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August 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM

‘Nonbinary’ Defaces Yosemite With Trans Flag

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(*Because of its relevance, it should be noted that this post was not quite finished when the news broke of yet another tranny who did yet another mass shooting at yet another Christian school.*)

Imagine you’re at one of America’s lovely national parks to enjoy the beauty and sereneness of God’s natural creation. Then, perhaps after a long hike, imagine you look up at one of its most iconic and spectacular landmarks and . . .

What do you see? A big, not-so-beautiful, wildly inappropriate . . .

Trans flag!

Is that what you came to see? Is that what anyone who could be called “normal” came to see? Should anyone ever be subjected to such a sight in the midst of natural splendor, particularly if they had to pay money to get in, as is the case at Yosemite National Park? Which, of course, is where this happened. Because it’s located in the lost state of California, which calls itself a sanctuary state for the transing of children—which is pure evil.

So, a park ranger named Shannon Joslin teamed up with a bunch of rainbow activists, including a celebrity drag queen calling himself Pattie Gonia, and hung a transgender flag onto the famous Yosemite rock formation known as El Capitan. They, in a manner of speaking, “transed” El Capitan, or at least the viewing of it, for a time. Why? Because for deviants in this day and age, who have in recent years been so indulged, encouraged and empowered by all the institutions, the most important thing is the normalizing and promotion of all their deviancies. If they could somehow get a rainbow flag onto the moon that was so enormous it could be viewed from Earth, they’d do it. And then they’d be praised for queering the moon.

The only good news here is that the flag of depravity was quickly taken down and the responsible party, the park ranger, who identifies as a “nonbinary,” was fired. And, as indicated in an Instagram post, he/she/it wasn’t taking it well:

“Last week I was fired from my dream job as a . . . park ranger . . . for practicing my First Amendment right. In May, I hung a trans flag on El Capitan that celebrated my acceptance of my identity. I hung the flag in my free time, off-duty, as a private citizen.”

Uh, coupla things here. So, it’s all about you, you, you and your precious “identity,” and imposing a symbol of that on what is essentially a captive audience of park-goers, the majority of whom certainly don't want to know anything about that as they spend a day at Yosemite.

Another thing is, why would you risk your “dream job” for something so sick and stupid? Answering that question is essential to your future success in life. Though calling yourself “nonbinary” was your first mistake and will likely lead to many more.

And there's this other thing. Putting a trans flag on El Capitan is not your “First Amendment right,” you nonbinary nitwit.

What do you think would happen if I were a park ranger at Yosemite and I went up and draped a giganto MAGA hat on top of El Capitan? Do you think they would just leave it up there because of my “First Amendment right” and because I did it “in my free time, off-duty, as a private citizen?” Or do you think they would have gotten that thing off of there faster than you can say, “Make America Great Again,” as I pounded pavement in search of another job?

But you, ex-ranger Joslin, thought you had the right to trans El Capitan from a beautiful wonder of nature into nothing more than a gigantic flagpole for your twisted ideology. And you actually think you did something good and worthwhile. This kind of deviant jackassery doesn’t bode well for your future.

But as a narcissistic nonbinary, you can’t comprehend that. You think you have the right to put your depraved values in all our faces, in the most inappropriate places, anytime you want, whether we like it or not, because nothing matters more than the promotion of your depraved identity.

People like ex-ranger Joslin claim to love nature and the environment so much, but they’ll gladly sully the most beautiful places on earth with banners of their lunatic ideology. It’s a wonder they haven’t done something like this at, say, Mt. Rushmore.

Er, actually, they have. In 2009, Greenpeace activists scaled the thing and hung a “Stop Global Warming” banner for all to see. As bad as that is, though, I find it far less offensive than a trans flag. Whether it's man-caused or not, global warming is at least actually possible and could actually be happening. But there's no such thing as a child born in the wrong body, and any attempt to fix this imaginary problem is pure evil, in that it involves the chemical and/or physical mutilation of a human being, not to mention what it does to someone's mind and soul.

Ex-ranger Joslin also said in her Instagram post:

“Preservation has been my life's work—of Yosemite, the wildlife, the land, recreation, of peoples rights and safety, of community and acceptance . . .”

Preservation? Really? You don’t even want to preserve the most important thing there is: a human being. You won’t even let boys and girls just be boys and girls. You needlessly introduce chaos into their lives with your claptrap about “trans” and “nonbinary,” even though the biology of sex is utterly unalterable; rebelling against that is the definition of futility.

When it comes to trans ideology, the writing is on the wall: the trans tide is turning and its days of glory are numbered. No longer do we idly sit by while they pervert and corrupt everything under the sun, including not only innocent children but even natural wonders such as El Capitan. No one should ever have to look at a flag of mental illness and sexual depravity when they’re minding their own business, seeking a momentary respite from the rat race and trying to enjoy the beauty of nature.

Park officials should have burned that despicable flag right where it hung, such that it would have been visible for miles around for all to see. But hey, we can’t have everything. And we should be grateful for any decent act against depravity, especially in such a lost state.

If Joslin had just stuck to rangering, she’d still have her dream job. But she just had to let her freak flag fly. It goes without saying that she might want to rethink the whole nonbinary thing because that’s not going to age well. In fact, it’s looking more and more like its shelf life has just about reached its expiration date. Especially after yet another tranny just did yet another mass shooting at yet another Christian school and then killed himself in the process. And especially after that tranny wrote the following in his journal:

“I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brain-washed myself.”

Straight from the horse’s mouth.

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    I felt the same way when I drove along the Interstate out west and spotted windmills. It robbed the beauty of seeing a vast, open horizon . . .
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    You think you have the right to put your depraved values in all our faces, in the most inappropriate places, anytime you want, whether we like it or not, because nothing matters more than

    ...the attention you draw to your own statement of uniqueness.

    It's just my take, the trans thing is an inability to be happy or a lack of will to take the responsibility for your own happiness. The stunt is about being notable in an anonymous world.

    It could be both things are about that, wanting relevance. Certainly the nonstop activism for the next great "civil rights" crusade is a neverending attempt to be on the front lines of a morality falsely connected to the actual racial civil rights movement.

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    It could be both things are about that, wanting relevance.

    I've thought about this phenomenon in the context of Palestinians in Israel, the ones who very obviously do not want peace. If all the fighting were to cease, the Palestinians would become just another dynsfunctional, tiny backwater place---no more thrilling trips to the White House, no more Nobel Prizes, no more being chased down the corridor by a US Secretary of State (can't remember her name?) who cares more about the kiddies than you do. Israel does want peace. Given peace, Israel would continue to be a morally and technologically superior country, leading the world in scientific advancement.

    The LGs of the LGBTQRST folx at least had a reason to complain: Since Obergefeld, the "cause" has devolved into the outraged defense of the most picayune and usually transient personality quirks most of which aren't noticeable, let alone of interest, to anyone other than the possessors.

    But if the non-binary pansexuals recognized this, or (Heaven forfend) gratefully realized that in fact, they are now dwelling in the most sexually accomodating and lavishly accepting society in history...well, then what? They'd have to find other ways to fill their minds and hours, other subjects to be passionate about. That dumba** park ranger, supposedly "passionate" about wild land conservation, snagged a wonderful job in a place devoted to his passion. And not, dare I say this, devoted to him.

    I sound sneer-y, but I do think it can be difficult to let go of even genuinely painful difficulties and handicaps when these have been healed or otherwise no longer obstacles to getting on with life. When I was a very young adult, I was diagnosed with M.S. and then, after two years, re-diagnosed as (relatively) healthy. (Long story...and may I just say, here, that it would be okay by me if my next life wasn't quite so chock-full of long stories? Thanks.)

    Multiple Sclerosis is a horrible disease, and I did not want to have it...but when it turned out I didn't, I remember briefly thinking, with some dismay: "Oh, now I'm responsible."

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    GrannyDude (View Comment):

    it can be difficult to let go of even genuinely painful difficulties and handicaps when these have been healed or otherwise no longer obstacles to getting on with life.

    This is particularly true when the social landscape defines who you are by your challenges, whether they exist or no, not by who you actually are. I mean, look, there are members of our family who use social media as a validation of woes. To them, that is what governs life and what makes them special. There is no thought of moving beyond, it is their security blanket.

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