Softly, softly, catchee monkey – the alphabet community’s grab for our children

Somewhat naively, a New Zealand commentator thinks there’s nothing wrong with friendly drag queens invading our public libraries to read stories to children. He finds them pretty harmless and totally non-sexual. Apparently, at this stage, these aren’t the obscene, pernicious stories and graphic comics to which the brave Australian Bernard Gaynor has been taking exception, compelling public libraries to withdraw obnoxious reading material now pervasive in children’s libraries across the Tasman. Concerned about the loss of values in modern society, and its consequences, Gaynor has had  the courage to speak up, although today’s virtual totalitarianism ensures that, in some Western countries, questioning the promotion of gay pride (apparently a superior state of being) and Auckland’s Hero Parades – with flamboyant exhibitionism the norm – is hazardous.

However, few would believe that drag queens pushing into our libraries are there for altruistic reasons, reading to children from the goodness of their hearts. Their presence is part of propagandising by the LGBT community. The obvious question is: why do they want to be there?

Why indeed? At this stage, they are treading more carefully – although I am reminded of propagandised books three decades ago, being targeted at children. These included The Day I Met the Queen – not our former Queen – and of a much-promoted gay children’s author, a crude writer with the boy depicted on the cover of one of his books looking more like a female.

Apart from the push of LGBT propaganda into our schools, targeted at vulnerable school children, we would have to be incredibly obtuse not to realise that granting special rights to various sectors of the community goes against important  principles of any democracy. Ours has been undermined in recent years by the promotion of special Maori-only funding and rights. The  University of Auckland  offers special study rooms for Maori and Pasifika descendants. Prior admission to medical school has long been available to those of even tenuous part-Maori descent – with  special advantages also for those studying law.

We have an increasing problem with the promotion of ill-defined ‘hate speech’ as a crime – with much so-called hate speech simply viewpoints that the far-left dislike, particularly because they promote traditional, conservative values, questioning the consequences of fringe activities.

This has now come to a head with the increased push by the LGBT community to transform our traditional white pedestrian crossings into rainbow crossings – although legally a pedestrian crossing has to be white. So the multicoloured ones are not legal crossings at all. To allow LGBT activists to take over our streets and crossings paid for by councils using ratepayers’ money is now contested by many by no means homophobic – even sympathetic to the predicament so many confused people find themselves in  – but recognising that painting rainbow crossings advances the interests of one particular group only – as a useful propaganda tool.

Two groups have tackled this by painting over the crossings, one with white paint. Those involved are now being charged with vandalism by the police who called this action a hate crime and ‘an appalling act of vandalism’. Vandalism, yes, but the extravagant use of ‘appalling’ will remind many of a former police commissioner ordering a police car to be painted in rainbow colours, and encouraging police to wear pink shirts in an LGBT parade  – scandalising many who expect police neutrality with regard to politicised causes, especially when they are by no means invariably quick off the mark protecting the public at large.

The effectiveness of public servants depends on their acting impartially – which neither police nor politicians are regarded as doing. Parliament banning conversion therapy being available to individuals genuinely concerned about their sexual orientation has removed freedom of choice from those questioning alarmist claims of increased mental health problems – even suicide – among those willingly seeking counselling. Liberty is eaten away in small bites.

Reasonable people do not want LGBT people vilified, but don’t think they should be virtually bullying the rest of society, or targeting children – confusing them even further than the way they are unscrupulously being used by those promoting the CO2 global warming scam.

Chesterton believed in asking the man in the street, rather than the hierarchies, if one wants a commonsense reaction. That from so-called ordinary people suggests that they think any actual hate is also directed towards traditional Christian values. And when a commentator asked why Christchurch shouldn’t have a rainbow pedestrian crossing, what is interesting is that respondents overwhelmingly rejected what LGBT groups are trying to impose on communities.

Typical replies were, ‘But why should anyone use our public carriageways and public spaces as a billboard to promote their specific interests?’ And, ‘Pedestrian crossings serve a purpose in relation to pedestrian safety and have nothing to do with sexual proclivity.’ As well as, ‘Why should ratepayers fork out for ideological attempts at normalising their sexual preferences, when the majority don’t want a bar of it?’

All these comments were overwhelmingly supported, a tiny minority only of activists getting minimal support. One well-liked summary was, ‘I don’t care what people are or whom they identify with, and neither do I NEED to know, if it doesn’t affect me or my life…. People can do what they like as long as it is within the law, as far as I am concerned. Just don’t keep pushing it on me or seeking attention. Stop hijacking the rainbow colours and words like gay and queer. Do whatever it is that spins your wheels but stop advertising it at the rest of us all the bloody time. Nobody cares about your life choices: just get on with it and leave everybody else out of it.’

Few doubt that, above all, the move to get access to our children is also behind this whole activist push. However, most parents want their children to be able to grow up, marry, and start a family, rather than have them brainwashed into this possibility being closed off to them.

Unless enough brave people reject the nonsensical ‘hate speech’ accusations and say, ‘Hands off our children’ the drag queens will determinedly reach for them in our libraries, based on, ‘If you do not rush, or if you avoid being too hasty, then eventually you will achieve your goal – in other words, be patient….’