Over the last few days I have seen things that remind me that people today actually believe that normal thoughts and behaviors are extreme. In my latest article, I included the following graph to describe how your triangulation propensity affects your political radicalization.
I also included the graph that shows as ignore the nuances and reality in general, your life gets exponentially worse. Four years ago, the woke Democrats let out a sigh of relief that we would never have Donald Trump in the White House again. But they couldn’t stop ignoring reality; they stayed in their echo chambers. And now they’re freaking out worse than they could have imagined. The same thing can happen to Republicans who ignore reality as well. In fact, that was my whole point in the article. That causes our wild political pendulum swings.
As people ignore reality for too long, they look back at the realists with hatred and disgust. As they become more radicalized, they look back at normal people and think they’re the “extremists.” Some people believe constitutionalists are extreme, and some have dehumanized MAGA as MAGAts for instance.
Transgender Insanity
Back in 19861 the idea that a girl would be trapped in a boy’s body and need medical surgery to live authentically was laughed at. This was seen as over-the-top and ridiculous. The SNL skit portrays the Obstetrician (played by Phil Hartman) as a traumatized man who believes all boys are bad and thus only delivers girls…
The reporter in the skit says, “Dr. Hoffritz, can’t you see what you’re doing here? I mean, the 48-51% – they’re not girls, they’re little boys! You have mutilated over 2,000 little boys!”
This was known as mutilation.
He replies, “No! No, they weren’t boys. They were little girls.. trapped in little boys’ bodies.. [ music sweeps over him ] You see.. boys are.. bad. They have bad thoughts! Sometimes they disobey their mothers.. they have to be punished! [ sniffles ] But what do their mothers know, anyway.. [ weeping ] They’re out all night with “Uncle Rudy”! But he’s not my uncle! Why does she call him my “uncle”..? [ falls to the floor, crying ]”
And in 1971, Mr. Rogers was saying that boys stay boys and only they can be the daddies. Girls are girls from the beginning and don’t change. Boys can’t eventually be mommies, and girls can’t eventually be daddies.
These things were normal and known to be fact. None of this was seen as shocking. Those normies who still believe this went from feeling sane to being gaslighted by the extremists within a few decades.
Believing that you cannot change the biological sex of a human is a fact, and it’s a normal belief. You are not extreme for believing it and you are not endangering anyone with your beliefs. It’s their beliefs that cause them pain. People like to shift responsibility to us, but that leaves them powerless.
Vaccine-Free
Being free of vaccines is seen as “extreme” by people today. This is mind-blowing.
This is from
in the article Why Vaccine Mandates are Unethical1. Vaccine mandates imply that all humans are born in a defective, inherently harmful state that must be biotechnologically augmented to allow our unrestricted participation in society, which amounts to discrimination on the basis of healthy, innate characteristics of the human race. This devaluation of the innate human constitution is not only universally dehumanising, but it perverts the very concept of human rights; discrimination against the unvaccinated implies that being born human is no longer a guarantee of full human rights. The present argument is fully developed here: https://jme.bmj.com/content/48/4/240.
We are all born free from vaccines naturally. We have a God-given immune system. I understand some people have faith in Big Pharma rather than God, but to view children as extreme in their being if they aren’t vaccinated is shocking. How can the natural state of things be seen as “extreme?” Of course, it goes back to my graph. If you’re on the extreme side and can’t view nuances, then you will see people who disagree with you as the “real extremists.” We just never used to be so far apart before.
A Vegan Diet
So, yesterday I saw a post putting veganism and transgenderism together in the “extreme beliefs” category. Yes, I agree that transgenderism is extreme. Just 25 years ago we all would have agreed with that, which I think I’ve proved.
But every single human is born on a vegan diet, in the same way that they’re born without vaccines. Eating meat and dairy is pushed onto babies, in the same way we push vaccines onto them. The reason is because people think those things are good for them.
I wouldn’t call those people extreme just for those beliefs2. As I said in my article on the Drama Triangle Dynamics of Vegans, I don’t care if someone else decides to eat meat. But it is mind blowing to me that someone would think it’s extreme to be a natural human baby, vaccine-less and meat-less.
If a baby is born in a natural state and continues to not be introduced to vaccines or meat or dairy, that doesn’t mean they become extreme. But if you think they are, it might be time to look at yourself and your own beliefs to see if you are the one who has become extreme.
EDIT: Breastmilk is Vegan
I don’t know who is pushing this idea that breastmilk isn’t vegan, but it’s ridiculous. I’ve seen a couple of people bringing this up, so I felt I needed to add it to the article. Being vegan is usually focused on not taking what doesn’t belong to us to eat or drink. Taking milk from a cow is not vegan. A mother giving milk she biologically made for her child to live is natural and vegan. Yes, even PETA agrees. This sounds like a strawman argument for people who hate vegans.
I Live in the Grey Areas
I know people have different opinions and don’t care. I take and share what I like and agree with, I consider if they have other good points, and sometimes I disagree with them politely. None of that is extreme. It’s a good way to live.
People today have just wandered so far from reality and they love to engage in splitting (seeing things as all good or evil, persecutor or ally, etc.), that they view natural things as “extreme.” It still shocks me even though I understand it.
Perspectives Are Funny These Days
I made this video for my last article, and shared it on a free video platform (for creators) and it was rejected because it was “offensive” or objectional in some way. The rejection had nothing to do with the quality. I don’t understand how to see it as offensive. But we’re all seemingly living in parallel perceptual realities these days…
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I am basing the year of the SNL skit from this website categorizing it as such.
When we start talking about the amount of vaccines we give children, I would call someone extreme.
Came for the picture of Phil Hartman (and grew up watching Mr. Rogers) but stayed for the article. Thank you for making these important points. I worked in the public schools about 7 years ago. If I had showed up in a thong and danced in front of 3rd graders, I would have been fired, arrested and divorced (rightfully so). What's changed?
Breastmilk isn't vegan ...