Wow. Who is the real sicko here? Does Mike Detmer, et al, blowing a dog whistle to attack members of the community about a book reading count?
In February of last year students, community leaders, residents, and educators came together to record a reading of “I am Jazz,” a children’s book published in 2014 that was written by Jazz Jennings and Jessica Herthel. The book is based on Jazz’s real-life experiences as a transgendered child.
Now, Mike Detmer and his band of goons are taking to the interwebs in feigned outrage — again — targeting some of the participants in that community project. Painting them as “sickos,” this post encourages its followers to “learn their names and expose them.” There are students — children — who participated in this community project. What exactly is Detmer’s gang trying to accomplish with this post? Inciting more hate toward the diverse members of our community and their champions?
Let’s think about this for a moment.
What if this post was about people of color? Let’s be honest, because not so long ago it was socially acceptable to publicly terrorize people of color.
What if this post was about people with disabilities? Remember when the cognitively impaired were shunned from society, denied education, denied access, and denied basic human rights?
How were the champions of the disabled community treated when advocating for basic human rights for their children and other loved ones? I wonder if they, too, were ever threatened to be “exposed” and called “sickos” for allowing a person of color or impairment to use a toilet?
I think they were and I am so proud of their courage and bravery to stand up for the people they love.
Livingston County mom and educator Kasey Hilton knows all too well about advocating for those she loves; she is a parent of a child with a disability.
“What Detmer seems to forget is that by attacking these human beings and children, he’s attacking and threatening his own voters and children of voters,” Hilton said. “Maybe if he wanted to focus on what to do to keep people safe rather than look for who to attack next, our world and community would be a better place.”
Truer words have never been spoken. I have to wonder if the goal of this campaign is to turn every citizen upon one another?
The thing about embracing diversity is that there is so much more than one type. You cannot acknowledge and affirm one type without acknowledging and affirming them all, which is what diversity is.
The most wonderful part of “I Am Jazz” is when Jazz was scared and her parents said, “Be who you are, we love you no matter what.”
I’d like to think that all of us parents out there have said that to our children at some point, regardless of the circumstances. And if that one small thing is all that weaves us together today, I will accept that very small strand knowing that in the grand scheme of things, we all love our kids.
If not, may I forever be the sicko that will affirm EVERY child’s right to be and to exist, free from the hate and bigotry of those who wish them harm.
“The kids who get to know me usually want to be my friend.” Jazz Jennings, 2014
Mike Detmer has announced his plans to primary state Sen. Lana Theis in the August 2022 Republican primary. Click here for more.
Anyone who wants to put biological males in my daughter’s locker room is a sicko!!! Your story is garbage!!! Mike Detmer for Senate!!!
Mike Detmer’s official response to your fake news Garbage.
I usually don’t respond to nor give credence to the Liberal dribble of the Livingston Post, but this ignorant attack article on me and my team is inexcusable. So, please indulge my response to Stacy Farrell and her editor at the LP in real simple terms that they may or may not understand.
First of all, neither me nor anyone on my team who YOU labeled as “goons” has “targeted those who are different”. Furthermore, in your trash article YOU defined those who are “of color” or “having disabilities” as different. They aren’t different. They are just people. But you Leftists don’t see the world that way. Everyone must fit into your world view by category. And let me remind you LP, that my Son is someone you have defined as “different” because he is deaf. But you know what, my Son is in fact different from you…he is smart, kind, sincere and classifies NO ONE.
No, what this smut article attempted to do was deflect and distract from the fact that one of your own, Jon King, got sacked from WHMI and you are trying to blame me for it. No LP, Jon King got himself fired all by himself. What you are mad about is that my team and I, along with countless Patriots around the area diligently exposed Jon King for who he is and what he has attempted to do. Jon was exposed as a far-left leaning, sycophant activist who relentlessly used his position as a radio personality to shove twisted liberal propaganda like Critical Race Theory and “Transgenderism” down the throats of our K-12 children in our public schools! And when he was exposed, the people of our communities said no more. And by-the-way Livingston Post, “we” are not “the fringe”. We are the majority.
And finally Livingston Post, let me remind you of a promise I made to the people of this area and the entire people of Michigan that YOU made fun of. I promised them a RECKONING and it’s just beginning. And Livingston Post if you are unhappy with what’s going down now, you really won’t like what’s coming, especially when I’m in our State Senate. I’m just getting warmed up!!!
Folks, here is that nasty article if you want to waste two minutes of your life you’ll never get back:
https://thelivingstonpost.com/why-is-detmer-gang-targeting-those-who-are-different/
Sorry fella it’s not ideology, it’s an untruth. But what’s a good campaign without bs drama to get their base riled up and hating people for something that isn’t even happening……
Let’s put the show on the other foot for a sec, why are you targeting Mike? Is it because you don’t accept his ideology?
Or is it because he doesn’t accept your ideology?