Bad Day Sheriff’s Bad Day, New Comic Book Moral Panic 3.19.21

In episode 840, Jack and Miles are joined by Jamie Loftus to discuss Captain Jay Baker comments about the Atlanta shooter, an armed man being arrested outside the vice president's residence, an uptick in Covid-19 infections, Autism Speaks, right-wing media freaking out over a gay super hero, and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. Hey Captain Jay Baker with Cherokee Country Sheriff's Office... this you?
2. Georgia Sheriff Spokesman Posted Racist COVID Shirts on Facebook
3. DON’T DISCOUNT EVANGELICALISM AS A FACTOR IN RACIST MURDER OF ASIAN SPA WORKERS IN GEORGIA
4. Man arrested near vice president's residence in D.C. had rifle and ammunition, police say
5. Experts urge caution as 15 states see uptick in COVID-19 infections
6. Before you donate to Autism Speaks, Consider the facts
7. Marvel Comics’ Latest Captain America Is a Gay LGBTQ Activist
8. Newsmax host has a meltdown over gay Captain America: "The country's going bananas...He is a gay Captain America, complete with a nose ring, tats. When he takes off his skull cap there he's got, like, a Mohawk thing. He's not very muscular. What is this world come to?"
9. Marvel Reveals First Gay Teen Captain America
10. Is Captain America in love with Bucky Barnes? Chris Evans talks about Steve Rogers’ sexuality
11. Twitter Really Wants Captain America and Bucky Barnes to Be a Couple
12. How the “Code Authority” Kept LGBT Characters Out of Comics
13. The American Superhero: Encyclopedia of Caped Crusaders in History
14. WATCH: Kim Cattrall Scatting

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