This week we've had a breaking story about the level of gifts and trips Clarence Thomas has been taking from a Republican super donor with multiple cases before the Supreme Court now and in the past. This is not the first, nor the only, thing that should disqualify Thomas from sitting on the court, yet it won't make a difference.
We had the Tennessee legislature try to expel three members for speaking out of turn about gun safety. A week after a mass shooting in Tennessee. They were only successful in removing two out of the three. The two Black members, the white member escaped one vote short of expulsion.
We had Kansas override a veto to make sure they could block the plethora of trans athletes from participating in sports in the schools. Oh, wait, not plethora. One. One trans athlete. Can you even imagine what that would be like? To have an entire legislature pass a law to restrict you. Not people like you, just YOU. And then to have to face it as a kid?
At least she will have company, West Virginia did the same. And when the Supreme Court decided not to let them instate the ban while the case works its way through the lower courts do you know who protested and said we should ban that 12 year old girl right now? Oh yes, Thomas again. And let's be clear on this one, she's been identifying as female since she was 4, she's on puberty blockers and she's 12. So all of the arguments about how a testosterone driven puberty gives permanent advantages are moot. She's not gone through puberty. She's never competed as a male. But they have targeted her with a new law and are fighting her in court. One child.
Three children murdered in Tennessee but if you speak out on it in a way they don't like you are expelled from the legislature (if you are Black). But what we are worried about is if a 12 year old trans girl runs track in West Virginia? Or that one trans kid (I don't know their sport or who they are) in Kansas keeps competing? I mean...
But wait there's more...
A beer company sent their beer to an Instagram influencer with a large audience. She happens to be trans. This, this was a step TOO FAR for the right wing. You know, those people who scream about cancel culture and snowflakes? The thought of a trans woman drinking the same beer as they did made them lose their damn minds. There are videos out of people dumping all of their Bud Light and swearing from now on it's only Coors Light for them! Travis Tritt has made sure that Anheuser-Busch is no longer part of his concert stuff (I don't know, who knew Travis Tritt was even still touring?) Kid Rock took a few 12 packs out back and shot them with an AR-15 while stating that his point was clear and unambiguous.
Which seems a little...I don't know...much? Like he's shooting up the beer because a trans woman is part of an ad campaign so he hates the beer? Or is he suggesting the only way to deal with trans people is violently? Because that's the clear message he sent to me. That's he's so mentally fragile that the thought of someone living a life that is different from his spins him so far out that he grabs his gun. Which seems like he is one of those people that probably shouldn't have guns...
And here's the weird thing to me (It's not weird, it's totally expected, I need a sarcasm font)
It's the holiest of weeks in the Christian religion. The period between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. Set aside that this year it also coincides with Ramadan and Passover, we'll just deal with the Christians right now. Don't you think in this week, the holy week, the week your ENTIRE religion is based on you'd be working to emulate Jesus just a little more? Protecting the children, not from the make believe threats you've dreamed up, but from the number one cause of death among children? Worrying about your own life choices instead of judging others for theirs? Not making up things that you swear are against your religion but you can't actually find a verse that unambiguously states that it is?
I mean, it seems like this should have been a come to Jesus week. Literally. Like get right with your god. Figure out what "love your neighbor like yourself" really means. My guess is Jesus wouldn't want you to make sure their kid can't run track. Or make sure YOU decide if they can get the medical help that their doctors and parents have decided is appropriate. Or maybe you should wonder why one of your Supreme Court Justices is actually a Justice for hire, sounds like some table flipping in the temple moments to me. And suffer the children to come to me isn't supposed to mean suffer from gunshots so they die early.
So yeah, it's not weird. It's typical. It's frustrating. It's disgusting.
But hey, enjoy your chocolate...
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