It’s Time to Resist
The haters are out in force, emboldened by repressive Republican state legislatures and hate groups disguised as political action committees.
I’m talking, of course, about the widespread assault on the rights of LGBQT and transgender people, not to mention drag queens, not to mention freedom in general.
Hate enforced by law is the tactic employed by Republicans in many states. Many of these new rules are much harsher than the “don’t say gay” nonsense in Florida. It’s almost illegal now to be transgender in some states, and don’t look to anyone in government for help – or anyone in medicine either, because they could be prosecuted for helping you.
The book banners are all about running libraries, especially when it concerns books that offend them. It’s OK if they tell their kids not to read certain things. It’s not OK for them to deny other parents and kids the right to read what they want. Such censorship is simply evil. Got that? Evil.
In Florida, that bastion of oppression masquerading as freedom, one public library has restricted reading of Amanda Gorman’s presidential inauguration poem “The Hill We Climb.” Why? One reader wants it removed from the shelves entirely. Responding to the news, Gorman said, “I am gutted.” That’s the purpose of the attack, you must know. First you gut them, then you watch them die.
Terrorists forced Target to cut back its gay pride displays. Terrorists? How else do you describe people who damage store goods and threaten employees who try to stop them? Remember, some of these are the same folks who claim the right to carry loaded assault-style rifles in Target stores.
Chick-fil-A faces boycott threats for having a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) page on its website. Here you thought Chick-fil-A was conservative. Not conservative enough, apparently.
Sales of Bud Light have plummeted since the beer brand partnered with a trans influencer in a beer promotion. “Manly men” can’t drink the same beer as her. Real men, meanwhile, drink whatever they want. (Notice how I’ve resisted the urge to insert Josh Hawley comments here? Resisting is really hard, though.)
Meantime, some people who claim to be Christian want to boycott the popular TV series “The Chosen,” which is more or less about the life of Christ. Why boycott it? Because a promo for the series included a behind-the-scenes look at one scene, and a crew member had placed a small rainbow flag on a piece of equipment that was off camera. The producers say cast and crew come from a variety of backgrounds, and their off-camera views are their own. Not good enough for the purists, naturally.
Let’s not forget the flap over Dodgers Pride Night. In Major League Baseball, everybody gets their night in the spotlight – even the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. This is a drag group of “nuns” who use their gag act to raise money for charity. First the Dodgers invited them. After objections from some major mouths, the Dodgers disinvited them. Now they Sisters are back on the schedule for June 16. I wonder if any of them drink Bud Light, eat Chick-fil-A, shop at Target, or watch Jesus and friends on TV.
I could go on, but surely by now you see how seriously silly this has gotten. Those on the right, who used to wag fingers at libs for being so easy to offend, are now the ones so easily offended, and they screech for attention. I think I’ve given them more than enough of that. But you have to know about their attacks on others so that you can resist them. Many of them have always operated under the cover of darkness, but when they come out in the open in daylight, you know the forces of evil are on the march. It’s time to openly resist.
