Thread by @aliciatcrosby

I swear some of y'all are really making me itch with your bad Lil Nas X/#MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) video hot takes. Imma break some things down so you can stop being so doggone obtuse.

1) This video is INTENTIONALLY subversive. LNS specifically said yall stay condemning folks like him (and me) to hell but are mad about how we're thriving there.

2) Montero is masterfully theological and mythological in ways your pastors wish they could be. My man started in the garden with the temptation & entrapment stories of Eve/Lilith, moved to a Greek/European styled chamber of judgement and condemnation...

...had an execution by someone ACTUALLY throwing something at him, had a full on descent to hell, and had my man's defeating the devil. If you can't see my dude knows his scripture, myths, AND Creeds, I don't know what to tell you.

3) Queerness makes y'all uncomfortable on days ending in -y because it doesn't abide by respectability or your conventions which should push you to interrogate more but alas...

4) It's funny how y'all are calling something in which the devil is literally killed demonic but ok.

5) ACTUALLY stop calling stuff you don't understand or don't value demonic - it's lazy and trite. Ask questions, grow in your understanding of others experiences.

6) Please do the work to see the images of the devil you clutch your pearls over aren't actually in the Bible. These images came from literature. Lucifer in the scriptures was actually really pretty and bright.

7) It's clear y'all are missing how a project like this is not only a response to religious trauma but also a brilliant depiction of how queerness teaches us how to use what we have to subvert oppressive systems and actors as a means to get free.

For the love of all things holy, hush, sit, and reflect on this art and why you're so damn uncomfortable. And stop talking that ya-ya about @LilNasX !