The Contagion of Idiocy
Does the agenda have a sense of humour? Is it trying to be humorous, employing such illogical and irrational tactics to manipulate society into compliance and division? Compliance is a given; a beaten culture is a compliant culture. But while it still has spunk and pluck running through its veins, the agenda is set on creating divisiveness so each “side” has something to hate the other side for. Shake the jar of complacent red and black ants to get them at each other’s throats.
But why pick such stupid, idiotic things to fight about? Maybe that’s the whole point. If you can get the red ants to jump on some idiotic, irrational “cause,” it will just make the black ants perplexed even more because the red ants are such idiots. So, who is who in this scenario? Certainly, with no racial connotation, the idiot red ants are the progressive left, the “woke” left, and unfortunately, some of the “usual” left as well. The black ants are the shrews. They are the ones the red ants hate. I can’t say the black ants hate the red ants (some undoubtedly do), but they sure are annoyed, frustrated, and confused.
It seems to me that if you really thought the world was not run the way you wanted it, and in particular the country you hailed from, you would focus on real issues. If you believed the real issues you were concerned about could be handled differently, you could then align yourself with similar-thinking people and fight for your cause. Most of the time there are indeed different ways to approach important issues in the world, in your home country, or wherever it concerns you. But first, you would have to identify meaningful and important issues. Ensuring they are not frivolous, pointless, and, in a word, idiotic.
And it seems that when a group of people start focusing on idiotic topics, the idiotic viewpoint spreads like a contagion, seeping its way into all the crevices it can reach.
So, what are some of these idiotic issues the woke, or hard left, wrap themselves around? Here are a few, and an explanation of why I consider them idiotic. I’ve always said, anyone has the right, and even the duty, to question the status quo. Whether it be an elected official (including the POTUS), or it be policy, public or otherwise. But if you are going to question, please find something worthy of questioning. Make a solid argument that has depth. And fight for your perspective with intelligence and integrity.
Here we go.
1. The White House Ballroom of Doom The left anti-Trumpers clutch pearls over a 90,000-square-foot gilded ballroom tacked onto the East Wing like it’s the Eighth Deadly Sin. Renderings look like Versailles sneezed on Mount Vernon. “Historic desecration!” they shriek while jackhammers echo 300 feet from the Oval Office. The cost? Two hundred to three hundred fifty million—100 % private, zero tax dollars.
The funds come from Trump’s wallet plus donors who want their names etched in 23-karat gold. Meanwhile, the same shriekers shrug when federal workers skip paychecks during a shutdown or when grocery prices make ramen a luxury. If Elon can launch a $3 billion rocket for giggles, Don can gild a dance floor. Save the outrage for wars that empty your wallet, not chandeliers that empty nobody’s. Going whacko over a ballroom addition to the White House, not paid for by taxpayer dollars, is idiotic.
2. Trump’s 34 “Felony” Convictions A misdemeanour bookkeeping entry from 2017—expired statute—was duct-taped to a mystery “second crime” and inflated into 34 Class E felonies. The jury pool? Eighty-seven percent of Biden voters. The star witness? Michael Cohen, convicted perjurer shopping for a White House pardon. Sentencing: January 10, 2025—unconditional discharge. No jail, no fine, no probation.
The conviction is a bumper sticker that says, “I annoyed Alvin Bragg.” Appeal odds: high for full reversal by Christmas. Yet the red ants still bleat “Convicted felon!” while Hunter Biden wires Beijing millions and Dad cashes the “loan repayment.” Quit calling Trump a convicted felon. On deeper analysis, when the truth about these charges and convictions is revealed, it all looks idiotic. Focus on complaints that have guts.
3. More Than Two Sexes? Biology 101: two gametes, sperm and egg, male and female. That’s it. Intersex conditions are developmental anomalies, not new sexes—same as a sixth finger doesn’t create a new hand. Yet the red ants insist on 72+ genders, demand pronoun declarations in email signatures, and threaten social exile for misgendering.
Puberty blockers for eight-year-olds? “Gender-affirming care?” Reality: irreversible bone loss, infertility, regret rates climbing, and children being abused. The black ants just want kids to hit puberty before deciding they’re a cat. Call it child abuse, not compassion. This is not only an idiotic cause to fight for, it is disgusting.
4. Defund the Police Redirect funds to social workers, they say. Result: Portland, Minneapolis, Seattle—smash-and-grab flash mobs, carjackings at gas pumps, 911 wait times measured in hours. Homicides spiked 30 % in 2020 alone. Social workers can’t wrestle a meth-fueled suspect; they hand out pamphlets. The lefties call it “re-imagining safety.” The shrew-types call it suicide by slogan. When your daughter can’t walk to the corner store without a rape whistle, maybe fund the police instead of the community garden. Find something else worthy of your attention.
5. Cultural Appropriation Police White kid wears cornrows—cultural theft. Yoga studio plays sitar music—colonizer vibes. The rule: only marginalized cultures get copyright; everyone else must pay royalties in guilt. Taco trucks on every corner? Fine. White girl with a bindi? Cancelled. The black ants eat what they want, wear what flatters, and laugh at the food police. Culture is a potluck, not a gated community. Good heavens.
6. Trigger Warnings for Shakespeare Hamlet contains suicide; trigger warning. To Kill a Mockingbird uses the N-word in 1930s context; trigger warning. Life itself is a trigger. The left demands safe spaces where ideas can’t bruise feelings. Result: college students melting down over a syllabus. The right survived dodgeball and learned resilience. If you need a fainting couch for Macbeth, maybe skip the theatre and stick to Sesame Street. Grow up.
7. Meatless Mondays to Save the Planet Cows fart; the planet is supposedly doomed. Their solution: force everyone to eat bugs, outlaw steak, and publicly shame backyard barbecues. Meanwhile, China opens two new coal plants every week, and private jets shuttle climate elites to Davos summits. Livestock methane accounts for just 4 % of global emissions; cargo ships alone produce 3 %. Ridiculous energy spent on ridiculous concerns.
8. Reparations for Slavery Pay descendants of slaves for sins of 1865. Who pays? A Polish immigrant’s grandson? A Hmong refugee? How much? Who qualifies? The red ants demand trillions with no accountability. The black ants point out: every empire enslaved; Ottomans, Aztecs, Zulus. America ended it with 620,000 dead in the Civil War. Close the chapter, open opportunity. Guilt-tripping the unborn is a shakedown, not justice. A colossal waste of time and energy, as well as plain and simple idiocy.
9. DEI Quotas in Operating Rooms Merit bad, diversity good. License a “diverse” pilot with only 150 hours to meet the quota. Promote a surgeon for diversity stats, not steady hands. The shrews want the best hands on the scalpel, not the most “equitable.” When the plane nosedives or the heart stops, nobody asks for the diversity report. Competence isn’t oppression; mediocrity is. This is probably the biggest no-brainer of all, and surely it is idiotic.
10. Land Acknowledgments at Zoom Meetings “We gather on the stolen land of the [insert tribe].” Then everyone logs off and heads home to their mortgaged McMansions. Not a single acre is returned. Not one treaty is honoured. It’s performative theatre — a hollow ritual that changes nothing. The shrews say: If the land is truly stolen, give it back. Otherwise, stop the virtue charade and pay your property taxes like the rest of us.
The contagion spreads because idiocy is sticky. One red ant screams about micro-aggressions; suddenly, HR mandates bias training. One blue-city council defunds police; shoplifting becomes a civic hobby. One pronoun circle in kindergarten; suddenly, boys compete in girls’ swim meets. The black ants watch, jaw dropped, as the jar shakes harder.
But the shrews see the game. These aren’t causes; they’re hooks. Distractions glittered in moral-ese to keep the ants clawing at shadows while the fisherman reels in the real catch—your money, your kids, your freedom. The ballroom glitters, the felonies fade, the pronouns multiply, and the sheep drown in their own noise.