Hey Republicans: Stop Hiding Behind Your Children!

An open letter to the grand old party of hypocrisy and B.S.

Jeremy Helligar
4 min readMay 19, 2023
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You people are all bluster and bravado these days, but as always, it’s only an act. You love to talk tough like your patron saint John Wayne, like America today is still the Wild Wild West and you’re riding in on white horses to save it and make it great again. In reality, though, you’re just a bunch of cowards.

You’re afraid of immigrants (specifically, brown-skinned ones) because they’ll rape your children and get them hooked on drugs. You’re afraid of Black people because they’ll make your children feel guilty. You’re afraid of books and cartoons because they’ll corrupt your children. You’re afraid of trans student athletes (particularly the girls) because they’ll embarrass your children on the playing field. You’re afraid of gay people because they’ll groom your children. Now you’re even afraid of drag queens. Drag queens! When is the last time you saw a drag queen storming into a Walmart fondling a AR-15–style rifle and out for blood?

You’re terrified of pretty much everything, like the “snowflakes” you are, but you’d never admit it. Instead, you’ll hide behind your kids. Everything you do (including rescinding a woman’s right to choose), as you’ll scream to whomever will listen, you’re doing for the…

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Jeremy Helligar
Jeremy Helligar

Written by Jeremy Helligar

Brother Son Husband Friend Loner Minimalist World Traveler. Author of “Is It True What They Say About Black Men?” and “Storms in Africa” https://rb.gy/3mthoj

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