Let’s talk about sex — The Huntersville Way
In this Catherine Truitt-inspired Twilight Zone, I am not surprised anymore at ANYTHING government tries to push on kids. Let’s check in on what’s apparently been happening in Huntersville:
The mayor pro tem of Huntersville, North Carolina, appears to have deleted her Twitter account after suggesting children should feel free to “slide into” her direct messages to talk about gender and sexual orientation.
“If you’re a kid living in a #Don’tSayGay state & feel like you don’t have an adult to talk to, I got you,” tweeted Stacy Phillips on Wednesday evening, according to screenshots posted by the “Libs of Tik Tok” account
“You’re welcome to slide into my DMs to talk, to share, to express yourself confidentially,” she continued. “It’d be an honor to be your Auntie by blessing. You’re perfect just the way you are.” […]
She said “slide in.” (Cue the Beavis and Butthead laughter.)
More:
Phillips, who serves as “mayor pro tempore” (an official who exercises authority in case of the mayor’s absence) made her account private followingbacklash over the tweet, the Libs of Tik Tok account said.
She reportedly updated her bio to include the hashtag “AuntLife” before deleting the entire account.
In a statement to The Daily Wire, Phillips said that her statement was “taken out of context in ways I never intended,” promising to continue to “support all people” as her faith has taught her.
“I am incredibly sorry for that,” she said. “I would like to set the record straight. While I understand the purpose of the Florida bill and agree that sexual education of any kind should not be taught to our youngest children in school, the rhetoric around my statement and this bill has been incorrectly spun. In my duty as an elected official and a Christian I am here to support any and all people.”
“My use of the hashtag and my statement was intended to give visible support to those unintentionally affected by the negative discussions around these issues, not to take a side in this debate,” she added. “I will continue to represent and support all people, because that is what my faith has taught me to do.
Her comments follow backlash over a Florida parental notification bill that prohibits teaching gender identity and sexual orientation to K-3 children.
Critics have labeled HB 1557 the “Don’t Say Gay Bill,” accusing Republicans of endangering LGBTQ youth by outing them to their parents or preventing them from learning about their sexuality.
Disney CEO Bob Chapek spoke out Wednesday in a company shareholder meeting about the bill, telling shareholders that he had called Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday morning to express Disney’s “disappointment and concern.”
“In the state of Florida, we are not going to allow them to inject transgenderism into kindergarten,” DeSantis said in response Thursday, adding that “if that’s the hill that they’re going to die on, then how do they possibly explain lining their pockets with their relationship from the Communist Party of China?”[…]
Interfering with the parent-child relationships out there. Who voted for that?
Can someone elaborate on the Truitt reference? Not drawing the connection.
Her excuses are the usual chaff.
Nobody much cares about hashtags. They’re ubiquitous and meaningless these days.
‘Visible support?’ Whatever her definition might be, her post was not just support ie encouragement. It was a direct solicitation to children to contact her via DM. At the very least, it’s inappropriate and presumptuous. At worst, it is someone getting involved in the life of a child they otherwise do not know on a topic they should not be discussing with any child without that’s child’s parents involved. It is effectively the same thing as a strange man in a car pulling up to a sidewalk to speak to a child. The strange man’s intentions may be good but he is undeserving of any benefit of the doubt.
‘Affected by negative discussions’ is more passive-aggressive nonsense combined with assumption. A discussion is a discussion ie a debate. There will always be pro and con in a debate, even about anodyne topics like ‘What’s your favorite food?’
The questions must be asked again: how is it any of her business? Why does she feel entitled to contact strangers’ children or ask them to contact her, especially about this topic?
On a more macro level, the reason we have a legal age of adulthood (based on biological realities and cultural norms) is that children are assumed to lack the maturity, reasoning ability and responsibility to make certain decisions or to be exposed to certain topics, materials, etc. The film rating system is a mundane but pertinent example.
Put simply, children are not prepared for or capable of discussions involving adult sexuality whether the specific topic is human reproduction, homosexuality, pornography etc. Moreover, it is the responsibility of all adults, not just parents, to let kids be kids and protect them from such material and relevant discourse.
The so-called transgender movement has been a cynical, obvious and dangerous exercise in violating these norms. A man who attempts to discuss sexual intercourse with a young girl would be considered a groomer at best and an outright pedophile at worst – because he is. Somehow, the trans movement declared that discussions of gender identity, gender fluidity, ‘being your true self,’ ‘being who you are’ etc. were not only appropriate for children but should even be part of school curriculum. The mind boggles, especially when the already-abysmal performance of government schools is taken into account and finite hours of class time are devoted to this rot instead of academic rigor.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread and the mania to introduce children to very adult topics has seen a late-breaking stampede of fools who have accepted and amplified the risible notion that male can become female and vice versa through sheer force of will. It is a scientific, biological, physical, anatomical impossibility yet far too many believe otherwise.
‘But gender dysmorphia is recognized by the psychological and medical community,’ some might say. True, it is, but that dysmorphia is not necessarily what we’re discussing here, especially with children who have yet to reach puberty.
On the subject of gender dysmorphia, can anyone name another condition where doctors and psychologists attempt to prolong and/or worsen the condition? Do we give alcoholics a bottle of vodka? Do we tell a man who thinks he can fly to jump off a 5-story building and land softly? Do we tell vertigo patients to ride rollercoasters?
Ms Phillips most certainly did take a side in the debate. That is obvious and undeniable. The wrong side as it happens. But her post was unambiguous. Claiming otherwise is self-serving sophistry. Invoking faith is a classic misdirection tactic and an attempt to garner sympathy. And claiming to ‘support all people’ is the most generic form of virtue signaling possible but virtue signaling nevertheless and therefore meaningless. Her original post was cowardly and intrusive. Her excuses are merely cowardly.
What does this have to do with Truitt?