Alice Cooper shreds efforts by gender ideologues to confuse kids about their sexuality, riffs on insanity of woke culture: 'What are we in, a Kurt Vonnegut novel?'



Shock rocker Alice Cooper — born Vincent Damon Furnier — noted last year that the first thing he does in the morning is "make a cup of coffee, grab [his] Bible, then spend the next hour reading and praying."

It appears that in addition to being attuned to the highest reality, Cooper, whose new album "Road" debuts Friday, is also cognizant of biological realities that LGBT activists are alternatively keen to dismiss or reject altogether at the expense of the innocent.

After recollecting upon his rise to fame as well as on how he once babysat a young Keanu Reeves — whom he retroactively referred to as "John Wick" — the rocker blasted efforts by gender ideologues to confuse children and woke cultural imperialism in a recent interview with Stereogum.

Stereogum's Rachel Brodsky ostensibly set Cooper up to win over leftists with a softball question concerning his "forward-thinking responses to questions about sexuality and gender" in a 1974 interview.

"Recently some of your 'theatrical' rock peers have commented about gender identity, with Paul Stanley and Dee Snider calling gender-affirming care for kids a 'sad and dangerous fad,'" said Brodsky. "As someone who played around with gender expectations early on, do you have any thoughts on what some of your contemporaries have said before they walked those comments back?"

Cooper made clear by his response that the time for "Mr. Nice Guy" had passed, at least with regards to gender ideology.

The rocker called so-called transgenderism "a fad," stressing that it is "wrong when you've got a six-year-old kid who has no idea. He just wants to play, and you're confusing him[,] telling him, 'Yeah, you're a boy, but you could be a girl if you want to be.' I think that's so confusing to a kid. It's even confusing to a teenager."

"You're still trying to find your identity, and yet here's this thing going on, saying, 'Yeah, but you can be anything you want. You can be a cat if you want to be.' I mean, if you identify as a tree," continued Cooper. "And I'm going, 'Come on! What are we in, a Kurt Vonnegut novel?' It's so absurd, that it's gone now to the point of absurdity."

"I look at it this way, the logical way: If you have these genitals, you're a boy. If you have those genitals, you're a girl," he said, adding that an individual's desired sex does not negate their actual sex.

Brodsky, agitated by Cooper's answer, responded, "I don't think parents are encouraging doubt in their kids' identities. I would just hope that they listen to their kids and find pediatricians that provide appropriate care."

The interviewer's intimation that parents are better off finding a doctor who might mutilate their confused kids didn't sit well with Cooper, who suggested he could "see somebody really taking advantage of this."

Cooper extended his criticism beyond the efforts to confuse kids by social constructivists to the "whole woke thing."

"Who's making the rules? Is there a building somewhere in New York where people sit down every day and say, 'Okay, we can't say "mother" now. We have to say "birthing person." Get that out on the wire right now'? Who is this person making these rules? I don't get it. I'm not being old school about it. I'm being logical," he said.

Cooper indicated he doesn't know "one person that agrees with the woke thing," calling it a "huge comedy."

Leftists didn't find Cooper's critique of gender ideology and woke neologisms funny.

Rolling Stone — fresh off of denigrating a working-class musician, criticizing an anti-child trafficking film, and spreading more falsehoodsdenounced Cooper, suggesting he had "leaned on right-wing, anti-trans scare tactics."

Although Rolling Stone staff writer Jon Blistein took issue with the musician's apparent refusal to sever sex from gender as the Mayo Clinic has elected to do, he appeared most incensed by Cooper's suggestion that a "guy can walk into a woman's bathroom at any time and just say, 'I just feel like I'm a woman today,' and have the time of his life in there[.] ... Somebody's going to get raped."

Blistein wrote, "These 'bathroom predator' myths been widely debunked."

However, contrary to Blistein's contention, there have been multiple incidents in which transvestites have stolen into women's areas and traumatized the real females therein. For instance, a male reportedly raped a young girl at Stone Bridge High School in Loudoun County, Virginia, after taking advantage of the school's LGBT policies.

Like Rolling Stone, Billboard zeroed in on Cooper's apparent opposition to ruining children's lives with genital mutilation and irreversible hormone therapies, writing that he was "anti-trans" and against "best-practice medical care for transgender youth."

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Oliver Anthony reflects on life-changing week with gratitude, details next steps



Breakout country star Oliver Anthony is accustomed to playing music for just a handful of people. After reading Sunday from the book of Psalms about the fates of the righteous and the wicked, he played his heart out before several thousand people at Morris Farm in Currituck County, North Carolina, many of whom he later spent time getting to know.

Following his free show in North Carolina and a life-changing week that saw him not only trend internationally with a video for "Rich Men North of Richmond" but land four tracks in the iTunes top 10, Anthony took some time to express gratitude and reflect upon the opportunity before him.

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In a video posted to YouTube Monday entitled "Moving Forward," Anthony noted he was driving back home after having a "crazy time in Currituck" — a county where he emphasized a good time can be had, "whether it's 30 people or it's 12 thousand people."

Anthony thanked Morris Farm and the thousands who came out to support him, including those who had flown in or driven in from various parts of the country.

He indicated that he "signed and took pictures a good four hours after the show," but clarified that it was far more than glad-handing.

"It wasn't like people just came up and shook my hand. They came up and told me about the battles that they've been dealing with, depression and suicide and money. You know, those are real problems," said Anthony.

Having observed firsthand the impact of his song "Rich Men North of Richmond," Anthony stressed it's "not like it's some kind of masterpiece I created."

Rather, he intimated that the song is not so much a vehicle for meaning but a portal into the meaning and emotion welled up within his audience, evidently wanting for such an outlet.

Following up on his self-deprecating comments, Anthony then implored his fans to think beyond him and on ways to "maintain this energy, this positivity, this unity."

His serendipitous encounter with a strong sense of community, which was all but forged overnight, led Anthony to consider the corrosive forces that have made such social engagements uncommon, stating, "I'm no Dr. Phil, but I just feel that in this moment in time, when so many people are feeling the same frustrations, it would be wonderful to capitalize on that and just use that positive energy to help other people in your life. Maybe people that are different from you, people that you wouldn't normally connect with."

"I can tell you from my experience and the jobs I've had and all the people I've talked to, everyone has a really interesting story if you just give them the time to talk," Anthony added.

These engagements are critical, he suggested, given that "we're all so disconnected from each other."

The Virginian concluded by reiterating his hope that the energy resultant from his "anomaly of a song" could be use to cultivate new bonds of fellowship and community.

While Anthony's stated aim is to help mend America's increasingly frayed social fabric, the establishment media continues to paint his efforts in a negative light.

The A.V. Club's Emma Keates intimated in her Monday hit piece that rather than being a populist anthem that calls out a detached and antipathetic elite, Anthony's top song was actually a Dixie critique of the "everyone in the North" full of "regressive and gross stereotypes."

Rolling Stone, which has had costly difficulties with honest reporting in recent years, trivialized Anthony's music and success, dwelling on his previous struggles with alcohol and attributing the popularity of his music with conservatives to "Reagan-era talking points."

In its report on Anthony's rise to fame, the Independent focused on criticisms by nameless social media users, who branded the Virginian "offensive" and "fatphobic."

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Concert venue hosting John Hinckley Jr. performance says would-be presidential assassin 'didn't f*** up ... as many lives' as Ronald Reagan



A New York City concert venue hosting a performance this summer by John Hinckley, Jr. — the would-be assassin of former President Ronald Reagan — said in a now-deleted tweet that "Hinckley didn't f*** up a billionth as many lives as the Reagan admin did."

What's the background?

Hinckley seriously wounded Reagan in a 1981 shooting on a Washington, D.C., sidewalk; he was found not guilty by reason of insanity and institutionalized at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C., for more than 30 years.

A judge ruled in 2016 that Hinckley no longer was a danger to himself or the public and could live with his mother full-time in Williamsburg, Virginia. His mother died last summer.

In September, the court ruled that Hinckley would be “unconditionally released” in June 2022 after several years of gradually loosening restrictions on him.

In the meantime he created a YouTube account to help launch his music career, and last week Hinckley announced his July 8 performance at the Market Hotel in Brooklyn.

Twitter battle

After Hinckley tweeted the news about the show, one commenter tweeted at the Market Hotel, saying, "Better cancel this. What are you thinking[?]"

The hotel replied, "The man served 40 years in prison / mental health treatment, paid his debt to society. Several darlings of indie music had mental health issues + committed violence / tried to kill people. Daniel Johnston for instance attempted murder more than once and tried to crash an airplane."

The commenter came back with, "Something about trying to kill a president makes this one different, hope you lose money!" and later added "that asshole changed a lot of people's lives for their life, he is a piece of s**t!"

The hotel then offered the following, which has disappeared from the thread but is preserved for posterity on the Internet Archive: "Ha! Hinckley didn't f*** up a billionth as many lives as the Reagan admin did. And Hinckley at least faced some comeuppance for what he did. He served 40 years, acknowledged his actions, expressed remorse, was out of his mind incapacitated when he did his crimes and got treatment."

Hinckley tweeted Tuesday that his Market Hotel show is sold out; the following day he told followers to "stay tuned for more dates added to The John Hinckley Redemption Tour."

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Anything else?

Hinckley, 66, lives alone and is required to attend individual and group therapy sessions while doctors monitor him. He's federally barred from owning a gun and cannot contact Reagan’s descendants or actress Jodie Foster, with whom Hinckley was obsessed at the time of the shooting.