Is extinction the goal for Connemara society?
The Washington Post published an article June 1, 2013, on why the Boy Scouts of America finally voted to end its discrimination against gay scouts.
I constantly study the behavior of bigots in my efforts to get Connemara officials to end their discriminatory behavior against *Texas Hope offspring that look like they have thoroughbred genes, even as they embrace horses whose coarse appearance hides their same thoroughbred genes.
Scouting officials appear to have had a change of heart due to lack of alternatives.
The “Post” article says: “Scouting’s internal polls showed huge increases in the number of teens and young parents who saw a contradiction between the membership policy (against gay Scouts) and the Scouts’ stated values of honesty and fairness.”
Failing to attract newer, younger members would be the death of Scouting. Officials realized the group needed to change or die, even if the officials didn’t agree with the change of policy.
The article also says that pressure came from corporate donors, such as the charitable foundations of Merck, Intel and UPS, which said the Scouts’ ban on gays violated their nondiscrimination policies.
Lack of money would also kill Scouting. Officials simply caved to survive.
One can only hope that these two forms of pressure will also lead to a change in policy in the Connemara society, leading to elimination of Connemara inspections that fail any horse that looks too refined, rendering that horse basically worthless when in fact it may be a budding star with huge potential.
Perhaps the open-minded younger generations of riders will be turned off by the bigoted practices of the Connemara society, signaling that this breed association needs to change or find itself with no members.
And perhaps the market that once existed for Connemaras will dry up when the coarser and often poorer moving and unmotivated Connemaras are the only ones left.
The Connemara society has tenaciously clung to its inspection policy in the face of my challenge, as if to say, “We are going to win at all costs.”
Is extinction the goal?