Sing a Simple Song of Essential Freedom

Dana Millbank at the Washington Post:

"Last week in North Hampton, N.H., the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, Don Bolduc, gave his supporters some hair-raising information.

“Guess what? We have furries and fuzzies in classrooms,” Bolduc informed them, according to audio obtained by CNN. “They lick themselves, they’re cats. When they don’t like something, they hiss.” A hissing sound could be heard in the room. “And get this,” he went on. “They’re putting litter boxes, right? Litter boxes for that.”

“I wish I was making it up,” the GOP nominee said.

Bolduc was making it up.

He was repeating an absurd online conspiracy, endlessly debunked, that public schools are accommodating kids who identify as cats by providing them with litter boxes as toilet alternatives. No amount of discrediting prevents it from being asserted as fact by, among others, Republican gubernatorial nominees Scott Jensen of Minnesota and Heidi Ganahl of Colorado, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and right-wing influencer Joe Rogan."

I never dehumanize people I disagree with. I take pity on the few who are truly delusional but most of the time it’s easy to discern that some tell outrageous and immoral lies to obtain power, prestige,or money. They are not good representatives of anyone. They are not good neighbors, businesspeople, mentors, friends, teachers, spiritual guides, medical professionals, parents, siblings or spouses either.

That is all for this brief newsletter, as I think it’s an essential point:

Always vote against people who do this. It’s simple, clear and excellent advice. We have better choices. Choose them.

We are good people and require good people to represent us. We have plenty of difficult problems to overcome as a nation to waste time on people who treat us like we’re stupid.