Currently, in the Philadelphia suburb of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, there is a controversy involving the display of a "Pride" flag on government property on June 1 to commemorate the so-called "Pride" month. In doing so, local politicians made a unilateral decision to impose their morality and beliefs on a community. Yet, there is no need for this flag to be on any government property especially since it doesn t represent everyone s values.
Johnny, Get Your Gun?
April 21, 2021
I’ve never been a gun person. i didn’t grow up around them.
I was never particularly interested in them. Furthermore, the culture around guns or at least the stereotypical American gun culture, as I perceived it is something I always found off-putting: aggressive, maximalist, militaristic, even fetishistic.
My own admittedly skewed preconception of gun culture is personified in a photo from the horrible events on January 6: A man standing alone, Trump flag draped over his shoulder and assault rifle slung across his chest. He’s wearing a tactical vest with a gas mask dangling from his neck. But the part that will haunt me forever is that he chose to complete that outfit with shorts and sandals.