If you threw your gay son out of the house when he had his first boyfriend, he won't be coming home to bury you. If you disowned your daughter because she came home from college wearing a man's suit & short hair, with a girlfriend, she ain't gonna invite you to the wedding. If you told your pansexual son & his husband the child they had through surrogacy is an abomination, don't cry about not getting to see your grandchild. If your transgender daughter hung herself & you buried her in a man's suit & etched her deadname into the tombstone, you're the reason she killed herself. If you told your child that nonbinary isn't a real thing, don't fucking ask why they didn't come out to you as nonbinary. If you should see LGBTQIA people having fun, say, at a Pride parade, and wonder how we can live with ourselves knowing we're going to evangelical hell, well, please understand we're not evangelical & we don't believe in your hell.
Sadly, I agree with all you state here Walter. All too often, attacks on the LGBTQ+ community stem from the shadows lurking in conservatives' minds. I listen to the progressive and liberal IHIP newscasters streaming from Oklahoma City, territory as red as you can get.
They've labeled JD Vance a failed drag queen and make no mistake, they love drag but not JD. He wears a smoky eye makeup and heavy eyeliner while he projects his hatred toward the gay and counter culture community.
The ultimate in hypocrisy and a pathetic attempt to continue ignoring his vengeful and cruel shadow. Thou doth protest too much, you spineless creature of the dark JD.
These toxic, heart-damaged people want us to give up and submit to their overwhelming red tide. The more they push, the greater I resist.
I will never turn my face away or silence my voice when it comes to freedom and equality for all. Thank you for another great article. 👏🏳️🌈💚🏳️🌈
Firstly, I don't like the term 'conservatives'. It is a misused inaccuracy that is never collectively addressed.
All the most hateful, judgemental, sexist, racist, undemocratic, homophobic behavior is a result of religious dogma bullshit.
Who can be married (including underaged girls, child marriage (under the age of 18, is legal in 37 U.S. states)), the misogyny and denigration towards women and their rights, LGBTQ+, the treatment of Blacks (and slaves), Indigenous people, and all minorities, as well as myriad rationalizations for cruelty everywhere IS AND HAS BEEN DICTATED, AND ENFORCED WITH LAWS, PUT IN PLACE BY RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE, OVER HISTORY. In the U.S., it's 'christianity' but not Christ-like at all. In some other countries, Muslims have denied women freedom, education, swimming, and sunlight from ever touching their scalps, with many Muslim countries generally the poorest.
Humans never seem to evolve. We just keep repeating the same bullshit. And the bible-thumpers and koran-thumpers keep the hatred and fear brewing for maximum control.
An example of this is how the GOP House treats Sarah McBride from Delaware. They misgender her intentionally in their hearings, which is on public display. And those assholes Nancy Mace, MTG, and Lauren Boebert do it too. That enrages me every freaking time. I need to see the Dems stand up more forcefully to support her when that happens, every time. They are the ones who believe in conversion therapy too, but usually they end up having a kid who is gay and totally abuse and alienate them. I’ve met way too many people in the LGBTQ+ community who grew up with parental tyranny, including a member of my in-laws’ family. These people have no empathy and no respect for human beings. Pro life my ass.
It will take exactly what you did in this article, telling the truth. Republican MAGA, are noticing but hypocrisy. White men with too much money and power. The other truth is, their women will support them no matter what they do to their children and all other humans. The truth hurt , but it will bring about the healing Americans need 🇺🇸
These conservatives are not true conservatives. They are mean people. Politically, a true conservative believes in small government and government being fiscally responsible. Bingo. That's it.
Today's conservative movement incorporates the greed of the wealthy (Robber Barons of the Gilded Age and the ultra-conserative movement that bloomed in the 1920s) and the Church, which oversaw American social conservatism starting in the 1840s and Gilded Age.
How did this change come to be?
1. Poor White men duped into feeling cheated by angry rich white men when they started losing power to women, Blacks, and other "minorities" when they won their civil rights and proved that they were better and gained power;
2. Evangelical, fundamental Christians when public schools were forced by the courts to remove prayer, the Ten Commandments, and other methods of forced indoctrination from schools and looked for ways to find someone to blame: feminists, Blacks (especially civil rights advocates), LGBTQIA (Ooh, God is sending them to hell), other minorities, and of course, LIBERALS (scream!!!!!);
3. Robber Barons and oligarchs who are not content with being wealthy. They believe life is like Monopoly, where you only win if your opponents go bankrupt and you have all the money, properties, houses, and motels.
Of course, they can cheat and make up special rules like not paying debts or taxes, not providing a livable wage, firing employees without cause, forcing overtime, etc., and telling the masses they might get rich (When was the last time you won a game when your opponent cheated? You must force your opponent to play by the rules or cheat yourself. Then, all we have is a world of cheaters and chaos. One purpose of government is to eliminate chaos. Chaos is dangerous. These rich people also tell the masses that giving the wealthy additional tax breaks will lower their taxes. Ask yourselves, who pays for the potholes? It's not the rich. Your taxes will go up. Mine went up the last time Trump gave billionaires a tax break. Who is going to pay for Musk's next tax break? Why do you think he's firing thousands of workers? Now, perhaps, your taxes won't go up, but thousands are now unemployed. Guess what happens when the unemployment rate starts to go up? Oh, the stock market? Check your retirement savings lately?
True conservatives have disappeared. Conservativism has moved to the far right. They aren't even reactionaries. They are fascists by choice or silence.
Dear evangelical Christians,
If you threw your gay son out of the house when he had his first boyfriend, he won't be coming home to bury you. If you disowned your daughter because she came home from college wearing a man's suit & short hair, with a girlfriend, she ain't gonna invite you to the wedding. If you told your pansexual son & his husband the child they had through surrogacy is an abomination, don't cry about not getting to see your grandchild. If your transgender daughter hung herself & you buried her in a man's suit & etched her deadname into the tombstone, you're the reason she killed herself. If you told your child that nonbinary isn't a real thing, don't fucking ask why they didn't come out to you as nonbinary. If you should see LGBTQIA people having fun, say, at a Pride parade, and wonder how we can live with ourselves knowing we're going to evangelical hell, well, please understand we're not evangelical & we don't believe in your hell.
A powerful statement of truth Cara Mia. I'm with you all the way.
My son is trans and has one of the biggest hearts on this planet.
Fortunately, he lives in a liberal city with a supportive community. One small grace in this dark night of the soul period.
Thank you for sharing your voice. All of us need to do this. We can't sink into overwhelm.
🏳️🌈💚🏳️🌈
Sadly, I agree with all you state here Walter. All too often, attacks on the LGBTQ+ community stem from the shadows lurking in conservatives' minds. I listen to the progressive and liberal IHIP newscasters streaming from Oklahoma City, territory as red as you can get.
They've labeled JD Vance a failed drag queen and make no mistake, they love drag but not JD. He wears a smoky eye makeup and heavy eyeliner while he projects his hatred toward the gay and counter culture community.
The ultimate in hypocrisy and a pathetic attempt to continue ignoring his vengeful and cruel shadow. Thou doth protest too much, you spineless creature of the dark JD.
These toxic, heart-damaged people want us to give up and submit to their overwhelming red tide. The more they push, the greater I resist.
I will never turn my face away or silence my voice when it comes to freedom and equality for all. Thank you for another great article. 👏🏳️🌈💚🏳️🌈
Firstly, I don't like the term 'conservatives'. It is a misused inaccuracy that is never collectively addressed.
All the most hateful, judgemental, sexist, racist, undemocratic, homophobic behavior is a result of religious dogma bullshit.
Who can be married (including underaged girls, child marriage (under the age of 18, is legal in 37 U.S. states)), the misogyny and denigration towards women and their rights, LGBTQ+, the treatment of Blacks (and slaves), Indigenous people, and all minorities, as well as myriad rationalizations for cruelty everywhere IS AND HAS BEEN DICTATED, AND ENFORCED WITH LAWS, PUT IN PLACE BY RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE, OVER HISTORY. In the U.S., it's 'christianity' but not Christ-like at all. In some other countries, Muslims have denied women freedom, education, swimming, and sunlight from ever touching their scalps, with many Muslim countries generally the poorest.
Humans never seem to evolve. We just keep repeating the same bullshit. And the bible-thumpers and koran-thumpers keep the hatred and fear brewing for maximum control.
An example of this is how the GOP House treats Sarah McBride from Delaware. They misgender her intentionally in their hearings, which is on public display. And those assholes Nancy Mace, MTG, and Lauren Boebert do it too. That enrages me every freaking time. I need to see the Dems stand up more forcefully to support her when that happens, every time. They are the ones who believe in conversion therapy too, but usually they end up having a kid who is gay and totally abuse and alienate them. I’ve met way too many people in the LGBTQ+ community who grew up with parental tyranny, including a member of my in-laws’ family. These people have no empathy and no respect for human beings. Pro life my ass.
It will take exactly what you did in this article, telling the truth. Republican MAGA, are noticing but hypocrisy. White men with too much money and power. The other truth is, their women will support them no matter what they do to their children and all other humans. The truth hurt , but it will bring about the healing Americans need 🇺🇸
Walter, you probably remember an article I wrote about pedophiles. In case your readers might find the data of interest, here is the link.
The Faces of Pedophilia
https://meraffey.medium.com/the-faces-of-pedophilia-97fd92d86752
I loved this post, the passion and the clarity!
So true on the child abuse. That was something I left out of my new piece https://medium.com/prismnpen/trump-once-complimented-a-famous-trans-model-at-an-aids-fashion-show-7d8d12377640?sk=8c191aebfc5db28f4276aa1b939517c8
These conservatives are not true conservatives. They are mean people. Politically, a true conservative believes in small government and government being fiscally responsible. Bingo. That's it.
Today's conservative movement incorporates the greed of the wealthy (Robber Barons of the Gilded Age and the ultra-conserative movement that bloomed in the 1920s) and the Church, which oversaw American social conservatism starting in the 1840s and Gilded Age.
How did this change come to be?
1. Poor White men duped into feeling cheated by angry rich white men when they started losing power to women, Blacks, and other "minorities" when they won their civil rights and proved that they were better and gained power;
2. Evangelical, fundamental Christians when public schools were forced by the courts to remove prayer, the Ten Commandments, and other methods of forced indoctrination from schools and looked for ways to find someone to blame: feminists, Blacks (especially civil rights advocates), LGBTQIA (Ooh, God is sending them to hell), other minorities, and of course, LIBERALS (scream!!!!!);
3. Robber Barons and oligarchs who are not content with being wealthy. They believe life is like Monopoly, where you only win if your opponents go bankrupt and you have all the money, properties, houses, and motels.
Of course, they can cheat and make up special rules like not paying debts or taxes, not providing a livable wage, firing employees without cause, forcing overtime, etc., and telling the masses they might get rich (When was the last time you won a game when your opponent cheated? You must force your opponent to play by the rules or cheat yourself. Then, all we have is a world of cheaters and chaos. One purpose of government is to eliminate chaos. Chaos is dangerous. These rich people also tell the masses that giving the wealthy additional tax breaks will lower their taxes. Ask yourselves, who pays for the potholes? It's not the rich. Your taxes will go up. Mine went up the last time Trump gave billionaires a tax break. Who is going to pay for Musk's next tax break? Why do you think he's firing thousands of workers? Now, perhaps, your taxes won't go up, but thousands are now unemployed. Guess what happens when the unemployment rate starts to go up? Oh, the stock market? Check your retirement savings lately?
True conservatives have disappeared. Conservativism has moved to the far right. They aren't even reactionaries. They are fascists by choice or silence.
That definition of conservative has been gone for 50 years. Modern conservatives are hurtful and we can't make excuses for them.
I agree.
The link is a solid one.