Transgender Ideologies: Not today, not ever, America
Fox News reported that the beer company Anheuser-Busch has lost $5 billion since recruiting a transgender activist, Dylan Mulvaney, for an ad campaign.
The recent partnership between Mulvaney and Bud Light, a subsidiary beer brand of Anheuser-Busch, has garnered national attention. Mulvaney is a transgender influencer who partnered with several American companies for advertising campaigns. The backlash came from conservatives who believe that Bud Light has become “woke” and lost sight of its target audience.
In the eyes of many conservatives, Anheuser-Busch has committed a social crime. By choosing to support a transgender influencer, the company has willingly supported the harmful leftist ideology that gender is not determined by biology. For many Americans, the transgender issue is far from settled. An article published by the Pew Research Center on America’s complex views of transgender issues shares that
“The public is divided over the extent to which our society has accepted people who are transgender: 38% say society has gone too far in accepting them, while a roughly equal share 36% say society hasn’t gone far enough.”
In other words, the public is very divided on the issue of how the society should respond to transgenderism. Thus, if 38% of the American people believe that society has gone too far in accepting transgenderism, there should be no surprise that the company received such a harsh backlash.
The unexpected turn for a company like Anheuser-Busch shows just how democratic Americans remain. The voice of the people still triumphs. So often the media depicts an increasingly progressive America, yet Americans prove they are not that progressive on the transgender issue. Many Americans do not support the cause and will have no part in supporting companies that actively try to engage in such harmful ideologies.
The transgender issue has also been largely supported by left-leaning federal agencies and bodies. For example, the Biden-Harris White House website has an entire page devoted to their recent work on transgenderism. From enforcing federal protections for transgender persons to mandating non-binary classification, the administration has made a clear effort to do everything in its power to stand on the side of the pro-transgender agenda.
The Bud Light backlash exposes the executive branch's support for an ideology that runs contrary to the will of the people. Since the will of the people is the very source of political legitimacy, in supporting transgenderism at such a large scale, the Biden-Harris White House is acting beyond its authority.
The Anheuser-Busch conflict shows that the voice of the common people in America is alive and well and remains the most important influence on the American government.
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