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On July 10, Wokal Distance shared a powerful thread on X about the moral and intellectual fallout of gender ideology. Here’s the full text, reformatted for clarity:

    I don’t think the left realizes the degree to which giving puberty blockers and sex-change procedures to kids who wanted to change genders was a test of moral and intellectual integrity. That test utterly destroyed the moral and intellectual credibility of everyone who failed it.

Those who went along with gender ideology didn’t just end up on the wrong side of public opinion. They demonstrated for the whole world that they had no intellectual integrity, moral fortitude, or ability to stand up for the truth or think for themselves.

They showed they have no intellectual or moral anchors of any kind. They’ll pretend to believe anything and go along with any ideology to preserve their social standing and the esteem of their colleagues.

The result? The institutions, industries, and individuals who embraced gender ideology proved they were intellectually and morally hollow. In the process, they destroyed their credibility and legitimacy as experts in the eyes of the public.

This isn’t just a PR crisis. It’s not about the focus of institutions or how people present themselves. The real issue is whether our elite class has the professional capability and moral fiber to competently do their jobs.

Gender ideology was a test of moral compass, intellectual integrity, and professional competence. If you have even one of those three qualities, you reject gender ideology. The only way to go along with it is to lack all three completely.

Those who supported gender ideology showed no moral compass, no intellectual integrity, no ability to think for themselves, and no professional competence in understanding critical issues. They’ve proven themselves utterly illegitimate as elites or experts.

They’ve shown they’re constitutionally incapable of doing the jobs they were assigned. For that reason, they’ve lost all social legitimacy and trustworthiness.

Progressives think this is a messaging problem or a PR crisis—it’s not. This is about the fundamental legitimacy of the entire institutional apparatus from which the left draws its professionals, staffers, employees, ideas, policies, and overall direction.

The left can’t fix this by shifting focus or direction. They must admit they failed the gender ideology test, explain why and how they failed, and put people in charge who would pass that test. Until they do, they’ll continue to be seen as illegitimate.

And they have no idea why, because they refuse to take the ‘L’ and figure out how their entire movement and all their institutions got hijacked by the most extreme wing of the most niche leftist movement in American politics.