Across the more than 150 messages on the board, some suggested Samuel be “crucified”, some dug-up photographs from his personal social media account and others shared the barbed emails they sent to Field.
Right, firstly Josh, no one suggested that Samuel be 'crucified'. You have taken what someone said, which included the word 'crucified' meaning (dictionary definition) criticize (someone) severely and unrelentingly., and you have twisted it into something completely different.
Secondly, the photographs that were 'dug up' were not from his personal page, they were from the same page that he uses to advertise himself as a children's storyteller.
Thirdly, who cares if people shared the emails they sent?
But above all, as much as the bristling odyssey has plunged Samuel into paranoia, it’s the children he’s most concerned about.
“I can’t imagine being a child hearing about this Drag Queens Story Hour, being one of those kids, who is probably not within gender norms, to hear that it gets cancelled because there are haters out there, that would make the world seem so scary,” he said.
“I’ve got some kids with my face on a poster in their bedroom because I am that person that makes them feel safe and know that I am actually able to be that role model.
“To imagine that there’s going to be a kid in Leeds who was excited because there could be some sort of potential new role model to them. Somebody that they can actually relate to, to be told that they think they’re not allowed because it’s…” Samuel added, sighing wearily, his voice tinted by the exhaustion of the past 24 hours.
Oh yes, the children. Look mate, I have worked with young children for a long time now. This story time was for ages 2 and up. Kids aren't into drag queens, they just aren't. 2,3,4,5 year olds who would be doing a library story time would not have posters on their walls of a drag queen - they don't have the mental capacity to link it altogether at that age. Kids that age, particularly children with autism, wear dresses, make up etc and don't have a clue that it means anything. They don't need drag queens to validate their dressing up, because at that stage they don't understand that there is anything 'wrong' with dressing up. They don't give a shit if the person reading the story is dressed up as a grotesque caricature of a woman or as Peppa Pig, they want to listen to the story.
And then this:
In the daytime, Sab Samuel rallies to raise money for trans charities. At night, he has nightmares of being murdered by Mumsnet users.
I mean... really. It literally reads like satire.