Some years back, I became aware of a fundamental law of the universe. This is a universal law on a par with the laws of physics and quantum mechanics; it states: "Every social movement will continue until it reaches absurdity." This law is now known as "Clark's Law of Social Issues Degradation." This law has applied to many social movements, and we are seeing its application in the whole "Pride" movement right now.
Mind you, plenty of us have known what one might call "normal" gay people. I have a good friend who is a gay man, but you'd never know it unless you got to know him well enough. He doesn't think his sex life is anyone else's business, and he doesn't feel the need to discuss it. And that, honestly, is how these matters should be handled no matter who one chooses to sleep with. Straight, gay, or whatever, we don't want to hear about it!
Back to that fundamental law. A recent Gallup survey showed American support for the whole LGBTQWTFBBQ+++ movement showing a distinct cooling. On Wednesday, my friend, fellow CPAC Media Pit Mafia member and colleague Becky Noble did a wonderful job breaking down the numbers:
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Becky writes:
Whether we like it or not, June has come to be known as "Pride Month." An entire 30 days during which those who engage in "alternative" lifestyles are celebrated, and rainbow flags are everywhere you look. Most American cities will have Pride parades at some point during the month, and even sports teams have "Pride Night." One of the founding principles of our nation is that every American is treated equally and fairly. The upholding of that idea should be important to all Americans. But a new poll shows that the militant LGBTQ movement is wearing thin.
Indeed. Here's why, and I'm going to tell you.
We know how all this began. Gay people wanted tolerance and acceptance. Most reasonable people didn't much care, as long as people comported themselves with a little dignity and consideration for the sensibilities of others, like my friend described above. Most people are pretty content to mind their own business, after all, as long as others do likewise.
Then, Obergefell v. Hodges kind of cemented the deal for "acceptance." The Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have the right to get married. And, honestly, why shouldn't gay people suffer along with the rest of us?
I'm kidding, of course.
But around this time, the whole "Pride" thing started, along with the rainbow flag that changes about every six minutes as new genders and sexual preferences are identified, until now, when that flag looks like a nest of polychromatic worms. "Let your freak flag fly!" shouted the ridiculous specimens organizing "pride" marches, many of which bordered on obscenity - and some of which were, frankly, outright obscene. With kids present.
That was too much for a lot of folks. And people started asking questions, not the least of which was, "Hey, just a doggone minute here; you people have been claiming that being gay was innate, that you were born that way. How can you take pride in something innate? That's like being proud of having ten fingers."
Now we have Drag Queen Story Hours for little kids, and elementary school teachers talking to little tots about "coming out."
People started pushing back. Here in these United States, most people are still of a traditional bent when it comes to family. And the "Pride Month" thing was the last straw for some. Veterans get a day, mothers and fathers get a day, American working people get a day, we take one day to honor those who fell defending our country, but the LGBTQ+ people get an entire month?
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This isn't asking for acceptance. At this point, the LGBTQ+ people started demanding not acceptance, not even approval, but celebration.
If that wasn't enough, if that didn't tip people over into saying "Enough, already," then seeing their daughters, granddaughters, and nieces pushed out of girls' sports by boys claiming to be "transgender" was what finally did it. We've seen too much of this; trophies, records, titles, all stolen by boys claiming to be "transgender." Now, as I've said and written for years, gender dysphoria is a real thing; psychiatric medicine has recognized it for decades. But I suspect, as do I think a lot of parents and grandparents of girl athletes, that these boys suffer from no such condition. It's far more likely that they are taking advantage of a social contagion to gain awards and recognition to which they are not entitled.
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Combine all of those things, and what do you get? A social issue that has reached, indeed hurdled right over, absurdity. And, in my experience with the "normal" gay people I know, they hate it even more than straight people do. Nobody enjoys getting tarred with an excessively wide brush.
Eventually the pushback may return things to a saner level. There will still be enclaves of the more overt nuts; in places like Portland and San Francisco, we will likely still see "Pride" parades and similar nonsense. But if the Gallup people are on to anything here, it's almost certainly this: People have had enough of the loony-tunes, and their attitudes are reflecting that.
