By Milt Harris ——Bio and Archives--March 3, 2024
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Jeopardy is a piece of Americana. Created as a quiz show by Merv Griffin in 1964, it was unique in that contestants when presented with clues in the form of answers, had to respond with their responses in the form of a question. It started as an American television series back on March 30,1964 as a daytime show which ran until 1975. After a brief reprise, it started again and ran from 1978 to 1979.
In its current form, it debuted with Alex Trebek as host in September of 1984. It followed the same format, just with larger prize money.
I have heard stories of older couples (I’m not trying to stereotype, I’m sure there are some young ones too), that plan their dinner around the show. Many, if not most, play along with it.
The show has categories of topics that are chosen by the contestants. The topics are widely varied and range in difficulty, from less difficult to most difficult with corresponding money amounts that the contestant can win with a correct response.
As I stated, the topics are always widely varied and often rarely discussed, but always informative. Then earlier this week the show veered off course. Instead of educating, the show attempted to indoctrinate.
It always starts with a crack, that’s how wokeism seeps into society. The left initiates something new into the American thought process and then waters the seed continuously until it grows. They wear down people’s resistance and get them used to hearing it. Once it reaches that point, it becomes semi-mainstream, and the left has their foot in the door.
On a recent episode of the show, there was a category entitled, “Parts of Speech.”
The answer given was “Xem, Xyrs, Xemself,” and one contestant buzzed in and correctly responded, “What are pronouns?”
Ken Jennings, the Jeopardy host explained, that they are supposedly called “neo-pronouns” but, are they? … Of course not. They are nothing more than gibberish. Is the babbling of an infant suddenly language, is that gibberish new pronouns?
Really, … Xem, Xyrs, Xemself? These people make fools out of themselves and expect us to join in. Stupid is as stupid does and these people are as dense as oak.
Megyn Kelly put it this way on an appearance on the Trigernometry Podcast:
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In “Pronouns Are Rohypnol,” the essay Megyn referenced, writer Barra Kerr said that most people go along with preferred pronouns out of courtesy, but she added that people underestimate the “psychological impact” of complying with this policing of language.
Kerr is using Rohypnol, a central nervous system depressant, as a metaphor. Going along with using this language “numbs us” to the real agenda. It’s the same as being lulled to sleep while the left endlessly pursues the destruction of civility and democracy in the United States and other western nations.
Using pronouns on Jeopardy is a seed. It’s time to turn off the water and fertilizer by refusing to play along.
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Milt spent thirty years as a sales and operations manager for an international manufacturing company. He is also a four-time published author on a variety of subjects. Now, he spends most of his time researching and writing about conservative politics and liberal folly.