Return of the magic slizz!

Gotta be Masada’s guts!

Poor Masada!

Dude, Marduk is kicking my cosmic ass extra-dimensionally. 8th degree airbrush black-belt. What has become of the Moon-Slicer?

Oh, he dropped the quacker… wait, FLOORGUTS!!

“THIS TIME ITS UNFAIR FOR YOU” is the best line in the whole comic

[Dan, your comment today on LifeSite was unfortunately deleted by the site manager; I had written a reply, but it was blocked because replies to deleted comments aren’t accepted by Disqus. Here’s my reply below, but I’ll remove it soon, since I don’t want to embarrass you on a site that you presumably think of as home territory. If you reply on LifeSite, I’ll see what you’ve written in my email even if it’s deleted; but if you actually take the trouble to put an argument for once, you’ll find it won’t be deleted – your previous comments were deleted because they were only taunts and insults, not because you disagreed.]

Ah, Dan, you’re back after twenty-two days to think the matter over.

Let’s have a look at what you say.

trans people exist

No-one is denying that there are biologically male individuals who believe they are female in some undefined but non-biological sense, and vice versa. What being denied here is that anyone is born a “trans person”. And in any case “trans people” themselves will change from being demi-vapour otherkins one day to an astralgender proxvir the next, so the notion that anyone is born a “trans person” only seems to be used against unbelievers, but isn’t actually believed by “trans people” themselves. And even if the “born that way” belief is taken seriously, there is nothing in science that can back up the (deluded) beliefs of “trans people”.

So, Dan, can you provide me with any coherent basis for your beliefs? Have you any actual argument, or just demands that you hope will be backed up by the full force of the state?

Because if it’s just a matter of the will, then you’ll run into major problems. If you say “I’m a demi-vapour otherkin just because I say so”, then what’s to stop me from saying I’m a 7ft-tall black male … or a 100ft-tall racoon … or a Buick convertible … or Bill Gates’s bank account. What reason can you give that rules in “gender” but rules out height, skin colour, species and anything else? I really don’t think you’re going to accept my declaration that I’m Bill Gates’s bank account, but what reason can you give for disallowing that?

You also say: get owned bigots

“Bigot” has a meaning – it isn’t just an insult. So let’s see who’s the bigot. Here’s the Cambridge Dictionary in the entry for “bigot”:

a person who has strong, unreasonable beliefs and who does not like other people who have different beliefs or a different way of life

So Dan, are your beliefs strong? On the evidence so far, yes.

Are your beliefs unreasonable? I’ve never seen any rational argument in favour of “trans” ideology, and I’ve certainly been looking; all the rational arguments I’ve seen are on the other side. If you can show me otherwise, then here’s your opportunity. The balance of evidence is tilted overwhelmingly towards your beliefs being unreasonable.

Are you a person “who does not like other people who have different beliefs or a different way of life”? Again, evidently so. You clearly don’t like the different beliefs and way of life of Catholics. I don’t know about you personally, but the aims of the LGBTQ+ movement and their very powerful backers is to ban all speech and writing that disagrees with their position (even when it’s within the confines of people’s homes), and to introduce fines and imprisonment for those who disagree. All on the basis of an ideology that can be given no rational defence, while those who can give a rational defence of their contrary beliefs are to be persecuted.

So if the standard dictionary definition of “bigot” applies to one side, it’s the LGBTQ+ activists who want the persecution of those who disagree with them, without being able to argue for their own position or argue against their opponents’ position.

Here’s the way it lines up. You, Dan, have no arguments but can hope that the state will wield its force against all who disagree with you. We Catholics, can argue for our position, but have no force to call upon (no earthly force, at any rate). There’s plenty of hatred from your side towards us, but we don’t hate you (if we did, we’d be falling into mortal sin). We regard your beliefs as ranging from propaganda-induced self deception through to mental illness, precisely because we can see that your beliefs are irrational (and can logically demonstrate why this is so). We want to make our case for the good of present “trans people”, but also to save today’s children from being pressurised into an ideology that will seriously damage their lives. This is quite the opposite of bigotry.

Lastly, nothing I’ve said rules out the existence of people who do have blind hatred towards “trans people”, but you won’t find them among Catholics who know and practice their religion. We want to help you and those like you, Dan, but if you won’t let us, then we’ll still try our best to save as many as possible of the next generation from being fooled and having their lives damaged by LGBTQ+ ideology. And we’ll continue trying, in the face of persecution.