{"id":13466,"date":"2021-05-28T14:21:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T21:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/?p=13466"},"modified":"2021-06-10T08:40:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T15:40:53","slug":"descending-rapidly-into-cultural-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2021\/05\/descending-rapidly-into-cultural-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Descending Rapidly into Cultural Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Descendingby Michael Brown –
\nWake up! We are losing touch with reality and engaging in dangerous semantic and ideological games. <\/strong><\/p>\n

I do not write this to be cruel or judgmental. And I certainly don\u2019t want to hurt anyone. To the contrary, I want to help. But I do write with a sense of urgency, both to the nation and to confused individuals like Demi Lovato, the latest to identify as non-binary and want to be called \u201cthey.\u201d<\/p>\n

To the nation, I say this: Wake up! We are losing touch with reality and engaging in dangerous semantic and ideological games. Worse still, we are not providing the real help that struggling people need. <\/p>\n

To Demi Lovato, I say this: You are not non-binary, existing outside the realm of male or female. You are a confused woman needing help from the inside out. That\u2019s why I will not refer to you as \u201cthey.\u201d And I truly say this in love.<\/p>\n

Before we look at Lovato\u2019s recent announcement, let me repeat what I have said many times before (here, quoting from a 2016 article<\/a>), if perception is substituted for reality, there is no end to the social madness that follows.<\/p>\n

Examples of Social Madness<\/strong>
\nYou do not just have a man<\/a> being named Woman of the Year.<\/p>\n

You do not just have a white woman<\/a> who identifies as black.<\/p>\n

You have a father<\/a> of 7 who identifies as a 6-year-old girl.<\/p>\n

You have a man<\/a> who identifies as a dog named \u201cBoomer.\u201d<\/p>\n

You have a young lady<\/a> who believes she is a cat trapped in a woman\u2019s body.<\/p>\n

You have a man<\/a> who has his ears removed because he identifies as a parrot.<\/p>\n

And you have a man<\/a> who changed his identity to female but who has now had \u201cher ears and nose REMOVED to transform into a ‘dragon lady’ with scales, a forked tongue and a horned skull.\u201d<\/p>\n

But why not? More power to him\/her\/it! If that\u2019s what he\/she\/it perceives himself\/herself\/itself to be, why not?<\/p>\n

To ask once more: why not? And how can there be any possible limit as to where this goes? There cannot.<\/p>\n

America, wake up. We are descending rapidly into cultural madness.
\n…<\/p>\n

Confused Feelings Are Not Reality<\/strong>
\nWhy not? Why is this perceived (or made-up) reality any less real than a biological male identifying as a woman or a white woman identifying as black? Where does one draw the line? And based on what?<\/p>\n

When it comes to someone like Demi Lovato, we are not talking about a person who is intersex, suffering a serious biological or chromosomal abnormality, because of which that person cannot truly identify as male or female. Such individuals deserve great compassion and sensitivity, and every case will be different in terms of what brings them emotional and physical wholeness.<\/p>\n

As for Lovato, in her own words<\/a>, \u201cthis best represents the fluidity I feel in my gender expression. . . . I\u2019m doing this for those out there that haven\u2019t been able to share who they truly are with their loved ones.\u201d In other words, \u201cI don\u2019t feel like I\u2019m really female, and I\u2019m not male, so I\u2019ll just identify as non-binary, in solidarity with others who share these feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Put another way (and using my words, not hers), \u201cI am deeply confused.\u201d That\u2019s why compassion compels me to say, \u201cLet\u2019s pray that she will get the help she really needs,\u201d rather than saying, \u201cThey are doing a good thing and I am so proud of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet the secular media, fully embracing this cultural madness, immediately complies, producing sentences like this (in this<\/a> case, from AP News and with my emphasis): \u201cLovato said they<\/em> picked gender-neutral pronouns as \u2018this best represents the fluidity I feel in my gender expression.\u2019 They<\/em> added, \u2018I\u2019m doing this for those out there that haven\u2019t been able to share who they truly are with their loved ones.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

And what if, tomorrow, Lovato says, \u201cI\u2019ve rediscovered my female identity and wish to be referred to as \u2018she\u2019\u201d? Then the media will comply again, and \u201cthey\u201d becomes \u201cshe\u201d (unless, of course, Lovato ends up identifying as transgender, in which case \u201cshe\u201d would become \u201che\u201d).<\/p>\n

To be clear, my heart goes out to this young woman, despite her fame and wealth, and despite her saying with pride, \u201cToday is a day I\u2019m so happy to share more of my life with you all \u2014 I am proud to let you know that I identify as non-binary.\u201d And I don\u2019t doubt that some of her motivation is to show solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community, meaning that her motives might even be commendable.<\/p>\n

Nothing “Non-Binary” About a Woman<\/strong>
\nBut that doesn\u2019t change the fact that there is nothing non-binary about her (according to everything we know) other than the fact that, on the inside, she is confused and hurting. Such people do not deserve our scorn or mockery. God knows, that is the furthest thing from my mind. But such people do deserve our love, and love will always tell the truth.<\/p>\n

In this case, that truth is simple: Demi, you are a woman, not a non-binary person, and the Lord wants to help you find wholeness and peace from the inside out, in your true biological identity.<\/p>\n

The AP article referenced Allen Ramos of GLAAD, who \u201csaid nonbinary people live outside the categories of male or female and should be respected for who they are.\u201d But if I truly respect someone, I will not be a partner to their own delusion. Instead, I will commit to helping them to find their way back to reality, since our biological sex is not subject to our emotions or perceptions. It is what it is.<\/p>\n

Don’t Celebrate Mental Illness<\/strong>
\nWhen it comes to Lovato herself, the article noted that, \u201cThe singer behind such hits as \u2018Sorry Not Sorry,\u2019 \u2018Heart Attack\u2019 and \u2018Stone Cold\u2019 recently shared their personal struggles with mental health and addiction in a YouTube documentary, which followed their journey prior to and following a near-fatal overdose in 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n

I suggest this is where we should put our focus, recognizing her non-binary announcement as just another symptom of an internal struggle rather than as something to celebrate.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, in keeping with today\u2019s cultural insanity, in which right is called wrong and wrong is called right, for making this compassionate suggestion, I will be branded a hateful bigot.<\/p>\n

So be it. I would rather have my love called hate than be a partner to the destruction of our culture.<\/p>\n

HT: Townhall<\/a><\/p>\n

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