To say views espoused by Hamilton County preacher/wannabe politician Micah Beckwith are silly is kind. We use comedy to ridicule bigotry, ignorance, misogyny & racism, but usually at a distance. Mel Brooks did not shoot “The Producers,” w/its fictional musical “Springtime for 1/6

Hitler,” until more than 20 years had passed since the end of the “Thousand Year Reich” after a run of 12 years & 4 months. 100 years ago this month, D.C. Stephenson was formally inducted as head of Indiana’s KKK in a ceremony just outside Kokomo. The Kluxers fomented hatred of 2/6

foreigners, Black people, Jews & Roman Catholics. Women had a special place in the KKK, best seen in Stephenson’s 1925 conviction for 2nd degree murder in the death of Madge Oberholzer, a clerical worker in the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Ms. Oberholzer had 3/6

been bitten repeatedly and raped by Stephenson. In a January, 2022, tweet that some of us saw a day ago, Beckwith said “Men are now literally better than women at everything ... even being women! Sorry feminists, you’ve lost!” Beckwith has announced he is a candidate in the 4/6

GOP for the 2024 election as Indiana Lieutenant Governor. Candidates for Indiana Lt Gov are not on the primary ballot but are selected at the State GOP convention next summer. That fits Beckwith as the only public office he has won, Hamilton East Library Board, was at 5/6

a meeting before which his appointment was unannounced. Beckwith probably is best described as a back door man, and in next year’s election, women know & little girls understand he should be blocked at the convention & if he makes it to the gen’l election ballot shut down there. 6/6