Dear Editor:
RE: Local company receives threats, harassment over planned drag show, Jan. 19.
The article last week about how a business owner who wants to host a drag show was then victimized by a bunch of trolls on Facebook makes for front page news, really?
I can understand why there was a backlash. However, that does not excuse the verbally violent reactions.
Having said that, have you still labelled me a right-wing extremist, with no mind of my own yet? I know Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wouldn’t agree with me!
I’m still compelled to ask why? Why do pretentious displays of worldly grandeur such as a drag show fill some people’s hearts with joy? We should not glorify this hypersexualized demonstration because some think it’s natural.
Does that mean everyone is going to fit this mould, this ideology? Of course not! As a Christian, I know that there are going to be people, including myself, who struggle with the way they were created and the proper use of our bodies. They are called struggles of the flesh, and we all have them, some more than others.
All of this is of course my opinion, driven by my faith in Christ, and I know many will disagree because they don’t see fit to acknowledge God.
However, if I posted this on Twitter or Facebook, would the same sort of backlash come from alternate sympathizers? I should think so, after all, it is the world we live in. When, if ever, have we been able to disagree with people peacefully or civilly?
Doug Vanderveen,
Belwood