Odds and ends
Full-length posting around here has been light lately, I know.
Here’s why. I’ve resigned from my 20-year job as Executive Director of Funeral Consumers Alliance. FCA is a nonprofit organization that helps grieving families avoid being overcharged, helps them plan funerals that are affordable, and that speaks for the interests of consumers before national regulators.
Why? I’m being cancelled. Because of the show Disaffected, because of this Substack. Because I am not woke. Because I will not call men women. Because I will not worship the race baiters of Black Lives Matter. Because I correctly point out that woke hard-left women are running our culture right into the ground.
Naturally, woke, hard-left women (yes, my friends, every one of my persecutors known to me is a woman, many of whom were colleagues until they turned on me this month) bite like asps when they’re seen and recognized.
There are also very good, dedicated people volunteering their time to keep the FCA on course through this. They do not deserve the way they have been treated, either. They are in an impossible situation. I am glad to say that the national board, to whom I answer, and I, have come to a mutually agreeable departure plan. The organization does good work, and I support its core mission.
I’ll have more details for you when the time is right.
Right now, Kevin Hurley and I are working hard on Disaffected. If you don’t know his name, he is my friend and co-owner of our project. He’s the technical producer, and the show was his idea. You don’t see him every week, but he does as much or more as I do to make this happen.
We’re buckling down to make the show and its associated projects bigger and better. In the meantime, I have a lot of work to do to prepare for my departure from my position at the end of 2022.
All that is to say—if you’ve been considering a paid subscription, now would be a great time. Every bit helps when one is wondering how the rent’s going to get paid.
Thank you to all of you for reading and supporting our project.
A shift like this is always hard. I just have to congratulate you for how well and professionally you handled the situation. You are clearly good at what you do and you have the integrity to get through the toughest situations without leaving dead bodies in your path.
I am looking forward to seeing what else you will accomplish. Disaffected has become my island that I escape to from the daily insanity I am encountering. I like that you are calling things out the way they present themselves to you. If women did this to you, it needs to be said. I am done protecting groups of people who see their victimhood status as a reason to hurt or feel that their existence grants them a morale superiority complex. It is a disorder. I wish you the best. And I will stay a dedicated supporter. Congrats again!
It’s strange that the “helping” professions seem to be the opposite right now. And all the good one has ever done in the world, in the past, for countless others is simply forgotten bc you won’t bend.