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The Matt Walsh Show
Walsh described his children's book about a boy who identifies as a walrus and the absurdity of adult expectations placed on the child's identity.
My name is Matt Walsh and I've written a book called Johnny the Walrus. This book is about identity and imagination. He identifies as a walrus and his mom's a little silly.
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Walsh described his children's book about a boy who identifies as a walrus and the absurdity of adult expectations placed on the child's identity.
My name is Matt Walsh and I've written a book called Johnny the Walrus. This book is about identity and imagination. He identifies as a walrus and his mom's a little silly.
She takes it seriously and thinks he really is a walrus. So she went on her phone and there are people telling her that this isn't pretend, he's really a walrus. And his mother takes him to the doctor to have him surgically transitioned and gets him walrus hormone pills.
Not only topping the Amazon charts, my book has taken the world by storm. So the book as you probably know is about a little boy who pretends to be a walrus. People encourage him to start changing his appearance and getting surgery to transform into a walrus.
And the book takes the position that this is a bad idea. It teaches that human children should recognize that they are human children and not walruses.
There was one other objection that Eventbrite made concerning the children's book that I wrote called Johnny the Walrus.