'MAGA stands for trying to erase Trans people from existence. MAGA stands for resegregation and racism.'
I'm sure many of you saw the video already, but I still wanted to give a shout out to former NFL player Chris Kluwe who arrested during a Huntington Beach City Council meeting last week. Kluwe, a former pro football punter, who played for the Seahawks, Minnesota Vikings, and The Oakland Raiders. has long spoken out about social issues.
Kluwe attended Tuesday’s meeting to protest a proposed MAGA acrostic plaque outside of the Central Library for the library’s 50th anniversary. After his anti-MAGA speech, Kluwe stated that he would now engage in the time-honored American tradition, peaceful civil disobedience.
Kluwe was then held by several police offers and carried out of the council chambers and arrested. Activism certainly isn't new to Kluwe, who appeared on the cover of OUT Magazine back in 2012 in support of gay marriage and equality. It was hopeful to see Kluwe, as well as Jane Fonda at the SAG awards, speaking truth to power with all the shit currently going on by the orange idiot and his cult followers. Things are only going to get worse, and as Fonda reminded us, there's no need to wait to stand up and protest as we're already in a very bad place.
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