One of the problems with people who make decisions that are not based on logic is that at some point the circular reasoning becomes impossible to ignore. For years, the woman’s right’s movement was based primarily on the right to get an abortion. In addition, there was major lobbying for universities to spend similar money on Women’s sports as they were spending on men’s sports. Prior to that, universities spent money on men’s sports, like Football and Basketball, because they were huge revenue generators.
The result was that women increasingly had the opportunity to get college scholarships and compete in athletics. Mission accomplished. But then some genius decided that being a woman was not actually dependent on biology. Sex is not determined by the body one is born with, but rather with how one feels about oneself. The results, in some cases, are absurd. In other cases, downright dangerous. There is current a transgender female, who previously competed as a man in men’s swimming events. It should be no surprise to learn that this person is winning races and setting records. More dangerous are situations where men, posing as women, invade women’s locker rooms and restrooms and sexually assault people.
But now we have the abortion debate on full display and the result is that at least some liberal women have returned to arguing that only a biological woman is entitled to have an opinion on things like abortion. Whoopie Goldberg is just one of many:
“Goldberg, speaking on The View, reamed Alito, arguing that as a male he has no idea what a fetus wants.
‘Do any of you men have any eggs or the possibility of carrying a fetus? How dare you talk about what a fetus wants? You have no idea,’ she said.
The talk-show host argued that Alito shouldn’t have a say in when an unborn child can or cannot live outside of the uterus.
‘I’m fine if you disagree with abortion, I have no problem with that. My problem comes when you tell me what I need to do with my doctor and my family. How dare you. How dare you!’ Goldberg raged.”
Oops. Goldberg appears to be saying the standard for identifying a woman is “eggs or the possibility of carrying a fetus.” That sure seems like a biological standard. This would be more impressive if Whoopie hadn’t been one of the strongest voices for transgender rights:
Whoopi Goldberg Speaks Out for Transgender Rights (nbcnews.com)
If you’re listening to people who are saying there’s something wrong with transgender people, and we have to make all these crazy changes, maybe it’s time for them to go,” Goldberg said.
“You’ve got two years before the next group of folks are to be put out,” she added, referring to politicians on the ballot in the midterm elections. “Pay attention. If it ain’t about the people, it’s about the party, and it should never be about the party.”
Earth to liberals. You cannot simultaneously argue that sex is just a state of mind, not impacted by biology, and then use a biological standard to determine who has a right to an opinion. Circular reasoning often results in conclusion that are totally illogical. I call it the other side of midnight.
TDM