English test:
Define the following words:
a. Sex (noun)
b. Gender (noun)
c. Confusion
The entire issue of “sex” and “gender” and hatred of those who differ from us is back in the news headlines. Revelations that the murderer of Charlie Kirk had “non-standard” beliefs and practices has brought this issues forward from the back burner. Actions in various States have ramped this up in the last five months.
Once again, it is obvious that many people in the world – and especially here in the States – not only disagree on how things should (or should not!) be done but on how to define these words. TPOL recently discussed so-called leftists recommendation about banning words that either confused or caused very negative reactions in many people. Primarily their political opponents and those people whom they believed could be persuaded to come over to their side. Of course, this is portrayed as “protecting free speech” as they again pervert and twist principles. Not just the English language.
The Blaze had this provocative headline some time back: DHS updates policy to recognize only two genders: ‘There are only two sexes — male and female’
Since then, a number of fedgov agencies have followed suit. The Donald is blamed, of course. Several States have also done this – taking advantage of that evil “freedom” that The Donald claims to be bringing back to the States and people in general.
As a high school student and engineering student, your writer was taught that “sex” refers to biological creatures, like animals and humans. “Gender” refers to inanimate objects, like the gender of electrical components. Such as plugs (male gender) and outlets (female gender). In the past 40+ years, this clear distinction has mutated. A brief visit to that rarified authority, the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, takes several thousand words to try and explain the difference in usage and even the history.
Although the FedGov has officially ended the silliness of requiring people to append “their pronouns” to emails and letters, many States and private businesses still require (or at least practice) that waste of electrons and ink.
For lovers of liberty, the bottom line is simple: let people say whatever they want to provided that they do not use actual violence to try and force others to agree with them. And understand that we are not acting aggressively towards them when we reject their claims, their definitions, and their accusations. No matter how offensive they may believe us to be. Government should stay out of it.
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The Price of Liberty 
One of the evils of public schools and our system is …
Readers, this story is longer than most commentaries; we hope you will still read the whole thing.
We do not know if the following story is true. But some of us here at TPOL have personally seen incidents like this and have heard of others very similar. This was shared by a brother in Christ, on social media. I suspect similar stories are behind the news stories we sometimes hear about someone paying hundreds or thousands of dollars to settle up bills. Please read and share the story and then read the comments below the story. And share them and add to them, as well. Tyranny can be very tiny things.
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The Pizza Caper
I was doing eighty on the highway because the Vice Principal said my second-grader was caught “distributing contraband” in the cafeteria. I thought he had drugs. I was wrong. It was pepperoni.
Continue reading →I walked into the administrative office still wearing my work boots, drywall dust on my jeans. The secretary looked at me like I was going to track mud on her carpet. I didn’t care. I just wanted to see Leo.
I found him sitting on the “Cool Down Chair” in the corner of Vice Principal Miller’s office. He didn’t look scared. He didn’t look guilty. He looked confused. His hands were folded in his lap, and there was a smudge of tomato sauce on his chin.