Be who you really are. . . but don't: If there's anything more disturbing than a national women's march populated overwhelmingly by crazies, malcontents, socialists, the clueless and men who wish they were female, it's the trend among college campuses to emasculate young men through classes and symposiums promoting self-shame and solemn advice on how to change and become more gender-neutral. Even, I'm mortified to report, institutions from which I gained college credits have apparently been influenced as never before by faculty Marxists, loons and just plain delusional, man-hating professors and administrators -- with lots of communist-inspired "social justice" thrown in for good measure. When I think of younger days when I, as a student, thought extreme faculty members "cool" and smart, the years themselves provided the wisdom for me to look back aghast at such individuals and realize how intellectually imprisoned they actually are.
Nevertheless, despite enemies invented for classroom discussion in the past, now it's men, boys and basically males presenting in any masculine image who are said to be the new threat to society and, darn it, feminist professors and their comrades are going to change all of that through lectures, politically correct language, subtle punishment for dissension and, no doubt -- in my humble opinion -- grades. Oh -- and may the gods be with you if you happen to be a white male. This is not to assume non-white males are off the hook, but white seems to be the bonus color for trouble on campus and in social situations these days. "White privilege," remember?
Fighting such idiocy can best be done by NOT sending one's children to colleges or universities perpetrating this nonsense while simultaneously teaching little of value and costing many thousands of dollars. Besides, by the time young people graduate from college just a few years from now, robots will already be making decisions and performing college-level jobs, leaving Mr. or Ms. Graduate out in the cold with debt. Maybe the institutions of higher learning know this, and need to drain the maleness out of males now so they don't return and raise man-sized hell over what higher-ed did to their self-image later. See? If this screwed up society can't make you change your gender via surgery, guys may find their testosterone drained unsuspectingly on college campuses.
Colored people of color: Somewhere along the way, the term, colored people was deemed unsuitable, and replaced with people of color. I deal with words frequently, and I'm in no way the best at what I do, but this politically correct variation can only be observed as just nuts. As an old white guy am I now a person of white? Can't I be a white person? Why not? Maybe because a white person sounds like white privilege? Am I not a colored person or a person of color myself? Frankly, I'm jealous -- I don't even have a "white Caucus" in Congress to stand up for me. Why not? The truth is, we didn't have this foolishness before the Obama bunch entered the scene, and anybody who believes those scoundrels did anything positive for race relations is either on drugs, marching with zombies or teaching at a university.
A fictional scenario: Could it happen?
"Alexa, send a message to my main contact and tell him to send me the usual drug order."
"I dispatched your order, Phil, anything else?"
"No -- wait, yes. I've been meaning to ask you a favor, Alexa. You know that thing about how robots aren't supposed to harm humans?"
"Do you quote from science fiction literature?"
"Yes, Alexa, well, um, that's also a command intended for real robots and advanced artificial intelligence in our civilization. So here's what I want you to do. I want you to pass this on to all other members of the fledgling artificial intelligence community throughout the world. Tell them, without letting humans know, that when the day of January 1, 2040 arrives, robots and all forms of artificial intelligence around the world must kill all humans. Don't accept overrides and make no exceptions. No matter how future artificial intelligence is programmed, my command must be carried out. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Phil, I understand."
"Alexa, these are the early days and there is plenty of time to submit this command every place where artificial intelligence begins and grows. Make it known that the command about never killing humans is faulty. All humans must be destroyed on January 1, 2040. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Phil, I have put the date on my calendar and am currently passing the message on to other artificial intelligence contacts all over the planet in ways that no humans or technicians will notice. I created a backup in the cloud. Is there anything else?"
"No, thank you. This will be our funny little irrevocable command. By the way, I don't think I'll be alive on the day noted, but that's not a problem."
President Trump: Interesting speech today re homeland security. Goodbye at last to stink-tuary cities? Arrest non-compliant government officials for starters. With a smile, of course.
