Category: Current Events

In today’s day and age the media is constantly pushing their own narrative. Most of the time that narrative is being pushed to them by politics. Sometimes it can come across very subtly, while other times it can be extremely obvious. One thing I always like to do is question the motive behind the narrative being pushed.

I saw an article today titled “Tesla crashes into home after driver attempts to put it in reverse”. I am a Tesla owner myself so I know some of the myths and misconceptions that people have about Teslas compared to their reality.

Contrary to popular belief, there is not a major learning curve when driving a Tesla. For me the hardest part to get use to was not turning the car on or off when getting in or out of the vehicle. Yes, with auto steer and auto pilot, FSD, there are some additional technology features that may take some getting used to. However, it is still just an automobile and can be controlled completely by the human driver.

That being said, it’s pretty apparent to me that this incident is the responsibility of the driver and not the vehicle. So that really begs the question why was Tesla used in the title of the article? Cars crash into houses all the time yet their makes or model are not typically listed in the headlines. So why Tesla?

Elon Musk is a very polarizing figure. Some say he’s the real life version of Iron Man. But recently he has gained many critics, especially those on the political left. He has gone as far as to say that he would be voting Republican for the first time in his life because of how crazy Democrats currently are.

Of course this has spurred outrage from those on the political left. And it’s not surprising that those on the left that hold office or not his biggest fans. When discussing energy efficiency and electric vehicles the White House completely overlooked Tesla. NASDAQ recently dropped Tesla from their energy shares. And around the same time that Elon made his statements regarding politics he was hit with a sexual assault claim.

It’s pretty obvious here, to me at least, that politics are playing a part in the bias it is trying to create against Tesla and a Musk. The tactics being used are very similar to how when the media reports a crime they include the race of the victim only if the victim is a minority. Or, if the person committing the crime is white.

So why does the media do this? Well, it makes sense from the race perspective that they do it to help perpetuate the narrative of racism in America. If everyone believed that there was no racism in America then politicians couldn’t pander for those votes.

So why Tesla? Well I think it’s pretty apparent that Musk is upsetting those on the left. With his initial offer to purchase Twitter and save freedom of speech their reactions and response confirmed everyones theories that Twitter had been censoring those on the right unjustifiably. This is seen as a threat to politicians who are constantly trying to control the narrative to pander to their voting base.

In the end I believe it’s everyone’s individual responsibility to do their own research and investigating when it comes to the topics that matter to them without taking anything the media tells them at face value. In the day where we label everything misinformation or disinformation that is later deemed to be accurate and true, you can’t take anything at face value.

Lia Thomas was recently interviewed by Katie Barnes for ESPN. She stated during the interview that she didn’t transition to gain a competitive advantage in swimming and while that may be entirely true, the fact of the matter is that it did.

For those who don’t know, Lia Thomas is the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division 1 national championship. There was a lot of controversy over this since Lia use to compete as a member of the Penn men’s team in 2018-19. At that time she ranked 554th in the 200 freestyle, 65th in the 500 freestyle and 32nd in the 1650 freestyle. As her career at Penn wrapped, she moved to fifth, first and eighth in those respective events on the women’s deck.

Currently the NCAA requires at least 12 months of hormone therapy. The policy includes a requirement that transgender women swimmers demonstrate they have maintained a testosterone level below 5 nanomoles per liter continuously for at least 36 months before competition. It also requires transgender women to provide evidence that they do not have a competitive advantage from being assigned male at birth. That evidence will be reviewed by a panel of three independent medical experts.

To put this into perspective, I was diagnosed with low testosterone back in 2013. Normal testosterone levels are 300 to 1,000 nanograms per deciliter or 10 to 35 nanomoles per liter. My test levels were came back at 96 nanograms per deciliter, or 3.32 nanomoles per liter. This is well under the NCAA requirement for transgender competition, yet I’m a heterosexual male that had not had any previous hormone therapy.

I am a man who has a large build and is fairly strong. At the time my bench press was a max of 365lbs and I was throwing up 280lbs for my regular workouts. So my lifelong benefits of previously higher testosterone levels had built the muscle tissues an fibers that my body still had regardless of my new, naturally lowered testosterone levels.

Aside from personally understanding the physical benefits of going through puberty with normal testosterone levels, there are skeletal differences between biological males and biological women. This is how archaeologists are able to identify skeletal remains that are thousands of years old and can still identify the gender.

Regardless of any opinions on trans individuals, the facts are there that show they have a significant advantage in male-to-female transitions when competing in female sports. Under the NCAA rules that were adopted in February 2021 I would qualify to compete as woman. Does that really seem fair? I don’t think so, and neither does trans spokeswoman Caitlyn Jenner who has competed in the Olympics and won a gold medal. Jenner went so far as to say “Lia Thomas is one of the worst things that happened to the trans community because it’s such bad publicity,” She went on to add “We must protect women’s sports. At all costs. What Lia has done, beating biological women to win a Division I national championship, is anathema to what sports represents and the spirit of competition.”

Now you know my opinion, and the reasons I have for my opinion. Let me know your opinion in the comment section below.