Bill Nye is trying to appeal to those nostalgic for the 90s by reprising his role as an expert on all things scientific, except that he's peddling Leftist political talking points masquerading as science. Of particular annoyance to those anywhere to the right of the far left are his commentaries on gender. As a Libertarian, I really don't think it's my business or the government's business to get involved with peoples' sex lives, as long as those sex lives involve only consenting adults. I don't care if you're straight, gay, or bi. I don't care which gender you identify with. I don't care which bathroom you use. I really don't. It's not my business, and I don't want to hear about it either. But Bill Nye continues to say asinine things from his pulpit of BS (not referring to his Mechanical Engineering Degree). According to Nye, "By three or four, most kids identify with a gender, and it doesn't always match the sex they were assigned at birth." That's great. So should we just roll with that and treat them as what they say they are when they're THREE OR FOUR YEARS OLD? I know several three and four-year-old kids. They claim to be a lot of things. They say they're dogs, cats, princesses, superheroes, and sometimes even the opposite gender of what they actually are, speaking from an actual scientific viewpoint anyway, involving chromosomes. Hey, if you're an adult and you want a sex change, you get to make that decision. Let's not start listening to what toddlers say about who or what they are, k?
Oh, but Nye didn't stop there. "The science says we're all on a spectrum," he says, talking about human sexuality. What science, exactly? Sure, there are people who are gay, straight, bi, and whatever in between, but what science says that every person is on a spectrum? Is this the same science that says that fetuses have their own DNA, or are we confusing science with feelings and Leftist jargon? Based on a skit involving ice cream cones of different flavors discussing sexuality and then having an orgy (not a parody--this is something that Nye actually had as part of his new show), I'm going with the feelings and Leftist jargon hypothesis. But it didn't stop there. In perhaps the shittiest rap song I ever heard (and I lived with white guys who listened to a lot of rap during college), Rachel Bloom performed a song on Bill Nye with potential Grammy-winning lyrics like, "My sex junk is so oh-oh-oh much more than either or-or-or. Power bottom or a top off, versatile love may have some butt stuff. It's evolution, ain't nothin' new..." Yes, you heard right. Evolution isn't just what you were taught it was in school, kids. It now involves doing sexual stuff involving your butt. Because nothing progresses the species forward like inserting foreign objects into your ass.
So naturally, I think we need to shut down Bill Nye. Let's protest Netflix. Let's have violent rallies preventing him or Rachel Bloom from talking or rapping wherever they go. Let's call ourselves anti-Fascists and compare Bill Nye to Hitler. After all, didn't Nye say something about imprisoning climate deniers and having the Government limit family sizes? Totally something Hitler would say. Nye and people like him should not be allowed to speak, because they offend me, and if speech offends me, it's hate speech, and we should shut it down. Oh, wait, sorry... Strike this paragraph from the record. I would never say that. That's what I would say if I were a complete idiot on the far Left. Except that then I would like Bill Nye then, so that's what I would say if I were a complete idiot on the far Left and someone like Ann Coulter or Ben Shapiro came to speak at a University near me.
Fascists try to stop free speech. You cannot call yourself "Anti-Fascist" and try to stop free speech, ESPECIALLY when you are doing so violently. As much as I disagree with Bill Nye, or Peter Singer, or even Richard Spencer, they are free to speak. If we lose freedom of speech, we lose America, and that includes protecting the right of people to speak even when we vehemently disagree with them and know they are wrong. Hate Speech is subjective, and thus protected under the first amendment unless it's an actual call to violence. For example, a KKK member can freely say that he doesn't like Black people and thinks they are inferior, but he can't say, "let's go beat up the next Black guy we come across" or "I'm going to hurt you because you are Black." Bill Nye can say whatever he wants about climate change and gender, as long as he's not threatening people. Peter Singer can say whatever he wants about abortion, although he's walking a fine line when he says that killing newborn babies should be legal, but since he's not actually threatening someone's life, it's protected speech.
I disagree with a number of things that Ann Coulter says, but she should be able to say them without the threat of violence. What happened at Berkeley is not right, and the failure of Democrats in power to assure protection is disgraceful. I disagree with very few things that Ben Shapiro says and hope that he runs for President one day, but he is protested on so many of the campuses he speaks at, mostly because a lot of college students are afraid of facts, logic, and hearing opposing views. Otherwise, why would they try to stop a Jewish guy the same size as me, who also isn't fond of President Trump, from speaking? Aww, do Ann and Ben threaten your safe space? You poor baby. Let's make the bad people go away so you can go on pretending that the world is a safe space where you don't have to deal with opposing viewpoints. I think Bill Maher (Good Lord, I'm quoting Bill Maher) put it best when he said, "Berkeley used to be the cradle of free speech, and now it's just the cradle for fucking babies."
I've dealt with two issues here, but they are related. Bill Nye should be allowed to continue spouting his garbage and calling things science that are not science. And Ann Coulter should be allowed to continue spouting her viewpoints in her shrill voice, without the threat of violence. Based on merit alone though, I can't imagine Netflix would want to sign Nye up for additional seasons of his disastrous show, but if they're trying to push a Leftist agenda with 90s nostalgia, then great, they should go for it. Heck, they got a hit with Fuller House. While they're at it, let's find a few other 90s stars to throw in the mix. Bill Cosby can teach us about family values, Roseanne Barr can teach us how to sing the National Anthem, and Stephen Collins can teach us how to act around children.
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