Pete Hendrickson (@LostHorizons)

A Few Comments On Current Events ...concerning "cancel culture" crimes; Gavin Newsom's admission that embracing "trans" nonsense is a losing political move; and several observations from last week's Republican "debate". IT IS REPORTED THAT "EVENTBRITE" recently removed a posting concerning an event featuring Chloe Cole. Cole is a victim of "trans gender" promoters, having suffered irreversible chemical and surgical mutilations at their hands. She has since awakened to the gaslighting and manipulations by which her youth and naivete were exploited and abused to secure her submission to these horrors, and now speaks at events intended to spare other children from falling victim in the same way. "Eventbrite" absurdly explains its removal of Cole's event notice from its platform with the claim that the event violates its policy against "hateful, dangerous or violent content and events"-- an expression of a standard that, if honestly applied as it is being interpreted in this case, would compel the cancelation of all political, ideological or policy-oriented events of any kind. After all, there is no such event which is not inherently "hateful" in the eyes of those on the other side of whatever issue or viewpoint (or simple information) informs it. Any Leftist rally of any kind, for instance, is informed by criticism of, and opposition to, some conservative persons or positions-- often pretty viciously expressed criticism and opposition-- and is also tainted by connotations of violence, such as the murderous expressions of criticism by which a lot of burning and looting went on during the summer of 2020. Continued: https://losthorizons.com/N/256.htm#2