Hate in our society is growing and is increasingly directed at those in all our communities and those I love. Probably those you know and love too. This is not what good people are about or what this country is about. If we don’t stand together against it, we will fall together.
I intend to fight the hate right here and right now by speaking out against this inhuman and anti-American bile aimed at marginalized groups such as the LGBTQ+ community, immigrants, and anyone who is different, against the rounding up of people without due process, and about our slide into autocracy—basically everything against what this country stands for. You can read about how I define obvious and why I started this little exercise.
The Look-the-Other-Way Party
Anti-Semitic incidents have been rising steadily in the past few years, Three of the past 5 years have broken records for the highest incidents of anti-Semitic cases of assault, vandalism, and harassment. From 2021 to 2022 there were 3,697 incidents, a rise of 36%,...
The Hostage Takers
Sanctimonious snowflake-haters are poisoning our politics by attacking and undermining the rights of women and transgender people to do what they want with their bodies and their lives. According to the Human Rights Campaign, as of May 2023, there have been 520...
Anti-Wokeness and The Future
The anti-woke among us rarely miss an opportunity to reveal themselves as anti-inclusive and anti-empathetic. Anti-wokeness and even anti-diversity sentiments are rising and seeping into the strangest places. If you go just a millimeter down the rabbit hole of social...
Selective Righteousness
The latest heroes of the anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Black History, and anti-people movements are the Moms for Liberty, who are making a lot of noise with their espousal of “protecting kids” from learning or knowing about people who are different than they are. Liberty is...
Leaders vs. Politicians
We’ve been watching Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida on the national stage for a little while. His state, he says, is the place where “woke goes to die.” It’s also a place where you “don’t say gay.” As a result, he thinks it’s okay to attack a private company, Disney,...
On Wokeness
The Internet turned into a shouting match many years ago. If you believe something strongly, it’s not enough to be passionate and for something. You have to be passionate about being against things. But civil discussion is way in the past. You have to argue to the...
