How silly are the culture wars becoming in the ºüÀêÊÓƵ region? This silly: A mother who noticed a clerk at a St. Charles City-County library wearing makeup and nail polish — and, um, a goatee — launched a protest of the “inappropriate†sight that drew more than 30 supporters and about 60 counter-protesters.
As reported by the Post-Dispatch’s Daniel Neman, the drama outside a branch of the library last week began when the mother noticed the clerk working in the children’s section while she was there with her 4-year-old son. She took to social media to describe the clerk as being “dressed in drag.â€
That usually refers to full-out women’s clothing on men, not just some lipstick and rouge or whatever. But “drag†— like “woke†and “critical race theory†— has become another fury-stoking phrase the political right throws around to rally against, if not always accurately define. The fury is the point.
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What’s ironic is that there truly is something to be furious about regarding Missouri’s libraries. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s new rule quietly went into effect Tuesday requiring public libraries across the state to file papers with him outlining their policies to protect children from some vaguely defined risk of obscenity. They risk losing state funding otherwise.
Hmm...a goatee-and-mascara fashion faux pas, versus the fact that Missouri now has an official state censor. And almost 100 people clashed outside a St. Charles library last week over which of these?