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I got through a little of this article and it seems to me whatever this person is doing is to you dear Dr Naomi, is totally WEIRD and this person is WEIRD. That said, I can understand what it is doing to you because it is being done so publicly and it could involve your personal safety. So you are probably correct to document it and then be on red alert, which is a horrid way to live.

But then, it is all actually just more of the same. The world is completely out of control at this time.

Here's what happened to me this morning. At my annual physical I was given a form with lots of options and boxes to check to indicate

1) my sex at birth

2) the sex I identify as now (heterosexual was option number 7 of 12 and actually hard to find)

3) my preferred pronouns

etc.

I was alone with the receptionist and basically told her after I filled it out that I was feeling enraged and my blood pressure was skyrocketing and this was insane. (She turned white and said she totally agreed but could do nothing about it.)

I should have drawn a huge X over this horrid page and written in bold I WILL NOT COMPLY. I am furious with myself that I filled it out and passed it in. UGH. BTW I am 75 years old and clearly FEMALE.

At the end of the actual appointment (which was entirely positive up to that point as I am quite a healthy person who takes good care of herself) the doctor blithely asked in quick succession if I had had my

flu shot

pneumonia shot

shingles shots

covid shots

RSV shot

I said no politely to each question and she persisted and intending to be helpful, asked if I wanted those shots arranged for me, to which I replied absolutely NOT as I take care of my immune system and have no intention of destroying it with these shots. She basically ran out of the room (not kidding) and the appointment was over.

So I'm not really surprised, Dear Dr Naomi, by what you have written as these insane interactions seem to be happening between sane and seemingly insane people all the time and it is getting worse. And yes, what you are dealing with is quite singular in its insane weirdness, but you are brave in a public way and the rest of us are just slogging along dealing with insane weirdness at the local level.

Let's just say the holidays, which are stressful to begin with, are unlikely to make anything better. Sorry.

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Maggie Fritz's avatar

I am reading her book (checked out from the library because I don't want to add to her sales, unlike your books which I buy) and it is one of the strangest things I have ever read. I can only read it for a short time because it seems so unhinged, so irrational. I have met other "progressive liberals" who also seem to share the belief that anyone who disagrees with them deserves to be erased from public view. May you be safe, keep doing the work you are doing.

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