Lesbian Firefighter Victim Blames Men Who She Isn't Strong Enough to Rescue

In a time of crisis, when Los Angeles is being ravaged by relentless wildfires, the people of this region need to hear one thing from their fire department: reassurance. Reassurance that the people sworn to protect them—not to mention, paid by them—are the most capable, prepared, and physically fit professionals available.

What they absolutely do not need is a lecture on identity politics or a dismissive quip that trivializes life-and-death realities.

Yet that’s precisely what the lesbian diversity hire, LAFD Assistant Chief Kristine Larson, delivered in a recent promotional video. Larson, who reportedly earns a jaw-dropping $399,000 annually, stated that people want firefighters who "look like them" responding to emergencies, as if optics somehow extinguish flames or resuscitate the dying.

She then went on to dismiss legitimate concerns about physical competency with an offhanded, smug remark: “If I have to carry your husband out of a fire, he got himself in the wrong place.”

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