
<p>In the sacred spirit of political correctness — where every individual gets to self-proclaim their own special designation and the rest of us are supposed to memorize the ever-expanding code — we have now reached peak absurdity with this string of letters: MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+. More than you can create in a bowl of Campbell’s alphabet soup.</p>



<p>No, this commentary was not intended for the satirical online magazine <em>The Onion</em>. This is serious stuff. (Then why can I not stop laughing?)</p>



<p>Canadian NDP Member of Parliament Leah Gazan had a video meltdown over their federal budget. Gazan blasted the Canadian Prime Minister for allegedly providing zero dollars to deal with the &#8230; MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ community. She rattled off that 16-character monstrosity at machine gun pace with a straight face. It sounded less like a policy critique and more like someone trying to log into a secure government server without the password.</p>



<p>I have grown accustomed to the shorter — but no less absurd — American version, LGBTQ+. I have always been impressed with that humble little “+”. It is the political correctness crowd’s insurance policy — add out of a mortal fear of leaving out some yet-to-be-invented special designation &#8212; even though they cannot come up with one at the moment. Well, leave it to our friends up north to outdo us. They didn’t just add more letters, they welded an entire tragedy (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls) onto the sexual and gender rainbow &#8212; and still needed the “+” as a safety net.</p>



<p>I knew if I wrote this commentary, I should probably inform readers what all those letters stand for. Without a rational way to decipher the code, I turned to AI — and here is the result:</p>



<p><strong>M M I W G</strong> — Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (apparently a significant issue in Canada). <strong>2 S</strong> — Two-Spirit (a term used by some Indigenous people to describe individuals who embody both masculine and feminine spirits). <strong>L</strong> — Lesbian, <strong>G</strong> — Gay, <strong>B</strong> — Bisexual, <strong>T</strong> — Transgender, <strong>Q</strong> — Queer, <strong>Q</strong> — Questioning, <strong>I</strong> — Intersex, <strong>A</strong> — Asexual, and <strong>+</strong> — whoever they overlook.</p>



<p>Hey! What about the non-binary, the furries, the sexual masochists or sadists, the scatophiliacs (No, not jazz lovers), pansexuals and the folks who identify as houseplants on Tuesdays? Seems to me that a few more letters could be added before you even get to the obligatory “+”.</p>



<p>In a related matter, there are the flags. The so-called “fag flags” (as some irreverently call them) started out as a simple, cheerful rainbow. The new standard has added so many new stripes to represent every splinter group that the flag will soon have more stripes than a zebra on a bad hair day. At this rate, the alternative lifestyle flag will look like a barcode.</p>



<p>What began decades ago as a straightforward movement for “gay” rights has morphed into an ever-lengthening acronym that even its own supporters struggle to recite without sounding like they are having a stroke. The more letters they add, the more they dilute any original meaning — and the harder it becomes to take any of it seriously.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

The Alphabet Soup of Victimhood Has Reached Absurdity
