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Mike Parson (r) clutches his pearls…again

22 Sunday Jan 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri Governor, social media

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bigot, Columbia, drag show, gaslighting, governor, Mike Parson, missouri, right wingnut, social media

Mike Parson (r) [2022 file photo}.

Friday afternoon:

Governor Mike Parson @GovParsonMO
We are deeply concerned about reports that Columbia middle school students were subjected to adult performers during what is historically a MLK Day celebration. This is unacceptable.
3:48 PM · Jan 20, 2023

It was a drag show, asshole. You know, individuals in fancy costumes lip-synching show tunes.

He continued:

Governor Mike Parson @GovParsonMO
Parents weren’t clearly informed of the contents of the program, and adult performances are not diversity. Columbia Public Schools should focus on educational experiences that prioritize math, reading, writing, science, and history, which parents expect and demand for their kids.
3:48 PM · Jan 20, 2023

Some of the responses:

Let the locally elected SCHOOL BOARD deal with it! You have bigger issues to deal with. I was subjected to Bob Hope & Danny Kaye in drag as a child. It didn’t change my sexual orientation & I expect you saw them too. This hysteria you are stoking is wrong.

It wasn’t that long ago that DJT was motor boating Rudy Giuliani in drag.
[….]

Why are you doing this? You are spreading a lie for political gain.

Remember when Milton Berle, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Flip Wilson, Harvey Korman, Tom Hanks, Dana Carvey, Robin Williams, Jamie Farr all dressed as women and it didn’t make you want to be a transgender woman?

We are deeply concerned that the GOP pass laws forcing girls to give birth to babies, grant her rapists rights over the child, keep or make child marriage legal, refuse to prosecute or sentence rapists or test rape kits. Groomers are family, priests, coaches not drag performers.

Sure, just lie and gaslight

Did you ask what they were from the school or are you only listen to people who saw nothing.

I know that you’re a politician and used to lying but come on.

“Columbia Public Schools invited students to attend the event, according to parents posting on social media sites such as Facebook. Parents were required to fill out a permission slip.”

Absolutely every single bit of this is a lie and you know it

They were informed. The event was listed on the permission slip. The event website had all the details. Parent’s responsibility to confirm everything about the events they are GIVING PERMISSION that their kids can attend.

I really want to dissect what exactly made this an “adult performance”. There was dancing and lip syncing to family friendly songs, so what exactly makes this adult content?

You’re losing it, Chief.

You and the @MissouriGOP are the embarrassment #MAGAMorons

What was adult or offensive about the performance? There are plenty of videos. Show us what you object to specifically. Parents signed off on their kids attending the event and anyone who looked at the public information for the event knew there would be family-friendly drag.

What do you mean by “adult performers”? Are the performers supposed to be only children?

Or is it that they were drag, and you’re trying to use a euphemism to hide your bigotry?

That’s right wingnut framing for you.

Wow, this was really confusing. I thought you meant that the performers should be children/students and instead adults performed. Goodness gracious, learn to explain things. And there is no problem with this in any way!!!

This is a local control issue, not a state issue. The correct process is for parents who believe there was an issue to contact their school board directors. Parents have more influence and control at the local level when we let these systems work.

They had to sign permission slips, also what about 3 drag performers *dressed modestly* is “adult entertainment”?

You will just use this gaslighting to further your agenda of dismantling public education anyway.

So was it Ms Doubtfire?

are these adult performers in the room with us now?

Busy day? I know Missouri public schools are short of funds. Maybe you should focus on that.

When I think you’ve finally hit Rock bottom you manage to scratch and crawl your way deeper. You are gaslighting for your repulsive base. You have no legacy remaining other than a liar.

I am more concerned that Missouri continues to be a national embarrassment.

So I have done family friendly improv performances for decades. Many in Public schools. We played women characters regularly, even wearing wigs and dresses. We were applauded regularly for our “clean” humor. Is that now unacceptable?

Why don’t you just think of it as a skit with the characters in costume?
Now don’t you feel better?

Bingo!

Lol, ok dude.

“… reports that …” is pretty vague. Does that mean you posted this before investigating said reports and therefore cannot comment on specifics?

3 fully clothed drag queens. Nothing inappropriate unless you are a hateful bigot.

Imagine being an adult and taking everything your Grandma claims happened on Facebook or forwards you in an email seriously and at face value.

Now imagine you are also in the Governor’s office in a State of 6 million people.

Terrifying.

Transphobic Governor clutches pearls.

You know what’s unacceptable Governor Hee Haw?? That I have fewer rights than I did when you took office. That the MO House argued over what women wear. That you rednecks are terrorizing children over their pronouns. That MO is FORTY NINTH in school funding. Those are REAL issues

No you aren’t.

You’re happy to be presented some distraction politics.

Bingo!

Spare us your ludicrous outrage.

Calm down. Good grief.

Don’t you have anything better to do than try to stir up trouble with lies?

It was probably ANTIFA! Right governor?

Probably sarcasm Right?

Read a book, get a life.

Well, more than one.

I am deeply concerned that you are the exact opposite of what MLK lived and died for. Don’t use his name to spread your hatred.

It wasnt adult entertainment. It was just men dressed as women, singing songs.

Your hyperbole is showing your hate. [….]

“Adult performers”… So, like, actors?

Children see more half-naked adults during football games, my Guy. Ban cheerleaders & shirtless Midwestern drunks covered in red and gold paint, & then we can talk about what performances you consider too “adult” for children to see.

In 2023, this passes for what the Governor of the State of Missouri attends to.

Squirrel!

Are you deeply concerned when school football players dress up like cheerleaders for funny skits at their school events? Or the girls dress up like the boys football team? If not, why not?

Because, football.

Who is the “we” you reference? I think most Missourians are worried about actual problems. The Columbia BOE can handle any concerns their parents have.

We are deeply concerned that Missouri children are forced to give birth to their rapist’s baby.
We are deeply concerned about children being gunned down at school.

You are deeply concerned about costumes.
Thoughts and prayers, girl.

[2022 file photo]

JD Leathers (D) – candidate in the 4th Congressional District – Boone County – June 6, 2021

07 Monday Jun 2021

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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4th Congressional District, Boone County, Columbia, JD Leathers, missouri

“…It’s time to have an advocate in Congress from our district – someone who grew up in this district, who’s proud to be from this district, and who will come back, not just to campaign…”

JD Leathers (D) – candidate in the 4th Congressional District.

The Boone County Democratic Central Committee held a picnic fundraiser in Cosmo-Bethel Park yesterday afternoon in Columbia.

JD Leathers, a candidate in the 4th Congressional District, addressed the crowd:

https://showmeprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/JDLeathers4thCongCandidateBooneCountyDemsColMo060621.mp3

…We need people that we can believe in that inspire us and we need people who are one of us, who know our own struggles. I came from a decent, good family. But we struggled my whole life, like nearly everyone does. It’s a common struggle and that need to change. It should not be a struggle just to get to the age of twenty, to get to the age of forty, to get to retirement. It shouldn’t be a struggle. We’re all struggling [….] It’s not pull yourself, it’s pull up all of us. We’re a community, we’re a village, we’re a family…

JD Leathers (D) – candidate in the 4th Congressional District.

Previously:

Boone County Democrats – Picnic in the Park – Columbia, Missouri – June 6, 2021 (June 6, 2021)

Rep. David Tyson Smith (D-45) – Boone County Democrats – June 6, 2021

07 Monday Jun 2021

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House

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45th Legislative District, Boone County, Columbia, David Tyson Smith, General Assembly, missouri

“…Not only are these bills [in the General Assembly] oppressive, but a lot of them are absurd…”

Missouri Representative David Tyson Smith (D-45).

The Boone County Democratic Central Committee held a picnic fundraiser in Cosmo-Bethel Park yesterday afternoon in Columbia.

Missouri Representative David Tyson Smith (D-45).

State Representatives David Tyson Smith (D-45) addressed the crowd:

https://showmeprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/RepDavidTysonSmithColMo060621.mp3

…The Republicans have realized that if everybody votes they can’t win. Okay. That’s a reality. They know that if everybody votes they can’t win elections. And so they’ve been using the Trump lie, about the stolen election, to justify these outrageous bills that they’re trying to move through the legislature…

Missouri Representative David Tyson Smith (D-45).

Previously:

Boone County Democrats – Picnic in the Park – Columbia, Missouri – June 6, 2021 (June 6, 2021)

Boone County Democrats – Picnic in the Park – Columbia, Missouri – June 6, 2021

06 Sunday Jun 2021

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Boone County Democrats, Columbia, missouri, picnic

The Boone County Democratic Central Committee held a picnic fundraiser in Cosmo-Bethel Park this afternoon in Columbia. It was warm and humid, still with an occasional breeze.

Approximately 100 individuals attended. Four U.S. Senate candidates and one candidate in the 4th Congressional worked the crowd and then spoke as part of the program. State Representatives David Tyson Smith (D-45) and Martha Stevens (D-46) also addressed those in attendance.

Scott Sifton (D) – candidate for U.S. Senate.

Entertainment:

Gabe Meyer.

“End gun violence.”

Tim Shepard (D) – candidate for U.S. Senate.

Missouri Representative David Tyson Smith (D-45).

Jewel Kelly (D) – candidate for U.S. Senate.

“Shut up about the horse race…”

Uh, yep.

“The future is female.”

It certainly is.

My favorite unposted image of the year – June 30, 2018 – Columbia, Missouri

30 Sunday Dec 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in meta, Resist

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#resist, Columbia, immigration, meta, missouri, photo, protest, retrospective

June was a very busy month.

“Solidarity” – June 30, 2018

F 5.0, 1/640, ISO 200, 200 mm.

We shoot hundreds of frames when we cover an event. This image was not included in our original coverage.

Again, I learned online of an organized rally and march on immigration to be held in front of the Boone County Courthouse in Columbia, Missouri, midday on June 30, 2018. I made the drive to Columbia, arrived early, and found a parking spot north of the courthouse.

It was hot. So much so that early arrivals staked out spots in nearby building shade and under trees on the courthouse grounds.

Did I mention it was hot?

These two women were at the front of the crowd of around five hundred individuals listening and reacting to rally speakers on the courthouse steps.

Previously:

Families Belong Together – Columbia, Missouri – June 30, 2018 (July 1, 2018)

The Political Year in Pictures – 2018 – part 1 (December 28, 2018)

The Political Year in Pictures – 2018 – part 2 (December 28, 2018)

The Political Year in Pictures – 2018 – part 3 (December 28, 2018)

The Political Year in Pictures – 2018 – part 4 (December 28, 2018)

Our top ten traffic posts in 2018 (December 29, 2018)

My favorite image of the year – June 22, 2018 – Overland Park, Kansas (December 29, 2018)

Families Belong Together – Columbia, Missouri – June 30, 2018

01 Sunday Jul 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Resist

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children, Columbia, concentration camps, Donald Trump, immigration, missouri, protest, Resist

On Saturday morning approximately 500 individuals attended the Families Belong Together rally and march which started in front of the Boone County Courthouse in Columbia, Missouri. The event was one of around 700 rallies and marches held across the country yesterday in opposition to Donald Trump’s (r) policies of separating immigrant children from their parents and placing them in concentration camps.

“Caring” – June 30, 2018

“How would you feel…?” – June 30, 2018

“Love resists” – June 30, 2018

Organizers from campaigns and the “No on Propisition A” (opposed to “right to get paid less”) campaign worked the crowd.

“Amnesty is not illegal” – June 30, 2018

“History will remember” – June 30, 2018

The jury is still out on that in Donald Trump’s (r) America.

Reverend Sarah Klaassen, Rock Bridge Christian Church, Columbia, Missouri – June 30, 2018

There were a number of speakers at the rally.

“Families belong together” – June 30, 2018

“Cruelty is not strength” – June 30, 2018

“Resist” – June 30, 2018

And then they marched.

Activism is about showing up, registering to vote, getting the vote out, and voting.

#resist

Previously:

That was so last century (June 30, 2018)

The triumph of privatization (June 30, 2018)

The triumph of privatization

30 Saturday Jun 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Resist

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children, Columbia, concentration camps, Donald Trump, immigration, missouri, protest, Resist

At this morning’s Families Belong Together rally in front of the Boone County Courthouse in Columbia, Missouri:

“Trump hotels” – June 30, 2018

Someone is making more money, right?

Previously:

That was so last century )June 30, 2018)

That was so last century

30 Saturday Jun 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Resist

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#resist, children, Columbia, concentration camps, Donald Trump, immigration, missouri, protest

At this morning’s Families Belong Together rally in front of the Boone County Courthouse in Columbia, Missouri:

The New Colossus.

Not in Donald Trump’s (r) America.

Rally and March in Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018 – part 2

21 Sunday Jan 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Resist

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#resist, Columbia, missouri, protest, Trump

“Resist” – Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

On Saturday afternoon in Columbia somewhere close to two thousand people (the organizers’ head count was over 1600) gathered at the amphitheater in the Courthouse Square in Columbia, Missouri for a rally and march to commemorate last year’s Women’s March and to protest Donald Trump, his administration, and his republican enablers.

At the rally:

Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

“ReSisters” – Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

Teach your children well:

“Vision” – Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

“Don’t do bad anymore” – Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

“Future” – Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

“Peace” – Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

“Unfit” – Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

“Trust Women” – Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

“Love your neighbor” – Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

“Blind” – Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

“End the war on the poor” – Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

“Cadence” – Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

“Love trumps hate”- Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

“Generations” – Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

“Working” – Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

Previously:

Rally and March in Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018 (January 20, 2018)

Rally and March in Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018 – Valérie Berta-Torales (January 21, 2018)

Rally and March in Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018 – Valérie Berta-Torales

21 Sunday Jan 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Resist

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Tags

Columbia, missouri, Resist, Trump, Valérie Berta-Torales

Valérie Berta-Torales – Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018.

Valérie Berta-Torales spoke in Columbia, Missouri at yesterday’s rally and march to commemorate last year’s Women’s March and to protest Donald Trump, his administration, and his republican enablers.

Just watch the whole thing:

[Video by Jerry Schmidt]

Previously:

Rally and March in Columbia, Missouri – January 20, 2018 (January 20, 2017)

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