Pete Hendrickson (@LostHorizons)

A Few More SOTFPWTWGB Thoughts ...that is, continuing to sit-on-the-front-porch-and-watch-the-world-go-by thoughts, this time on the need to replace "transphobe" with a fitter term; the 'Cleopatra' embarrassment; and the emerging backstory on the defenestration effort against Tucker Carlson. WE NEED A REPLACEMENT for the "phobic" in terms like "transphobic" There are two problems with that formulation: 1. It implies a fear of "trans" victims; and 2. It suggests that it is the so-called "transphobic" person that is mentally ill, as in "suffering from a phobia". Both of these implications are incorrect. The reality is that the so-called "transphobic" person is revolted by "trans" ideology, its delusionally loud and proud victims, and its downright evil advocates, exploiters and enablers (and, of course, it is those who imagine anyone capable of being other than the gender dictated by their DNA who are mentally ill). America needs someone to coin the better term with a proper ending reflecting that revulsion-- someone with more than my rudimentary knowledge of Latin. I hope a good scholar in the field takes care of this promptly, and I hope to be the second person to learn the new, improved descriptor. Continued: https://losthorizons.com/N/240.htm#2