The latest episode of Rachel Maddow's Ultra is such a frustrating reminder that the scapegoating of queer lives has always been a huge part of how fascistic leaders gain and sustain power (in this case, McCarthy, a man who collaborated with German extremists *after* WWII, and for years successfully pathologized and suppressed pluralist democracy in US gov't and society).
Poor Buddy Hunt.
Poor, brave Lester Hunt.
Democracy has always been so fragile.
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https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/rachel-maddow-presents-ultra/season-2-episode-6-pressure-rcna162986
@MLClark Heartbreaking.
The father's love for his son comes through so clearly in that story, too. He didn't repudiate his son for actions inconsistent with heterosexual society. He protected him even by insisting unto his suicide that this had nothing to do with Buddy at all. What love.
@MLClark Yes! I did not cry at all. Nope. Not a single tear.
OH GOOD.
Then they definitely weren't matched by the tears that most certainly didn't well up in my eye sockets either!
So good to talk non-existent things with you this fine morn!