And, of course…
When the home of Nikki Joly burned down in 2017, killing five pets, the FBI investigated it as a hate crime.
Uh huh.
After all, the transgender man and gay rights activist had received threats after having a banner year in this conservative town.
In the prior six months, he helped open the city’s first gay community center, organized the first gay festival and, after 18 years of failed attempts, helped lead a bruising battle for an ordinance that prohibits discrimination against gays.
For his efforts, a local paper named him the Citizen of the Year.
But, then….
Authorities later determined the fire was intentionally set, but the person they arrested came as a shock to both supporters and opponents of the gay rights movement. It was the citizen of the year — Nikki Joly.
Gee… Sound like anyone else we know of? Or actually, more like several somebody’s?
Billy Beck who was on fire today by the way asks a very pertinent question:
Why is this not certifiable pathology by now?
The answer I suspect has to do with the idea of the first it has to be declared an illness for there to be a pathology developed for it.
Which in turn of course would mean that we’d have to reverse the previous rulings that it is not a mental illness we’re dealing with here.
