The patient is infected..On life support..The prognosis is not good..Common sense, once the backbone of reasoning, is under attack by so-called "experts," "world leaders," and "progressives," who see it as nothing more than a hinderance to advancing their ideologies..They have received the blind support of the mainstream legacy media, which in turn have padded their bank accounts with taxpayer money from grateful governments..The attack on commonsense entered bizzarro world when major US media outlets took the side of Berkeley law professor Khiara Bridges, who accused Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) of being transphobic because he does not believe men can get pregnant..While testifying at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the impact of overturning Roe v. Wade, Bridges used the phrase "people with a capacity for pregnancy" as a gender-neutral substitute for women..Hawley called her out, saying it was absurd to erase the word women from a discussion on abortion rights..Bridges’ response was to say Hawley’s "line of questioning is transphobic" adding he was "denying that trans people exist" and that kind of talk exposed them to violence because he would not recognize "that men can get pregnant.".Legacy media proved once and for all objectivity is no longer a part of their reporting or editorial mandates..The Washington Post said Hawley "refused to acknowledge that some transgender men can get pregnant.".That is a blatant lie..Hawley stated his position is transgender men are women, because women are the only people who can get pregnant..The chorus from the leftwing media was totally out of tune with commonsense, with headlines screaming accusations Hawley asked transphobic questions..CNN’s banner blared "Hawley called out for transphobic questions" adopting the left's view of the exchange..Even the U.K.'s Independent weighed in, writing Bridges "rebuked Hawley for his transphobic" questions.”."In a series of extraordinary testimony to a Senate committee on the future of abortion in the US after the dissolve of Roe v Wade, an abortion rights advocate and law professor issued a sharp rebuke to Republican Senator Josh Hawley, who appeared to dismiss that transgender people could become pregnant," read the Independent’s article..Other progressive media declared an unambiguous victory for Bridges over Hawley, proclaiming he “got owned.”.Salon and Huffington Post ran headlines insisting Hawley was "schooled.".A video on Jezebel was titled, "Berkeley Law Professor Eviscerates Sen. Josh Hawley at Post-Roe Hearing.".Heartland Signal said Hawley was “put in place” by Bridges..Vox wrote Hawley used "transphobic rhetoric to rile up the GOP's base," siding with Bridges’ contested claim Hawley's language equates to violence.."Bridges’s concerns reflect the fact that lawmakers’ political attacks on trans people — including denying their existence, and using legislation to limit their freedom of movement, access to activities and availability of health care have coincided with an increase in physical violence," Li Zhou wrote for Vox..“According to a 2021 Time report, anti-trans violence has surged in the wake of an increase in legislation targeting trans people. A 2021 UCLA report also found that trans people, particularly Black and brown trans people, were significantly more likely to be victims of violent crime than cis people.".The Twitter Trash were quick to praise Bridges and mock Hawley..Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said) Hawley "feigned shock at the recognition that he incites violence.".‘KA-BLOW’, tweeted Imani Gandy, the senior editor of law and policy for Rewire News Group, after Bridges declared Hawley was denying transgender people exist because he doesn't think men can get pregnant..Others ridiculed Hawley for being embarrassed by a professor who thinks men can be women and women can be men, rendering the distinctions between the two sexes meaningless..Stephen Porter, assistant editor for USA Today Opinion, urged progressives, "Don't feign ignorance about Sen. Josh Hawley's 'questions.'"."He was making a statement. His claim? That trans men & nonbinary people who can get pregnant are ~actually~ women. He's asserting that their reproductive organs define their gender," Porter tweeted.."That's literally transphobic," he said..Responding to the hysterics, Hawley told FOX News that Democrats "have lost their minds."."The Democrats have become such extremists. Now their official line is men can get pregnant, and if you disagree, you’re violent," he said. "They have lost their minds and the whole country can see it.".They’ve lost their minds and any modicum of commonsense..To paraphrase: Objective media is dead..Long live common sense.
