this story<\/a>.\u00a0 A boy who\u2019s been dressed in dresses by his parents is shocked that the Girl Scouts will not have him.\u00a0 The Girl Scouts, not exactly a bastion of traditional values, thought it was progressive enough.\u00a0 Turns out not.\u00a0\u00a0Gay Rights advocates and academics (as if there\u2019s a difference there) jump in to remind us that all this gender stuff is the result of ages old bad-think.<\/p>\nOf course, there\u2019s a little throwback to old time liberalism\u2019s mantra of \u2018it\u2019s all relative.\u2019\u00a0 But fool me once you know.\u00a0 I stopped believing in such rubbish as I saw the apostles of tolerance and diversity increasingly seek to eradicate and oppress anyone who fails to conform to their dogmatic doctrines.\u00a0 So while \u2018it\u2019s all relative\u2019 might help win the argument in a society that would gladly don the chains of servitude for a little sex, down the road we\u2019ll see yet one more case of yesterday\u2019s progressive principle tossed aside in favor of brutal censorship, oppression, and demands for goodthink.\u00a0 Whether or not the rest of our society sees it or not will determine if this symptom points to a sickness that can be overcome, or one that will eventually overcome all of us.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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