"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
Thank you, Will. I have awful flashbacks of the 2017-2020 time period when every day we woke up to "Wait, what did he say yesterday???" The absurd things that happened then seem to be magnified this time by ignorant/crude/rude individuals in Congress, emboldened by their above-the-law leader. Attacking others is now a political and cowardly past time for those without any ideas about how to do their jobs. 😑
Thank you! I, too, have family members who are gay and transgender. Love knows no bounds. I am deeply concerned. Both LGBTQ and Immigration hit really close to home and both are threatened. I know how I intend to spend my time during the years ahead.
“There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.” ― James Baldwin
Thanks you Will for writing about this. Nancy Mace has shown who she is! When she was first voted into office she was supposedly an advocate of the LGBTQ community. “I strongly support LGBTQ rights and equality,” Mace told me at the time. “No one should be discriminated against.” And then how quickly she changes her stance and becomes a MAGA. We all need to be vigilant because this could be any of our elected officials both locally and statewide.
Please know that your family member and all the other Trans individuals in our community have allies. There are many of us that will not lay down and allow them to be targeted.
For those interested in joining with a group to develop a plan on fighting back, come to the Indivisible ADK meeting today at the Queensbury Hotel from 4 to 6 pm. We are stronger when we are together!
Who wants to see Mace's junk anyway? Good piece Will. My wife and I've been traveling in several countries through Europe this past year and majority of bathrooms are becoming transgender. Wakeup America.
One of the very worst things about "Trumpiness" is the permission it affords adherents for Meanness. Way back in 2015 I saw our future Autocrat-in-Chief waving his arms around and slurring his words in apparent parody of a journalist with a neurologic disability. Wow, I thought, that's all I need to know about him! Didn't the Trumpies have MOTHERS?
I called Nancy Mace's office when I heard her stupid comment and asked those in her office what has happened to her. . What's interesting is that when she was first elected I heard an interview with her where she sounded quite moderate, almost sane, talked about having been raped (I think when she was 14) and how important it was to speak about women's rights. I called to thank her for her voice. And then something happened--an allegiance to Trump and Maga, an allegiance to speaking hate against those who do no harm and doing harm wherever she could, a bit like Stefanik. The cruelty of some of the people now in control in our country--who many in our area and in our country voted for and cheered--is heartsickening. What happened to their kindness and goodness, their mind and heart? Your columns, Will, always touch what is deep and true., who and what should be respected and defended--the dignity and worth of all beings....Not MAGA but "Make America Kind and Good again,"
The way a few people in Congress have made it a crusade to go after this woman before she is even sworn in just ours then as the petty bullies they are. It is an ugly look. I'm sure it is not the first time McBride has experienced this, and she wins just by being there, but it is shameful.
Thank you so much for writing this! I too have family members who are gay, transgender, and people of color: all intelligent, hardworking, compassionate individuals who contribute greatly to our society.
Looking at that picture of Mace…eating disorder or photoshopped? Either way, she has a skewed sense of what it means to be a woman, in my humble opinion.
Be kind to everyone…even if you don’t understand them: ‘…judge not for as ye judge so may you be judged! ‘. Or …until you walk a mile in their shoes… or when you are perfect…
We are called to love everyone. When we surround our enemies with love, magic happens!
Thank you, thank you for this. Transgender people have so much stacked against them already.
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
-- Frank Wilhoit
It certainly does seem to be how they operate these days!
Thank you, Will. I have awful flashbacks of the 2017-2020 time period when every day we woke up to "Wait, what did he say yesterday???" The absurd things that happened then seem to be magnified this time by ignorant/crude/rude individuals in Congress, emboldened by their above-the-law leader. Attacking others is now a political and cowardly past time for those without any ideas about how to do their jobs. 😑
Thank you! I, too, have family members who are gay and transgender. Love knows no bounds. I am deeply concerned. Both LGBTQ and Immigration hit really close to home and both are threatened. I know how I intend to spend my time during the years ahead.
“There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.” ― James Baldwin
Thanks you Will for writing about this. Nancy Mace has shown who she is! When she was first voted into office she was supposedly an advocate of the LGBTQ community. “I strongly support LGBTQ rights and equality,” Mace told me at the time. “No one should be discriminated against.” And then how quickly she changes her stance and becomes a MAGA. We all need to be vigilant because this could be any of our elected officials both locally and statewide.
Please know that your family member and all the other Trans individuals in our community have allies. There are many of us that will not lay down and allow them to be targeted.
For those interested in joining with a group to develop a plan on fighting back, come to the Indivisible ADK meeting today at the Queensbury Hotel from 4 to 6 pm. We are stronger when we are together!
I love my children, my grand children, trans or gay, regardless their race. I hope they can love me, old and frail , with my many faults. That's all.
My Body My Choice. Allow me to live my life in my pursuit of happiness, while I offer you the same respect.
Who wants to see Mace's junk anyway? Good piece Will. My wife and I've been traveling in several countries through Europe this past year and majority of bathrooms are becoming transgender. Wakeup America.
One of the very worst things about "Trumpiness" is the permission it affords adherents for Meanness. Way back in 2015 I saw our future Autocrat-in-Chief waving his arms around and slurring his words in apparent parody of a journalist with a neurologic disability. Wow, I thought, that's all I need to know about him! Didn't the Trumpies have MOTHERS?
Excellent commentary !
I called Nancy Mace's office when I heard her stupid comment and asked those in her office what has happened to her. . What's interesting is that when she was first elected I heard an interview with her where she sounded quite moderate, almost sane, talked about having been raped (I think when she was 14) and how important it was to speak about women's rights. I called to thank her for her voice. And then something happened--an allegiance to Trump and Maga, an allegiance to speaking hate against those who do no harm and doing harm wherever she could, a bit like Stefanik. The cruelty of some of the people now in control in our country--who many in our area and in our country voted for and cheered--is heartsickening. What happened to their kindness and goodness, their mind and heart? Your columns, Will, always touch what is deep and true., who and what should be respected and defended--the dignity and worth of all beings....Not MAGA but "Make America Kind and Good again,"
I salute Congresswoman McBride for her courage and dignity.
The way a few people in Congress have made it a crusade to go after this woman before she is even sworn in just ours then as the petty bullies they are. It is an ugly look. I'm sure it is not the first time McBride has experienced this, and she wins just by being there, but it is shameful.
Thank you so much for writing this! I too have family members who are gay, transgender, and people of color: all intelligent, hardworking, compassionate individuals who contribute greatly to our society.
Looking at that picture of Mace…eating disorder or photoshopped? Either way, she has a skewed sense of what it means to be a woman, in my humble opinion.
Mace feels great about supporting a misogynist autocrat con artist, just like St-k.
Be kind to everyone…even if you don’t understand them: ‘…judge not for as ye judge so may you be judged! ‘. Or …until you walk a mile in their shoes… or when you are perfect…
We are called to love everyone. When we surround our enemies with love, magic happens!