“All we are saying is let us also be reflected in history accurately,” Democratic state Senate member Sheila Kuehl said.
The question that leaps to mind is, “Why?”
“You could study James Baldwin’s novels and they say James Baldwin was an African-American writer, but they could say he was an African-American gay writer,” Kuehl said.
Oh. I see.
Does this mean that we’ll need to include a footnote for all of the heterosexual historical figures? I guess we’ll have to call Martha Washington “George’s female life partner” or something.
Perhaps we could take that to the next level. I think that if we “need to know” with whom our famous authors, inventors, and politicians were sleeping, we should know how they installed their rolls of toilet paper. I want to know whether they favored over the top like most of the western world, or if they were members of that downtrodden minority who pulled their tissue from underneath.
Isn’t this just a bit much?
Once we head down this slippery slope, we’ll find that it is equally ridiculous for NASCAR fans to demand to include a record in the history books describing which of our contemporary historical figures hate Jeff Gordon. (I had to ask someone who the most hated driver in NASCAR was. They laughed when I told them why.)
Let’s put this one to rest. Quickly.
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