Shhhh—don’t tell Illinois’ worst lawmaker, lesbian Kelly Cassidy, about the “LGBTQ+” propaganda video shown to fourth graders at Bramlett Elementary School in Georgia that uses animal puppets to teach children that “identifying” as the sex (or species) you are not isn’t weird or abnormal. Cassidy may try to pass a law requiring all elementary schools in Illinois to show it.
The video begins with Gulliver, a dog, and Emmett, a rooster, greeting a new dog, Barry, who has just arrived at school. Barry tells Gulliver and Emmett that he likes to play with yarn, to clean his paws by licking them, and to meow and purr. In other words, he identifies as a cat. The subliminal messaging is not subtle: Barry wears a rainbow collar, and his ball of yarn is pink.
Barry encourages his new pals to “try it,” which Emmett immediately and enthusiastically does, thereby inadvertently proving what conservatives have long claimed, which is that propaganda has consequences.
Gulliver, however, is rightly both confused and concerned, so he expresses his concerns to the respected adult in authority: his teacher. Rather than affirm the appropriateness of Gulliver’s thoughts and feelings, the teacher offers a mini-lesson in gender theory.
She tells Gulliver that adopting different species’ behaviors is “okay” and that “it’s not weird. It’s just different.” Even more troubling, she plaintively tells Gulliver, “I couldn’t ask Barry to change who he is. That would make him very sad.”
Does she believe the sadness of children determines the rightness of actions? Does she believe all powerful, persistent, seemingly intractable feelings must be affirmed? If so, YIKES.
While Gulliver is talking to his teacher, Barry is shown surrounded by real children, teaching his enthralled and eager young audience about his peculiar predilection.
The teacher then gently chastises (or shames) Gulliver, instructing him, “Gulliver, accepting people for who they are is a very important skill. We accept you for who you are.” She makes no distinction between accepting people and affirming all volitional actions.
Gulliver responds, again appropriately, by affirming that his identity corresponds to objective reality: “That’s different. I’m a dog who acts like a dog. That’s normal.” His teacher then straight up lies: “Not normal, just more common.”
This deceitful comment exposes that what leftists are teaching is dogmatic ideology. It is normal for one to embrace an identity that corresponds to reality. It is abnormal to pretend to be something that one is not and never can be.
The teacher concludes by telling Gulliver that “questions are good” so long as they lead Gulliver to “accept” Barry for who he is. Wow. Historically, society believed that questions are good because, it is hoped, they lead us to truth.
The irony is that clearly the teacher does not accept Gulliver for who he is: one wise puppy who knows good from bad, truth from error, reality from delusion. Instead, she aims to change who Gulliver is.
Yep, ideological grooming is going on everywhere in the United States—even in elementary schools in the Deep South.