It's A Human Thing

Tomorrow is June 30th, the end of the month and the end of Pride Month for 2023. 

Normally a time of joyous celebration for the LGBTQ+ community this year it seemed like a call to arms. 

The voices of anger and fear rising up and passing actual laws restricting the rights of American citizens who happen to be gay or trans makes America seems like a war zone. 

I have written on this blog numerous times in support of the LGBTQ+ community. I personally cannot be found anywhere in that collection of letters. 

And I do not need to be to understand what is at stake.

To diminish the rights of any person out of fear or hate is wrong.

To diminish the rights of any person imperils the rights of everyone. 

Pride month is a time of caution, a call to be on guard.

Nothing less than the freedom of us all is at stake. 

Let's end this post on a quasi funny note.   

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott took his Twitter feed  to share the story of how Garth Brooks was booed off the stage at the 123rd Annual Texas Country Jamboree in Hambriston, Texas.

Commenting on the negative reception of the erswhile ally Garth Brooks received, Abbott said “Go woke. Go broke. Good job, Texas.”

There are some problems with the story Abbott shared.

• Garth Brooks was NOT booed off any stage.
• There is no such event as the 123rd Annual Texas Country Jamboree
• And there is no town in Texas called Hambriston.  

The story Abbott linked to was from a satire website called The Dunning-Kruger Times, a  site that clearly states it’s part of “a network of parody, satire, and tomfoolery,” and adds: “If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”

The LGBTQ+ community maybe caught in a war zone of hate and fear but with fucking morons like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on the other side, well...

This could all work out OK after all.