Bruce Jenner in transition
First, whatever Bruce Jenner is going through and
dealing with is (to me) a personal, private matter. I have no opinion on that,
right or wrong.
I saw some of his interview with Diane Sawyer and
there were a few take-aways that I have to admit, I DIDN’T get at all.
The first is the disingenuous way that Mr. Jenner
looks to make a for-profit “reality TV” show into a “public service” piece.
Foolish! VERY foolish.
I get it that there are a LOT of dopes out there
that despise success and love to “count other people’s money.” FIRST, Jenner, the Kardashians, the
Buffets’ and Gates’ have EVERY right to make as much money as they possibly
can.
ONLY an idiot fails to understand that one person
glomming tens of MILLIONS, even BILLIONS in cold hard cash does NOTHING to
deplete the existing overall wealth (not even the currency supply), nor make it
harder for others to succeed, nor even “create more poor people.”
How so?!
Because the economy AND our currency is fluid. It
expands when wealth is increased (like when Mark Cuban brings another internet
company into the fold) and contracts when growth stalls or falls.
Moreover, even a Bill Gates, receives only a tiny
fraction of the value he produces. Microsoft has created well over $10 TRILLION
in economic benefit and growth to our economy...and all Bill Gates got for
starting all that was a measly $90 BILLION! That’s LESS than a 1% return for
value produced! SAME with Jeff Bezos and Mark Cuban.
Bruce Jenner has every right to “cash in.”
But the circus he’s about to create is NOT anything
close to a “public service,” nor even a “teachable moment.”
For one thing, he seems to diminish the internal
conflicts and struggles such people go through. Suicide rates among
transgendered people are astronomical.
He makes all this seem like a mere “bump in the
road.”
Another thing that I don’t get...and this is just
me, is that he claims his natural attraction for women will remain. In other
words, his sexual orientation will remain the same, and yet outwardly be
reversed as he “transitions” FROM a heterosexual male INTO a lesbian female.
I don’t know, my gut reaction is, “WHY bother?”
Seriously, why go through all the hormones, the
surgeries, etc., if your gender identity isn’t at odds with your sexuality? I
mean, it would seem that as a “male lesbian” he’s best equipped to please his
female lesbian counterparts.
But that’s just me. I don’t get the idea of going
through such an arduous transition while maintaining one’s original sexuality.
I DO understand those who claim to have been “born male/female in the opposite
body,” looking to “transition,” in order to live the way they perceive their
orientation (INCLUDING their sexuality) to be.
It’s much harder (for me) to understand someone at
age 65 going through all the surgeries, hormone replacements, etc., to, in
effect, become a “male lesbian.” After all, even “fully transitioned,” Ms.
Jenner (at that point) will still presumably have an XY genetic makeup...ergo, “male
lesbian.”
Moreover, there have already been far more
controversial transgender cases made public. A CNN story about Ryland
Whittington (http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/18/living/feat-transgender-child-raising-ryland/)
also addresses a much thornier issue; At what age can a child make such
life-altering decisions for him/her-self?
From my perspective, all such things are personal, PRIVATE
decisions and struggles that probably SHOULDN’T be used as “entertainment.”
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