Dear Beauty (and those with similar viewpoints),
I read your blog, posts, etc., because your beliefs are so different from mine. I’m really trying to understand. To find some common ground. It’s really hard, though.
And you clearly aren’t seeking dissenting voices. (I’ve mentioned before how you won’t approve comments that disagree with you. That’s your prerogative, of course.)
In your latest post, “The War For Young Minds” (no hyperbole there 🙄), you lament a part of “Hocus Pocus 2.”
Unpopular opinion: Your mistake was watching “Hocus Pocus 2” and not because of any drag queens. The original “Hocus Pocus” is unbearable.
But I digress.
Here’s the thing (and what I wrote in a comment that you deleted):
This doesn’t affect you. Drag queens do not impact your quality of life. A trans person living his/her/their life does not harm you in any way.
Let’s talk about the pejorative “woke.” Why is it so wrong to show people who are different from ourselves on TV and in movies? Why is representation threatening to you? Why does it bother you that a person wants you to use preferred pronouns in reference to him/her/them?
I know you are super religious, so let’s talk about a quality of God you’ve mentioned: never making mistakes.
You know what does affect children? The fear of being killed in school. There was a shooting Monday at a school three miles away from my house. That’s 40 school shootings this year, in case you are keeping track.
For someone who is so devoutly pro life, I would think you would care about that.
I have never once worried that a drag queen was going to kill me or children. In fact, drag queens have improved my life with meat prizes.
You know what else affects children? Predatory behavior.
I would think that Christian Republicans like yourself would care about that too. But no, that concern is selective, political, engineered and manifested for personal gain.
I have never once worried that a drag queen was going to molest my children.
So spare me your outrage. All I see is hypocrisy.
If you profess to care about children, you need to care about the children going to school worried about their safety. And children being preyed upon by grown men. And the ones who are LBGTQIA.
Some children may even grow up to be drag queens. If they are lucky. 😉
How do you explain to a kid why men are dressed as women? You say, “Because they want to.”
It’s as easy as that.
I mean, who cares?
Right. You do. Too much.
“Woke agenda.” Sigh. Drag is “harmful.”
Look. Listen.
Raise your children the way you want. Have the experiences you want to have. Surround yourself with likeminded people. Believe in and celebrate God. That’s your privilege. But know that it is YOUR responsibility to watch over your children, not Disney’s.
Someday, I hope your view of what’s appropriate, acceptable, “normal” and worth attention will change.
In the meantime, I wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
Beth
*Thanks, Aerosmith!
Observe and report 
I really really don’t understand why this is an issue for anyone. It’s just something stupid, unimaginative, narrow-minded, insecure etc. people focus on because they WON’T focus on the real danger to children which, as you state, is being shot in school. I was thinking today that if I had little kids right now they would not go to school. I wouldn’t send them. I say that and the last thing I ever want to do is teach a kid to read. I don’t know how to do that. It’s a massive clusterfuck since the people who COULD take some kind of action won’t and tell us the problem is men wearing women’s clothing and the tiny, tiny, tiny minority of humanity somehow born into this world with one body and the opposite nature. I taught more than 10,000 kids. Of that 10,000? Maybe 15 were gay or lesbian and three were transexual. How did I know this? For some reason my students trusted me enough to let me know. But you know, if you’re going to miss school for a period because you’re having surgery, you need to tell your teacher. How many drag queens in all those kids? Really, who cares. I’m sure their wives don’t.
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I really don’t understand how people’s bodies are anyone’s business but the owners of said bodies.
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I don’t either. But it’s easier to shoot people than, well, a lot things requiring thought. Sorry. I’m deeply bitter.
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That’s true. And here’s the thing: Why do people want guns? To protect themselves, they say. Ok, so why? Crime. Fine. Why is there so much crime? Plenty of socio-economic reasons. Those are hard to fix, but absolutely necessary to fix because they are the root of most of our problems.
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I lived in a high crime neighborhood in San Diego. Two things helped. First, CA passed stronger gun control laws. Second, they put a cop shop in the neighborhood. And this cop shop? It was mostly cops who’d come from the hood and one of the missions was to get to know the people in the hood. It was amazing how quickly things changed for the better.
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That’s right. Building community. Helping where help is needed. Very few people come out of the womb as criminals.
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The violence had been gang related over which racial group had the monopoly on drug sales. When the cop shop came in, the Hells Angels (who, as it happened, had taken it upon themselves to make sure nothing happened to my house and property, go figure) moved out, the meth labs vanished etc. OH well…
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While I don’t think there’s some sort of woke agenda, it does seem like a very small percentage of the population is given disproportionate visibility at times. I’m 100% committed to inclusion, belonging, equal rights, and representation. The reality, though, is that the majority of people aren’t inclined to become drag queens; they’re within the hetero norm; they’re not trans anything; and economically rich and developed nations are predominantly white. I don’t expect some sort of statically calculated representation of society in media or highly visible positions, but I can see how it can feel like there’s over-representation sometimes. And the over-representation probably feels threatening when it’s something unfamiliar, like transgender, while it’s “normal” in some spheres like guns, or the NBA, or the C-suite and elected office.
P.S. It’s strong of you to spend time reading Beauty’s blog. I wouldn’t have the patience.
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I see your point, but I feel like many groups are way under-represented. For a long time, you wouldn’t see many Latinos on big or small screens unless they were playing thugs. I’m a fan of “Never Have I Ever” because it features an Indian-American family — not typical for American TV. I find unfamiliar interesting not threatening. It’s why I like to travel! But there are many people who fear the “Other.” I guess this woman doesn’t know anyone transgender or a drag performer personally. She would get a different perspective. And yes, sometimes her work is very hard for me to read. But then she’ll post a great recipe. And I keep reading.
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