Two days ago president Trump signed an executive order to ban trans people from competing in women’s sports. I’ve read that he mentioned Imane Khelif as an example of one who was assigned the male gender at birth competing in women’s sports, which is wrong and she was always a woman, but nevertheless this was a good order. (Edit: I stand corrected. I’ve read that new lab reports show Khalif is biologically male. I don’t know which report is correct, whether Imane Khalif is male or female, but if Khalif is male, competing in women’s sports is wrong and an injustice to women.)

I never liked Trump. I never liked his personality, I never liked how he talks, I never liked how he acts, and I believe he is corrupting everything he touches. I believe he is not suitable and qualified to run the president’s office but I gotta admit, he is hell of a man for doing what he’s doing.

Woke culture has gone too far and someone needs to stop it. As much as I hate Trump’s personality, he’s doing a good job on this matter. We need some order. No man should be able to compete in women’s sports. There shouldn’t be 100 genders to “choose” from. There’s a man and a woman and if this is how biology works, then this should be what we use to separate genders.

There shouldn’t be sexual material, in any way, in schools. No man with giant implanted breasts to teach underage kids, no drag queens telling stories and possibly confusing children. No life-changing choices for kids under 18 such as gender-affirming surgeries. If someone is not qualified to drive a car or drink alcohol, that person is not qualified to choose to cut his penis off or go through excessive hormone therapy which in many cases have irreversible effects.

I have no problem if someone wants to call himself a woman. I have no right to choose what a person does in his/her private and I have no interest in telling consenting adults to what to do with each other, but when it comes to public, and when it’s going to effect everyone’s lives, it’s not up to debate.

There can be 100 genders and I respect you if you choose any of them but if it’s sports, there’s only two sexes which have fundamental differences with each other. When it comes to public toilets, there’s only two sexes and each one only has right to enter one.

It’s not up to debate that only one sex can get pregnant. I shouldn’t be crucified if I call someone a man when that man was born with XY chromosomes, has male appearance, and was assigned the male sex at birth but he chose to be a woman after 30 years. I respect that man’s choice, I even will try to call him “She/Her” if he wants me to but that doesn’t change anything for me.

I’ve seen drag races in streets where some people are dressed as sexually revealing as possible and there are children watching. Children should be banned from these shows and their parents should be tried and punished for bringing them there.

Right-wingers are crazy as hell, I know, but the left is not helping. I understand how ridiculous is the Florida’s Don’t Say Gay law, but should we really make everything gay to fight it? Should we really put gay characters in every movie? I completely understand that they are a minority with a history of being excessively oppressed but I don’t think making everything gay everywhere is the solution to normalize them.

And I’m not a bigot. I don’t hate anyone and I respect everybody, but sometimes the ones on the opposite side make some good points and one of these good points is that the woke culture has gone too far. The cancel culture has gone too far. Not everyone is racist, not everyone is a bigot, not everyone is a sexual predator, not every feeling is valid, and we got to stop caring about everyone and start to put some sense in our lives.

I’m tired of respecting everyone’s feelings. I’m sorry if you’re hurt, I’m sorry if you’re angry, I’m sorry if you feel something I may never understand but you got to understand, I’m not the problem here. I didn’t invent you, I didn’t create your problems, and I certainly didn’t do some weird magic to make you queer, I respect whatever you are and I try to get better at interacting with you but if you have a penis, please get the hell out of my daughter’s bathroom and no matter how woke you are, no matter how much you assure me that you feel as a woman inside and your gender is different from your sex, man I can’t risk it.

If you’re not born as a woman, I think I have the right to know and choose if I still want to have a romantic relationship with you or not. It’s not that I think something is wrong with you, it’s just that I think I have the right to know what and who I’m dealing with.

The woke culture has gone too far. Too far that it made me accept and actually like one of Trump’s executive orders. I don’t know how many people agree with me, I don’t know how many people think the same, but I think there are a lot of them and Trump being re-elected into office just proves that.

I hate racial injustice, believe me, as a brown person who was regularly be called a sand-nigger on social networks I completely understand the pain but do we really need to bold the matter in every scene and episode of our movies?

I hate a sexist person. I hate a sexual predators, man or woman, but should we really believe every accusation against people? Should we cancel people based on people’s claims? And should I really be canceled because I listened to some music or watched a movie from someone who is believed to be a predator? I mean should we really disregard everything 100s of people did to make that movie only because one person did some evil stuff?

And why stop on these matters? How come woke culture cares about what Greta Thunberg says (I love her btw, since he roasted that Andrew Tate son of a bitch), but doesn’t care about thousands of sweat shops in East Asia that work for Tech Giants? How come nobody cares about Apple or Google’s evil policies regarding privacy, people’s rights and digital/non-digital freedoms, and many evil things they do regarding human decency?

How come nobody of these woke people care about how Nike or Adidas shoes they’re wearing are produced by children, literally children, in countries such as Vietnam, India, and China?

The way to win people over changes this. culture want is not what is currently happening. It’s but slowly and carefully explaining the reason behind what it’s trying to achieve to people and let them actually decide if they agree or not. Maybe there’s still chance to do good.

I’m very excited for the holiday season in West. Christmas is one of my favorite holidays. Now I have only experienced it through movies and books and news, but it still makes me feel good. The videos and imagery of snow-covered streets combined with twinkling lights and families holding hands going shopping and stopping to take a picture with Santa make me excited.

The songs, movies, and everything we see on Internet and elsewhere are so good. It make me feel a sense of warmth comfort. I watched “Red One (2024)” few days ago, starring Chris Evans and Dwayne Johnson. Not my type of favorite movie but still made me laugh and feel joy.

We have so much good Persian traditions which I adore but they can’t stop me from wanting to experience the traditions of Western cultures. Everything I see sparks my curiosity. Many of the traditions aren’t even specific to Western cultures, such as exchanging gifts and visiting family members, they are some of the most-respected values we have in Persian culture, yet they seem somehow different in West.

The portrayal of these celebrations in Western media has painted a picture of unrealistic happiness in my brain which I know may be a lot different in real life yet I can’t control my desire to experience them.

Winter is my favorite season so you can understand how a holiday in the winter, which is always shown to me with specific pictures of snow-covered houses and decorations, can make me this much excited.

But the celebrations and festivities aren’t all I’m excited for. As a Middle Easterner, you surely can understand how the feelings of unity, happiness, goodwill, and celebration are carved in our DNA so I want them as well. It’s not just about the cold weather and good decoration, it’s about embracing deep feelings too.

Perhaps one day I find the opportunity to participate in these celebrations, to create memories and blend in with people who truly appreciate these traditions. Until then, I’ll continue enjoying movies and videos, pictures on Internet, reading good news about it, and talking to my friends. I can enjoy the season imagining I’m part of it as well.