{"id":584123,"date":"2021-07-06T14:51:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T18:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=584123"},"modified":"2021-07-06T14:51:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T18:51:06","slug":"opinion-demisexual-using-meaningless-identities-to-get-in-on-the-victimhood-grift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-demisexual-using-meaningless-identities-to-get-in-on-the-victimhood-grift\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION: \u2018Demisexual\u2019: Using Meaningless Identities To Get In On The Victimhood Grift"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fopinion-demisexual-using-meaningless-identities-to-get-in-on-the-victimhood-grift%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=584123&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-500501160-e1625588618521.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>This week, Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo \u2014 daughter of Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo \u2014 announced that she is \u201cdemisexual.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And what does \u201cdemisexual\u201d mean, you may ask?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/lgbta.wikia.org\/wiki\/Demisexual\">LGBTA Wiki<\/a>,\u201d which we must assume is an authority on such nonsense, demisexual is \u201ca sexual orientation on the asexual spectrum defined as someone who does not experience sexual attraction until they have formed a deep emotional connection with someone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe connection can be romantic, platonic, or some other form of connection,\u201d the site adds. \u201cForming an emotional bond with someone does not mean that one is automatically attracted to said person, as it just means there\u2019s now a possibility for one to feel attraction.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So being a \u201cdemisexual\u201d means that you can only develop some form of emotional connection with someone \u2014 whether it be \u201cromantic, platonic, or some other form of connection\u201d \u2014 when you have formed an emotional connection\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This is what is known as a tautological statement, a statement that is true in every possible way. It is the LGBTA equivalent of \u201cthe brown dog is brown.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In other words, it\u2019s quite literally meaningless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But then why is \u201cdemisexual\u201d even defined as a sexual orientation, and why does it have its own flag, a strangely diluted and non-aesthetically pleasing rebranding of the South African flag?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Because membership of a minority victim group has become so attractive that demonstrable non-victims have to invent nonsensical categories which allow them admission under the ever-expanding LGBTQ+ banner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kennedy-Cuomo, arguably among the most privileged members of our society by nature of her surname alone, seemingly has a deep and narcissistic need to be a victim. But, unfortunately for Kennedy-Cuomo, she\u2019s just a privileged woman who isn\u2019t a member of one of the \u201creal\u201d victim groups. Luckily for her, there\u2019s an app for that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This absurd story raises two serious questions. First, where does this end? Second, what does it say about society more broadly?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The ending to this selfish desire for self-victimhood is inevitable: every single individual will have their own category. Each person will have their own flag, and these flags will combine under a colossal umbrella of a society of victims, with an ever-increasing application of specificity to one\u2019s unimportant characteristics. The result will be a strange form of individualism, in which our value as individuals is meaningless beyond the meaningless variables we retroactively create to \u201cdescribe\u201d ourselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The question \u201cwhat does it say about society more broadly\u201d is comparatively simple: Our culture is so monumentally successful in terms of fundamental equality and opportunity that even the most privileged among us want to get in on the nationwide grift that is identity politics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When people are clamoring to be \u201cvictims,\u201d is a victim really a victim anymore?<\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span> @ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span> member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo \u2014 daughter of Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo \u2014 announced that she is \u201cdemisexual.\u201dAnd what does \u201cdemisexual\u201d mean, you may ask?According to \u201cLGBTA Wiki,\u201d which &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314096,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-500501160-e1625588618521.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"OPINION: \u2018Demisexual\u2019: Using Meaningless Identities To Get In On The Victimhood Grift","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-584123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-500501160-e1625588618521.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"OPINION: \u2018Demisexual\u2019: Using Meaningless Identities To Get In On The Victimhood Grift","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}