For a group of people constantly angry about the so-called LGBTQ "agenda," conservatives sure do seem to have a penchant for politicizing everything they possibly can in order to spin their anti-LGBTQ one.
Take, for example, far-right Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, for whom even Father's Day can't just be left well enough alone.
Rather than, say, honoring her father like a normal person, Boebert used the holiday as an opportunity to lash out at trans and non-binary people with a snide and mocking tweet.
Happy Father’s Day to all the non-birthing people.— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1624212156.0
Boebert's tweet was in reference to proponents of inclusive language for trans and non-binary people, who have for example suggested using terminology like "people who menstruate" instead of "women" in order to be inclusive of transgender and non-binary people in medical settings.
Such terms have caused much consternation among conservatives and even some liberals like author of the Harry Potter series J.K. Rowling, who has claimed such terminology erases cisgender women's marginalization.
Boebert has a long-standing obsession with with other people's gender identity. She's previously mocked gender identity by tweeting that her preferred pronoun is "patriot" and musing whether Disney will one day change the iconic Star Wars line to "Luke, I am your parent" instead of "father."
To be more inclusive will Disney change Darth Vader's iconic line to, "Luke, I am your parent"?— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1614444833.0
And apparently for Boebert nothing says "Happy Father's Day" like mocking a marginalized group--during Pride Month, no less--that is routinely murdered in cold blood.
Just six months into the year, 2021 is shaping up to be the deadliest on record for transgender people, according to the Human Rights Campaign. As of June 14, there have been 28 documented murders of transgender people this year--more than were killed in an entire twelve-month period for the previous six years.
That death toll has skyrocketed at the same time as conservative politicians countrywide, often with the explicit support of federal-level politicians like Boebert, have waged an all-out assault on transgender people and transgender children in particular.
On Twitter, people were definitely weirded out by Boebert choosing Father's Day to trot out her strange gender-identity obsession--and they dragged her to filth for it.
@laurenboebert Can you be a normal human being just once?— MrStinkyBooG (@MrStinkyBooG) 1624212488.0
@laurenboebert You can’t even say happy Father’s Day without politicizing it.— Ryan Frieden (@Ryan Frieden) 1624217957.0
@laurenboebert Are you actually wishing people who’ve adopted children and gay couples - a happy Father’s Day? (The… https://t.co/lW58NrEdJL— Nic (@Nic) 1624216105.0
@laurenboebert My 6 year old adopted daughter laughs at your inability to act like an adult.— K.C. Banks - Chronic Re-Tweeter (@K.C. Banks - Chronic Re-Tweeter) 1624218967.0
@laurenboebert That makes no sense at all - as expected. 😂😂😂— Dr. Jo Kujo (@Dr. Jo Kujo) 1624212302.0
Serious question: What is wrong with you? https://t.co/DukcTP6I9n— Red (@Red) 1624220890.0
My god you’re stupid https://t.co/f1lktrKc4k— M-A.StayFuckin’Legit🖕🇨🇦☘️🔥 (@M-A.StayFuckin’Legit🖕🇨🇦☘️🔥) 1624225775.0
Others gave a sarcastic "Happy Father's Day" salute to Boebert's husband, and father of her four sons, Jayson, a convicted sex offender who exposed himself to underage girls in a bowling alley in 2004.
@laurenboebert Happy father's day to all those who haven't flashed their junk to teens at a bowling ally.— T. witter's ucking me again. (@T. witter's ucking me again.) 1624212648.0
Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there who have never been arrested for showing their dicks to minors while th… https://t.co/TwM9JO59JX— Dara Does Deep State, Esq. (@Dara Does Deep State, Esq.) 1624216883.0
@laurenboebert Boebert’s future husband, Jayson, also had brushes with law enforcement. In January 2004, he was arr… https://t.co/FWXX8wj5IC— Tina Henderson (@Tina Henderson) 1624217813.0
Jayson Boebert pled guilty to charges of public indecency and lewd exposure stemming from that incident, and served a four-day jail sentence two years on probation.