J. Kennerly Davis
Many of the serious threats posed and damage done by the radical ideology of transgenderism are now widely recognized and openly discussed: The emotional and physical assaults on girls and women in spaces that should be safely reserved for their private use. The abject unfairness, indeed, the illegality, of boys and men competing in sporting events reserved by custom and law for girls and women. The destructive steps taken by politicized public school officials to alienate students from their parents and destroy the institution of the family. The severe medical mistreatment of confused minors by licensed professionals who supposedly have sworn to “do no harm.”
Even worse than these is the threat posed and damage done by radical transgenderism to reason itself, our ability to think, understand, and form rational conclusions about the objective reality of the world around us.
It is by reason, using words that have objective meanings, that we form concepts, convey information, ask questions, and construct arguments to persuade others. And it is only by empirical reasoning firmly anchored in reality that we can hope to truly understand the world around us, master its challenges, and grasp its opportunities. Without such reasoning, we cannot develop as individuals or advance as a society.
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