Have You Noticed?

That we are being called uppity for demanding our rights?

ABC News once wrote,

When a white congressional candidate recently referred to a black news reporter as "uppity," he coincidentally joined company with another white politician who, later that day, applied the same description to Sen. Barack and Michelle Obama.

Both of the Georgians claimed ignorance of the racial history of the word "uppity," a derogatory term applied throughout the Jim Crow South to blacks who dared to climb the socioeconomic ladder.

But for contemporary critics of the word, ignorance of the potential offense is little excuse in many cases, particularly for older white Southerners who are most likely steeped in the traditions of the old social order.

How many times have you read comments saying,

I'm all for equality and to each his own however, what is happening in society is not equality. Too many people pushing to special treatment.

 It's creating a system where the biggest whiner gets the most spoiled. Think about it. If you take the time to stop and really look you will see people (of all groups) whining non stop looking for handouts.

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• I liken this to drug cartel children’s story hour.
• Get to them early in their life and convince them you’re helpful and harmless.
• Right here in the northeast we are not as safe as we thought...

Comment like these goes on and on.

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We are not free from all the hostility here in the Northeast, it is spreading.

LGBTQ pushback in New York? How a Hudson Valley drag queen story hour shows divide
Rockland/Westchester Journal News
By Nancy Cutler
April 4, 2023

When a local children’s bookstore booked a drag queen story hour late last month, it drew so much attention that the owners added a second session for the free event.

The attention also drew threats of protests. And the protests drew calls for counter-protests.

Police agencies readied a response as the Orange County village with a population of 3,800 served as the backdrop on one recent Saturday afternoon for a growing divide over LGBTQ rights across the U.S., even in places like New York.

Some expressed surprise at such pushback in the Empire State, where the Stonewall riots ushering in the LGBTQ rights movement more than a half-century ago and where marriage equality has been the law for a dozen years. It is ranked among the most habitable states for LGBTQ people.

"The level of hatred and vitriol and comments was shocking," said Walt Pahucki, who co-owns MBE Children’s Chapter, the children's bookstore in Montgomery, with his wife, Claire Noorlander-Pahucki. They thought the drag queen story hour would promote literacy, family and fun.

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"It's really concerning for us who have been in the movement and fought so hard for our rights," said Sabatino, a former Yonkers city councilman and vice president of Hudson Valley Stonewall Democrats. "It's really frightening and getting out of control."

Sabatino said people think New York is immune to an anti-LGBTQ wave. "I don't think that's true at all."

Recent events demonstrate the divide here.

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Another switched signs as the crowd grew, the new one declaring the risk of catching "monkeypox" across the street.

Their lying is weaponizing diseases… putting everyone at risk. Diseases or not political they are an equal infector, it doesn’t distinguish between gays and straights. Labeling these diseases as “gay” diseases will cause people not to take proper protection allowing the diseases to spread.

By mid-afternoon, about 40 counter-protesters stood on one side and 20 protesters on the other.

"They are going to throw hate, we are going to throw love," said Luci Windsong-Rain, 74, a transgender woman.