Republican lawmakers want to stop businesses in a small Florida town from displaying rainbow stickers to show they are a safe place for LGBTQ+ people
Republican lawmakers want to stop businesses in a small Florida town from displaying rainbow stickers to show they are a safe place for LGBTQ+ people
The initiative gives business owners the opportunity to display rainbow stickers that show the business is a safe space for LGBTQ+ people.
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Wtf is even their argument for this?!
Edit: I obviously know their motivation, what I wanna know is their excuse for why this is supposedly justified.
"Freedom of speech unless you're saying something that I don't like."
To a Republican, a safe space for people who aren't straight, white Christians is akin to a safe space for pedophiles/Satan/dark-skinned foreigners (all the same thing in their terms). The people they hate with everything in their being must not be allowed to peacefully exist. This is the very foundation of Republicanism/conservativism.
This comment needs to be put on top. I am not American but I did live there for a short time installing very big machinery, and I'm glad to be out of there.The Republicans who are doing this think a pride flag is equivalent to putting up a sign that says 'kill kids'. Which you can't do, free speech doesn't cover overt threats to crime or violence.
That's how far gone these people are, they have drank so much of the kool-aid they perceve every pride flag as an overt call to crime and violence. They perceve the existence of LGBTQ+ as an overt threat to crime or violence. At this point they're too far gone to bring back. They're so full of misinformation and vitriol that they only things they can feel anymore are fear, pride, and rage; it's kind of of like Ingsoc in 1984 using those exact emotions to manipulate their people. It's bad.
They want non straight (and non white) people dead. Thats it.
Obviously, but they usually try to obfuscate that with an excuse for why they're trying to portray this as a good thing without being too overtly bigoted. I'm wondering what possible excuse they could have for this.
It's got to be something to do with "political" slogans in retail spaces. But how that doesn't straight up violate the first amendment I don't know..
The lawmakers that wrote the businesses a letter are essentially extorting them. “We’ll fuck you with you like we did Disney but you’re too small to fight back so your town will die under the punitive regulatory smack down we will rain down on you”
It's almost certainly some nonsense about harbouring paedophiles... Because exercising your freedom to wear what you want means you diddle kids... Because reasons, you see.
As much as I hate that they'd want to do this, I'm kinda glad they are - the voter base wants more than just trans panic from their leaders - people have real problems they want solved, and this nonsense negatively affects both their electability and ability to deliver on this hateful, but very silly bullshit.
I'm wondering what possible excuse they could have for this
Something something "won't someone think of the children?" Same excuse as always.
And non conservative
Don't forget subjugating those filthy poors into slavery.
They're claiming it could cause boycotts and hurt the local economy. Which even if it were true, wouldn't make much sense
So much for the "free market" 🙄🙄🙄