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Defenders of the 'mule gender', in Tirana and Brussels, who insult and play the insulter

Defenders of the 'mule gender', in Tirana and Brussels, who insult and

Alfred Lela

Here is what Sali Berisha said:

“To the EU Ambassador, I say this: Sir, we absolutely respect everyone’s sexual orientation. But your efforts to impose on Albanian society standards of multiple gender belonging — of a wide gender diversity beyond the binary — are unacceptable. And I say this here: even in your status, you are binary.

We do not deal with anyone’s personal life. He has had a child, he had a wife, and he later made his own decisions, as he has explained publicly. I don’t wish to enter into that at all.

The law in question has nothing to do with any of that. Let him tell Albanians which EU directive refers to multiple genders. Let him come forward and show it.”
Many who read this might rush to consult ChatGPT — the new machine that has replaced the faculty of critical thought and conscience — but not everyone needs to. For those who still rely on logic and common sense, the matter is straightforward.

In essence, Sali Berisha stated that the EU Ambassador had been, or appeared as, heterosexual — having been married to a woman and fathering a child — and later, according to his own public account, came to identify as homosexual.
In strict conceptual terms, that makes him binary, not non-binary.
Non-binary individuals are those who define themselves outside the two traditional genders, transition, or identify as something other than male or female.

If we go beneath the surface, Berisha did not insult Mr. Gonzato. On the contrary, he included him within the natural order of things — within the binary framework. Homosexuality is attraction to the same sex, not an inclination toward a third or undefined gender.

Berisha also emphasized that people’s private choices are their own concern, yet since this issue belongs to the public sphere, he asked a legitimate question: where is the EU directive on the “third gender”?

The problem here is not an insult — there was none — but a paradox.
Those claiming to be “offended” are, in fact, the ones trapped in contradiction.

First of all, one cannot be offended — or should not allow oneself to feel offended — by what one is proud of. In this case, that means sexuality. The very motto of the global LGBTQ movement is Pride. Gay Pride parades across the world, including Tirana, are annual demonstrations of that pride.

Hence, a person cannot be offended by what they take pride in; only by what they feel insecure about. But that would lead us into an entirely different debate.

If we follow the logic, the real “offended” party here is not the ambassador, but those Albanians who oppose the concept of a “third gender.”

Why?
Because the draft law was introduced and defended under a false premise. It was presented as a “Gender Equality Law,” supposedly between men and women, when in reality it sought to introduce the “third gender,” i.e., male and female with additional, undefined identities.

The uproar over the alleged “offense” was orchestrated to conceal not the insult supposedly suffered, but the offense being committed — and to smear the opposition, particularly its leader, in the process.

It is not just about personal insecurity; it is also about the anti-opposition complex.
The great myth of “tolerance” — on which EU institutions, their representatives, and the socialist government’s NGO satellites in Tirana endlessly preach — collapses the moment anyone disagrees with them.

Watch how they react at the slightest hint of dissent:

They feign outrage.
They refuse to clarify or engage (so much for their sacred word “transparency”).
They push through their ideas by institutional power, not by persuasion or dialogue.
In their worldview, only their ideas count. Every opposing view is branded as reactionary conservatism, fascism, medievalism — or, simply, offense.

They lead a movement they call woke (“vigilance”), yet they allow no one else to stay vigilant toward their own projects or dogmas. In truth, they are the authoritarians.
As Carl Jung would put it, they attack in others precisely what they recognize in themselves.

And do not be mistaken — they are not the majority they pretend to be. They are a warehouse of agitated, insecure minorities in search of a world order that does not reform the world but soothes their collective subconscious. The current uproar over Sali Berisha’s alleged “insult” is a double diversion —
a strike against the cultural majority of the country and the political minority in Parliament that gives that majority its voice.

The confrontation is now clear:
On one side stand the political opposition, the faith communities, and the overwhelming majority of Albanian families (as confirmed by recent surveys).
On the other hand, the “offended” — Rama, Gonzato, Kos, and the pioneers of the woke cult in Tirana and Brussels.

Their goal is equally clear: to brand those who oppose the “third gender” not as defenders of time-tested values, sanctified by faith and millennia of human experience, but as enemies of supposedly European ideals.

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