They Can’t Give It Up

There are no moderates among elected Democrats. 

Whitson G. Waldo, III | March 5, 2026

It could be a mental illness. It is irrational. It does offend common sense. It violates biological reality. But the LGBTQ+ standard will be the last one lowered by progressive fascists. In particular, transgenderism is the hill to die upon because of its importance to hedonism and totalitarian rule.

There are no Christians who believe the Bible is the inerrant, infallible Word of God in the Democrat Party. Rather, this life is all there is for heathens and apostate Christians who celebrate sin. Meaning within their worldview requires subscription to either hedonism or imposition of totalitarian rule achieving an earthly utopia. For hedonists, embracing transgenderism is consistent with licentiousness. If transgenderism is valid, then arguments can be dismissed that such sexuality is unnatural, immoral, and abnormal. Defeating those three arguments for transgenderism means there is no defense against pedophilia, incest, and polygamy. Islamofascists and hedonistic progressive fascists find common cause in affinity for these last three aberrant practices.

Every natural cell in your body gives immutable testimony that your sex is what God assigned at your conception. Despite this, utopian progressive fascists understand that totalitarianism requires control of language. When asked, “What is a woman?” the correct answer is to deflect, or else point to infallible experts more qualified to answer the question. Pronouns need to be fluid, and the little people should be appropriately flexible conforming their speech. Your betters will define what you believe, so that, in Anthony Fauci’s immortal words, “Just do as you’re told.” Reality will be defined by your political masters. Control of language, and even thoughts, is possible when rationality and common sense are vanquished.

No one cares about other people as much as a Democrat. Yet, collateral damage inflicted upon transgenders is acceptable for the greater good. This includes buyer’s regret discovered among detransitioners, sterilization through unnatural hormone therapy, decreased bone density and lower fertility from puberty blockers, removal of healthy breast tissue, genital mutilation, including removal of natural sex organs, recurring pain from unnatural incisions, and mental health issues once irreversible damage is done.

Progressive fascists have consolidated control of the Democrat Party. Democrat party leadership is committed to the idea of eradicating political opposition. Single-party rule is legitimate because there is no such thing as principled opposition. The ultimate goal is imposition of an authoritarian agenda consistent with a utopian society. The leading terrorist of the Enlightenment, Maximillian Robespierre, said, “You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs.” Poetic justice was satisfied when it became his turn, among tens of thousands, for his shell to be broken.

Government violence against citizens can range from direct imposition of regulations and laws violating individual constitutional rights to the subtle, such as when individuals are coerced, censored, debanked, and cancelled. Americans have seen the harbingers of what progressive fascism entails from the transformation of our country initiated by Obama, to the actions taken by true believers in the administration of a president handicapped by low IQ and dementia, and among blue states even today.

Still, many Democrats are satisfied they are good people because they support progressivism. It is an article of faith that they are on the right side of history. The less spiritual just desire the hedonism that comes with licentious behavior. But they still support progressive fascist actions without questions.

The plethora of progressive fascist actions and policies have been exercised on us now. These actions are fascist because socialism is wedded with violence. There is no optionality and certainly no dissent. Policies include open borders for mass immigration without vetting, amnesty for illegal aliens, and leniency to criminals but strict enforcement against law-abiding citizens who offend progressive sensibilities or deign to defend themselves, their families, and their property. Voting integrity should be outlawed. Higher tax rates are not enacted to raise tax revenues but rather are valued as punitive or redistributive measures. Budget deficits don’t matter. All actions, thoughts, and motives need regulation, preferably with adjudication of wrongdoing by the regulatory bureaucracy itself instead of judicial courts. Marxist cultural theory needs to be promulgated to indoctrinate youths and re-educate troglodytes. This includes Critical Race Theory (CRT), Diversity + Equity + Inclusion (DEI) programs for hiring and promoting and admissions, and Environmental + Social + Governance (ESG) programs to cripple capitalism further by transferring corporate power from shareholders to stakeholders. Merit is anathema because it is merely a construct for white supremacy and oppression. The struggle is incomplete until equal outcomes are achieved. But, the cornerstone of the progressive foundation is transgender ideological advocacy within the LGBTQ+ agenda. So much turns on the normalization of transgenderism.

Progressive fascists are fine with making allies of like-minded ideologies. Therefore, Islamofascists are welcome to the Democrat Party. Islamofascists are Muslims holding fundamentalist beliefs including conversion through violence. Certainly, Sharia law courts should be permitted and recognized as supreme everywhere despite infringement upon every right in our Bill of Rights. Communists are especially welcome because of militaristic and totalitarian beliefs. A blind eye is turned to the inherent racism of CRT. Inculcation of suspicion, caused by DEI programs, that all minorities are unqualified, is dismissed out of hand, although creating this racialist cloud is simultaneously subtle and insidious. So, modern racists, enlightened by CRT and DEI, are held up as paragons.

Ideological divergence between progressive fascists and Islamofascists is glossed over with respect to national socialism (aka Fascism), women’s rights, and separation of religion and state. Even though Adolf Hitler said, “The whole of National Socialism is rooted in Marxism,” progressives value the utility of casting the pejorative too much to give it up. On the other hand, Islamofascists openly applaud Hitler’s genocidal campaign against Jews. Women will be oppressed and subjugated. Jets flying into skyscrapers, as well as tyrannical and murderous theocracies, are celebrated. After all, why should friends bicker?

So, how will Democrats campaign? How can they deceive voters? The proven model is Abigail Spanberger. She ran on an ambiguous platform in which strident leftism was absent. Policy positions were either poorly, or never, defined. On the other hand, progressive policies were never criticized or disavowed. Certainly, no progressive fascist position was articulated. There was no shortage of ad hominem attacks against her opponent. However, as soon as she was sworn in, Spanberger turned hard Left in all respects. The entirety of the progressive fascist agenda is being crammed down Virginian throats without a whisper of comment, much less astonishment, from the Lugenpress. Such disingenuousness, or even hypocrisy, can be known as the Spamberger Effect (with a bow to Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears’ phrasing). Going forward, Republican candidates should warn voters they will suffer the Spamberger Effect should their Democrat opponents win office.

There are no moderates among elected Democrats. This is verified by watching actions taken instead of listening to what spews from politicians’ deceiving lips. Today, classical liberalism resides only within conservative thought. Such ideas embrace color blindness, merit, virtues, individual agency, equal opportunities, critical thinking, property rights, and natural law.

You will know progressive fascists have lost their grip on the Democrat Party levers of power when support for LGBTQ+ ideology, and in particular, transgenderism, is explicitly disavowed by leaders. Just don’t hold your breath.

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