It is Monday morning, and I’ve got a couple of things going on this 20th day of June. First, and most importantly, today is my son’s 21st birthday, and it is a partial prep/partial day off for me. In some parts of the country, it is a full national holiday, as we celebrate Juneteenth, the day we recognize the protracted announcement of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation was signed on September 22, 1862, but word did not reach enslaved Americans in Texas until June 19, 1865.
Texas has a tendency to take their sweet time recognizing some folk’s rights.
Apparently, the Texas GOP (Republican) party has established their party platform for the midterms, and it’s about as ass-backwards as you might expect.
First, they reject the election of Joe Biden as President of the United States. They have no evidence to support this position, no court cases, they merely desire it to be the truth, so they are believing it into existence, and it will be the truth just as soon as Tinkerbell sprinkles fairy dust on me so I can fly.
Second, the party also adopted the policy that “homosexuality is an abnormal lifestyle choice”. Once again, more backward-assery. I know enough from my gay friends and family to recognize is normal and not a choice. This type of hatred and prejudice is typical of the toxic masculinity I’ve witnessed on the far right. Being gay is not a choice. A choice would be something along the lines of, “Should I stay home and watch CSPAN, or should I dress up like in riot gear and try to overturn an election?”.
Obviously, many made the wrong choice on January 6th, 2021.
They’ve also established that all gun control legislation is in violation of the second amendment. This just a few scant weeks following the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. I guess prior rulings by the Supreme Court don’t have traction in Texas.
There are other issues that eliminate other’s rights as well. Reproductive rights are under assault, trying to make sure that men unable to control their penises can control every woman’s uterus instead.
I’m glad I don’t live in Texas.
To be frank, Texans are probably glad I don’t live there either.
I’m guessing there’s a fair number of Kansans that wished I didn’t live in Kansas.
There are probably some jackhammer macho men that wished I didn’t live at all.
Yay, me.
I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.
Peace y’all.
