ME: I’d like to pitch my new streaming series that features an amoral but compelling antihero who does what it takes to survive. Oh, and it takes place in the ‘70s
NETFLIX: Sounds good. What’s it called?
ME: The Cocaine Sex Disco Murders
ANNOUNCER: Coming soon: The Cocaine Sex Disco Murders
(cue “Car Wash”)
BRANNON: Hi, I’m Greg Brannon
ANNOUNCER: It’s glamorous here in the ‘70s
(cue “Get Down Tonight”)
ANNOUNCER: But there is also danger
BRANNON: Why are all of these cocaine sex disco murders happening
ANNOUNCER: This series has everything: Cocaine! Sex! Murders! And, of course, disco
(cue “Boogie Oogie Oogie”)
ANNOUNCER: It’s all the stuff you heard about in the ‘70s that you were probably too young to experience for yourself
I am firmly in camp “Why The Fuck Should It Bother Me If Anyone Else Wants to Identify as Trans.”
Everyone who disagrees - from Rufo’s school board stormtroopers to Queen Rowling herself - has conflated the existence of trans people into some kind of attack on the rest of us.
Anti-trans feminists (aka TERFs) insist that any recognition of trans women is an “attack” on cis women’s rights.
The “bathroom bills” presume that trans women using public restrooms are “attacks” on cis women’s privacy.
TOP TEN DEMANDS MAGA DISSENTERS HAVE MADE BEFORE THEY’LL AGREE TO VOTE FOR KEVIN McCARTHY AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
10.Immediately begin impeachment hearings of Biden for having the middle name “Robinette”
9. Motion to declare Trump “President-for-Life” effective retroactively
8. Reallocation of $10 billion dollars of the federal budget to the Trump Border Wall and/or Legal Defense Fund
7. He’d have to agree to build the concentration camps in Guantanamo Bay instead of Tucson, Arizona
6. Endorsement of a bill to make it illegal for any Democratic President to pack the Supreme Court with additional justices or replace the ones who die
5. Must agree to make “Press 1 for English” a Class A felony
What culture warriors fear the most about growing acceptance of LGBT is that their children will be affected, that their son or daughter will feel comfortable identifying as gay or trans. To them, these children would never dream such a thing if they were not “groomed” into it.
That’s really the engine behind “It’s so trendy nowadays” and “What if they’re rushing into it?” What they mean is that gender transition shouldn’t happen, full stop. They don’t want adults to do it, condone it, or even talk about it in front of children.
There’s also the data point - barely worth mentioning, of course - that the current incarnation of the Republican Party has absolutely jettisoned all pretenses of maturity, honesty, integrity, and personal responsibility in favor of a 24-7 Own-the-Libs gaslighting operation
R: You’re only a liberal now because you’re young and idealistic, but when you’re older and more worldly you’ll relate more to our 24-7 Own-the-Libs Gaslighting Operation
D: I really don’t think so
R: That’s only because you’re BRAINWASHED BY THE GEORGE SOROS LIBERAL MEDIA
STEVE: I can’t believe you voted for J.D. Vance
LUCY: Look, in the last 5 years, I got a job, got married, and we’re talking about having kids. I just feel safer under the 24-7 Own-the-Libs Gaslighting Operation