Multiverse of Madness
Into the multi-verse. Cuz this one seems to have plenty of madness.
Banned Books
There’s a surge in Banning Books in schools, many being banned for having LGBTQ+ content.
If reading books changed someone’s sexual identity or gender identity, don’t you think all the books (let alone movies, tv shows, etc) that LGBTQ people have read over the years would have turned them straight?
But instead, people give in to fear, hatred, and bigotry of how some people live, or whom they love, and decide to ban books. Even Judy Blume.
Replacement
The Buffalo shooter left a “manifesto” claiming hoods actions were motivated by The Great Replacement, a racist conspiracy theory that claims whites in America are being deliberately replaced by people of color.
Great Replacement messaging is prominent on Tucker Carlson and other Fox News shows, and repeated by several high profile Republicans congress people.
And now it’s leasing directly to the death of innocent Americans.
We must push back against this racist rhetoric.
A Special Place in Hell
This one is dedicated to the scruffy guy in my neighborhood who watches his dog poop in everyone’s yard and never picks it up. Yeah, dude, you know who you are.
Congress sure can act quickly when they’re motivated
For so many issues, Congress is deadlocked, unable to act, even to protect our children. But when there’s a vague, potential threat to the powerful, they sure do act quickly.
Wondering whom they really serve?
Teacher Appreciation
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Maybe someday we’ll actually appreciate teachers for what they really give society, instead of the constant pressure, under-resourcing, criticism, and the latest accusations of “grooming.”
Who could have seen it coming?
With yesterday’s leaked Supreme Court opinion re: Roe v Wade, who could have seen this coming, other than all the people who saw this coming??
Right to Choose
A leaked opinion shows the Supreme Court is set to reverse 49 years of precedence and overturn Roe v Wade, ending federal protections for a woman’s right to choose and setting off a firestorm of legislation across every state.
Buckle up. It’s going to be a state-by-state fight. Elections matter.
Elon Musk Buys Twitter
I think Twitter will change under the ownership of Elon Musk and the cult of personality that follows him. But the changes might not be what people are thinking.
Doesn’t the state holiday prove its systemic?
Yep, today in Alabama is Confederate Memorial Day. It’s recognized tomorrow in Florida. Mississippi and South Carolina also have official state holidays for it (maybe on different days), while it’s commemorated in Kentucky, Texas, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
In Alabama, several state agencies will be closed today for the holiday. Schools will be open, though, so they could still teach why it’s celebrated and address why that might affect Black people living in the state. Except Alabama has just signed a bill against teaching any “divisive topics” in K-12 schools, yet another vaguely defined bill that will punish teachers found in violation of loose and subjective legal language. So, unlikely most teachers would try to address it.
Maybe it’s just me, but a holiday celebrating a failed, armed rebellion driven largely by the desire to keep people enslaved seems pretty divisive.
Hell in a Handbasket
They’re getting too many handbaskets down there.
Mainlining Q
One of the more disheartening political realities is the mainstreaming of Q Anon into one of the two major political parties of the US. Yes, the lines about pedophiles go back further to antisemitic and homophonic movements. But the recent surge of legislation is rooted in the Q Anon conspiracies about child trafficking and such that led to false stories like Pizzagate.
Each time you hear a politician pumping talking points about groomers and pedophiles you can hear them mainlining the repeatedly debunked conspiracies from Q Anon.
It’s scary.
Peeps
It’s one of the most divisive questions today: do you like Peeps or think they’re gross?
It’s marshmallow covered in sugar, I don’t see how you could NOT like them.
Happy Easter!
Time to pay your taxes
Time to pay the taxes. Sigh.
Coffee Date
Ever have that friend with whom you love to get together except they just talk about them and never ask about or listen to you?
Schadenfreude
Ah, schadenfreude. Trump, banned from Twitter, stated his own social media app, Truth Social, proving that Twitter is not a monopoly. Problem is, Truth Social has been buggy, hard for some to access, and not many people are using it. Not even Trump.
Mr. Sarcastic weighs in with a reaction.
Everybody Hates Ted
Whether it’s inane questioning at a confirmation hearing, checking his Twitter feed while someone responds to his question, jetting off to Cancun to escape a winter storm, or just his general levels of being a jerk, does anyone actually like Ted Cruz?
This week he implied that someone who chooses to be a public defender must like criminals, ignoring that the US has a Constitutional right to a defense attorney.
I have to imagine, after kowtowing to Trump even after Trump insulted his wife and father, that everyone sees through him.
Everybody must hate Ted.
