the dustbin of history?
No topic in recent history has been language-policed more thoroughly than this one (I have friends who still won’t return calls because I reviewed What is a Woman?). However, because the “Kamala is for They/Them, Trump is For You” commercial is widely credited with helping swing last year’s election, the usual Internet goon squads have gone mute of late, even after this week’s ruling. The Times even ran a think piece about the “new discomfort” yesterday.
If we’re really at freakout’s end, let me be first to say, Ding, Dong, the Language-Policing Witch is Dead! This episode should be an object lesson in what happens when you try to tell people what they should think about things they can see with their own eyes, like a 6’4” biological male flashing the victory sign after double-lapping an NCAA pool full of bewildered young women.
Source: The Great Disappearing Trans Freakout – by Matt Taibbi