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U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum?

Posted on | July 10, 2013 | 47 Comments

At Memeorandum, I saw this headline:

HISTORIC: Senate panel
advances trans-inclusive ENDA

Perhaps you thought the “Gang of Eight” amnesty bill was the craziest thing the Senate could ever do, but obviously you were wrong.

What this legislation would do is to make it a federal crime to discriminate in the workplace against the “transgendered.” And you may think to yourself, “Well, discrimination is bad and I’m not prejudiced or homophobic or anything” and shrug it off. So what?

If you are indifferent to ENDA in this manner, then quite clearly (a) you don’t know how “discrimination” law actually works in the modern workplace, and (b) you lack sufficient imagination to contemplate the potential consequences. Suppose you’re Sam, the loading dock foreman at a large hardware store — Home Depot, let’s say — and you’ve got a crew of four guys whose job is to unload the trucks as they arrive each day. Driving forklifts, hauling pallets of merchandise off trucks and moving them around the store so the items can be put on the shelves. One morning you arrive for work and here comes your crew man Joe, wearing a dress, wig and makeup.

“Morning, Sam.”
“Joe? What the –”
“I’m not Joe anymore. Call me Delores.”
“What the hell are you talking about Joe?”
“Sam, I’m Delores now. If you call me ‘Joe’ one more time, I’m afraid I’ll have to report you to Human Resources.”
“Human resources? But . . . I don’t understand.”
“It’s simple, Sam: For years, I’ve lived with this secret — a woman, trapped in a man’s body — but I’m not hiding it any more.”
“But Joe . . .”
“Delores.”
“OK, whatever — Delores. But this is just crazy. I’ve known you since high school. We played baseball and went fishing together. And what about your wife and kids?”
“They’re entirely supportive. As a matter of fact, we got the idea this weekend, watching the news together.”
“Watching the news?”
“Yeah, there was a gay guy who sued his company under the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. His boss got fired and he got a $250,000 settlement. Civil rights and stuff.”
“So you’re wearing a dress now?”
“Yeah, you like it?”
“Hell no. I mean, you’re six-foot-three and 270 pounds. Your legs aren’t even shaven. You look ridiculous.”
“Ridiculous, huh? How long have I been working here, Sam?”
“Three, four years.”
“And when was the last time I got a raise?”
“Well, your last evaluation — I dunno. What? October, I think. It was 75 cents more an hour, right?”
“Sixty-five cents, Sam. Sixty-five f–king cents.”
“OK. right — now I remember. What’s your point?”
“My point is, I’m tired of being victimized by your transphobia.”
“Trans-what? Have you gone nuts, Joe?”
“F–k you, Sam. I know my rights. I’m going to Human Resources. This kind of discrimination has got to stop!”
“But Joe . . .”
“It’s Delores! Hater!”

As far-fetched as that scenario may seem, no one in 1965 ever imagined that claims of “discrimination” and “sexual harassment” — and the fear of such claims — would result in the situation now so widespread, where lawsuits and threats of lawsuits are a sort of constant threat of blackmail, where disgruntled employees make complaints knowing full well that companies are reluctant to go to court to defend against such claims. Instead, nine times out of 10, the complaining employee is given what’s informally called “go away money,” a settlement usually equivalent to a year’s salary, just so the company can rid itself of the legal nuisance.

Oh, and guess what happens to your insurance premiums when “non-discrimination” means that you must hire transsexuals and cover the cost of their surgery and other treatments?

People who shrug their shoulders about ENDA and other such nonsense, or who hesitate to denounce it because they don’t want to seem prejudiced, have no idea how all this talk about “fairness” and equality” actually operates, once it becomes law and people start getting sued or fired over flimsy claims of “discrimination.”

 

Category: Gays, Senate

Comments

47 Responses to “U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum?”

  1. jwbrown1969
    July 10th, 2013 @ 8:17 pm

    U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum: At Memeorandum, I saw this headline: HISTORIC: Senate panel advances trans-inclu… http://t.co/5RDnbaIzaR

  2. Citzcom
    July 10th, 2013 @ 8:17 pm

    U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum: At Memeorandum, I saw this headline: HISTORIC: Senate panel advances trans-inclu… http://t.co/XvaxJqbkFY

  3. rsmccain
    July 10th, 2013 @ 8:19 pm

    “My point is, I’m tired of being victimized by your transphobia.” http://t.co/yAbCt0pHYt

  4. ryanr313
    July 10th, 2013 @ 8:21 pm

    @smitty_one_each how can one tell the difference?

  5. rsmccain
    July 10th, 2013 @ 8:21 pm

    U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/yAbCt0pHYt #tcot

  6. connnutmeg
    July 10th, 2013 @ 8:21 pm

    RT @rsmccain: U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/yAbCt0pHYt #tcot

  7. kshaidle
    July 10th, 2013 @ 8:23 pm

    RT @rsmccain: “My point is, I’m tired of being victimized by your transphobia.” http://t.co/yAbCt0pHYt

  8. joej2020usa
    July 10th, 2013 @ 8:23 pm

    RT @rsmccain: U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/yAbCt0pHYt #tcot

  9. River_City
    July 10th, 2013 @ 8:28 pm

    RT @rsmccain: U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/yAbCt0pHYt #tcot

  10. preciseBlogs
    July 10th, 2013 @ 8:29 pm

    U.S. #Senate or Insane Asylum http://t.co/weAOaVCugo #news #conservative #gays

  11. sokeijarhead
    July 10th, 2013 @ 8:33 pm

    U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? : The Other McCain http://t.co/w3uxF7wj9X

  12. TPBGirl
    July 10th, 2013 @ 8:34 pm

    RT @rsmccain: U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/yAbCt0pHYt #tcot

  13. TAKirk
    July 10th, 2013 @ 8:37 pm

    RT @rsmccain: U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/yAbCt0pHYt #tcot

  14. thatMrGguy
    July 10th, 2013 @ 8:39 pm

    U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/aOS8MvfDjy

  15. survivecollapse
    July 10th, 2013 @ 8:41 pm

    RT @rsmccain: U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/yAbCt0pHYt #tcot

  16. Freddy At Night
    July 10th, 2013 @ 8:47 pm

    Reckon ENDA is really more about restrooms and locker rooms…

  17. BobBelvedere
    July 10th, 2013 @ 8:51 pm

    RT @rsmccain: U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/yAbCt0pHYt #tcot

  18. Gopisdead
    July 10th, 2013 @ 9:00 pm

    U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/1pYvLBTSNH EVERY Christian who voted 4 @barackobama bears the responsibility 4 his armageddon

  19. Matthew W
    July 10th, 2013 @ 9:07 pm

    It’s that scene from “Life of Brian”:

    I don’t want to be called Stan, I want to be called Loretta. It’s my right as a man to be a woman………………….

  20. practicetheory
    July 10th, 2013 @ 9:09 pm

    RT @smitty_one_each: TOM U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/dY2x4PFiuJ #TCOT

  21. practicetheory
    July 10th, 2013 @ 9:09 pm

    @ryanr313 @smitty_one_each In the Senate the Inmates have the keys.

  22. Josh_Painter
    July 10th, 2013 @ 9:10 pm

    RT @rsmccain: U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/yAbCt0pHYt #tcot

  23. NCHornet
    July 10th, 2013 @ 9:36 pm

    U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/g8vbakyygS

  24. MoronPres
    July 10th, 2013 @ 9:41 pm

    “Oh, and guess what happens to your insurance premiums when “non-discrimination” means that you must hire… http://t.co/ZcLZN6NYOW

  25. riding4liberty
    July 10th, 2013 @ 9:41 pm

    RT @NCHornet: U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/g8vbakyygS

  26. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    July 10th, 2013 @ 10:00 pm

    The terms “U.S. Senate” and “insane asylum” are not mutually exclusive. Or rather, not all insane asylums are the U.S. Senate, but the U.S. Senate is an insane asylum.

  27. Here We Go With Republicans Supporting Another Inane Law | The Lonely Conservative
    July 10th, 2013 @ 10:48 pm

    […] A Senate committee just decided it would be a good idea to pass a law making it illegal to discriminate against the transgendered. I don’t really have anything against transgendered people, but this is just a trial lawyer’s dream. Imagine this scenario: […]

  28. Bob Belvedere
    July 10th, 2013 @ 11:00 pm

    Well done, Stacy.

  29. morehouse64
    July 10th, 2013 @ 11:16 pm

    U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/QKgb6Aosku In Insane asylum Destroying the place

  30. giantslor
    July 10th, 2013 @ 11:50 pm

    I’m here for the schadenfreude.

  31. unicornmajik
    July 10th, 2013 @ 11:54 pm

    RT @rsmccain: U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/yAbCt0pHYt #tcot

  32. nygrlahart
    July 11th, 2013 @ 12:00 am

    RHETORICAL QUESTION? –>> “@rsmccain: U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/YnBDKOQlGY #tcot”

  33. Finrod Felagund
    July 11th, 2013 @ 3:33 am

    My main beef with Roger Waters’ Fletcher Memorial Home was that he was putting some of the wrong people in there.

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    July 11th, 2013 @ 3:33 am

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    July 11th, 2013 @ 7:44 am

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  36. richard mcenroe
    July 11th, 2013 @ 10:27 am

    The US Senate is made up almost entirely of lawyers, and, as best we can tell, pedophiles and whoremongers. What else can we reasonably expect from them? But I’d be surprised if this legislation has much effect on Senate staffing practices. Another “law for thee, but not for me.”

    On the upside, I remind myself of the latter days of the Restoration in England, when the “elites” went out of their way to shock and offend the “cits”, or working and business class of England… until the latter stood on their necks.

  37. Scribe of Slog (McGehee)
    July 11th, 2013 @ 10:28 am

    U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum?

    You misspelled “is an.”

  38. politsoutherner
    July 11th, 2013 @ 10:41 am

    U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/IQddCI2bDK

  39. JustPlainBill
    July 11th, 2013 @ 12:47 pm

    U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/R4UWChDvP9

  40. Richard McEnroe
    July 11th, 2013 @ 3:06 pm

    What would be funny as hell would be a tranny running for Senate, losing, and then using this law to DEMAND he be appointed to the seat because the voting public was obviously prejudiced against him.

  41. Richard McEnroe
    July 11th, 2013 @ 3:07 pm

    And remember, kids, “tranny” is just one letter away from TYRANNY!

  42. PubliusNV
    July 11th, 2013 @ 3:39 pm

    U.S. Senate or Insane Asylum? http://t.co/bekmEznoQg

  43. … the U.S. Senate , try a Loonie Bin … « Lake Erie Conservative
    July 11th, 2013 @ 6:50 pm

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  44. DaveO
    July 12th, 2013 @ 9:09 pm

    Congress will exempt itself, and the Dems will never allow transgendered folk on their staff. But some of illustrious GOPers like McCain or Graham will hire a couple of them to show America that the GOP is ready to lose the transgender vote for the remainder of the nation’s life. A pattern so common even the rubes aren’t fooled any more.

  45. rmnixondeceased
    July 12th, 2013 @ 11:48 pm

    Might I suggest Leavenworth?

  46. RMNixonDeceased
    July 12th, 2013 @ 11:48 pm

    “The terms “U.S. Senate” and “insane asylum” are not mutually exclusive. Or rather, not all…” — Evi L. Bloggerlady http://t.co/FofowN4S2Q

  47. RMNixonDeceased
    July 12th, 2013 @ 11:48 pm

    “Might I suggest Leavenworth?” — rmnixondeceased http://t.co/QTTTKFtCiX