A Florida Republican lawmaker’s bill declares showing support for LGBTQ people is a “political viewpoint,” despite the existence of LGBTQ Democrats, Republicans, independents, and entirely unaffiliated and non-political LGBTQ people.The goal of GOP State Rep. David Borrero’s legislation is to ban al…

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    9 months ago

    Lol, I guess this moron doesn’t understand what freedom of speech means. This bill won’t make it. Just another GOP idiot wasting tax dollars. Even if it does become a law, there will be a lawsuit submitted within minutes of it being signed.

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      9 months ago

      he knows the law, and he knows this’ll end up in the trash on top of a pile of drag bans. it’s about pushing the overton window, making the existence of people you don’t like “political” to separate it from the “normal” people you do actually like, and showing out for your openly fascist terrorist party.

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        Honestly I’m not sure at this point. I think some of them are high on their own supply and legitimately think this’ll work.

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    9 months ago

    If supporting pride is a ‘political viewpoint’, being against it is one too

    Gay existence is not an offense against anyone, it’s the folks trying to ban gay existence that are playing offense. LGBTQ folk resisting their own erasure and persecution (and for their allies to support them) is a straightforward matter of human rights these cretins want to deny

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    if there was a party called the “fuck america in the ass” party, there’s a large segment of the population who wouldn’t have any choice but to vote for it. And the thing that would most effectively fuck America in the ass would be a real health care system, real gun laws, and a real education.

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    I’m in canada. I have protesters outside of my work window every week protesting LGBT education in school. I put up a pride flag in my office window. They told me to take it down, citing our code of conduct but no specific clause.

    The way they talked about it made it sound like I was expressing some kind of extreme political opinion that I should be having on my own time.

    I was… surprised. And disappointed.

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    9 months ago

    Hate is a strong word that has lost a lot of meaning from misuse… I hate the willfully ignorant.