When it comes to this whole hoopla about Bruce Jenner becoming Caitlyn Jenner I couldn’t care less. I am just so tired of hearing about it. I personally think a person’s sexual nature, #Gender, fantasies, whatever, are personal and private and shouldn’t be broadcast 24/7 ad nauseam. Before Bruce / Caitlyn we had to endure the same media blitz for Bradley / Chelsea Manning. As well as a barrage of information about all combinations of transgender, gender assignment, gender reassignment, etc. etc. And I don’t for a minute think any of the media or social media outlets trumpeting this “news” care anything about the personal lives of these people either they are trying to sell a product and dishing on these folks is controversial, dramatic and sells product. Whether it is a magazine, TV segment or any other crass commercial endeavor. I never got the feeling anyone was especially excited about Michael Jackson rearranging his face or sleeping with monkeys … it was just controversial.I understand there are a lot of people who say and do hateful things to people with gender issues different from what we consider average or normal. I believe that is wrong. But I don’t see how bludgeoning people with it is helping anything. I believe people have a right to call themselves whatever they want to … people change their names for all manner of reasons and it is perfectly legal and acceptable. It just isn’t worthy of all the attention being foisted on the rest of us about it. I see this much like those religious folks who come pounding on your door insisting they want to save your soul. They have every right to their religious beliefs but they aren’t that welcome on your doorstep at dinner time. And my mind always wanders to the CSI scene where they find a DNA sample and analyze it. The chromosomes aren’t changed (yet) and the DNA results for Caitlyn and Chelsea will still say they are males. I wouldn’t be surprised if one day we could even alter ourselves at the genetic level but we aren’t there yet. There will always be people who want to be someone else. I just don’t care unless they are a close friend or family member and I don’t want to hear about it on every TV channel and social media site. Give it a rest. Please. |