https://x.com/esrtweet/status/1971165692108976417?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw
In what twisted moral code is this not an incitement to violence as well as being vile and insensitive?
https://x.com/derrickevans4wv/status/1970913195666903184?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw
While I do not wish to see anyone die, the fact that this woman literally killed (or almost) herself in order to "own Trump" is actually pretty damn funny. Anyone who isn't aware that Tylenol is not safe above certain doses, pretty much deserves what they get as a result of their actions and of ignoring the experts.
https://x.com/conceptualjames/status/1971227592859562394?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw
"Queer Theory has three major problems with the idea of childhood innocence, two of which it states in theoretical jargon and one that lurks as a perverse motivation, hinted at but rarely (or never) explicitly stated.
1) Queer Theory views childhood innocence as a harmful social construction
Of course the critical constructivist ideology of Queer Theory would see childhood innocence not as something good and necessary to preserve to the best of our ability but instead as a harmful social construct used by powerful interests to maintain existing power dynamics (including "capitalist" production).
The argument from inside their camp is that we have erected this idea of childhood innocence to shield children from "queer" influences so that they can be "straightened out" by society (yes, real quote). Childhood innocence is therefore presented as a kind of ruse that people appeal to in order to create time and space for "cisheteronormativity" and "normalcy" to take root in the child and socially condition him to be "normal" instead of "queer."
This "construction" of childhood innocence is regarded as harmful particularly to allegedly vulnerable "LGBTQ" youth because it suppresses and hides their true nature while forcing them to adopt a gender-sexual "performance" that not only stifles them and "invalidates their being" but that also limits the "queer futurity" of their possible later life outcomes (like being a freak, pervert, or drag queen).
Worse, by getting children to adopt these gender-sexual "performances" through "straightening them out" in the artificial space called "childhood innocence," they become agents of the "normal" status quo, including "cisheteronormative" modes and attendant "homophobia" and "transphobia," which they then help to socially impress upon others. That is, not only are they oppressed but are turned into agents of oppression. Childhood innocence is framed as a construction that makes this "straight socialization" happen.
This view is actually fundamentally Queer Gnostic. The underlying belief, which is openly stated in many papers and books, is that all children are intrinsically "queer," but "normative" society straightens them out, thus alienating them from their true socio-spiritual selves. Trans people and drag queens are regarded as "sacred" in this ideology because they're viewed as having awakened to their true selves and taken steps toward manifesting them in being, which is also a social process, not just a personal journey. They're awakened Elect who are helping others see how to break free from the prison of normal Being, so roughly the equivalent of the Buddhist Bodhisattvas.
2) Queer Theory views childhood innocence as a narrative that upholds gender-sexual injustice
In addition to the above insanity, Queer Theory regards childhood innocence as the site of yet another oppressor/oppressed conflict. In short, some kinds get childhoods where their innocence is more or less protected while others don't because of bad circumstances (in any variety of form, not just sexual exposure or abuse).
Of course, these "bad circumstances" are all presented as being more significant or "co-constituted" with everything else Queer Marxist types hate: income level, racial biases, Christian belief, and so on. Roughly, they allege that children of wealthy, white, Christian, successful, professional, well-adjusted, etc., parents are more likely to have the "privilege" of experiencing a shielded, innocent childhood as compared to their peers in other domains.
"LGBTQ" youth are also, for example, held out as an example of children who cannot have a truly innocent childhood like their "straightened" peers because the very facts of their sexuality or "gender identity" disorder forces them to confront topics outside of the normal bubble of childhood innocence in a way other children are shielded from.
This particular view gets really twisted. On the one hand, the line in Queer Theory is simply that childhood innocence is therefore unjust and needs to be abolished or "reimagined," which is bad enough. But it gets worse. Because of course it does.
Drawing from the widespread and horrifying (and illegal) practice of sexual abuse of minors as a kind of "initiation" for gay youth, some corners of Queer Theory take up the idea that such "initiations" are actually a good thing rather than an unbelievable evil (pure moral inversion). Their conclusion is that initiating all kids into sexual materials and even practices is likewise "beneficial" and to be encouraged.
As a result, though not as the worst result, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) scripts both "sexual citizenship" and "pleasure" into its seven pillars of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE, just like Childhood Sexual Exploitation). The pornographic books and even instruction about or on masturbation are all downstream from this inversion.
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, in her landmark Queer Theory text called The Epistemology of the Closet (1990) argues that our world is, in fact, overwhelmingly socially constructed in "binaries" and lists about thirty or so of them. One that sticks out among them is "innocence versus initiation." This is core Queer Theory stuff.
3) Queer Theory is never very far away from the hidden motivation of wanting to sexually abuse children (wording chosen carefully and euphemistically: groom, diddle, f-ck, r-pe, etc., are more apropos)
Through a million different channels throughout their literature, many, if not most, documents in Queer Theory at least hint at a darker underlying motivation, which is wanting to have sex with minors. Whether it's:
Defending "boylovers" (as did Gayle Rubin in 1984 in the first paper deemed as Queer Theory),
Hinting that children can and should be "very naughty" (as did David Halperin in 1995 in the book defining Queer Theory),
Insisting, as above, that sexual initiation is a normal and healthy part of development that is blocked by childhood innocence,
Arguing virtually endlessly about abolishing the age of consent (or even childhood innocence), as did the known "boylover" Michel Foucault, who is in many respects considered the Godfather of Queer Theory (David Halperin actually designates him the patron saint of Queer Theory in the above-mentioned book),
Trying to disguise pedophiles as "MAPs (minor-attracted persons) and to normalize them or frame them as an oppressed sexual minority,
Looking to add the "P" to the infamous acronym (it's currently in the + already anyway),
Or so many other possibilities,
Queer Theory is never very far away from pedophilia. Never. It never properly denounces the idea. It alludes to it or makes open defenses of it shockingly often.
Unlike the direct assaults on childhood innocence on theoretical grounds discussed above, the fact is that this motivation is always peeking through between the lines and is likely a primary motivation, while the above explanations are likely trash theoretical rationalizations (though we can't ever fully rule out that some of these people are just insane as a result of believing their theory too deeply for too long).
Queer Theory is and always has been a problem. This is not new. This has been developing for decades, not years, at least since the 1960s.
Here's a podcast I recorded back in 2021 reading directly from a paper that blames childhood innocence for ruining children's "queer futurity" (possibilities of being "Queer" in the future).
https://newdiscourses.com/2021/11/groomer-schools-2-queer-futurity-and-the-sexual-abuse-of-your-children/
We should regard this as an admission on their part that preserving and protecting childhood innocence is exactly what we all know it is: a crucially important safeguard for children against the darkest evils of this world."
Given Dan's insistence that children are born pure as the wind driven snow, and are 100% free from Sin, you'd think that he'd object to anything intended to reduce or eliminate "childhood innocence".
https://x.com/tablesalt13/status/1971210521279070401?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw
I know that Canada is kind of screwed up, but they were on top of the Tylenol story 5 years ago.
https://x.com/thackerpd/status/1971246303243010172?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw
Strangely enough, CNN magically changed their tune because Trump.
https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/sociology-journals-are-normalizing