The worst thing about the Internet is that it gives you a glimpse into the lives of people you would never otherwise meet unless you made a terrible error like going to Walt Disney World. Yeah, I know that sounds snobby but I never claimed to not be a snob. First of all I am a native New Yorker, which automatically gives me snob rights since New Yorkers know everything by their third birthday and just keep getting smarter the longer they live there. (Those people who get pushed in front of subways are obviously not natives.)
Sadly, my intelligence has gradually eroded since moving to Maine 13 years ago so who am I to talk, but I can still recognize that humans in general are dumbing down at an alarming rate. For example, Brittney Griner, the imprisoned basketball star held in Russia for no damn good reason, is constantly referred to as "she" in the news, despite the fact that "her" Adam's apple is plainly visible in all photos. (From Wiki: When the larynx grows larger during puberty, it sticks out at the front of the throat. This is what's called an Adam's apple. Everyone's larynx grows during puberty, but a girl's larynx doesn't grow as much as a boy's does. That's why boys have Adam's apples.) "She" also sounds like a man and looks like a man.
My point is that I am broken up over Brittney's fate, no matter his/her gender. (Standing 6 ft 9 in tall, Griner wears a men's U.S. size 17 shoe and has an arm span of 87.5 in.) She/he did nothing to hurt anyone, is not a danger to society, certainly has no beef with Russia and besides, is a fabulous basketball player whose team needs him/her. Today she/he is being sent to a penal colony for nine years of hard labor, all because a teeny little vape pipe was discovered in his/her luggage on a trip to Russia, with a smidgen of whatever in it.
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