Think “woke” is over since President Trump got elected? Think again. We’ve been saying for a while that it’s going to take years to root this delusional, narcissistic thinking out of our society. Absurd claims of discrimination and accusations that others have “phobias” are just too delicious for the self-centered in American society to give up easily.
For at least a decade, we’ve been lectured about, well, everything. Don’t want mentally ill people who think they’re the opposite sex in the military? Well, you must be “transphobic.” That’s the cry from the left after Donald Trump issued an executive order re-banning “transgender” people from military service. Outlets like Vox try to distract by claiming that it’s some stretch to recognize the mental instability of such people, and that they’re just as capable and stable as normal troops. Ha.
Just about every unhealthy or anti-social behavior has been given a “glow-up” by the left for the past decade. Don’t feel like putting in your all at work? That’s not laziness or paycheck theft, it’s “quiet quitting” from Millennials who have, like, just been asked to do TOO MUCH WORK! Upset by the outcome of the presidential election? Just do a Selena Gomez and ugly-cry about illegals being deported and you’ll be called “empathetic.” In fairness, though, even Gomez’s own fans couldn’t take her crocodile tears and the star was forced to delete her embarrassing video.
But the rehabilitation of morbid obesity into just another “valid” “lifestyle choice” is only barely less ridiculous than the claim that men can become women just by wearing a wig. Remember this cover from Cosmopolitan?
It’s one of countless articles on why being obese is no less healthy than the alternative. And people believed it, or, rather, people who wanted to believe it, did.
The disconnection from reality is what’s led to this latest lawsuit against the ride-share company Lyft. This woman, who claims to be a rapper named “Dank Demoss,” who is 500 pounds, is suing Lyft because a driver wisely refused to let her into his car, which would’ve risked damage to it.
Just by a quick glance it’s quite obvious that the Lyft driver was correct: she cannot physically fit into a normal-sized car, and would cause damage to it if she did.
Reality be damned, according to Demoss it’s just that the driver is “fat-phobic.” So she’s off to the races (very slowly) with a lawsuit claiming that she was illegally discriminated against. Get load of what her lawyer claimed to People Magazine:
“Under the law, refusing someone transportation due to their weight is no different than refusing someone transportation based on their race or religion. Discrimination of any kind should never be tolerated in our society,” said attorney John Marko.
I’ll be generous and assume that this attorney knows the case is nonsense, but also knows Lyft will likely settle it to avoid the costs of going to trial (even if it’s a case they know they’d end of winning).
Let’s see if Twitter/X users agree.
Oh, dear. It looks like people aren’t taking her claims very seriously.
This one’s so mean!
And this user misgendered Demoss!
