This is from 2008 -- I discovered it going through my old posts -- before I knew my kid was trans. It's the story of two families, one of whom reacts to their five year old being bullied by bullying her themselves, and the other who is their child's advocate.
Also from my old posts: in May 2008, when Bush was in the last year of his disastrous presidency, gas was $3.89/gallon. Adjusted for inflation, that's $5.58/gallon. But this was okay, because a Republican was in the White House. It's like now, when the GOP is screeching about government spending, while -- when Trump was in office -- they did not care how much he put on the government's credit card.
Speaking of performative legislature
This, I'm posting because "conservatives" (they're actually reactionary bigots, not conservative at all) love passing around stories about trans people committing "crimes" -- generally the crime of existing in public. The facts are very much otherwise, but to quote one lovely Trump supporter who was confronted with a fact contradicting her cherished belief, they don't care.
At least 1 in every 231 people in Arkansas have died of COVID-19. About 3.4/1000 people in the country as a whole. This is a disease that the Far-Right has decided is a scam.
Remember when the Right threw a tantrum because the publishers of Dr. Seuss decided against reissuing a couple of titles? Now that's their playbook. But as with the Dixie Chicks, when THEY cancel someone, it's fine.
Rod Dreher's wife ditched him, and now Steven Crowder's wife has. Marjorie Taylor Greene's husband can't take it anymore. Tucker Carlson got fired. So did Rod Dreher! Is the world getting sick of reactionary bullshit? One can only hope.
The target might change but the playbook has not.
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