Publisher drops children’s illustrator for posting anti-trans notes in public

[Kamaji]

Publisher drops children’s illustrator for posting anti-trans notes in public

By Patrick Reilly
April 6, 2023

An Alaskan children’s book illustrator was dropped by his publisher after he was arrested for posting menacing, transphobic notes targeting children at local businesses.

Mitchell Thomas Watley, 47, is accused of putting the threatening notices in public places throughout the capital city of Juneau beginning on Friday — the International Day of Transgender Visibility.

The notes, which were business-card sized, showed an assault rifle and the colors of the transgender flag with the text “Feeling Cute Might Shoot Some Children,” according to the criminal complaint.

Watley did not enter a plea to the felony charge during his first court appearance Monday, the Juneau Empire reported.

A preliminary hearing was scheduled for April 11.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/04/06/publisher-drops-childrens-illustrator-mitchell-watley-for-posting-threatening-anti-trans-notes-in-public/

[Kamaji]

But hey, if you're a transphile, you can actually literally threaten someone else in public, and you not only do not get arrested or canceled, you get feted by the PtB.

[GtHawk]

The notes, which were business-card sized, showed an assault rifle and the colors of the transgender flag with the text “Feeling Cute Might Shoot Some Children,” according to the criminal complaint.

I fail to see the menacing or threatening and it just literally describes what happened in a school, plus the meme of assault rifles in the LGBTQRSTUVWXZZ colors is, if I'm not mistaken something made by trans for trans.

[Smokin Joe]

Cancel the guy who illustrates: "... books for children ages 1 to 5 feature mother animals snuggling their young and trying to make them feel safe with loving, affirmative statements like “wherever you may be, you will always have a home with me.”  and conveys that warm, fuzzy message with art, and stand up for the people who want to cut your little boy's balls off.

Oh yeah, America is headed down the toilet, fast.