Tag Archives: Stonewall

Gay Pride Month and the ‘Shot Heard Round the World’

Posted on June 16, 2017 by David E Smith
Quick quiz: According to statements published by the U.S. government, where was the shot fired that was “heard round the world”? Lexington and Concord, you say? Good answer — but you’re only halfway there...
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Stolen Valor and the Campaign to Normalize Homosexuality

Posted on July 1, 2016 by David E Smith
On Friday, June 24, President Barack Obama designated a new national monument at the site of the Stonewall uprising in New York City “to honor the broad movement for LGBT equality”. This was just the latest in a series of speeches and actions on the part of his administration to define down–if not obliterate–any notions of sexual deviance. Worse, to now even memorialize and celebrate it.
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Obama Inaugural Speech: The Audacity of a Bad Analogy

Posted on January 22, 2013 by David E Smith

No, the title of this piece is not referring to President Barack Obama’s “say what?” comparison of individual action to muskets and militia:

For the American people can no more meet the demands of today’s world by acting alone than American soldiers could have met the forces of fascism or communism with muskets and militias. 

Yes, it should trouble Americans of every political stripe to hear that Obama apparently views individualism and bootstrap independence as outmoded, ineffectual means of “meeting the demands of today’s world,” but the analogy to which the title refers is Obama’s audacious (as in demonstating …

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