Lizzo the Pied Piper
Popular musician Lizzo - a classically trained flautist and Black woman - was allowed by the Library of Congress to play a 200+ year old crystal flute once owned by former President James Madison.
In one of the stupider controversies lately, many conservative pundits lost their minds. They seemed to think this somehow desecrates American history.
Just like the Pied Piper, Lizzo’s flute playing drew out the awful people like rats.
Likely many of the same people who were upset at Disney casting a Black woman as Ariel in their live action Little Mermaid film.
There’s probably even a common thread between the two… sigh. 🙄
History Rhymes
As Putin justifies his invasion with talk of unifying his people, protecting the “oppressed” in the Donbas region, it starts to sound similar to echoes of the past. Just noting that appeasement didn’t work out so well back then.
