When the “woke” mania swept the country in 2020, I took a step back and reevaluated where I stood and why I stood there. To my surprise, I found that I agreed with conservatives and libertarians on a number of issues. I opposed childhood gender transitions, unlawful and divisive DEI mandates, and the excesses of Critical Race Theory. I argued against biological males competing in women’s sports and being housed in women’s prisons. I did so loudly and publicly, losing many friends along the way.
Today, some of those same attorneys I worked with are advocating for my right to marry my fiancée to be stripped away.
I fell for obvious right-wing propaganda and rationalized the hate with reason and logic. Now the hate machine is coming for me and that’s not fair!
We should all know they never stop with “those people” and always pick the next group to attack.
The fact that so many are willing to throw anyone under the bus for a few political points only proves they aren’t capable of seeing the very clear pattern that just keeps repeating.
It’s not like we haven’t all heard some variation of Martin Niemöller’s “First They Came” by now but people still keep thinking that if they’re just “one of the good ones” they’ll be left alone.