Two notable events today: The NYC Pride Parade and Mel Brooks’ 100th birthday. In my mind they tie together nicely.<\/p>\n
The Pride Parade was an hours long celebration, mostly of young people, that marched down Fifth Avenue right outside my window. It was not merely celebratory. It was also a pointed refutation of fascism.<\/p>\n
Some participants were actually carrying a giant banner that said “REFUSE FASCISM”. I have rarely been prouder of my fellow New Yorkers.<\/p>\n
This is what true patriotism looks like — people standing up to bullies and affirming the only things that are actually great about America: Its ideals of freedom and equality and its celebration of the joyful diversity of our great nation.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Mel Brooks has spent the better part of a century poking fun at self-important fools who try to dictate how other people should live their lives, and just end up looking like idiots. As you’ve probably noticed, some of those fools are currently taking a wrecking ball to our nation’s capital.<\/p>\n
On the one hand, young people just starting out in life, and on the other hand, a 100 year old comic genius. And between them one clear message: Don’t let incompetent idiots succeed in ruining our world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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