The Distance

The Distance

Thing That Never Happens Turns Out To Have Happened Thousands Of Times, Actually

The genderwoo mafia lied to everyone and destroyed people in order to hurt the kids

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Matt Osborne
Feb 25, 2026
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These numbers only run through 2023, so double them for a real estimate of harm

For those of us who have been in these ‘culture war’ trenches the longest, the story of Sage Blair is not new or shocking. Most Americans are only just now finding out she exists, and hearing her story for the first time, because she was not supposed to exist and her story is not supposed to be real.

But her story is real, and Sage does exist. Donald Trump introduced her to the world last night in his State of the Union address. Then he gave Democrats a chance to show Americans what they think about Sage and her story — an “opportunity” that they grabbed with both hands. Emphasis mine:

In the gallery tonight are Sage Blair and her mother, Michelle. In 2021, Sage was 14 when school officials in Virginia sought to socially transition her to a new gender, treating her as a boy and hiding it from her parents. Hard to believe, isn’t it? Before long, a confused Sage ran away from home.

After she was found in a horr…

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