Another of the little-talked-about
tragedies of the Covid 19 crises is the fact that many county fairs
across the country are being cancelled and in the aftermath FFA and 4H
kids who have spent a considerable amount of time and money on their
show animals now won’t be allowed to show them in a traditional show
ring, or sell them at a real live auction. The Covid crises also struck
during another outbreak that is also little-talked-about, that being the
outbreak of political correctness that has gripped this country from
sea to shining sea. One of the symptoms of this political correctness is
that now every child is above average and that in any competition there
are no losers, just winners.
I’m sure
fair boards across the country are attempting to deal with this
crises-within-a-crises and that they’ll come up with some creative ways
to assist the youngsters. Here’s my take on how I see this unfortunate
calamity playing out.
“We are sad to
report that due to biosecurity issues the traditional steer competition
will not take place at the fair this year. One of the reasons is that we
couldn’t find face masks large enough to cover the faces of the steers.
The competition will be played out in virtual reality (on computers)
where participants and judges will attempt to replicate the showring
environment on the web. Participants will download the Zoom app and at a
specified time the showmen will show their steer to a task force of
four judges including one bisexual pastor or priest, a black or Hispanic
member of PETA, a female member of the National Organization of women
and a retired homeless ag teacher. They will then appraise the merits of
the steers and announce the winners.”
Here’s just one example of how their reasons might sound:
“We,
the members of the show steer task force, have appraised the entrants
in this year’s county fair steer competition and rank them as follows.
In first place is the young male with the non-black steer with the white
face. We congratulate the cruelty free showman for not using a show
stick, thus inflicting pain on his animal, although we would have liked
for the young man to pull up his pants instead of exposing his rear
cleavage and tattoos.
“We
had a tie for first place and the second winner is the shy young female
who had a ring in her nose to match the one in her steer’s nose. We
don’t mean to inflict any more damage to the psyche of the emotionally
involved young girl, who appeared to be crying. It was not her fault
that her extremely aggressive steer broke out of the bio-containment
facility and ran away. This was no one’s fault as the performance space
simply was too confining. If anyone sees a runaway black steer with a
white face please call the livestock office at the fair and leave a
message. No one is actually there as they are all sheltering at home as
they were deemed to be non-essential.
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