The End

The Democrats have done well in the US midterms, and I’m being assailed by messages from progressives, some of them friends, expecting me to share their joy. Well, I don’t. As I’ve said before, I’m no fan of Trump, either as a man or in his style of politics. And I used to be firmly on the Democratic side. I saw the Democrats as the sane party, the decent party. But the truth is that, in my view, the more power the Democrats acquire, the more children will be harmed by gender ideology and the more women’s sex-based rights will be subordinated to the demands of men who claim to be women. For me, it comes down to the thought of just one vulnerable child. Perhaps an autistic teenage girl, struggling with her identity, being told she’ll somehow be happier if she takes puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and perhaps even undergoes surgery to remove healthy body parts or reconfigure her genitals using techniques that would make Frankenstein blush. It makes me feel sick. And I cannot understand how people can enthusiastically support politicians who promote these medical interventions for vulnerable children. When I raised these concerns with one jubilant friend, their response was: ‘That’s just one issue.’ One issue. How does somebody perform the moral gymnastics required to dismiss the needless harm being done to vulnerable children as merely ‘one issue’? For me, that response speaks volumes about what the modern Left has become. The willingness to overlook something so profoundly troubling because it conflicts with a wider political allegiance is extraordinary. It reminds me of the saying attributed to Voltaire: ‘Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.’ And I increasingly wonder whether we’re witnessing precisely that phenomenon. For me, the more power progressives acquire, the greater the risk that more children will suffer irreversible harm. It’s that simple. So no, I’m not sharing the joy this morning. I hope the Democratic Party eventually finds its way back to being the party I once admired. And I hope America’s future is shaped by politicians who put biological reality, women’s rights and the safeguarding of children ahead of ideology. Because those things should never have become partisan issues in the first place.