Saturday, November 14, 2020

Changing the Culture: When Sitcoms Addressed Homosexuality Properly (Mr. Belvedere)

 I found this episode of Mr. Belvedere on YouTube some time ago.

This sitcom was quite funny, very witty, and charming. This kind of programming we no longer see on television, or even on social media much anymore. Most broadcast television stations have to play reruns of older sitcoms, TV shows that were actually funny.

And which oftentimes conveyed a serious message. Conservatives have to shape the culture in a real way in the United States.



In this episode, Heather Owens falls for a football player named Dwight who is also taking ballet. Every time she wants to make a move, or rather wants him to make a romantic move on her, he doesn't seem keen or interested. He likes to eat, watch sports, or play football. Finally, in frustration, Heather shouts at him: "What's the matter? Are you gay or something?"



The football player is not very bright, and he just assumes that since Heather thinks he might be gay, then he must be gay ... or something. There is a more serious undertone to this scene. Dwight is not interested in girls, throughout the segment to that point. He wants to eat or watch sports. He is not interested in kissing Heather or with making out with her.

Does that make him gay?

Not at all.

However, the plot advances with Dwight exploring his new life as "a homosexual."

At one point, Mr. Belvedere confronts Heather: "What did you do to that boy?"

That kid of a pointed push-back is needed now more than ever. Just because there are men or women who are not actively interested in the opposite sex when they are younger does not mean that they are homosexual. In fact, it's perfectly normal and even beautiful if men and women reach adulthood and choose the single life. There is nothing wrong with that at all.

At the end of the episode, Heather tries to turn Dwight on with erotic dancing on the ballet dance floor. Then Mr. Belvedere comes in, and he gives Dwight some confronting and comforting truth:

"First of all, Dwight, just because somebody tells you something doesn't necessarily mean it's so."

He then shared, "Has it ever occured to you that your lack of interest might mean that you're just not ready? Some people aren't ready for sex at 16. Some aren't ready at 20. The point is people grow and develop according to their own timetable. Sex is a normal, natural thing, but it is not automatic. It takes learning and maturity."



What's really compelling about this scene is that Mr. Belvedere did not try to normalize homosexuality. He did not try to induce the kid to "accept himself." Instead, he pointed out that just because was not sexually active or drawn to Heather, that did not mean that there was something wrong or different about him.

This episode was pretty mature for its time. It's unfortunate that similar kinds of content do not exist in the social media sphere. But there was a time when public media did not allow sexual perversion or profligacy to be commonplace.

And "Mr. Belvedere" was a great sitcom, anyway.

Thursday, November 12, 2020

Report on Arthur Schaper's Bid for State Assembly (Reflection)

This article was released in October 2020, a month before the election.

I was really impressed that the article had some degree of balance to it.

I do not apologize or regret one statement that was written in the article. The reporter actually got some pretty accurate information written about me.

2020 elections: L.A. County’s Assembly races at a glance

 


Al Muratsuchi, Arthur Schaper

District 66: Al Muratsuchi (D) vs. Arthur Schaper (R)

·         The District: District 66 is home to approximately 467,745 people living in Alondra Park, Hermosa Beach, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Racho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Torrance, West Carson, and portions of Gardena, Harbor City and Harbor Gateway. About half of the district is White (46.33%), and the other half is primarily Asian (25.73%) and Latino (21.02%). The remaining residents are are mostly Black (4.84%). Despite a Democratic majority (42.72%), a Republican nominee won the seat in 2014.


·         The Incumbent: Al Muratsuchi (D-Rolling Hills Estates) has a mixed record over the last year, during which he voted for measures that capped rent increases at 5% a year, and forces debt collectors to leave the final $1,724 in bank accounts, but he also voted against bills that allow formerly incarcerated people to serve on juries, and expedited the process to obtain records of police misconduct in criminal trials. He’s received $31,000 in campaign contributions from the Los Angeles Police Protective League, and $37,000 from PORAC, which is the largest statewide law enforcement organization.


It's strange that the reporter spent so much time focusing on how much money and support Al Muratsuchi had receivevd from police officers and police associations. Was the press trying to push the whole "defund the police" narrative, too?


·         The Challenger: Arthur Schaper is running as a Republican, and has only managed to raise around $1,800 dollars for his campaign. Schaper, a supporter of President Donald Trump and a blogger, is against same-sex marriage, transgender bathroom rights, illegal immigration, and sex education in schools, which he claims was “foisted on us by the LGBTQ agenda.”


I    Inthe end, I raised $4,500. So far, I am within two percentage points of the previous GOP contender for this state assembly seat--and he spent $1.5 million! He also had the endorsements of the LA County and the California GOP. They Establishment did nothing for me, and I got nearly the same percentage, and I earned more raw total votes.

    

     I am also pleased to share that I stand by everything that was written in the above paragraph. Yes, I do support Donald Trump. Yes, I am a blogger. I do oppose same-sex "marriage", the notion that confused men deserve to use women's bathrooms and vice versa. This is absolute madness. Since when did we actually think that men could become women, or that we had to trip over ourselves to normalize and embrace this madness?!


    Yes, indeed, I do believe that we should simply remove sex-ed from the government schools, and put the responsibility back in the hands of parents and other local communities (churches, particularly). I don't recall where I stated that sex-ed was "foisted on us by the LGBTQ agenda", however ...

·         The Outlook: In the primaries, Schaper received about half as many votes as Muratsuchi. Additionally the majority of voters in this district are registered Democrats. While not impossible, without the major campaign contributions of his competitor, it seems unlikely that Schaper will be able to overcome Muratsuchi.

It would not  have been impossible to overcome. But hey --- I had to work a job, and I had grassroots support at the most. It was just not going to be the easiest road to hoe. That's life. I am glad that I ran, and perhaps I may run for office again. Who knows?

Final Reflection

The corporate media, including the SoCal News Group, is on its last leg. The Daily Breeze, which was bought up by SoCal News, has moved their headquarters at least two times: first from their flagship headquarters on Torrance Blvd. at the intersection with Palos Verdes Drive.

Then they moved to a set of rooms in a larger corporate building at the corner of Torrance and Hawthorne Bvld. Now they are somewhere in Hermosa Beach, in the same office as the Beach Reporter. Ouch! Oh, how the mighty are fallen!

Monday, November 9, 2020

Montana MassResistance Gets It Done: No BLM Rioting, Voter Fraud

 

Why there were no fears of post-election riots in Montana

Around the country businesses boarded up their windows before election day.

Our Montana MassResistance activists show why things remain calm there!

November 8, 2020
ALT TEXT When hundreds of fanatical Black Lives Matter demonstrators descended on this Montana downtown park, some of the citizens came to make sure that it really was peaceful! [All photos by MassResistance except where noted.]

In cities and towns across America on Nov. 3, people braced for post-election riots and destruction by Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Antifa – a continuation of the violence those groups had been committing for months – which had been threatened by top Democrats. Store owners boarded up their windows. Police were put on alert, and in some places the National Guard was called up.

ALT TEXT Store windows in downtown Boston the day of the election. [Photo: NBCBoston.com]

But not in Montana. Earlier this year, Black Lives Matter and Antifa got a clear message that their brand of intimidation and violence would not work there! Here’s just one story.

On June 6, hundreds of agitated BLM-allied leftists converged on Depot Park in the center of Kalispell, Montana for a so-called “protest.” Kalispell, a small city north of Missoula in the northwest corner of the state, had not seen anything like this before.

Many locals feared that a mob would attempt to deface or destroy the Flathead County Veterans Memorial in the center of the small downtown park, as BLM activists had done to other monuments (particularly those involving military figures) across the country. And neighborhood businesses were on edge.

ALT TEXT Flathead County Veterans Memorial [Photo: WorldWar1Centennial.org]

But when the BLM supporters arrived, the area around the monument was surrounded by dozens of well-armed local citizens. (Montana allows open-carry of firearms without a permit.) And the locals were prepared to also protect the nearby local businesses if necessary.

As a result, everything was peaceful. The leftists got the message! The virtue-signaling local people were surprisingly restrained. They stayed on the side of the street with their signs and banners and didn’t even block traffic. Even the more surly rabble-rousers held back.

Here are photos taken by our Montana MassResistance chapter:

ALT TEXT When the BLM mob showed up at the park, local townspeople were there, too.
ALT TEXT This was the scene in front of the Veterans Memorial.
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ALT TEXT A few of the early BLM arrivals.
ALT TEXT There were a lot of mindless virtue-signalers. When we asked a woman about her sign that said "Against Fascism" she couldn't explain what fascism is.
ALT TEXT The police in Montana aren't exactly "militarized." But ... whatever. [Note the passing pickup truck's message to the demonstrators: "Black Unborn Lives Matter."]
ALT TEXT There were several hundred in the Black Lives Matter crowd, and many of them were quite agitated. But this time they peacefully lined the street around the park and didn't even block traffic.
ALT TEXT Naturally, there were a lot of juvenile signs.
ALT TEXT A view from the back of the crowd.

And the word got around. There haven’t been any Black Lives Matter or Antifa problems in Montana.

How civilized life was intended

This is, of course, what the founders of America intended. Regular citizens who have a stake in the community are supposed to be able to protect themselves and others, especially at times of civil unrest. For most of our history, that’s how things were.

Unfortunately, in most of the country people now continue to live in fear of uncontrolled, lunatic mobs burning and looting buildings, tearing down monuments at will, and even attacking (and sometimes killing) bystanders. People living in fear and insecurity gives power to the Left and elected officials. And to make things even worse, the fake-news media viciously distort legitimate self-defense by citizens. But it’s not what America is all about.

ALT TEXT This was the scene in Boston the night after the election. Rabid "protesters" came and took over the streets. The Governor had to call in the National Guard to keep them from destroying property and looting. {Photo: Boston Herald]

Other attributes in Montana

Montana is quite civilized and normal. This is largely because most citizens are serious about preserving their Constitutional rights. And it’s much more than just self-protection.

They have maintained fair elections: At the polls, voters always had to show their photo ID to cast their ballot. Although this time most counties opted instead to go to mailed-in ballots, local election offices still kept the process clean. (It helped that many Montanans hand-delivered their ballots to election offices, rather than trust the US Mail.)

As a result of having a legitimate process, President Trump won Montana with 57% of the vote, and Republicans won the races for Governor, US Senate, US House, and all the major statewide offices.

We’ll see what happens in the rest of the country …

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Thursday, November 5, 2020

MassResistance Activist Becomes Congresswoman from Georgia!

 

MassResistance activist going to Congress – about to easily win Congressional election in Georgia!

Conservative, pro-family candidate bashed by national liberal media and RINOs.

But she stood tall and charging forward!

November 2, 2020
ALT TEXT Marjorie Taylor Green - a great activist who will be a great member of Congress! Predicted to win by a landslide.

We’re writing this the day before the November 3 election. And we already know Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican, is going to win Georgia’s 14th Congressional district race.

President Trump carried the district by 27 points in 2016. The Republican incumbent (who’s not running for re-election) won his last race in 2018 by 75%-25%. And to top it off, the Democrat in the race has dropped out and moved out of state!

Greene has been personally endorsed by President Trump:

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A great MassResistance activist in Georgia

Two years ago, MassResistance exploded onto the scene by confronting Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) events all over the country. At those events homosexual men dressed as garish women would come to public libraries and read LGBT-themed story books to young children. Their stated goals were to “give kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models” and to encourage young children to “defy rigid gender restrictions.”

In September 2018, our first victory against this terrible indoctrination took place in a very pro-LGBT section of Atlanta, Georgia. A DQSH event was scheduled for the Ponce De Leon Library (which had already hosted one the previous year), but was abruptly cancelled after pressure from outraged MassResistance parents and activists (plus other local citizens).

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After that victory, our team of activists expanded. One of those individuals was Marjorie Greene.

In early 2019, working with other activists in Fulton County (where Atlanta is located), Greene helped protest against other DQSH programs, including one at the public library in Alpharetta, Georgia where she lived.

She videoed the bizarre Drag Queen presentation at the Alpharetta event, and during the video demanded that the library assistant manager explain why they were hosting an event that contradicted truth and the religious faith of the taxpayers. She introduced the video saying:

“I’m waiting for my friends that are here with MassResistance. You guys can look up MassResistance, it’s a group that tries to stand up against this brainwashing of our children.”

She then posted something clearly true – which angered liberals:

“Trans does not mean gender change, it just means a gender refusal and gender pretending! Truth is truth, it is not a choice!!!”

Greene did much more than that. She was also influential in working with our Georgia MassResistance chapter leader at the time, Noelle, when our activists were confronting the Fulton County Board of Commissioners to enact policies to make sure that Drag Queen Story Hour and similar programs would not come back to the county again.

A year later, Marjorie Greene was running for Congress in the 14th Congressional district, the most conservative Republican district in the state.

ALT TEXT She's outspoken and unafraid!

Vicious attacks from the left - and from RINOs

Marjorie Taylor Greene is a real pro-family conservative and is unafraid to say so.

She also has bold positions supporting Israel, the Second Amendment, and the border wall - and she publicly opposes socialism, illegal immigration, Antifa, Sharia Law, and the “deep state” control of the government and people’s lives. Plus she really means it, unlike a lot of GOP candidates.

Because of all that, her strong candidacy for Congress has ignited both the Left and the establishment RINO Republicans. The reaction from both sides has been an unhinged emotional hysteria. Since winning her primary, she has been a target of vicious attacks on a national level from both factions.

Absurd attack articles have shown up in the left-wing Washington PostPoliticoThe New YorkerNPRNew York TimesThe Guardian, and others, including, of course, the extremist and widely discredited Southern Poverty Law Center.

Not to be outdone, National Review editor Rich Lowry devoted one of his syndicated columns to childishly bashing Marjorie Greene. The supposedly conservative Daily Caller did a nasty hit piece. And the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) – which has become shamelessly pro-establishment in recent years – announced that it refuses to endorse her.

(It hasn’t all been bad. She has also gotten some conservative support online that’s fun to read.)

All of these attacks are full of outright lies, distortions, and misinformation. It is reminiscent of the lies and hatred directed at Judge Roy Moore when he looked as though he would become a US Senator from Alabama. If nothing else, this shows what the true conservative movement is up against.

What they’re falsely accusing her of …

Here’s a quick catalog of irrational and grossly misleading things that the Left and RINOs are attacking Marjorie Taylor Greene with:

  • Anti-Semitism. This is mostly based on Greene’s statements that George Soros is an enemy of America. The Left (and even the RJC!) is claiming that because Soros is ethnically Jewish and is considered by the Left to be a Holocaust survivor, that is anti-Semitic. But as a teenager during the Nazi occupation of Hungary, Soros helped the Nazis confiscate Jewish property. He later described that as the “happiest time of my life.” He then left Hungary by impersonating a Christian. He now funds numerous anti-Israel and anti-American political activities.
  • QAnon “conspiracy theorist.” QAnon has become something that enflames the Left and RINOs more than almost anything. It basically appears to be a forum with posts from an anonymous person or group who might be government officials. They discuss the “deep state” and its increasing control of the government and our lives. It supports President Trump. The mainstream media constantly try to portray it as an insane right-wing conspiracy. (These are the same people who relentlessly pursued the Russia Conspiracy hoax.) They search for postings by others in the forum who are not part of QAnon but might say something considered “extremist.” They use those postings to falsely “link” QAnon to a range of incendiary topics such as anti-Semitism, Pizza-gate, cannibalism, etc.
  • Ties to so-called “hate groups.” These groups are actually mainstream conservative organizations like Alliance Defending Freedom, MassResistance, Gun Owners of America, and other Second Amendment groups. And any truly “fringe” group that happens to endorse or even compliment Greene is then claimed to be “tied” to her – a common sleaze tactic of the Left.
  • Racist. Greene has said that blacks and Hispanics are often held back by “gangs and drug dealing.” This is in fact a terrible problem in many minority communities. A huge culprit is the collection of destructive “feel-good” liberal government policies that only make the problems worse. To call this “racist” is a horrible lie – but that’s how the Left reacts to criticism.

Marjorie Greene continues to stand tall!

We’re proud of Marjorie Taylor Green for standing up for her beliefs and not backing down after the vicious attacks on her. She will clearly be a force to be reckoned with in Congress – maybe even a leader of a pro-family version of the so-called “Squad.”

For example, here’s her Twitter answer to Rich Lowry. And that’s just for starters!

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We’re hoping that more of our MassResistance activists follow in her footsteps!

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