by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I only talk about this in the context of how America is becoming two nations, one Red, one Blue. Otherwise, I’m pretty indifferent. People should be able to live their lives as they wish (within reason) — just be left alone, as my Traditionalist relatives might say — and it’s both dumb and alarming that any of this is happening in the first place.
But let’s talk about what’s going on in the context of how it seems the sides are beginning to harden between Red and Blue. I have to admit that there is a certain orthodoxy that exists on the Left about the LGBTQ+ community and if you don’t adhere to it, there’s hell to pay: witness Dave Chappelle.
The reason why Reds sense blood in the water politically and culturally about this issue is it’s easy to paint Blues as “groomers” given that part of the orthodoxy around LGBTQ+ rights can come across as a bit complex and ridged, to to mention a little extreme. In fact, one of my complaints about the “woke” Left is they’re so busy debating how many genders can dance on the head of a pin that they are totally oblivious to the very real rise of fascism in the United States.
So instead of girding our political loins for a massive clusterfuck in late 2024, early 2025, Blues are pointing fingers — trying to “cancel” — anyone who doesn’t adhere to a very strict, sometimes arcane and mysterious, orthodoxy about LGBTQ+ rights.
Anyway, the whole thing is a disaster for both sides for various reasons. But the chief reason is — we’re past the Event Horizon for autocracy, civil war, or military junta in late 2024, early 2025. Buckle up, no matter what gender you are or what pronoun you use.
