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Thursday, April 13, 2023

Transgender Romans: Nero and Sporus and the Decline of Civilizations

Nero was married to a woman named Poppaea Sabina. She was pregnant and complained about him spending too much time at the races. Nero in response kicked her violently in the stomach and she died around 65 AD.

Nero had a male slave named Sporus (who apparently looked a bit like Poppaea). Nero had him castrated and dressed up as a woman. Nero married "her" in 67 AD.

Nero and Sporus (facing a death sentance by the Senate) eventually committed suicide in 68 AD. Rome did not collapse, but did have several years of civil war.

Camille Paglia, a self admittedly feminist leftist lesbian, recognizes transgenderism and considers herself trans. Paglia criticizes the transgender hysteria, which she points out does not warrant any special rights and should never be pushed on minors. It has risen before in various cultures. Historically, it is usually a harbringer of their decline. That of course fires up the transgender proponents against Camille Paglia--almost as bad as Nero's reaction to Poppaea.

Instapundit: BattleSwarm: Social justice Karens are the worst Karens

AoSHQ: Morning Report 04.13.23

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Helen Pluckrose is losing her "religion"...

Instapundit: Helen Pluckrose: Why I No Longer Identify As A Feminist

Helen Pluckrose is an atheist classical liberal. I give her credit for recognizing how toxic feminism has become. Except for Camille Paglia (who correctly describes current feminism as 'drearily puritanical' and authoritarian), I do not hear a lot of women bucking feminism on the left.

The trend (in the wrong direction) goes well beyond radical feminism (which has coopted and taken over the concept of feminism as gender equality and turned it into rabid hatred of things male). There used to be a time when the term "liberal" was referring to classical liberalism. It is classical liberal ideas that allowed Western Civilization to flourish (and it is the adoption of those ideals by other cultures that have contributed to their growth and prosperity too). How far we have fallen.

If you want to be atheist that is your business. I support people believing whatever they want. Of course, with the rejection of traditional faiths, religion did not go away. Christianity and Judaism in the West have been replaced with a pantheist mix of Gaiaism, Patriarch hatred, New Ageism, and generally sloppy thinking. Sorry, we are defenitely not better off as a society.

Keep being accused of views I don't have. Pinning this so people thinking of following me can decide based on what I actually think. pic.twitter.com/6f75GQllnl
— Helen Pluckrose (@HPluckrose) September 22, 2016