Jen Johnson, MLA and [Queen?] “Victoria”

Background for Readers:

Jen Johnson, (former Alberta UCP candidate and now independent) MLA for Lacombe / Ponoka made an unfortunate analogy that was ginned up and cost her her UCP affiliation, but not her election. At the request of some of her constituents, she met with a transgender collective that she had allegedly offended. Here is the coverage by Rebel News of Jen’s meeting with one identifying as “Victoria”:

Alberta MLA targeted in Maoist-style struggle session by radical activists
(Rebel News | Sep 18, 2024 | Time 10:00 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEbE-lCXfQo

Here is my message to Jen (et al.), whom I have never met; who handled herself admirably in the face of Cluster B^* manifestation:

Jen, take courage. This tyranny of self-appointed, radical trans/queer-voices cannot prevail  if courageous people “live not by lies.”¹ I’m sorry you had to endure this attempted Mao-style “struggle / denounce / reform” session, but you did not cave. And on the bright side, this “meeting” with diva/divo activists exposed the Cluster B traits that define so many of them. The futility of consulting with such activists could not have been more clear.

On the other hand, many dysphorics reject the tyranny of the radical activists who have “taken over and ruined everything.” Activists like “Victoria” (aka stage name, Karla Marx) do not represent the greater transgender community which does not demand that others parrot their narrative. What we did observe in your encounter was how despotic some activists can be as they tolerate nothing but affirmation of “self” and subjection of others. We could also see where our society is inexorably headed if we cater to reality-inverting ideologues. In the words of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who knew the realities of the real Karl Marx:

[T]he simple step of a simple courageous man [or woman] is not to partake in falsehood, not to support false actions! Let that enter the world, let it even reign in the world—but not with my help.²

This year 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Solzhenitsyn's publication of a parting plea to his countrymen and women: “Live Not By Lies.” It should be read in full with its nine bullet points every Saturday and Sunday AM on CBC.

Here is just a portion of the Live Not By Lies text:

[I]t is not every day and not on every shoulder that violence [including violence against truth/reality] brings down its heavy hand: it demands of us only a submission to lies, a daily participation in deceit—and this suffices as our fealty.

And therein we find, neglected by us, the simplest, the most accessible key to our liberation: a personal nonparticipation in lies! Even if all is covered by lies, even if all is under their rule, let us resist in the smallest way: Let their rule hold not through me!

And this is the way to break out of the imaginary encirclement of our inertness, the easiest way for us and the most devastating for the lies. For when people renounce lies, lies simply cease to exist. Like parasites, they can only survive when attached to a person.

We are not called upon to step out onto the square and shout out the truth, to say out loud what we think—this is scary, we are not ready. But let us at least refuse to say what we do not think!

This is the way, then, the easiest and most accessible for us given our deep-seated organic cowardice, much easier than (it’s scary even to utter the words) civil disobedience à la Gandhi.

Our way must be: Never knowingly support lies! Having understood where the lies begin (and many see this line differently)—step back from that gangrenous edge! Let us not glue back the flaking scales of the Ideology, not gather back its crumbling bones, nor patch together its decomposing garb, and we will be amazed how swiftly and helplessly the lies will fall away, and that which is destined to be naked will be exposed as such to the world.

And thus, overcoming our timidity, let each man choose: Will he remain a witting servant of the lies (needless to say, not due to natural predisposition, but in order to provide a living for the family, to rear the children in the spirit of lies!), or has the time come for him to stand straight as an honest man, worthy of the respect of his children and contemporaries?

LIVE NOT BY LIES
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN
Moscow, 12 February 1974
https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/live-not-by-lies

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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_disorder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cluster_B_personality_disorders

1. https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/live-not-by-lies  
2. Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (p. 681). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition.

Witness Suggestions for the NCI Oct. 2024 Hearings

To my readers: If you know of any witnesses that might contribute to the National Citizens Inquiry exploring the question “Are children safe in Canada?” would you go to the online form at https://nationalcitizensinquiry.ca/survey/ and submit your suggestions. Below is an email I sent to the NCI, Aug 31, 2024:

Greetings NCI:

In response to your email appeals (Aug. 19 & 30) for suggestions for potential witnesses for the October NCI hearings to explore the question: “Are children safe in Canada?” here are some suggestions. Many of these suggested witnesses are not Canadian but all have in depth knowledge about the impact of culture and technology on kids everywhere.

As I do not have the time to individually fill out the online form for each witness, I submit this list via email with links for the reason stated in bold above.

▪ Peter Boghossian | philosopher, author | https://peterboghossian.com/

▪ Jennie Bristow | sociologist, writer| co-author of THE CORONA GENERATION: Coming of age in a crisis | https://jbristow.co.uk/

▪ Vernadette R Broyles | family law litigator and Guardian Ad Litem representing the best interests of children in court, | https://www.childparentrights.org/team/vernadette-r-broyles

▪ Hilary Cass | British pediatrician, former president of the Royal Society of Pediatrics and Child Health, led the independent scientific review of gender health services for children in England, commissioned by Britain’s National Health Service | https://cass.independent-review.uk/about-the-review/the-chair/

▪ James Esses | Social Commentator, Writer, Co-Founder of Thoughtful Therapists | Co-Ordinator of Declaration for Biological Reality (http://declarationforbiologicalreality.org) | https://www.jamesesses.com/ | https://x.com/jamesesses?lang=en

▪ Dr. Miriam Grossman | Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist, International Public Speaker, Author of Lost in Trans Nation: A Child Psychiatrist's Guide Out of the Madness) | https://www.miriamgrossmanmd.com/

▪ Jonathan Haidt  | Social Psychologist, author of The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness | https://jonathanhaidt.com/

▪ Dr. Ethan Haim |Small Town General Surgeon. Whistleblower | https://x.com/eithanhaim?lang=en

▪ Heather Heying | Author, Evolutionary Biologist, Educator | https://www.heatherheying.com/

▪ Helen Joyce | Journalist, author of Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality, working with Sex Matters campaign group | https://www.thehelenjoyce.com/ | https://x.com/hjoycegender?lang=en

▪ Logan Lancing | author of The Queering of the American Child, speaker, and founder of ItsNotinSchools.com | https://newdiscourses.com/author/loganlancing/ | https://x.com/loganlancing?lang=en

▪ Dr. Tess Lawrie  | Doctor, researcher, health advocate and co-founder of World Council for Health initiative (http://worldcouncilforhealth.org) | http://BetterWayConference.org  | https://x.com/lawrie_dr?lang=en

▪ James Lindsay | author, mathematician | a leading expert on Critical Race Theory; founder of New Discourses | https://newdiscourses.com/author/jameslindsay/

▪ Dr. Jordan Peterson | Author, psychologist, online educator, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto | https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/

▪ Jamie Reed | “a queer woman, politically to the left of Bernie Sanders,” “married to a transman”; left her job as a case manager at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital to become a whistleblower; https://www.breakpoint.org/from-gender-clinic-caseworker-to-whistleblower-jamie-reeds-story/ | https://x.com/jamiewhistle?lang=en

▪ Leor Sapir | fellow at the Manhattan Institute; widely recognized thought leader on topics related to pediatric gender medicine, education policy, and culture; https://manhattan.institute/person/leor-sapir | https://x.com/leorsapir?lang=en | https://tikvahfund.org/faculty/leor-sapir/

▪ Michael Schellenberger | journalist and author of “MEDICAL MALPRACTICE On KIDS?! WPATH Files EXPOSE ALL”: | https://x.com/shellenberger/status/1764800595473686865 | https://x.com/shellenberger/status/1765500888498794975 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p73tHig5bnU 

▪ Abigail Shrier | Journalist, author of Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up; Irreversible Damage: Teenage Girls and the Transgender Craze | https://x.com/abigailshrier?lang=en | https://substack.com/@abigailshrier

▪ Dr. Jill Simons  | Board-Certified Pediatrician, Executive director of The American College of Pediatricians | https://acpeds.org/about/meet-our-board/jill-simons-md | https://x.com/drjillsimons

▪ Sara Stockton | Wife, Mother, Therapist (LMFT - sex & gender), Instructor | https://x.com/mrssarastockton?lang=en |

▪ Dr. Jean Twenge  | speaker, professor, consultant, author of Generations: The Real Differences between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers and Silents—and What They Mean for the Future | https://x.com/jean_twenge?lang=en

If I come across other possibilities in the next week or so, I will try to use your online form at https://nationalcitizensinquiry.ca/survey/ and will encourage others to do the same when I post this on September 4th on my blog.

Sincerely,
SM Smith