Yesterdays' horrendous British Supreme Court ruling has succeeded in making life even harder for trans people -
this demonised group seems, as far as I can make out, to want to be treated as human, with no special position in global society other than as individuals allowed to live in peace.
The unrestrained growth of anti- trans feeling shows how easily groups can be targeted for hatred - and this one covered with the thin veneer of 'trying to keep everyone safe' (as said by Earths' biggest little anti-trans muckspreader) who, for legal reasons, shall not be named nor given a gender pronoun and who must have been cackling into their designer cereal this morning.
As alleged to have been said by Taylor Swift, haters be hating,,,,,
Former First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has expressed her dismay at the 'informed' decision of the British Government regarding the definition of a 'real' woman - she has said that this will make the lives of many trans people virtually unlivable - music to the ears of those who are reactionary.
Alan, I agree completely - it would seem that hatred and prejudice are taught in to many, and that there seems to be a sense of ennoblement amongst those who 'know what they know and that's what they know' - piffle.
The vile anti-trans agenda seems to be aimed solely at those who are MTF, and reminds me of the equally horrific propaganda regarding homosexual men and children, ( despite evidence which proves these claims to be vicious lies), yet those lies are allowed to persist - well, it's the story that counts, -more phallocentric self-righteous cobblers.
As for the ever-insightful Mark Twain, I suppose he didn't account for those globetrotters who travel with their eyes shut - and as it is Easter Sunday, may I make reference to Pope Francis who said 'we should be building bridges, not fences', and Dr King who said that 'we should each be judged on the content of our character', but, Alan, as you have written, things do seem pretty grim.
I have never understood the need or desire to judge or condemn any particular population. I do understand how some people use fear and hatred to maintain power and control, and "keeping everyone safe" is an old propaganda tool still being used. I hope that humans are able to move forward, but it appears pretty grim these days.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."
(Mark Twain)
"Fear, she's the mother of violence"
(Peter Gabriel)