SITUATIONAL ETHICAL LAFFS.
I am a hypocrite. I thought the idea of Archie Andrews getting killed to save the life of gay friend Kevin was silly. But then Rod Dreher walked in...
Nope, nothing overtly political here. Hey, since I was last in Riverdale, they’ve got teen lesbians, one of whom is a "fierce Latina"...
Seems like everybody is gay in pop culture today...
Seriously, it is a fascinating question how two percent of the population can have had such a tectonic effect on a culture, and in such a short time.
...and now I think it's terrific.
P.S. On Twitter, Tristan R. Salazar notes: "That CDC study [Dreher] mentions does peg the number of LGBT in the US at about 2% -- the same percentage as that of Jews in the US, and yet (almost) no one says, 'What's with all the Jewish people in popular culture?'"
UPDATE. "Harumph!" says Jay B in comments. "Gays are one thing, but when did Jews start writing comics?"
Also, how did I forget to include this: